Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

chased him out into the kitchen and while he was attempting to open the door, she gave her place to Louise and went around, coming up behind him.
“Oh you ronyon” laughed Bill.
“Oh there’s some class to me all right – when we get started” she answered.
“Did you get started?” he laughed. It seemed to strike him funny, for he laughed and laughed until we all were laughing in sympathy. He and Frances had that as a joke for several weeks afterward.
Joe Louise Bill and I then went to the dining room and started what was a new game with us – 500. It proved to be interesting and we played several games. Then Fred came in and we played poker, which is a game entirely based on luck as of course is any other game of cards. But there is no playing in this game – merely a show-down of cards. matches were used as money, which seemed to wander Joes way. Once Bill put in the “ante” a match of a different kind that what we using and brought our mirth and wrath down upon his head.
Finally, when it got real late, we all threw our entire