In fact, things came within an ace of a bloody outbreak.

To win is nothing but an endless piling up of the right cards, beginning with the ace and ending with the king, and it only means more shuffling for next time.

There is an ace of diamonds and its deuce.

The ace is placed above the row, beginning a row of aces to be placed there as fast as they fall, and the deuce is placed atop of it, for in that row the suits will be built up, each in its kind.

"It am de press gang!" said the cook, who was a negro black as the ace of spades named Job.

On this pass, whilst taking some plane-table observations, I was within an ace of being detected from an unexpected quarter.

Oh, don't ask me to play euchre," said he; "I'm so mixed up, Miss BRUMMET, I couldn't tell the King of Ten-spots from the Ace of Jacks.

He never discards an ace.

The mere size of it dazzles him, and he will keep aces and discard tens, forgetting that you cannot have a sequence of more than four without a ten, and that you can have one of seven without the ace, and that a king is as good as an ace, if the latter is in the discard.

The mere size of it dazzles him, and he will keep aces and discard tens, forgetting that you cannot have a sequence of more than four without a ten, and that you can have one of seven without the ace, and that a king is as good as an ace, if the latter is in the discard.

"Each player had four cards dealt to him, one by one, the seven was the highest card, in point of number, that he could avail himself of, which counted for twenty-one, the six counted for sixteen, the five for fifteen, and the ace for the same," &c. (Sports and Pastimes, 247.)

The ace of danger.

E flat alto and C melody saxophone, with pf. ace.

The ace of knaves; the Saint goes into action.

(In Ace high western Magazine, Jan.-Apr. 1937) © 20Nov36, B319709; 18Dec36, B322225; 20Jan37, B324889; 19Feb37, B334955.

(In Ace-high magazine, Aug. 1937) © 18Jun37; B341501.

(In Ace-high magazine, July 1937)

Ace in the hole.

ACE psychological examination for college freshmen.

The Stars and Stripes ace flying at my gate, and they are flying over all France.

The third estate drew its origin and nourishment from all sorts of sources; and whilst one was within an ace of drying up, the others remained abundant and fruitful.

Agents, posted by the English ambassador, Lord Stair, were within an ace of arresting him, perhaps of murdering him.

It was that of Ferrara, the Italian ace: "The major is right, sir, in spite of all!

"Now, I'm going to make a farewell play," continued Ace.

" "You didn't know that I just came from Montana, did you, Tom?" asked Ace.