6. Justly Honoured. 7. Notes Words. 8. Joyous Reformer. 9. Some Laughter Causes. 10. A True Marine. 12. Kindly, Dainty, Winsome. 14. Just Writes Rhymes. 20. Her Book Succeeded. ANSWERS 1. Theodore Roosevelt. 2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 3. George Dewey. 4. Mary Mapes Dodge. 5. Richmond Pearson Hobson. 6. John Hay. 7. Noah Webster. 8. Jacob Riis. 9. Samuel L. Clemens. 10. Alfred T. Mahan. 11. E. A. Abbey. 12. Kate Douglas Wiggin. 13 C. D. Gibson. 14. James Whitcomb Riley. 15. Walter A. Wyckoff. 16. Mary E. Wilkins. 17. Phillips Brooks. 18. Mary Anderson or Maude Adams. 19. Robert E. Lee. 20. Harriet Beecher Stowe. The prize was a copy of a "History of the United States," by a well-known author; and the self-convicted "booby" had presented to him a small volume on the same subject, written for very young beginners. CHAPTER VI Card Games THE GAME OF PORRAZO (BLOW OR STRIKE) HE terms in this now popular game are Spanish, and it was introduced into this country from Mexico. The game may be played by any number from two to eight, in partnership or not. Cards have their usual values, except that ace is low. Three cards in a bunch are dealt to each player, and before play begins each must announce whether or not he holds a "randa" or pair. Three of a kind is called a "randine." He must not say what the pair is, however. When the hand is played out, "randas" count to the person that holds the highest-spots counting one point, jacks two, queens three and kings four. A randine is the same as three different pairs and counts accordingly-spots three, jacks six, etc. one. The spot cards, one, two, three, four, count for place as follows: If the board is bare, the ace played counts If there is one card on the board and you play a two-spot, it counts you two. If you play the threespot so that it is the third card on the board, or the four-spot so that it is the fourth card, they each count for their number. Cards match by denomination, not suit; but, in addition to taking up the card that you match, you take up all that follow in regular sequence after it. Thus, if a ten, jack, queen, king, ace and twospot lay upon the board and you hold the ten, you could take them all. If two cards of the same kind lie on the board, you cannot, however, take them both up at once with a match card. At the end of the deal of the whole pack, cards count to the person or side having the greatest number as many points as the difference between that and the next lower. On the last hand, the person taking the last trick takes the cards remaining on the board. The really interesting feature of the game is "porrazo." If you can match the card just laid down and left on the board it is "porrazo," and counts you just what a "randa" of those same cards would count-spots one, jacks two, etc. But if the person next to you holds the same card, he announces, "contra porrazo" and carries off the cards (with any sequence that may accrue), and is credited with what a "randine" would give him. A "contra porrazo" of kings, for example, is twelve points. If a fourth player chances to hold the same card—which happens only at intervals-it is called "San Beinto," and wins the game, irrespective of what the score may be. A sweep or clearing of the board is called a "limpia," and gives the person that makes it whatever a "randa” would be on the last card taken up in the sequence. Thus, if there were a ten, jack and queen on the board and you played a ten and cleared the board, you would get three points, but if there were, in addition, the king, one and two, you would get only one, for that is all a "randa" of two's would give you. You must take up the card that matches the one you play and all in sequence, whether you wish to or not, excepting when you play for "in place." Then it is optional whether |