STEALING OUT.
In all-fours the best cards to steal out are the ace, the deuce, and
the jack. After having possessed themselves of these, they will make a
trump of the suit they have stolen, by slipping the cut. Suppose, for
instance, the dealer has three points to make : he steals out the ace,
deuce, and jack of one suit; he then makes that suit trumps, his
adversary leads, generally, some low card, in order to turn the lead to
the dealer. The dealer then plays his jack, and saves it, and then
shows ace and deuce, and is declared out. In such cases he may or may
not keep all the cards he has in his hand, as the cards are scarcely
ever counted when one shows out; or if he is afraid of it, he may put
three low cards in his lap, or he will palm three ; by either of which
tricks he hides his theft. The cards, in this game, are marked that
they may be known by their backs.
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