appear by the following scheme:--

L s. d. L s. d.
1st turn up 0 0 6 10th turn up 12 16 0
2nd ,, 0 1 0 11th ,, 25 12 0
3rd ,, 0 2 0 12th ,, 51 4 0
4th ,, 0 4 0 13th ,, 102 8 0
5th ,, 0 8 0 14th ,, 204 16 0
6th ,, 0 16 0 15th ,, 409 12 0
7th ,, 1 12 0 16th ,, 819 4 0
8th ,, 3 4 0 17th ,, 1,618 8 0
9th ,, 6 8 0 18th ,, 3,236 16 0


In fair play, as this is represented to have been, such a long
sequence of matches must be considered very remarkable, although
six or seven is not unfrequent.

Unfortunately, however, there is a very easy means by which card
sharpers manage the thing to perfection. They prepare beforehand
a series of a dozen cards arranged as follows:--

1st Queen 6th Nine
2nd Queen 7th Nine
3rd Ten 8th Ace
4th Seven 9th Eight
5th Ten 10th Ace

Series thus arranged are placed in side pockets outside the
waistcoat, just under the left breast. When the sharper becomes