Of all things . cs make me sick, telling me what I shouldplay and what I should not play. A accepts theinevitable and plays his 2-spot. X, considerablycheered up, plays the 4 and says : Our trick,partner. I pick up the cards and mix them withthose already in my hand, reverting, for the time,to poker tactics. This error, alone among all thatI make during the game, is unobserved. Well, I suppose that you people are all excitedover that new baby up at your house, I say pleas-antly to A, just to show him that I can be graciousin victory as well as in defeat. Lets see, is ita boy or a girl ? Its yo
Of all things . cs make me sick, telling me what I shouldplay and what I should not play. A accepts theinevitable and plays his 2-spot. X, considerablycheered up, plays the 4 and says : Our trick,partner. I pick up the cards and mix them withthose already in my hand, reverting, for the time,to poker tactics. This error, alone among all thatI make during the game, is unobserved. Well, I suppose that you people are all excitedover that new baby up at your house, I say pleas-antly to A, just to show him that I can be graciousin victory as well as in defeat. Lets see, is ita boy or a girl ? Its your lead I he replied shortly. I beg your pardon, I say, I certainly mustbe asleep to-night. And, as my thumb is on the5 of diamonds, I lead it. Here, here ! says A, wasnt it the 5 ofdiamonds that you trumped in with just a minuteago ? That man has second-sight. As a matterof fact, I suspect that there is something crookedabout him. Yes, it is, corroborates B in herlongest speech of the evening. X says : Where is. Here, here ! says A, wasnt it the five of diamonds youtrumped in with a minute ago ? NOT ACCORDING TO HOYLE 6-/ that trick that we took ? And then it is dis-covered that it has found its way into my hand,from which it is disentangled with considerabletrouble and segregated. As for me, I pass thewhole thing off as a joke, I saw in the paper this morning, I beginwhen the situation has become a little less compli-cated, where a woman in Perth Amboy found ahundred dollars in the lining of an old lounge in • Its your lead, if you dont mind, says A, verydistinctly. You have made only one false startout of a possible three. Try again. I pretendnot to hear this sarcasm, and, just to show himthat there is life in the old dog yet, I lead my aceof spades. Look here, my dear sir ! says A, quite upsetby now. Only one hand ago you refused spadesand trumped them. That revoking on your partgives us three tricks and we throw up the hand. Fair enough, I retort cheerfully, three isjust
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