The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-10-19
MISCELLA AN EOUS.
From the Ne,c- York DuteAn,an.
THAT CHAP FROM THE SOUTH
An Animated Game Of D; AZ.
BY TOM TwIGGS.


"Thres Queens"
@Threo Kings-better! ha ha!
And the last speaker araked down. the
pile--rather huge one, too-for the parties
were no ordinary "sports"
Let usrsay few words descriptive of
them-the manner in which they were
brought together, and what resulted from
the connection.
The party numbeFcd three-two ofthem.
ghnlos who. frequent Ashionable watBrinr
places during Shie 4sH e.take day.tSss sIi
the good Loo AA2 snd. romaiIIis esIi:
CO, drive fasttcain 4 sud ease yeraznt x0,,,.l,
men-and soips3iIse : cs',cssz.-of their 81
plus funds. 3k 15II - was = - ~ u.s.,
-from the Sot! Is ssaaiisli:.:nppafsI'sj aii
tpnnitiated ii the ms ystcries 81 atic p.pors 3
and hence Eood sphIect to sirtimise.T %
pseIfpe. lai z''aee t'i ppS, Of the two krst
they ossapisd q Reof iiie ffstclAss hotels
aef 'ssa>e re- i',sht ptsViods to the time
"Bobs pya ap0tted one-full Of ,ock. and
N green "a young apples"
"Who is hei Have ! seen himw
"Ycs, that chap from the South pav.
key looking fellow who, sat opposite IN at
the dinner table TO day"
"He looks like sharp one to me-bettsr
'luf him be- think"
"Ha! ha He's just the greenest chap YOU
ever dealt to. Put me through to q bottle
Of wine, tother day, introduced me to a good
looking gal, treated me to an elegant drive,
and when we got back insisted that should
take another bottle of wine"
rWhich you did, Of course, ha! haw
%Of course / did,
swell, what then!"
why, nothing. only I'm satisfied he's .
geod subject to victimize, that's all!
hima" '-'
well, let's! Ha!ha
NWes, 40 you're on intimate terms with
him, invite him to our room, and perhaps we
can induce him to take hand"
"Pll do hm
And he did; and there you see him when
we hrst introduced him, making one of the
party OF three, engaged in an animated
game OF brag," as "sport" would say.
my deal J" he exclaimed, after one of his
competitors had "raked down the pile.r and
passed to hiu the "deck"---in sporting par.
lance, a pack Of cards. The cards were
dealt again.
aPass to come in again ~ exclaims one.
"Brag," says another.
"Pass out" sings out the third.
The two that were "in," appeared rather
shy Of one another. They were cautious,
and therefore the betting was not very ex.
tensiye.
Il raise you fve," says one.
"Cali," says greeny, and he took the pile
rather small one, however.
Like all other games played with csrds,
IN that OF "brag," the dealer has an .oppor.
tunity to "stock" them, as IL il termed--tha.
Il, dealing himselfa winning hand when he
feels disposed, and at the same time know
exactly the figures" in his opponents hand.
And this was the game they were playing
. tie Achaa from the South" letting hin,
win occasionally. just to keep his spirits up,
but confident to eventually squeeze from his
purse pretty round sum.
The game was an animated one, m we
said before One would win, and then an.
other--the @chap from the South" sharing
an equal amount Of luck. Champagne VISA
freely quafed, and gaod cheer predomina.
isd. AS It grew late, however, the game
became more animated-the bets were larq.
sf---the chap from the South's', winning
more anfseqnsnt. still bis losses did not
S<@.cunt to &s0at deal. -Hf
The last deal finally eame---she most AMI
mated Of any OF the previous ones.
rass ous' says one Of the gamblers
AV. "
-Raiso you ten" enthusiastically sxclsims
me chap from the South, his ccuntspapee
bfightening up, and bis angers neryorsIy
spreading open his hand. -
.Twenty-five bstterl' eoolly says IN.
gambler s .lsF.4 :. - -
Z The chap from the South svidsnily began
\ TO @suioll q mice He examined his esfds
cree more, and finally went . v better.
efon Anzdred bettsrr says the gambler,
showing ~ t>st amount.
- ~ Is,N Che pot had become pref
~ Eoe9 I<k3 oos---ndt less than Eve hen
asse dslI<z s4se hspdsed sad fifty aside.
y sai! 9sp el$st he shap from the South,
e5ysng hiaHnzd NhDths weuid naks The
snonus secds sH - yst be had not put up