A player is chosen to represent “The Curate.”
The other players are assigned such names as printer, plumber. jeweler, butcher, druggist, shoemaker, etc. “The Curate” starts the game by saying.
“Mr. Butcher (or any other name) I called to see you this morning but you were not at home.”
The Butcher: “I had just gone over to the jeweler’s.”
Curate: “And what business had you at the jeweler’s?”
(The jeweler is the next to speak but he must not do so until the question is answered.)
“I went to get a bracelet for Mrs. Butcher.”
The Jeweler: “I was not at home for I had gone to the printer’s”
The Curate: “And what was your business at the printers?”
(The printer is the next to speak but he must not do so until the question is answered.)
The game may be made very interesting by bringing into it little personal references and bits of innocent scandal, as
“I was at the jeweler’s to help Mr. _____ select a ring for Miss _____.”
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Games for All Occasions by Mary E. Blain