The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-31
WON TOO MANY PRIZES

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"'r"'"s'"" ''ttr' .No"ul three fort
nights ago Il party of youag Columbia
l1eiShts ntatrous "rg;tni:ed A progress
size eil,he,. ,,,,t,-
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:. '''''e' !" '''Ne sH' Pti't's
"'s .'u"" MT they Mere only seven
SO they let In n Young Georgetown uN,
tren Well known To Them AN.
The yo,,nr canr.otov,, ,n,, ,,u.
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y p"'s cue'e'' anu toia then
SO nu' 'NeY We're so anxious 10 haN'
h"r Jotn to make The required cish,
that they Volunteered 10 le,,h n.., ~,
game.
."u 'ou' w me !cSSN'lS before
. '.s, - eu'ief CUBS FIRST
Nti,s, go aiup WIS 10 play Tor prizes
SeoViio ''l'd thlrd prizes, Each
n.t"' was 10 chip III n dollar in ad,
80 ", each weekly meeting. makii i
-, III ai. ana me prizes We're to oe
M oul OF 'hls tund.
pl,"eS We're stems. First prizs
Seeh WIS ~ " stem, second prize,
+" -" stem ana the 'hird prize u Sl.5u
NV.
so"f.S georgetown matron Won
va, h's, pIlze stem At the first session.
n,s'o"s1 she hi,a tue merest elementary
n,"'"ieuse Oh me game. and i'm spite of
-. =. lay una. she usually had T." ask
M.'.s 'runips. ON an average OF
~" I. tunes curing each deal.
me o.her seven. each of whom con-
nueeeo he'Self a. pretty expert euchel
piassf' were a bit ehagrined. but They
auEhed with somewhat hollow merri-
menu oNer the queer win out OF tha
georgetown young matron at the first
session OF the progressive eucher club.
ana congratulated her on her success.
~ the second session the young
.'eorge,owh lnatron walked off with the
istSt prize. 81 stem, I'm the ilcfn.
people eau d common cantei.
She was congratulated With consid.
e'anle more restraint this time by her
seven feiiow members, but SUN. Ill a
way, she Was congratulated.
me Nouns Georgetown matron had
no dinlcultN whatever In %anneXins the
first prize stein at the third session OF
me progressive eucher club. She didn't
appear TO be ahle TO lose.
some OF inc members omitted to con-
Sfatulate her this time. while the 9TH
erS only smiled wanly and made re.
marks about her "re-mark-able luck
NJ the Fourth session. II seemed to he
me simplest thing i'm life for the young
malron from old Georgetown 10 carry
e"s hrs' prize OH undo her arm.
The cards Just came her way. and,
although she played them With no par
tlcciar skill, h played Them we'll
enough To get the big stein. with it's
oAS-ie'ief Teutuhic cavalier, who looked
TO tis the beam AZ about 4aS pounds
sitting astride q Percheron horse and
picking At an eieht-fpot guitar be-
'ietth the lattice OF his plu~nfp-rheeked
flulcln.
ne other seven members of the
progressive euch"r club. each of whom
was simply Wild To aggregate a coliec-
non or stems for the sideboard al home.
merely g:,zed aSantlv at one another
on the occasion of this fourth success.
siNe win of he young matron from
georgetown N aeemed To be in Very
low spirits indeed.
The NTH session OF the progressive
e'irhes club happened last week.
The young Georgetown matron led
all thu way from the drop of the flag.
II won away off by herself in n COM.
mon romp.
n mad an appointment to hold III
her husband for his ha1f-month's pay
al 40 O'Clock that afternoon. and so,
tuCkihG her NTH stein (Which was an
a'lemht TO picture one OF the German
efhperors of the middle ages after he
mad consumed seven kegs of beer on a
Nager!' under her arm, she graciously
ahaae Der adleuN, leaving the other seS.
en- IN a state of more o. less con-
STRAINED silence.
None of the other seven spoke a word
until 1T became quite certain that the
young matron from Georgetown was ]
,Nut OF the house and at the corner
"a',ih& Tor her car. and then the fol-
loving conversation ensued:
NO. Very extraordinary. I'm sure!
An,azilig hard TO account for,
80. 2~-sENactly what / was about to
saN: Never heard Of such n thing in
an my ooth DAYS. deed | didn't, Id
nate TO do anybody am injustice. but
soolless gracious k alive and pity
sakes'
NO, "-The| do say, you know. that
!tFr 'hspand Is a %ffishtful gambler. and
iia, ne WINS n good deal oftener than
ne loses, and
No. At couldn't be. now, could ii
That her husband has Taught her card
trlGks-you know-what our husbands
call stacking the cards" and that
No. 81 was just perfectly cop6d.nt
all the time. although / hated to say
so. that that was just a little made-up
story of hers about not knowing how
10 play eucher, and that
NO. Sim sure. / hope. for her sake.
I'm mistaken. but was v.,tcb.
her carefully this afternoon, and
Well, L trust l am not doing her or