The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-28
Betting On a Sequence Flush 4.

The exciting story. A Rattle for
Freedom" VIII ch appeared In Apple.
tons Journal. aud has since gone the
rounds. reminds me Of thrilling scene,
of which WAS au eyewitness Th-
occurrence TO which | sllude happened
daring the latter part of the war of
the rebellion In New York, where | was
stopping a, the time, the guest of local
politician of some note
My host, one evening. asked me if
would like 10 take in" some of the
slShs Of the metropolis: aud. although
not county minister. still, | bad
some of has itching to see the ele
phant.' whore II could be done with
impunity. away from home. and there
fore signliied my willingness We left
my friends house at about 10 T. NJ.
and taking car. got off at one If the
uptown cross streets twenty third. |
think, ,-and assembled the steps Of inc.
marble trout building on that street
tpoa ringing the bell colored man
came 10 the door. aad. exchanging ca
baii>tic signs and passwords with my
friend. usherc,i Us up stairs into spa
cious. elegantly furnished room.
Four gentleman were At table play
IN The fascinating uti iiiuSivc game Of
poker Three of them nodded To my
TREND. who returned their salutatioGs
AMI explained 10 me. soto voice, that
they were respectively a Wall street
broker. = cotton bro ker. and junior
partner III Try go,ds house. the fourth
being - stranger 10 ban. The latter
Was young fellow about ~. we'll
dressed. handsome. ara evidently a
comparative novice in the game.
The stakes wefe high; portentous
stacks Of chips and hanknotes were
piled before each player, and the deai
>ilence aui The SIT faces Of the gan hlers
hetosened that All unusually still
game was IL progress.
Presently, as hand Was dealt, and
before tiIe players had seen their hands.
the young stranger referred 10 sid.
with smile and wave of his hand.
Excuse me-. gentlemen, but allow me 10
ask il We are playing Will; sequence
hush, II ~ customary, il II not. TO set
tie that matter aud we have not done
so:''
Why. said the cotton broker. lok-
insly. you have net got one there.
have you. Harry
THAT remsins to be seen, sail the
boy
II was agreed ,ha, the sequence flush
should be counted in. ani the player
took mp their hands. | SAW startled
expression fash across Harry's taco. a.
he looked intertly al his cards; b. did
10. draw. and. when his opportunity
came. raised the Wall street operator
$l0o The dry goods man dropped out;
the cotton broker raised Harry 5000. the
Wall street party. large bOued. yel
low skinned individual. with ~ more
expression IN his sickiy couutcaance
than there - ia a brick vail. Csmc ~
again and raised. and the 'hlng began
10 get intert sting I he betting ts-
came terrific Finally the cotton
broker weakened and laid down b0t
Wall street, who ! iaucied thought
Harry Was b.utljng, took, as tn phrss"
goes, everything that came along
There was over $1,000 oH the tabje
when Harry pU hed back hi> chair, aud
reaching down. drew irom under has
fe.. small black tag. from which Go
,osk package Il cris9 greeabacA.
Carefully he counted or, s5.o-N in
the green beauties. which were mostly
balls of larse demon nation. AMI
pushed ,hem forward. The VA Stree;
sphinx saw Harry a. raised hu, aa
eQus! amount.
The boy. pale As shost, BIZ hps a',d
fingers ;witeh,ng with nefv>ss excite
ment. threw down the remaiuiet - De
package of money ard "a. pt,ftesae
the words with Wild oath
Five more call you. MAJ "a
yea 60, -
-Four Aiugs sld uS >.fs.'. si,h.
oQs = :rcmer, "a ho lAi trNu AI~
hand
"A sequence ta.h. = lenen y 81
the g1~is SAID the ex, i'e4 h4v - he
,hre~ his cards o the 'sb'e ae3 fcse3 c.'
!or the spolls A slight. almo>, 1osF~t-
cerslble Hash care upcn iae eh*t =. #
the impassive Wal street, ,beu ."e