Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1891 — Outwitted by an Innocent. [ARTICLE]

Outwitted by an Innocent.

There is a good story told of the outwitting of a gambler and a confederate, who was looking on, by an apparent innocent. The game, which was Napoleon, is played in this manner: Five cards are dealt* and the players in turn, declare the number of tricks each claims to make. Whoever declares the highest number playa against the rest, and the first card led is trumps.There were in this case only two players, and to the “innocent” was dealt ace, king, queen, knavb of clubs and ace of diamonds. He \ naturally backed himself to get five tricks, the chances in favor of his doing so bei- g enormous. He intended, of course, to make clubs trumps, but the readiness with whicli his wagers were accepted by the onlooker who saw his, opponent's hand, aroused his suspicions, and when , the stake had risen to a high amount, j he made his solitary diamond the trump, and found his adversary with • five clubs, and so made every trick.