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SOME IN-DOOR GAMES AT MARBLES.
BY L.D. SNOOK.
One or two of the following games of marbles may be known to the
readers of ST. NICHOLAS, but we think they all will be new to a great
many boys.
THE ARCHED-BOARD COUNT-GAME.
[Illustration]
A strip of board, half an inch thick, five inches wide, and twenty-two
inches long, has notches cut in one side, two inches wide at the
bottom, and tapering as shown. Short bits of board nailed upon each end
keep the strip upright. Then it is placed upon the floor within two
feet of the wall. Each player is provided with the same number of
marbles (from three to five, or as many as the players wish), and from
the opposite side of the room he rolls at the board, the object being
to roll through the arches, which have numbers immediately above them
in the manner shown. The one making the most counts after rolling all
the marbles is entitled to one game. Or, if you have but five or six
marbles, each party rolls the whole number by himself, and should there
be a tie between those who make the highest aggregate number, they must
roll again, the one then having the highest tally winning the game.
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