The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1902, Page 4

THE SUNDAY CALL. @fl@m@fl O Y __— If = Sterett’s Cousin.,” yright, 1902, by Robert Howard Russel: HORE, Tom's honest,” confirmed e Old Cattleman, at the same 1e ash from his cigar v f “That's to s honest as thar's any Here he nodded by way of as though to fix the status black servitor even with it the rooms the was ab € er the wants of rked on the apparent on forth my of observation drew “Whi r a smoky chaperone Atri- d guards s, 1 repeats seemed ever most %, he we or two causes which rar ware- time— g w ng. V . d g w s says ( Man Enrig rt o' remon- D! 1 -wows with £ s prospects he's as d as over a i e is dealing m he Exchange an’ workin n’ Liz has a wickeyup he tells me a troo he'pmeet mp, an Liz as ind stro! ives down a heap of whis- ; observes Texas Thomp- ative tones The same bein’ all the more to her credit’ declar’s Enright; ‘when Liz ups en’ shuffies her appetite’s for & newer, soberer deal. No, sir; T applauds both her Bhoestring for hookin’ up. An’ that ks an' stays with the game nuptials aint no ha'r brand, 1ed into thelr.souls with the ' irons of love itse'f. “When Liz jines forces,” says Shoestring that time he's confidin’ to me about it, “ther's gent who can say we weds each other from sordid motives. All I has is &' crooked deal box an’ a deck of kyards, while Liz'sentire trowsoe is made up of two blankets an' a string of beads.” shore lets each other in on the or,’ says Dave Tutt; ‘that's When me an’ Tucson Jennle to become man an’' wife you gamble we begins plumb sumptuous compared to that.’ - is yere p'int in the gossip over Bigfoot Liz that Colonel into the herd. ‘An' men- iages,” remarks the Colonel, on the discussion as handy an’ ac- as any cow gent could throw a rope, ‘I gets word from & relative of mine —be’s & cousin, this party is—an’ he in- ing an’ For Those Who W BY MRS, E. P, SCHELL. HE rotary discard was first sug- gested by P. J. Tormey in an ar- ticle published in the January num- ber of Whist, 18%. In the rotary the fall of a single card gives your partner exa information, so that he can the highest card of the suit and chances with little caught by the adversaries. form of the rotation of the T hearts, clubs and dia- th in most general usage al clubs is the alphabetical ro- perhaps the reason of this betically it 1s easier to re- The alphabetical rotary is clubs, s, hearts and spades. The first the case®f the “rotary” is for ke any step in the partners to arrange their cards in the following rotation: Clubs, diamonds, forms me he's jest through bein’ married for the third time. “It's a great game, Eill,” writes this cousin. “I've gone ag'inst it three times, an’ it turns ace- deuce-ace for me. I win twice; lose once.” ‘You see,” explains the Colonel, ‘my cous- in's second wife nacherally scolds the ha'r plumb off his head. Good woman, but talkative®in a acrid way; an’ that's what my relative means by “‘deuce.” ’ * “You can gamble,’ says Texas Thomp- scn, kind of doleful—he's thinkin’ of that Laredo divorce his former wife gets her mark on—‘you can gamble you don’t have to diagnose your cousin’s message none to m I veys what he means by “deuce”; I've been caught in a sim’lar de 1«’!4.] a whole lot m = “Which I'd give a stack or two,” goes on Colonel Sterett. He don't heed Texas buttin’ in with his loogubrious bluffs, it bein’ a Wolfville ¢ much as ever we stom to ignbre 'em as an, so’s not to augment Texas’ gloom,—Which 1'd give a stack or two, I ,if vou ‘all sports had a-knowed His name is Darlington Bad- terett; bu 's sech a air of called captain by mint comman my common consent t that he's 2 cap- tain neither, now nor yeretofore. He's in the late war, troo, but the part he plays nceded by the Sterett fam'ly as dis he fights on the side of the never mentioned unles and is forced. My cous ar's for the Union—he inherits from that Andy Jackson 1 tells you of—the moment we of Sumter; an’ vin’ defined his he an’ cro 1 he river over s w made the shift, top, as Kaintucky senti- fervid on that subiect of he Union. As it is, ca'm, dispassionate people who ain't in the chase at all & my cc ion’t beat public opinion to the river’s bank by more'n twenty yards an’ that even then if it ain’t for the mis- fortune of him bein' able to swim like a he'd shore 1 Iynched. No; my t now; Kaintucky feelin's feveris! s rmer; it’s on the t an’ to-day, he infests the ground in the heart of th is more or les oved ar fact that h rd with 2 the Colone! st now Well s 10 votin® the Dem’c left off could do t ticket as not onee he acc lace as a prodi He goes on an politic: he islator. It's end on im- pr vin’ in his ontil sent tc the wedd be ~bar- troubles m ht id day when my. relative speech in its wallop, intro- a fiery i outen At ts up to one 1 gent g vote at my cousin an s he ful, “The folks who se you yere is Legislature might as well have writ t Then he goes for rd an’ become ful about my cousin’s swimmin’ the Ohio River that time “Which the river's a mighty sight more dan 15, says my cousin, speak- in’ in defensive explanation, “than th pessel of me: poltroons who's on my trail. I takes to the Ohio as the greater of two perils an’ to show how much I'd desperately dare for principle, that a-way.” “ ‘Thereafter a editor person over to Looeyville alloodes to the eepisode in a sperit of barbed facetiousness an’ sort o’ derides my cousin a heap. My cousin at this la'nches into a second speech, where- in he deescribes this editor as a rattle- snake an’ calls attention to his own serv- ices to the commoonity. “Which it's shore a pore return,” says my cousin as he puts the cap-sheaf on his eloquence by way of peroration, “when a gent who bas contreebuted as much as me to the good of Kentucky is assailed by sech footless reptiles as this yere Ink miscreant of Looeyville.” “ ‘In the next paper that editor jeers at my cousin. “He contreebutes, editor, while considerin’ my cou 2s to what he does for the public; “he contreebutes to the good of Kentucky what we at the age of seven contreebuted to our dad's hayin’. An’' all we does on that agricultural occasion is to ride out to the fleld on the wagon an’ ride back on the load.” Then this journalist ex- hausts himse'f in malignant epithets ag'in my cousin, of which, most likely, the least objectionable is ‘“hoss thief.” “‘It's jest at this yere pinch that my cousin decides that further delay ts dan- gerous an’ resolves to have his detrac- “IT’S AT THIS YERE PINT IN tor’s skelp. Bein’ he's shore enough chiv- alrous an’ likewise seein’ he's confident if he downs the editor in any other way he’ll shore be pounced on by the pop’lace an’ strung up all pensive to some saplin’, my cousin decides on a dooel. To make it ccme easy, an' also because he prefers to have his expenses to Looeyville borne by the party at large rathgr than pay 'em himse’f, he arranges so's the Central Committee in the campalgn then ragin’ asslgns him to make a couple of eloquent speeches in Looeyville. An’ as he's ignor- ant, utter, of the punctillios of the code, he packs along in his warbags a letter of introduction to Colonel Blood. This gent is a past master of dooels, whether with six-shooters, rifies, or that excellent weepon the knife; an’ he has as principal an’ second founded rich foonerals to that extent that the local ondertakers in ac- knowledgment of his services has already give it out that they will bury the colonel for nothin’ whenever he chooses to cash in personal. Once my cousin is ensconced in his lair at the Galt House, he sends a tracer for this Colonel Blood. It's mebby fifth drink time in the afternoon, say 4 g'clock in hours, when the Colonel is ushered into my cousin’s presence. The latter shows the Colonel his creedentials, orders’ up the licker, explains how he hungers for hearts and spades, remembering always to eliminate the trump. If your suit is diamonds you should discard a club, or if it is hearts you discard a diamond. Spades being your suit you should discard a heart, if cluf® a spade should be dis- carded, and so on around the circle. Now to make it clear about the elimination of trumps, let us say hearts are trumps and spades your suit; the discard should be a diamond. Hands frequently occur where the necessity of following'its exact and literal demands would cause the sac- rifice of a card too valuable to be parted with, of a guard to an honor, or worse still, of an honor itself. This rigidity has prevented the general adoption of the rotary as an invariable discard by the better whist players, although in a limited form it can be most advantageously com- bined with the old discard of strength and weakness according to the trump sit- uation, and it 1s in this limited form.that is now generally advocated. The limited rotary discard is so called because its use is conflned to cases where partner has opened trumps as the original opening of the deal and is still in the lead, the trump suit not having been dls- continued at the end of the trick where the discard card takes place. If the trump lead has been interrupted and one of the opponents has opened his suit there is no need for a rotary discard, as of the iwo remaining suits the' discard should be from weakness. All whist players know from experience how troublesome the old discard was. When you were lead- ing trumps, partner followed two or three times, how desirable it was that the one discard he would make should glve you exact information. It was in THE GOSSIP OVER SHOESTRING AN’ BIGFOOT LIZ COLONEL STERETT DRIFTS INTO THE HERD.” the reptile editor’s life, an’ tharupon him an’ Colonel Blood shakes hands. “An’ I prefers rifles,”” concludes my cousin; “rifles, Colonel, at forty yards, is my idee.” * ‘The Colonel applauds rifles, an’ says if he can coax the enemy into that seelec- tion, he will. Then him an’ my cousin plants themse’fs across table from each other where the bottle is within common reach, an’ proceeds to draw a challenge. 'This yere formality takes two MNours; for the Colonel is as partic'lar as if it's a deed to real estate; an’ each phrase has to be weighed like a bullet an’ polished an' sharpened like it's the blade of a bowle. At last, when the challenge and the ‘whisky 1s both finished, the Colonel stands up slim an’ straight an’' gray, an’ says, “Captain Sterett, I will now go about my dooties. You shall hear from me to-mor- ry: an' onless I mistakes, I'll preevail on the opp'sition to call it Winchesters at forty yards.” Then the Colonel goes away like a ramrod on two laigs. “‘It's that evenin’ out to a round-up at the Fountain, my cousin is reelin’ off a speech that would make Cicero lay down his hand, when a gent in the audience ad- verts to the articles in that editor’'s paper wherein he sets forth how my cousin is a hoss thief an’ sundry other things. My relative retorts spiritedly that the editor is a blacklaig an' avillain an’ that he aims to acquire enough of his hide to make a pa’r of boots before he quits camp. It's this outburst, nacheral though it be, that no use, an’ him an’ “Adlos!” plenty stilted. *“‘But my cousin has kind o’ set his heart on killin’ off this journalist, so he the Colonel says comes between my cousin an’ his ven-, gends back to his own country for & bar geance an’ thwarts him out of his prey. “ “It’s later that same evenin' when my cousin is back to the Galt House. Colonal Blcod comes into the barroom where he’s reposin’ himse'f an’ reorganizin’ ‘his facul< ties followin’ his labors at the Fountain. The Colonel looks plumb grim an' dig- nified. Did you tree him, Colonel?’ asks my cousin, mighty suave that a-way.\ ‘***“Captain Sterett,” says the Colonel, an’ his tones is severe, ‘“‘this cannot pro- ceed. You characterizes this person in your speech this evenin’ as a blacklaig an' a villain. Captain, you have chosen your method of redress. You can’t onder the code tradooce a party an’ then bring him to the fleld of honah. No, sir, Cap- tain, you can’t do both.» Moreover, if this editor is a blacklaig an’ a villain, he's beyond the consideration of a gentleman an’ not entitled to the privileges of the dooel.” ““ “At this the Colonellooks mighty true- yoolent ‘at my relative like he's & half- notion of challengin’ him himself for frit- terin’ away this yere chance of a fight. My cousin don't say nothin’; he sees it's huntin’ pard of his whose name is Bfll This Bill is a exyooberant gent, an’ pre- fers ‘trouble to money every time. My cousin’s message reads: ‘T'm goln’ to have a fight. Come at once.” It's need- less to state that this Bill is present at Looeyville all spraddled out by second drink time next day. ‘*“Whoever is {t7" asks Bill, all en~ thoosiasm. ‘‘“Set down, an’ don't open yeur mouth,” retorts my cousin, a heap stern, for he saveys he's got to curb Bill. “Now take that pen an' write what I tell you™ *‘The fron-bound airs of my cousin subdooes Bill a lot; an’ tharupon recel- lectin’ as well as he can the Colonel's challenge, he repeats it over to Bill, who writes it down. “An’ now.,” says my cousin, “go an’ find the wretch, give him that message, get the nams of his friend, app’int time an’ place for hostilities an* see that you comports yourse’t with styla. Don’t you-all go grinnin’ about like one of these yere bob-cats arrangin’ this slaughter. If you do, folks'll see it's your first docel.”™ “‘Bill at this reproof gets grave an’ such situation that the old discard was lacking, while announcing that as the discarder’s weakest suit gave not the least information as to which was the stronger of the other two remaining suits. Cases arise every day where another lead of trumps is either extremely dan- gerous or absolutely impossible. It is in Just such situations as this that the ro- tary is useful. When the two are com- bired, the rotary tqbe used in the limited form and the discard of stremgth and Wweakness, according to trump situatjon In all other cases, we have the most Satis- factory system of discard yet suggested. Spades trumps, leader west. THE DEAL. North. 8.—10, 8, 41 2, H—A, Q, 10, 6, 8. .—8, ‘D.~8. 8—15. H-$ 8 7. C.~—10, %. 7.8 D—J, 10, 7, & o SERERIRRERN™ P a . Jd Star indicates winning card. ‘West takes out three rounds of trumps, at trick three East gets a discard, dis- carding the three of clubs, indicating dla- monds as his suit. Trick 4 With West's strong hand and eleven trumps gone, he would have prob- 2bly played better to have led dlamond two, instead of the king, but not know- ing the strength of partner’s dlamond sult was afraid of blocking it. Trick 6. North discards hearts, show- ing his strong sult. Trick 7. South gives partner jack of hearts as a strengthening card, West must cover with king, thereby losing his re-entry in'hearts. Trick 8. North takes West's nine of trumps and goes down the line with the hearts. The last two tricks fall to West's ace and queen of clubs. The fifth annual congress of the Wom- an’s Whist League has just closed, after & most successful tournament. at the Ho- .B Alfred yfleixr; Liewis, his surtoot starts Mea ed a »n the w buttonin vietim, haughty, an’ out to look up the cousin sinks able; for now, back conte; with Bill an’ him ig goin’ ag’in. “‘In or rools, he r to get a two hou with * says Bill I learns that acterizes t airs we can't a bla villain. Havin d yo resentin’ his slanders, captain, y barred a dooel. You cai blacklaig an’ a villain an’ then haul him to the field of honor. An’ besides, if he' & Dblacklaig an’ a villain, he's b the notice of a gent an’ is a heap to come.” When Bill rattles off thi he surveys my cousin llke he's shorely lookin” down on n from some soopreme heights of kn 4+« “BiIl!" roars m: at him a bit, ho’ve in’ with? You do about dooels than y ) Qve you been talkin’ with? I Wt propose to know.” “ “This attack takes the tuck outen Bill an’ he begins to feeble dow At last he confesses that feelf he saveys of the code, he asks of the tavern. That gent commoonjeation with ( the Bloo Grass Co’t of tions of honor. does the rest. .*“ concludes Bill with a glear eye, “T'll tell you what we-all ¢ We can have a street fight easy merely sends this outcast word to hee himse’f, select a pard, an’' be at place at sech a time; an’ tha. you is present framed for war an’ ga shoots "em up.” “‘But my cousin shakes his head; beginning to lose heart. he “i¢ I can’t get this author's ha'r wi shellin’ the camp or inauguratin’ a com mon vulgar riot, why then! let escape. The fates is ag'in me. But, this yere failure should be a lesson 'to you. The next time you're reetained to ald an’ abet a killin’, don’t"go romanci ‘round, askin’ advice none, but jest prance in an’ slay azn’ slsh an more about it.” - he's say no NE of the most interesting featu of the business substi hetiers oF Qredit money, and a subs used by nearly every t traveler, is the letter of credt To illustrate a typical case, let us intro duce Mr. Jones. He decides lke to spend a year in tr nd mapping out an itinerary, makes a estimate of the amount of money it will be necessary for him to spend. He fixes the amount, say, at $10,000. The average traveler does not care to load himself down with any such sum, becat dition to the inconvenience of it, he makes himself a possible thieves in case they learn of his slons. He can, of course, divide th into smaller amounts by drawing bil exchange, payable on certain banks certain cities throughout the world, the letter of credit affords a much mors simple and satisfactory method of keep- ing himself supplied with funds. After arranging his itinérary and sat- isfying himself that he can afford to ex- pend the amount he has estimated thetr! will cost him, Mr. Jones betakes self to a banking house in this city w issues letters of credit and obtains such a document. It is usually a large folder. On the first page is an engraved letter of instruction. The banker, addressing his correspondents In whatever part of the world thay may be, begingg by formally “taking the liberty, eta.” of intreducing Mr. Jones and certifying that his credit is equal to the sum of §20,000. At the foot of the page Mn Jones signs his name. Another page of {he document is ruled off into spaces in which are te be filled the various amounts drawn. Still another pege is devoted to & Mst of banks in &if- ferent cities and towns In the worid at which such & letter will be honored. This letter is not mevely an assurance that Mr. Jones i3 “good” for the amount named, but that he is & proper person, from i and v o s of travel to any part of the civilized world, ‘without taking with him a cent of money, and always feel sure that his financial wants, within the ltmits of the sum named therein, will be supplied. Before leaving he must place under the control of the banking house the amount named in lettar, either in cash or its financial alent.—Boston Herald. ould Plau the Fascma’ung Game of Whist tel Somerset, Boston. There was an at- tendance of between three hundred and fifty and five hundred at all meetings. and the greatest interest and enthusiasm was displayed by all the participants. The play for the three trophles and t Philadelphia cup were the most interest- Ing. The Washington trophy match, the senlor event of the tournamer s won by the Baltimore Woman's Tub—nine and a half matches plus thirteen tri This trophy becomes the property of the club winning it at the twentieth annual congress. By a score of six matches plus twenty-one tricks the New Amsterdam Club of New York carried away the To- ledo trophy. The Cavendish trophy win- ner was the Cavendish Club of Boston with three matches plus nine tricks. gold medal for the highest Indivia score went to Miss Hooper of the Caven- dish Club, with plus eight. The Herod Club of Boston secured a win for the kaw & score of 10 410.