The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-11-06

Il 4lp,aSSuGHttnscit IL, an alututtr lOrS Ils
! same,Whicl,Was done bySplacing ,his3hnnds
behind him, and requiring tiie Frenchman
4 10 saYliShctlIer they were open or slut.
Mohsiehf. hardly knowing what 10 max,
|of it,ssaid .opcn:' s5ss
II Il ynuch viii you be, me-, inqsire,!
the General. si. =
Suppose me betle5yo yon leclIe hun.
4 dred dollurc!'
! Done !'Ssad the General. al Tie same
time shaving the nstonished Frenchman
his clasea hands. :! am very sorry To in.
! form you that YOU lave los,, and Il smile
iol peculiar meaning played around Ills
J, mouth.
!; All! sacre me shall no understand Won
iisnch game, Generalc.'
Mnst Understandable, by Jurier!' .hun-
/ dcsed the General, once more placing his
ihan'!s behind him. 81
! / he Frenchnan guessed again, and lost,
3ot course. This was repeated several
fumes, until Munsieur declared he could no
iiongev rlay.
| 'Pro,'uCo substitute, ,hpnr cried Tie
Gcneraii 'Ly thunder this mast De play
cdr
| Monsieur then referred him to his wor
itAy friend, The Yankee who, being called
/ upon, proposed that he should be, alternate
/, ~, entitled Ia the privilege OF secreling his
j hpnds. Bul the General. soon gave him 10
t"nderstand that his game could only tc
tr4yed one 7cdy--nt the same .itne telling
the landlord he might as we'll station han.
tsetfAon shore, with lis rife, as ~ intended
/ there should be very itllc cYiy0ca,ion in
ms gambling transactions.
| The Yankee, finding ha, he was deter
mined not TO give him u fair chance, pro.
posed that The other should BET two To- his
! ionr, The General laughed 1T his simple
IPrornsilion, and readily consented. n,ovi.
E"cd the Yankee would agrcc to Ic. him Fix
The amonnt, which was also conceded.
10 a northern traveller this scene would
have been highly interesting. About lhir:
- yards from tho boat, prrched upop a
stump, with long rifle IN his han,i, was
their host rendy to obey the s!ia'ic.lcom.
mand Of tho General. At ihc stcrn Of ,Ac
tboat stood Monsieur. with pale cheek,
and feelings that can be better imagined d
than described as he thought Of The ter
mlnn.inn of q game Which would in
all probability. en-! by leaving him and
his friend several lhonsand. dollars minus.
! 4 li!t'c in advance Of him stood the Gen.
eral and the Yankee--lhc lutmer cool and
collcctcd--lhe latter exhibiting mich u,l.
casiness; whicli"ss particularly po.ccp,i.
bic in his b'ooIIess, quiserine lips-and he
seemed half inclined Ii buck out A few
oa.hs, however, from his dreaded antnc on
isl, finally ncrved him TO the sticking p;n, !.
which was made manifest by his sa ying,
4 guess I'm just about 5s ready as ever
will be, Gincral-so how much do Won
'l'ink ought TO bet' Don, be getii,,' j,
'cw h'gh, nov" cause you see, Gincral
Iyou'!l have 10 bet nc ,cw 10 one
%. that matters not, my ,lrnr fellow,
said The other, 'wc Arkansas Generals on.
| ~ play l"r amusement; and so, merely to
make the game Interesting, my larkcy, !
will try you with Two thousand dollars"
Wal, Gincras, secin' i.'s you. and only
Tor amusement. yov jest lay down then,
nre four thousand Of yoarn, and I'll lry
and raise tho hall ont
| The General accordingly laid down his
four thousand dollars on the buut. while
the Yankee placed his two thousand IN
,compaui on5hir.
Now Mister Ginrral said Jonathan
Jest hide them arc hands OF yuuru. an,!
tSpcak /, all ont r'ain-so shanl make no
mis,akc.'
The General cas-, his eye .owards the
ianolord--wi"iIrd--r'nccd his haads be.
.hind him, and then, in low, distinct
voice, said, 0peA, or &hnt.'
The Yankee looked ai him steudil, 70,
some moments without moyin.. nusclt
Of bis face, as though, by somo intuition
nc was ubou, TO divine tlc certain positions
i OF his hhnds--When, with motion. anick,
las lightning, he drove his brnwa, Gsl be.
tween The eyes of tnc ";hcr--which had
no sooner taken effect ,hau lie was living
iprostratn upon tho deck
Open! hy goaii cric,i ihc Yankee, ..
| hc-saw he Others hnnds ilying through
ifc aiF--1t the sarnc lime sMaiching li,t
money, c!a'nrc'"G 40 his pockci nm,
hnJing ti'e s,Eaitencu body ol sie Genera
on The shore; .hen giving the boat su,l
den shovc by means Of pole, hu an' hi.
French companion, to the great discoinsi
lure Of their enemies, were soon r,idsna
4 down The stream.
Fire. roared ou, The Genera! nj lht
TOP OF his Lungs, as soon as he could rceai,
us feet hnd turn 10 Its ltcSt--'fre! I tel
!, yon; YOU stupid fool! Blaze away. blow
out t!lai internal Yankees brains; hes 90
:; ii i"r dhe's meai!'
J'hc Fri. hicnel hos. en,!cavnrod 10 obey,
but II was Ilu 90: the more lr ,ricd /.
shoot, HE mare he couldn't; while 70 com.
,pl!e their ChagTin rntl 10 add to thea
veXa'ipn, the voice of he Tankcr--in til,
: real nasal twang--"ns heard eating out,
4 say GiHnrai; tiis ,..e's gu,!y consid
erahic Kind of slick game Of amusement