No Card Scandals in America.
Apropos of recent scandals in England, an American exchange says : — " We handle these things better in this country, and, to illustrate that iact, perhaps there is excuse for the telling of a very ancient story. They were all at a game ol • draw,' and everything seemed to be moving over to a player who had but one eye. Then another of the players ca led for the dFf"£l£ all round and a fresh pack of carmf^
It was his da!, and as he handled the new pack ha very quietly and rather plaintively remarked : • This is a gasne among gentleman— a perfectly square game. Everybody knows that, and nobody but a skunk would suggest anything different. But I was sort of moved to remark that after this new deal with these here new cards commences, if I should catch anybody cheating I'd shoot his other eye out.' That case never went to the courts. The game was pUddlgr plftyort Ho H* fl.nishi
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Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1892, Page 2
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167No Card Scandals in America. Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1892, Page 2
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