, 1876-03-13
A BIG GAME OF DRAw.
An Incident on the Elississippl Dur.
xng tho War.

An Incident On the Elississippl dur.
xng tho War.
Meo Tork sun.
They wcro sitting around tho table In FIJI
teenth Ward faro-pank that is temporarily closed
through Bome misunderstanding with the police,
and having tirod Of short-carda they foil to tall
Ing stories. "You may hayo hoard this ono"
said squared -tawed, flrm.f faced, gray-whlskerod
man, ~ for It waB printed briefly at tho time but
I WAS thero:
"1n tho lattcr part Of G4 made trip down
tho river There came on board At Cairo young
pnymnstsr WHO wss on his way To pay brigade
Of troops eomowhcro in tho neighbo.hood OF
Viclsburg. Il was very 9uiee on tue boat,
and on tic first night below Cairo tho paymaster
walking up aud down tho saloon. Those. was
also ualktug up aud down the snloou d trim,
aIuare-shouldercd man, Nlo seemed to be
suffering from tho Same sedlousneBs; and when
they had mot o few times the stranger smiled
little at tho paymastar and said:
"tDul!.f
AID dull said tho paymastcr.
"'Hupposo wo have little game OF draw,
Bnid Tho stranger.
".Good idoa,' said tho paymastes, and they
BAT nown aud wont al IL.
I" both Of thom woro playing merely to pAss
time, at leas. We paWyl'aster W ~as and tue otngF
other Tor an hour OF two playing about - for .
top bet, and neither Of them winning OF loHinH
ff.kn al
aust, ". Ss Wv ~, I,at, s,d ttov
ea ~ ~ ,0a ~ .snt,,-oi Hm so-t
way. Tho tiro had boon amou1erinH you see,
aud Il broke out apparently without their know
sDg g,,,or T. =, than, ,,ons, ,r,no.o, n Inv ,oun
~ .aen 80 tt,5 ~
| making bots OF goo, {3u0, aud $500, and they
got tho pot up to about $1,000. Then tho st1an-
se1 tes.ed m.s ~" w. ", a.s;, IN ~ .n an,ont "
III nc %u ,n1 H. " nrohahe s,zo os b,s niie and
ts rs ru.A rt ~ ~ ~ .orrnt,onS oaoma ~ ha
oenE. nas nJ lara XII dow ~ ~ tsh1n mi
~. ~ a..an ~ .,sio1 ho.iotn;to nnt =, s
!aatoa o1oi nu to .,,,,. ~ !, 49,. .,,r,rnS
noo., alu u.o'o ~ w ,ho Tt.. :. ~ tn,s E
tnG easas INTO sns 'apo' s,. no ~ soa a,,ntns
ous -. ~. - akan ".,d t,'ar n"rca ~
~ AZ . pGt @ o. x1uv au ,um .wnrr otSor Iii,
~. -, " - .'1 att n't' psia pIis.o" %N&o
MI ~ II p.|s" RU,: YOU s.I $1,000
sf sopaGa ", a. .no IL r,oun1 Iou
n0 seGona. tso ~ @ o ~ hn .ntO ts
uoy, otsns tI"s .uuo" W. .,n nae .,s,,'a
tnins ~ from tAe a'hts Az WY Wouaa ..e nnso s
TenHa 70 to9a IN i.a ulioe!loI, "!eu ~ ~ naan =
1 roga rt a,rs,cs ~ ~ ~ t,a
ana "aaoa FEnL s.ntsns w ios Tue ~
siats-toou' ~ GtsSptn1tcl u'ouluhs' auo iauu
SLOWED up ngnn; baekan4 tn5oa9a 40 doot,
asaeetn6 funA attos nm anu 10 caoiu oo"a ''.
1uo ha.oon i1tas tIs,+ M ~. kaa,a1 w h.'
lahs Ae aonJ 20 sug;sA i;.s ~ ~ LIZ % NJ 9t,ta - 80
gasn oa ne s - ~ III nis nos. ~. 1tco.
mhstot ooa Roy uus u hs WY rTcset, t LITE ~
W wy ~ " sn1 sAt nno M ssoA W > t nIooS ". y. .
soo leather ines aoensa e ,.e selve ~ asott oI
pinuor LOT tho bunoles ot pl,n uaooaneatn: i Ig
took TWO o'g naokssos ohs o. ino G1aa Gna "aa iau
tnou upon one M Iaaa t ~ sug ann ="
Ean tanink uus ~ otae. & punatsa ,.s no n.aesaf
theM UPON tn9 1an!e IL 1sons " 1 LIN; az hHts
taxing OUT ahu gsscalng up IL 10 nsa puAs !.
bi8 triangular snapoa piio, M MEe Two pni.s OF
1tata meet'ng a. tno 'op eno n1aao ~ aono ua
deenoatl;
laoh he tnfoH als aahu u9Hn on tns iao.e s ~.
pulled hoWle.Rn!le ouL Of JUS noot enu spik,C,t
down through the eataa. ana Wn'lo uie ns1ialt
Maa stll! snIyesis ~ laaaeu nv WY ~ ua.uia ...
into @ the uiuo1e q 'nn ana ea,1 euo {ou
| $l0,QQ0,'-Aaf6 he btAco1 hin1aolf back aBal1at
tinn!n~ I o ~ Ha III iii tha t,naE:nni raao vor