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A CARD GAME CALLED BEAT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND HOW TO PLAY IT

Number of Players: 2.

The Deal: Give each player half of the deck.

Object: To win all of the cards.

The Play: The non-dealer puts a card face up in the middle of the table. If it is an ordinary spot card (from the deuce up to the 10), the dealer covers it with a card from the top of his pile. This process continues, each playing one card in turn on top of the pile, until one of the players puts down an Ace, King, Queen, or a Jack.

The moment an Ace or picture card appears, the other player must pay out the proper number of cards, one at a time, face up:

For an Ace, 4 cards. For a King, 3 cards. For a Queen, 2 cards. For a Jack, 1 card.

If all the cards put down for payment prove to be spot cards, the owner of the Ace or picture card takes up the entire pile and puts it at the bottom of his stack. This is the way the cards are won, and the object of the game is to win all the cards.

If you turn up an Ace or picture card while you are paying out to your opponent, the payment stops and he must now pay you for the card that you have put down. This process continues, since either player may turn up an Ace or picture card while he is making a payment. Eventually, however, a player turns up only spot cards in payment, and then the entire pile is lost.

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