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XXI USK PATIENCE (WITH ONE WHIST PACK) DEAL the cards, face upwards, from left to right, in
eight rows, the top row consisting of ten cards; the second row beginning
immediately under the first card of the top row, but consisting of only nine
cards; the third row beginning similarly, but consisting of only eight cards;
and so on, each row diminishing by one card, so that the eighth and last row
will consist of three cards. The lowest card of each of the ten columns is
"exposed," and any exposed card on the board can be packed on any
other exposed card that is of contrary colour and one higher in denomination.
Under the same conditions, the lowest card of any column can be packed on the
card immediately above (in the same column), and the two again packed on the
card next above, and so on. Thus, if the three lowest cards of a column are
knave of hearts, 10 of clubs, 9 of diamonds, the 9 is packed on the 10, and
both these cards are then packed on the knave. Sequences can be moved bodily
from one column to another, as they happen to fit; and the upper card or cards
of a sequence may similarly be moved, if that appear more advantageous than
moving the whole of the sequence. Whenever an ace is exposed, it is put out above the
board, to be built upon upward, according to suit. If a vacancy be made in any
column by having put out or packed all its component cards, only an exposed
king, or a complete sequence based upon a king, can be moved into the space. When no more packing or building can be done, the
cards are to be taken up strictly in the following order. The tenth (last)
column is taken up first, face upwards; on this place the top card of the ninth
column, face upwards, then the second card from the top, and so on; next place
on these the cards of the eighth column, in similar order; and so on up to the
first column. The whole pack is then turned over, face downwards, and dealt out
again from the top in rows, by the same rules as governed the first deal, save
only that you will not have so many cards, and must perforce stop as soon as
they are all dealt. Packing and building are then resumed. If the four
ace-packets cannot all be now built up to their respective kings, the game has
failed. Should no aces be exposed in the first deal, it will
be scarcely worth while to proceed. Shuffle the cards, and deal afresh from the
beginning. It is good play, in the first-deal building, to bring high cards as
far as possible to the right-hand columns, as these will fall to the top rows
when the pack is re-dealt. The second lay-out will need very careful play, and
it will often be found impossible to bring the game to its conclusion. No card,
once put out, may be brought back to the board, so the object should be to pack
as much as possible downward from the kings on the board, rather than to build
upward too hastily on the foundation packets. Even in the first lay-out it is
not advisable to build up too far from a single ace: it is much better that two
foundation packets of contrary colour should progress simultaneously. Below is given a played-out example of a game which
came out in the two deals. It may very rarely happen that success is achieved
in one deal. USK PATIENCE. (The original lay-out) THE PLAY. Put out the ace of hearts for a foundation. Pack 3 of
clubs on 4 of diamonds, and put out the ace of clubs for another foundation.
Pack the 7 of hearts on the 8 of clubs; move king of clubs into the space, and
pack on him the queen of diamonds. Pack the 7, 8, 9 sequence from column 4 on
to the 10 of clubs; pack knave of clubs on queen of diamonds; pack the 8 and 9
from column 7 on to the 10 of hearts; build the 2 of clubs on the ace. Pack queen of spades on king of diamonds; 10 of
diamonds on knave of clubs; 6 of clubs on 7 of hearts; 5 of spades on 6 of
diamonds. Move the king, queen from column 4 into the space, and put out the
ace of diamonds for a third foundation. Pack the 5, 6, 7 sequence from column 3
on to the 8 of hearts; 4 of clubs on to 5 of diamonds; move king of spades into
the space. Put out the 3 and 4 of clubs. Pack 5 of diamonds on 6 of clubs, and
put out the 2 of hearts. Pack 4 of diamonds on 5 of spades. No more moves being practicable, we have to gather up and re-deal the cards, carefully following the method that has been detailed above. If these instructions are accurately carried out, it will be found that the board will present the appearance shown below. USK PATIENCE (The re-deal) Build the 2 of diamonds on the ace. Pack the 7 of
spades on the 8 of hearts, and move the king of hearts into the space. Put out
the 3 of hearts. Pack the 8 of diamonds on the 9 of clubs, and put out the 4 of
hearts. Pack the 4 of spades on the 5 of hearts; 7 of clubs on the 8 of
diamonds. Put out the 5 of clubs. Pack the 8 of spades on the 9 of diamonds. Transfer the 5 of hearts and 4 of spades from the 6
of clubs to the 6 of spades, so as to put out the 6 of clubs on to the club
foundation packet. Pack the knave of diamonds on the queen of spades; the knave
of hearts on the queen of clubs; and the knave of spades on the queen of
hearts. Put the knave of diamonds and queen of spades on the
king of hearts; put the knave of spades and queen of hearts on the king of
spades. Transfer the 4 of spades from the 5 of hearts to the 5 of diamonds; put
out the 5 of hearts. Move the 4 of spades and 5 of diamonds on to the 6 of
spades, releasing the ace of spades and the 3 of diamonds, which are put out,
as well as the 2, 3, 4 of spades. Pack the 10 of clubs on the knave of hearts; the 5 of
diamonds and 6 of spades on the 7 of diamonds; the 9 of hearts and 10 of spades
on the knave of diamonds; and the 7 of hearts on the 8 of spades. We thus
release the king of diamonds, which we move into the space, and upon which we
pack the three-card queen-of-clubs sequence. The three-card 9-of-clubs sequence will go on to the
10 of hearts; the sequence from 7 of hearts to 9 of diamonds is placed on the
to of clubs; and the sequence from 5 of diamonds to 8 of clubs is placed on the
9 of hearts. The 4 of diamonds is now free to go out on to its packet. There are no more blocking cards, and all the
ace-packets can be easily built up to their respective kings. |