Peter Eastgate Vol. 21, No. 24 Card Player Magazine

Mitch the Mooch

by Max Shapiro

I am a dedicated student of Shakespeare because so many of his verses resonate and speak universal truth. Perhaps his most memorable and quoted line reads: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for ne'er will a railbird repay thee." And, of course, Abe Lincoln said much the same thing in his Gettysburg Address: "A...