WHIST PLAYING.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 207, 23 March 1877, Page 13

WHIST PLAYING.

• — «•— - Abe you a good whist player, reader ? or if your modesty will not t™ 9 ° U rJ° Ba y/ cs ' I wou ld ask you do you go in for the strict gamer it you do, pray read no more of this nonsense of mineselect something else to while away your hour. My remarks will not be palateable to you, because I dislike the strict game and your «ajere player. I must confess Ido not shine at the game, and this n^- account for the fact that I always avoid, if possible, sitting kown to a whist table with old stagers. in my time, I have inadvertently committed injuries on many people, un one occasion I lodged a few shots in a friend's back when i attempting to knock down a pheasant. In my hurry once, on a frosty morning, I tumbled over an old gentleman, who, from Kilf SpX T? esS a ?£ J^enility of dress, I surmised was on conquest aZZ * v WOul ? be a vain effort to call to mind the number of ladies' aresses whose destruction has been due to my awkward feet. But in all these instances, and many others too tedious to narrate, a w J *c? always seemed to remove any angry or disagree- *«£ a? g Whl ? h mi Bht8 ht have been cau sed by me. One exception, indeed, does arise before me in the matter of torn* dressesf On one oi the many occasions, I happened to stumble on to a lady's tram, instead of the customary amiable smile and sweet assurance innlvll fif™ wa i. do ? c'e ' reply to my eager but ill-expressed -E2F tv! P articul ar lady turned round sharply and asked me Jao ifi , a , ny^ es ' " mdl not see I had d <> n e harm, and a great n^L?*"* ! Bis ver y hard °n a ma *> not naturally very audacious, surrounded by people who are mostly strangers to him, £f eD ? ID J ured lady has sported a train fire yards at least fe tTH \ T°Vl eTt thlß is a solitary instance in a multitude of such ™ f tLf X ia i made tt more and more awkward to me, was ttiat the lady was young and handsome. fc>lW ™!« 1S lafc1 afc t r e whißfc -table I have been most annoying to my whaSl 8 ' T 1 Sa \ mdSt ' because J never remember;no°matter ™p? xSfh tf r may ?? a 7e7 c Offered for mv offences at card s> to have «?f i Sl^ h * est forgiveness from man or woman. I never wthCLft Ul s?. ss *am absolutely compelled, and I then do it SviS JSt f } m S-^A.nd if my partner be one who has been S? g »^ IMy HT these five and twenty y eara (^ekly if not 2?tW^;5 O^ Or r Of , hor T s ' if this P erson be one of the tender anvtW w l4 I i& ? fc s at t ° rture is in Btore for me ' and Igo SverTetvouli f & lamb T , to * he sla^ ht « r - These old staged nrmistake ?hpn vi Se ;^ If thr ,° Ugh SOme & ood forfcune y° u make ft iSr %tv I'ti llst the , cards ar « being shuffled for a new deal, the card? wS , B P e °« late as to what would have happened if thl 2 8 ,. ha^. been P la y ed such and such a way. They have all their S- ° nS at thGir fin^ er ends - You ar « lost in wonder at LSS 0113111 *?, But if you have neglected to play up Sion-to^h? 1111111^ aDy ° f - the fa^-and their nanfe is t£S7£Tl^w^\i ele ?^ layer fe P r one, then the interval before tne new deal, which should be one of quiet and rest is made i-ho •"TSStS* " batter y ?^ d^ant a^estionta^youf head other fourth ngo>n go> T^ 7 consented ' because there was no ocner tourth person present, to complete a whist party I watched mmam mmssaau