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"Why, pretty fair," said Milt. Into the room precipitated Mrs. Gilson, in a smile, a super-sweater, and a sports skirt that would have been soiled by any variety of sport more violent than pinochle, and she was wailing as she came: "We're disgraced, Gene, is this Mr.
Robinson's tea party and the highly exciting sessions of the local Pinochle Club furnishing food for unlimited gossip and scandal. The newspapers reached the village, of course, but only the local news items aroused any real interest, while the women folk usually restricted their readings to those pages devoted to Daily Hints for the Home, Mrs.
Of evenings they sit at little tables along the sidewalk and drink beer and play pinochle and scat . They are very thrifty people. It is near but not "on" the Pedernales. Austin had a large German population when O. Henry lived there in the 1890's, and when he was publishing a weekly humorous newspaper called The Rolling Stone he lost many subscribers and advertisers by satirizing the Germans.
"Well, Abe," Morris answered, "a feller what runs a chance on auction pinochle ain't near the gambler like a feller what is willing to run a chance on his business burning out and don't carry no insurance, Abe." "Who is willing to run a chance, Mawruss?" Abe cried.
"That settles it, Connie," she said; "you girls can play for yourselves. Come on and go to bed, Kiddie," and with Bertie at her heels, the new mistress of Queerington raced down the hall. For ten years Doctor Queerington and Mr. Gooch had played pinochle every Friday evening. The Doctor did not especially enjoy it, except as one of those incidents that grows acceptable by long repetition.
Brauner hurried to the kitchen to make ready for four-o'clock coffee and cake. Hilda arranged the table for pinochle, and when her father and Otto were seated, motioned her lover to a seat beside her on the sofa. "Heart's bride," he said in a low tone, "I am prostrated by what I have borne for your sake."
The house was peaceful, that evening, and he enjoyed a game of pinochle with his wife. He indignantly told the Tempter that he was content to do things in the good old fashioned way. The day after, he went to see the purchasing-agent of the Street Traction Company and they made plans for the secret purchase of lots along the Evanston Road.
If he could only get a lady buyer up against a pianner, Mawruss, he could sell her every time." Morris tore up Mozart's application. "So long as a feller fools away his time, Abe," he said, "it don't make no difference either he plays auction pinochle or either he plays the pianner. Ain't it?" He opened another envelope and scanned the enclosed missive.
It was up to me to hand Gladys the frosty get-back, so this is what I said: Respected Madam: I'm a slob on that auction bridge thing, plain poker being the only game with cards that ever coaxes my dough from the stocking, but I'll do the advice gag if it chokes me: Auction bridge is played with cards, just like pinochle, with the exception of the beer.
Janet and Tim returned about the time the dishwashing process was complete. Janet proposed a hand of bridge; Tim suggested poker, James voted for pinochle, and Martha wanted to toss a coin between canasta or gin rummy. They settled it by dealing a shuffled deck face upward until the ace of hearts landed in front of Janet, whereupon they played bridge until about eleven o'clock.
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