Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace.
Eugene FieldAll human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it
Eugene FieldBut I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese.
Eugene Field