All Fours

A game of cards, also called Old Sledge, Seven-Up, and High-Low-Jack, played by two or four persons playing partners, with a full pack, in which the cards rank as in whist. The points are known respectively as "High," Low," "Jack" and "Game," each counting one, and seven being game. Six cards are dealt to each, the card following the deal being turned for trumps. If this is a Jack the dealer counts one; otherwise the Jack counts for its captor. The player on the left hand of the dealer can "beg," when the dealer must give him one point or deal three cards more to each, for a change of trump. If the same suit is turned for trump, the deal must be repeated until another suit is turned, though usually the subsequent deals are one card each. In counting for game Ace counts four, King three, Queen two, Jack one. IMG:content-0093.png:[blocks in formation]