"Isn't that just my bad luck! I had nine." "So did I," said several others, but it was Tom Craig's list that had ten, so he received the prize.

His list, as Uncle Steve read it out, was: Cook, loud, duck, cool, cold, lock, look, dock, clod, gold.

The prize was a box of candy made in the shape of a four-leafed clover, so it was really four boxes.
Tom generously offered to pass the sweets around at once, but Uncle Steve advised him not to, as supper would be served pretty soon.
The children all liked the game, and clamored for a repetition of it, but Cousin Jack said it was his turn for a game now, and if they'd all stay at the tables, he'd give it to them.
"This is my own game," he said, "because it is called jackstraws, and my name is Jack.

I am not a man of straw, however, as you'd soon find if you tried to knock me over! The game is almost like ordinary jackstraws, but with slight additions." Then there were passed around bunches of jackstraws for each table.

They were just like ordinary jackstraws, except they were of different colors, and a little card told how to count.