The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-21
MR. BowsER Plays CARDS
Ee Erdeavors IN Vain to Show Pro
hcency in Draw Pedro.


home 70 dinner the other day.
"Ju.t for callf'
I'VE walked b me together just now, ant
be wants US 70 come over and play pedro
He save they have Find called draw pedro
and there's heaIs II fun in it ~
I'll guess We hadn't better go, MIR. Bow
ser.
I'VE hadn't Got headache. or mumps
| or measiesm
| "No"
Expect compc1yF
"NJ."
well, then. what's the troublen
"You know. Mr.. Bower, you know
| II know what what on earth ais SCu
Mrs. Bowserl You act as If you had gol
hold Of some great mystery"
"Well. tlen, you get mai when you play
caris."
"Oh, l dol That's it, chi When did ever
| get mad over ca dr.
Every time We have played"
"And W shouldn't II When one is
playine with persoA VINO does. t know the
| iel spot from the rig1t bower, ne is quite
apt to loss mis- patience. As for getting
mad, that's all nonse Sc"
And if We go over there you promise
not TO get madf
Are you crazyl You are the one to be on
your guard and make DrOu ises.
"If anythi z shu happen you won't
blame me, will youP
Anything should happenl Blame your
Shall | go TO the telephone and ask the doc
tor 20 come up and examine the top of your
headF'
said we'd 90, and Mr.. Bowser was very
much pleased over the prospect. As hc Vent
away he said:
You'll play with Baker, OF course, and
I'll give yol s. for every game you get"
But have played draw pedro. and you
haven't
Makes no difference. hi learn the game
in two minutes, and you and Baker Will
never want TO play another"
When he came home to supper he looked
at me with his eyes full Of pity, aud as Ne
got ready To g he said:
Nov, then, let me caution yol once
more. Don't act up, no matter what hap
pens"
never saw Mr. Bowser in better spirits
than when we So down to the I'D table,
aud when Baker started out to explain the
game he was interrupted with:
Never mind about that, old MAJ. I'll
give you the benefit Of all your experience,
aud Z ZEN show YOU that you don't know A
B G about draw pedro"
We had the ker and both pcdros In the
pack, SO that all the points would count
i've ty-nine. Mr.. Bowse. bid twenty-two
ON the start-oif, and he was allowed %
make the trump. When We had all dis
carded aud drawn, lie led out bravely
enough and got all we had, but the joker,
which counts fifteen, happened TO be I'M
d. avn, aad TO was ''set."
"You 20 hack for twenty-five" quietly
remarked Baker, VINO was keeping the
count.
NJou,s fbatg1
because you didn't make what x GU
bid"
II can't see what that has to do with it, y
said Nc. Bowser, as he gave me look Of
warning.
20. ,un learn the game after few
hands"
Ga ths next hand out Mr.. Bowser bid
twenty-five, and Baker felt it his duty to
say; .
"You just play your very best, and il
you get one game out of ten III buy you G
hat"
He got the trump at his bid. and he made
just seven.
That makes forty-seven in the ring, y
said Baker US he put 1t down.
''ln wnat ringr
I'm other words. you are forty-seven
worse off than nothing. You bid too high
BJWser"
IL do, ehi You keep right on and III
show you whether | do or not"
/ got the next trump on bid Of zine, and
made twenty-eight out OF it. Nj. Bo sser
did rot say anything, bit | observed hin
breathing hard.
Baker got the next trump for eight, and
made tN enty-tive, aud Mir. Bowser grow
pale, and remarked:
Its pretty early to crow. This game il
young yet l once knew al idiot who dis
cover ej a G Id mine"
He was desperate. and he bid eighteen OF
tie next hand, got il, aud male only four
That's slIty-slx you are in the rug" saiC
| Baker.
| expected Mr.. Bowsar to explo le and
wreck everything in the room, but the boiler
still held out. We got the next trump 70!
tnirteel d made tho full twenty mine
Bowser got the next for seventeen snd wa.
| put back.
You zee, Bowser." began Baker, ''ysr
No. / see can'tl p interrupted Bowser
1--WE might as well sop the game righ
here. When | can'C play cards honestly
want to quit"
But there has been no chea ing.n
Maybe not am MT blind, however
1t was pu up job from the start saw
Mrs. 30 "ser rub her chin on the very hrs
hand"
Why, Mr.. Bowser, you don't say
cheated"
That's all right. Mrs. Bowser. We won
shy any mere about it. No, have sem
letters to write tonight. l thiak wen &
home"
Come, Bowsar. don't be kid" sal,
Baker.
That's all Tight--all right. am willin,
to play against chance, but when there
deliberate cheating added to bull-head luck
] beg 10 drop out.n
On the way home Mr.. Bowser was silent
but after We were fairly III our house b,
turned on me with:
This Is another of your put-u
Jobs on mel You can go up to be /, an,
II you shouidu'5 ind me here in the III jrn
TX you can c.nsult your lawyer as g tn
, futurew
But when / awoke at midnight he wa
q ~ g into bed. aud five minutes Later
"as Ori1g Haay a. cOntentedly as II pedr
hAa never Deeg heard Of.
. nAyz HEARD OF woman who vas very A,
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