The daily gazette., 1879-08-28
WILMINGTON,
"what GIN Me a stasa."
GEN. FoRREsT's ACCOUNT OF DEs-
PERATE GAME OF POKER.
Nashville Bapner1

PERATE GAME OF POKER.
Nashville Banner1
Several wears aao General Forrest
visited the CITY and stopped at the old
CITY hotel. That night several @ nile
men called To see him. among them a
gentlen an now connected with the Ban
ner. The room had been crowded dur
ing the early part of the night, and For
rest had RECEIVED the usual attention be. |
slowed on him. Now, however, he was
sitting of to himself aud anpeared worn
and tired out. Our informant. wishing
to have n talk with him about himself.
sought him and entered into conyersa.
tion with him.
"General.n says he "I'ye heard YOU
were a great nnler nIaver in vour
time pn -
mYes. !, saws the gene, al. 81 have pIav-
cd some I, "a his ewes ,,e,an 10 sparkle
with the memory Of old times. and he
at once seemed ,n,erested In The subject.
for be Il known that no one was f,i,der
than he in recountinq his wonderful ex-
nioits. ~
s.How much. general. was the largest
stake Won ever nlayed ~
IT onca called S1s OoO in Nav Or
leans
0Did vou win p,
uOh yesi won IT,
u.vbSt a as vonr hand general pr
.It wa was three knnsn
"Ru.n saws no. sstbe b,rde game
ever nlaved was al Memphis. Jus after
the " ar closed me and INV wife went TO
M.,mnhis and we stoppei at the w r.
ham 4 ,,,se. The next mor,,inp we 90,
orr th;ngs : ,oe,hor and / emn,ied all
NV ranays ont of nv tr,nk ov ibe foor
and Mary T'm not certain his wit;.'s
name was Mary hnt that win do for the
,aiaI want over and over Them. Luntii,.
| for somo,hing IN raise monev ont of /
emn,ind an W nv 1oclnts and M;,v e,nn,icd
o' Iarn,a .mi i @ @h..,,yoe, ,,s W.. i,od seve,,
Io,ians' ~ a',1 " ,i,;,.,, oan,s
~ ASer hrn,in; over everv,h;no we
c,,,,d tta, avary mo-, who ,,ved ne WA.
a;.t,n. dnad ~. i,,nlo h.d',t ono si,,-
o,a nansr en- which / could ra;< a can,
,,,a prS Af,or ,,,o not ,hrou,h the r;Ie /
u ,"o,Sad =, Morv anS Mary ,ooL,,d y, ma
Nv, uho,,s - he done Marv p, save
= 49,, Lnow sous sha .hu, the ! .ord
uoi nnow, sayo ono' ouu Wv i'Viu
| VIII proVlde. lou see mary was one VI
the best women IN the world, ana sue
| had heap OF faith In her religion. Il
looked at her right raight long time,
| and at last saws l, sMary, ylu ars a.
80, - ,vn,,an and ~, oo;ng ,oI
Sy sn,.o,h;nn Thoro,s 70 he :, n;o
~ ~" ',i.
| ulhner al In's c,ehii;, a"u i III
invited. Ihey always play poker a. tilal
| house, and you have Always been agln
me playing, and | reckon you are right
about il, But things have become des-
nerste with us and somehow feel if Won
,.n,idn,t ha ao;n me hut would nrav
n.;so or,s,ht
ior ine, S"uiI man a'so S"''
"Says, she 'bedIor ], Gan 40 ~. lSs
wrong for you to do 1t, and ia heap
rather you wouldn't
0tBut. Mary.' saws |, Il never was ir
sucb a fix before. Here we are with nd
n,onav hut seven dollars and thirty cents
III H.. 49,, nov rur tayorn lin
anu 'ha' "on' Pay ~ r,i
cant loss no ,noie 'nan .na'' -
swear wont pet on credit, IL iose
that, I'll come home ard II win, then
we'll have something to star: on Well
| I a,gued and arpued with her, but she
uouidn't Gov ves Rut at last she saws
e.p"Isosd Inow your mind ~ se,
,,a.'d 49,. sou ara going tn h,.t
W ~; "oI 'I, -. 80,
wneenst 4 III Will o ~ 'o "''
say no'nins uo 81, ,mhan star,ad
pu', somenow, ns snr ,a onc IL" H., knoye%
shat sne WIZ t'o .o' "e' anu 1'''
now n .TpI'I n, D somot;ma before din
ua ca s,r. ~ anonnh thev were at it,
irs Iei, anu it 1rr shraat .h5aaNnns ,,aJ ouat-
Iney nau .n'oo ha,sand nno a doi,afr an
yer anus one Ia, "a. "no suan anIiars \
haII. "anteu my sron "os na 90 n \
iast as ION az l couu NAM ~ Wv
sal uoWh W ono Ia 10, .t,t ,,,a hob