The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-01

who's 7ocr!ie j. not - thnn>and mile.
from Danplinr and Fanal streets.
MOTT, >in.. Il new ran"-'!:r game of
Hfarf&-w.I~ Introduced "a f. W nights
ago by II re!taIn pe'iaaittlc"j"Ily good
fellow who. for this crime atone, will
REQUIRE. 10 tnrn away the wrath That
is to come nothing less than the sum
total of all his otherwise. admirable
traits.
The express agent OF the Spirit OF
Mischief ay, tat very Spirit himself
That does prefer before AL sport
The pcrturbed soul and damned
could not have achieved a greater
fermentation Of troubles, alterations
ard all Observation-Disclosures amonr I'll"
whilom gave and reverend seniors,
who had heretofore, nightly, met IN
peace and perfect dizziness. wi hin tn
drowsy recess+s of theit cub.
Did you neverplay Hearts Hearts
is q species of whist, and I have reason
to believe that il was Invented by m
ey pert at that solemn amusement VINO
had Away, iualiageL to cut in with Il
villainous partneg, and tinatiy invented
Heats for purposes of revenge. In
whist have noticed that expert play
ers are always martyred by their part
ners.
HEARTS IS TIE REVERSE OF WHIST.
Whist is pr,functory in movement. In
Hearts IL man is always browsing
around for trouble, aud generally
gets it. In whist you lead u all ace
with the calm fearlessness with which
Anew Orleans editor will write a lead
Or on the Honduras banana trade, but
in Hearts your large cards are apt to
get you into litigation. In whist q
man hungers for tricks, and the more
tricks he takes the better he likes it.
In this game the requirement Of three
or four tricks we'll buttered with hearts
will often make you wish you had new
er been born. In whist it is delightful
to unfold IL handful of aces stla,itied
with smiling kings and knock kneed
jacks, but in hearts a man who knows
when he is we'll off gets very dismal
on reviewing Il panorama of leairi>,
when you see him set his teeth and
swear under his breath you know he is
loaded with big fellows. Finally, in
whist you know you have two enemies.
but in Hearts, when YOU have a bad
hand, You tiud out that all Your friends
rally and fill you up with
CoNsoLATIoN-AND HEARTS.
The object iii this philosophical pas
time is to avoid taking any hearts your
self and to unload those you have on
your suspicious n%eighbors. You must
follow snit, exactly as in whist, but
there are no trumps. Ia a three-hand
ed game the deuce of diamonds is re-
moved in a five-handed the deuce OF
spades also. In q four handed one,
the full pack is used, and thirteen
cards are dealt each player. Then the
trouble begins. Each player buys, say
fifty chips at ten cents apiece, and 70,
every heart he takes with a trick he
pays a chip into the pool, which the
robbers who have unloaded theirs, rake
in and divide.
Let US suppose on the deal you ind
that fortune has favored YOU in q four
handed game with ace, king, nine and
deuce OF diamonds. nine, ten, Jack
eight OF spades, jack and six of clubs
and deuce, six and ace of hearts. 70,
Know yoa are in peril from the Ion.
spade suit, and also that three hear
leads will fetch out your ace and max,
you unhappy.
ALSO IF SOME OTHER PIRATE HAPPEN;
to have n short suit of diamonds 70,
may get in trouble. On the contrary
your short suit of clubs may prove you
salvation by enabling you to throw OF
n of the measly spades on the thir,
lead. These chances pro and con o,
cupy your mind affably while you sor
your cards, and then you brace up an,
lead out the jack of clubs, fondly hop
ing to bring a short suit into play a
once. 1t brings out the king and queer