| Show DREW THE LINE ON JACK POTS conscience of theological student has sudden awakening at a certain university in this state the game of hearts has been exceed angly popular among the students the last winter A group ot of them accas tomed to meet in one of the fraternity houses to play included a theological student who although a member of one of the stricter denominate denominations ions did not find it against his conscience to be an ardent devotee of the game which however at least when he made one of the party was never played for money even when chips were introduced for counters as b baing an easier method of keeping score than the tiresome tally with pencil and paper the theologue did not balk but there came an evening when his sense of the fitness of things received a rude shock the pile of chips in the middle of the table had reached rather large proportions and one of the players inspired by a desire to make the prospective winnings still more worth while remarked lets have the next a jackpot the effect of these words on o 0 the theological student was electrical lie ile knew of their being associated with only one game and that scarcely to be mentioned in highly moral circles A jackpot he exclaimed mechanic cally then I 1 guess I 1 ln through with this game and he rose and walked out no amount of explanations or apologies was sufficient either to reinstate hearts in his approval new york tribune |
