The Lamar register., 1896-05-30


evening In the back pafsor OF a barber.
Four OF these were one time acting as
pall-bearcrs at the funeral Of rever-
end brother. when delay occurred.
owing 10 the grave being not quite
ready. and the coifin vas set down al
the ehaneei. BY way Of Willing away
the time ono Of them produced pack
of cards from his pocket and proposed n
few hands OF whist The rest gladly
assented and they were deep III the
game when the sexton came to an
uounee that the preparations we're com
piete.
Goldsmith tells Of an old lady who,
lying siek unto death. played cards with
the eurase TO pass the time away. and,
after winning all his money. had just
prepared TO piay for her funeral charges
shen she expired
Mettcrnieh, the great Austrian
statesman. owed TO a single game OF
whist the greatest sorrow OF his life.
One evening. while he was engaged in
bis fasorite game. an expreas arrived
with dispatches from Galicsa- He
placed the papers on The manteipiece
and went on playing all that night and
far into the morning. When the party
broke up he Was Mortified 10 learn that
upon his Immediate reply TO the dis
patches depended the fate OF :. 900 limo
cent persons Had Mctternieh loved
rhtst less passionately. history had
never recorded the Infamous Galieian
massacre. II is said that when the
revolution broke out in Paris repeated
and frantic messages we're sent 70
Charles X. informing him Of the state
Of anairs The king was engrossed in
cards. however. and not to be disturbed
and zach time the reply came: His
majesty Is playing whist"
Another cool whist player was Lord
Sligo. when the news arrived that
hIR magnificent residence was on IRE he
stopped only moment TO ascertain
whether or not his presence could be OF
material service on the scene OF the con-
nAgration. Finding that II would not,
be calmly took mp the hand which had
been dealt him while he was talking
with the messenger and resumed play.
Does whist playing cause or eneour-
age heartlessnesss When Lord Thanet
was In the Tower for the O'Connor riot,
three friends-the duke OF Bedford. the
duke De Laval and Capt. Smith-were
admitted to play whist with him. and
remained till the lookup hour Of II.
Early in the sitting Capt Smith fell
back in a ft OF apopie1y. and one OF the
party rose to call for help. stop" cried
another. Eve shall be turned out II you
make a noise: let our friend alone tin
IL: VIC can play dummy. and he will be
none the worse. for can read deata In
his face"
a case where single game OF whist
was responsible for good deal was
that in which G. Fl. Drummond of the
famous Charing Cross banking house
OF London lost 100000 at n single sit
ting 10 Beau Brammel When his loss
became knnwn to Drummond's partners
they decided that gambler was an un-
desirable associate in a business requir-
ing for prosperity the confidence OF the
public In its managers. They there
fore forced him to retire.
Unless Espartero and his foe, Marcia.
are much belied. their quarrel was set
tied by game OF cards in a farmhouse
at Bergara, where they met to arrange
truce between their respective forces.
No sooner did EsparteFo enter the room
than the Carlist chief challenged him to
game OF tresilio. a challenge the