, 1891-07-07

course, 70 the person who Is Wiling to rIsk
the largest amount Of money The banker
seated In the middle deals two cards 70 the
player on his right, two cards 70 the player
on his left and two cards to himself The
punters or players seated To the right Of
the banker win or lose by the cards dealt
70 that side. while those on the left OF toe
banker by the cards dealt on their side
Each player holds the cards Tor his SIDE
either on the right or left rs long As he j.
winning Should be lose the next hand is
dealt TO the player following him In rOuh
ton.
It Is worthy OF note that IL WAS baccArat
which was the cause Of the tall from grace
Of another associate OF the Prince Of Wales
Indeed. all the great card scandals in Eng
land during the las two decades Lave &C
CURED among the members Of what is
known 10 London as the Marlborough
House set The case just referred to is
that Of the Hon. Walter Hartford, major Of
the Seventh Hussars, an ntlmHte friend Of
the prince and a brother Of Lord Sutield,
the favorte lord in waiting Of his royal
h~ighHess
several years ago he was staying t Nice,
the home II not the cradle Of bsCcarat, and
be was naturally elected a member Of the
principal club there-ths Ccrcle de ia
Intolerance In course Of time his per
sE==at luck became a matter Of comment
He was vAinly made the object OF strict sur
yeiIlancc, nothing could be detected wrong
in his play But one day General the Mar
quis de GalIitet rose from the table in the
middle Of the game and declined TO play
any longer. without however, saying a
word TO or about the man whom every
body suspected
Undeterrcd by this. Hartford continued
his nefarious operations, but was detected
a few days later through the discovery by
the club servants that there were more
mines" than there ought to have been
among the cards thrown under the table at
the conclusion Of each game. The Huu
Walter had worked his coup by the simple
tyvisg C! hsYigS = fseY Of his own nine
IA the breast pocket Of his coat
Very frequently. just as the cards were
dealt, he would take out Of his pocket a
note case and place it on the table close 70
cards dealt him by the banker, and each
time this was done he concealed a mine"
under his case, and played 1t, substituting
II Of course for one Of those dealt 10 him.
which he had surreptitiously con
signed to another pocket
The price which he paid for this roguery
WINS ignominious expulsion from the Cercle
de la Mediterranee at Nice. expulsion from
all his London and Puris clubs, a public
warning OF Newmarket Heath and OIL
the other English and continental rtoo
courses, and dismissal from the army. lie
Is, however, exceedingly we'll OF huau.
cial'y, having found after his disgrace a
wealthy bride, somewhat In the same man
ner Ms the unfortunate Sir William Cor
don Cumming.
Hi wife IL Lady Eleanor. daughter Of
the seventh duke Of Grafton aud widow Of
the immensely wealthy Herbert Eaton, Of
S~tretchworth park. Cambridge. The ev-
major, who Is n very handsome man, ID
vides his time between his country scat Ia
C~ambridgeshire and his lovely villa nj
Thames.
Only a year or two before Major Har.
bord's disgrace another intimate friend
aud associate Of the Prince Of Wales was
also publicly branded In London ia "a card
sharper His name was George Russell,
and he was not 0uly a first cousin of the