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Show PLAYING CARDS FOR A WIFE. Louis Lango, an industrious barber, while at n picnic in the suburbs of Williamsburg, live years ayo, met! Misa Annie Horbtnmnn of HuuVon City, and after two weeks' courtship married her, in the fall of 1S71. After the ceremony they discovered thai they were altogether uiieuited to e-ich other, and in rage he one morning started for Chicago, where he remained re-mained till a few weekd ago. Then he returned hoping to wiled a reconciliation recon-ciliation with hi 4 wife. Mrs. Lange, however, had, after two years of single life, accepted the attentions of Clans Doscher, who at her previous marriage acted as Lange'a grooms- man, and in October, 1S74, they were married, sho not knowing whether Lange waa dead or alive. Oo Sunday afternoon Lange and a friend went to No. UH Johnson avenue, and found Mrs. Lange-Doscher. Lange-Doscher. She cordially invited Mr. Feist, the friend, in, and then seeing Mr. Lang, without change of coun--tenanee extended her hand and ex-clamed: ex-clamed: "Why, Louis Lange, walk right in; yni are woldome," and bringing forward a chair, invited him to be seated. Before he could sit down, however, Henry Horstmaun, the woman b brother, accused Lange of being a scoundrel in returning to bring misery on a woman he had deserted. de-serted. Lange became enraged and was about to reply. Horslmann approached ap-proached and the two clinched. The woman and Feist eeperated them. It waa then agreed that Lange and Feist should withdraw for an hour, during which time Horstmann was to find Doacher, bring him home, and tho two husbands were to settle the trouble. In an hour the congress met. Lange and Doscher, after looking look-ing at one another lor a moment, shook hands. Feist, then, on behalf of Lange, proposed to open Uie subject; but uoscnor oojectea, and said, it L,angc would retire with him to an adjoining room, they could talk the matter over. Mrs. Lange-Doscher had meanwhile produced a measure of beer. The conference lasted twenty minutes, high words occurring twice. The men returned smiling, and Lange said, "Well, the thing is settled. We are going into the saloon and play a game of euchre to see which is to have her." The woman, though she did not seem to like it, acquiesced, but accompanied accom-panied Doacher. The players faced each other at the table. Tne woman sat at the head, while Feist sat in the rear of Lange, as Horstmann did behind Doacher. With the cards the landlord brought a round of beer, which was drank, and the men cut for the deal, Lange winning and scoring one point. Doscher then handled the cards, and in play made a march. Lange in his next deal was not so successful, being euchered with three good trumps in bis hand. Doscher then scored another an-other point, making the game stand five points in his favor to one point "or Lange. Doscher next forfeited his inning on account of a missdeal, and passing over the cards Lange was enabled to score one on his own'deal and two on Doscher's next deal. By two succes sive euchers Doscher then scored four points, making nine points of the ten necessary to win. The woman, i worked up to a great sUte ot excite- t !i, -.r rw-,.!,,,,. uient, moved to the side of Doscher, and, resting her arm on his shoulder, watched biro, anxiously as he distributed distri-buted the cards for the next inning, on which Lange won one point. On his own deal, which followed, he made a maich, and one point in each of the two following deals, ao that on the thirteenth deal, one having been forfeited, the score stood nine points each. Doscher waa decidedly nervous when he took up the cards, and he called lor a schooner of beer, which ho drank with feverish haste, and then, after tho cards had been cut, dealt them slowly. He gavo Lange the knave, (right bower,) queen and nine-spot of clubs, and the knave and ten-spot of hearts; to himself the ace and king of- clubs, the knave of spades, (left bower,) the king and queen of hearts, turning up aa trumps the ten of clubs. Lange ordered him up, and led with the knave ot hearts. Doscher took this with his king, and threw out his ace of trumps, which Lange of course covered with his right bower, leading his ten spot of hearts. Doscher, having discarded his queen, took the trick with his teu-spot of trumps, and led out his king, to which Lunge's cine spot was a speedy captive, cap-tive, and the left bower being then shown, Lange leaped from his chair and charged that Doscher had stacked the cards. A q'jarrel Beemed imminent, im-minent, but the Bight of another round of beer induced him to sit down, and, while quailing it, he said, "I'll take that all back; if she is worth gambling for, she ain't worth fighting for; go, Doscher, I wish you joy of her." At midnight they separated in the best of temper toward each other, Lange swearing that he would not put aatraw in their way. N. Y. Sf February 22d. |