It is very seldom, however, that Pope does turn up for trumps; when it does not happen, the player next to the dealer begins to play, trying to get rid of as many cards as possible.  First he leads cards which he knows will be stops, then Pope, if he has it, and afterward the lowest card in his suit, particularly an ace, for that can never be led up to.  The other players follow when they can; for instance, if the leader plays the two of diamonds, whoever holds the three plays it, some one follows with the four, and so on until a stop occurs; whoever plays the card which makes a stop becomes leader and can play what he chooses.

This goes on until some person has parted with all his cards, by which he wins the counters in the “game” compartment and receives from the players a counter for every card they hold.  Should any one hold the Pope he is excused from paying, unless he happens to have played it.

Whoever plays any of the cards which have pools or compartments takes the counters in that pool.  If any of these cards are not played, the counters remain over for the next game.

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“I suspect you”

This game may be played by any number of persons.  As soon as the cards have been dealt and the players have examined their hands, the one on the left of the dealer plays the lowest card he has (the ace counting lowest).  He must place the card face downward on the table, at the same time calling out what it is.  The next player also puts down a card, face downward, and calls the next number; for instance, if No. 1 puts down a card and says “One,” No. 2 says “Two,” No. 3 “Three,” and so on.

It is not necessary for the card laid down to be actually the one called out.  The fun of the game is to put down the wrong card without, any one suspecting you.  Naturally, it is not often that the cards run straight on, as no one may play out of turn, and if one player thinks another has put down the wrong card, he says, “I suspect you.”  The player must then show his card, and if it should not be the one he said, he must take all the cards laid down and add them to his pack; if, however, the card happens to be the right one, then the accuser must take the cards.  The player who first succeeds in getting rid of his cards wins the game.

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BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOR

The cards are dealt equally to the players.  The first player puts down a card, face upward, upon the table.  If it be a common card, that is, a two, or three, or anything but a picture card or an ace, his neighbors put down in turn their cards until a court card (that is, a picture card or an ace) turns up.