Tyche
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 55
Frank said, dealing the cards face up, “We have 32 cards,” and he pointed to each as he named them. “Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Nine, Eight and Seven. The whole idea of the game is to win tricks. Now you might think that the Ace would be high card ... it’s not. The highest card is the Jack of trump ... the ‘right bower’ ... the ‘bower’ is called that because all other cards ‘bow’ or surrender to it. The next highest card is the Jack of the opposite suit ... or the left bower. I mean by that, if a black suit is trump ... the Jack of the other black suit is the Left.”
And I said, “If a red suit is trump the other red Jack is the left?”
He gave me a look...”You’re not a normal high school kid, are you.” Wasn’t a question.
“Nope ... Freshman in college in the fall. Except ... I’ve tested or will have tested out of most, if not all, of my freshman and sophomore requirements. I’ll be a junior ... maybe.” I picked out a suit of Hearts from the hands he had dealt and laid them out in order of strength, naming them as I placed them... “Jack of hearts, Jack of diamonds, Ace, King, Queen, 10, 9, 8 and 7 of hearts.”
“That’s right.”
“I assume that following suit is required.”
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