What recondite connection there was between him and jackstraws I never made out, but I suspected it was the delicate sleight of hand required, and the practice it gave him, which fastened him to that Occidental game.
The task consisted in taking a tiny pick-pole, scarcely bigger than a match, and with the bit of curved wire on the end lifting off the jackstraws one by one without stirring the pile or making it tremble.
There sat the wise man in the midst of his books and bottles and diagrams and dust and chemicals and cobwebs, making strange figures upon the table with jackstraws and a piece of chalk.
A set of Chinese Jackstraws in the writer's collection was made about the middle of the last century, probably for exportation, for some of the straws are European in character.
They are of ivory, which is most delicately carved, and are not coloured, as are some of the sets of Chinese Jackstraws that are carved out of bone.
In a few moments Molly had whisked things about, and arranged the jackstraws on a small table near the bed.
I thought you might like to play some games this morning," Molly suggested, "so I brought over my jackstraws and my Parcheesi board.
They had a jolly time and followed the jackstraws with a game of Parcheesi.
The jackstraws will be people, and your family can live in that corner of the Parcheesi board, and mine will live in this.
Twenty years later, in 1803, occurred the heap of jackstraws that led to the Louisiana Purchase.
Twenty years later, in 1823, occurred the heap of jackstraws from which emerged the Monroe Doctrine.
Chapter X: Jackstraws Jackstraws is a game which most of us have played in our youth.
From the heap of jackstraws I shall lift out only that which directly concerns us and our acquisition of that enormous territory, then called Louisiana.
The Game of Jackstraws There was a roar of laughter at the old man's boast, but in a moment all was activity.
