The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-21
Hetting on a Sequo AGO Flush.


Hetting OH q Sequo AGO Flush.
A writer in the Chicago Zfme&
rolatcs tho following incident that
took place in Now York during tho
war. He says:
Ono evening, not long ago, being
on visit to Now York, was taken
by q friend to ono Of the splendid
gambling houses en- Twenty third
street. Among other persons pres
ent, four gentlemen sat ata tablcplly
ing tho fascinating and illusive game
Of poker. Thrco Of them nodded to
my friend, who returned their salu~
tations, and explained to nc, sqtto
voce, that they were, respectively, a
Wall street operator, q cotton brol lIcr,
and u junior partner in a wholesale
dry goods house, the fourth party
being stranger to him. This latter
was n young fellow of ABOUT ~,
well-drcsscd. handsome and evident
ly q comparative novice ut the game
The stakes were high portcn,
tous stacks Of chips and bank notos
wcro piled before each player, and
tho dead siloncc and the set faces
of the gamblers betokeped that an
unusually ''stifr' game was in prog~
rcSS.
Presently as hand was dealt, and
before the players had seen their
hands, the young stranger referred
to said, with smile and wave of his
hand "Excusc M, gentlemen, but
allow NC to ask if we arc playing
with q a.scqucnco flush it is custo.
mary, is it not, to settle that matter,
and VIC have not done so"
"Why." said the cotton broker,
jokingly, ''ycu have not got one thero,
have you, Harry?"
"That remains to be seen," said
tho boy. 1t was agreed that the
sequence flush should be coupted in,
and tho players took up their
hands. L saw q startled expression
flash Across Harry's faco as holookcd
intcntly at his cards ; hs did not
draw, and Whcn his opportunity
camc raised the tho Wall Street op-
crater 500. The dry~goods man
dropped out tho cotton broker
raised Harry 5000 the Wall street
party, n large bopcd, yellow skinned
individual, with 10 more expression
in llis siclly cou} ,tenance than there
is in brick wall, came in again and
rniscd, and the thing began to got
interesting: 2ho betting became
!torrific. Finally the cotton broker
weakened, and laid down but Wall
street, who, fancied, thought
Harry was blutfing, took, as tho
phrase gees, everything that came
along. There was over $4,000 on
tho table when Harry pushed back
his hair, and reaching down, drew
from under his feet q small black
bng, from which he took package
of crisp greenbacks.
Carefully he counted out $4,000
in the green beauties, which woro
mostly bills Of large denomination,
and pushed them forward. The
Wall street sphinx saw Harry and
raised him an equal amount.
The boy, pale asa ghost, his lips
and fingers twitching with nervous
excitement, threw down tho romain-
dor of the package of money, and
said, prcfacing the words with mild
oath !;
"Fivo moro I call you. What
have you got ?"
"Four kings" said Wall street,
without Il tromor, as he hid down
his hand.
"A sequence flush, gentlemen, ,by
all tho gods !" said the excited bow
as ho threw his cards on the table
and reached dor tho spoils A slight,
almost imperceptiblo flush came
upon tho checks of impassivo Wall
street, then one cyo-lid twitched
q little ; thon, suddenly, he leaned
forward, examined Harry's hand,
and said quickly, "Not so fast, nv
young friend, look at your cards"