The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-07

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little terrier do1 ran In through The
open door and began snifAng about.
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low appeared At tho door, sad, apollo
gfzing for tho intrusion, asked II had
sssa stray deg anywhere around
=" 'Ahl thoro you are said he, sspy-
ing the canine, always running away
from me into other peoples rooms he
explained As might be expected. one
word led TO another, and very soon we
were snRased In general conversation.
The talk drifsed to cards and then the
stranger produced pack. He had just
learned new trick which he would
show ne.
Now take . Gard anA lsek q H.
said he. I did as directed, selecting the
aes q slabs. Now put II Ssch,' he
said, handing me the pack. He theA
requested mo to shuttle the cards well.
which did He then took the pack.
There IL your oard,' he said st
once, producing tho ace Of elubA Very
GOOD snid I, but don't think you
could do II again I then called his
attention TO q picture In the room while
I hurrisdly examined the pack. No.
said /, I don't think you could do It
again; not for twenty dollars.'
"rn see you,' said he, producing the
money. All right said I, and the bet
was made. then selected . oard-the
ace Of spades. He handed mo tho pack,
requesting mo TO replace the card and
shufae them Is much a. pleased.
Nov, I can handle the pasteboards
myself; while I was shutting Just
fixed the cards on the sharper 80 that he
couldn't tell one card from another.
There said I, handing him the pack,
where's my oardr
''He took tho pack with smile Of
confidence and began to run his fingers
over the edges. Then he began to look
trids nervous Come said I, pro-
duce the card or take your money
"wen, sir, after he had fumbled over
tho pack for few minutes just pools-
e%ed his twenty dollars. Now, see
here l said TO him, you've boon trying
10 play htrippers' on mo, haven't your
''Hs never ssid word for about
two minutes. Ho then rose to leave
the roen. Say said he as he was
about to Leave, you're Now York
drummer for another twenty.' I'm not
making any moro BETS said I. 4 knew
1t, he remarked as he left the room.
.Strippersr Why, that's . pack Of
cards made snghtly narrower on ono
end than the other. An almost imper-
ceptibls difference, yet enough to be
distinguished by the touch. When you
sslsst card the sharper hands you the
pask - thst you replace II upside down,
the broad end among the narrow ones
-seeS He can then snake it out with
out any trouble. It's neat trick and
hard 10 dstssa unless you have been IN
ttistsd a
''Of course I knew what he was up to
when he handed me tho pack. put the
card in IS he wanted 1t, and then while
I was shutting I quietly turned It
around SO that tho ends were all alike.
did 1t cost me anything to learn that
triokp Wsn-but I'm not giving my
self away. got twenty dollars out e<
it back. at any rate"