Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-06-26
THE TURN OF A CARD.

1t his leon whispered at various times
and dcl..ed l~ 1vquently that Billy Bcutsch
won $l00.00o ou the turn Of a single card
The story win Lc,o hc repeated a. ii it fell
from the lips of the greatest gambler of
his day. After N.rvirg Vae9rics OF for
tune Ecut,,l oul himself in Paris pos
scsscd Of .rcIt Wealth. This led to u4ly
and cnyious REMARKS i'm all the clubs Of the
French capitol until the American de-
termincd To Pit an end for once and for
ever to all criticisms of his conduct and
his courage
This is how he told the story to one who
now repeats it,
81 caused it to be announced in every
important baccar1t room in Paris that if
any one man or any combination of men
would wager any sum from 100000 to
900, 600 francs on one single hand-not
deal, mind youth baccarat, l would
stake n like amount and would give four
days time for the consideration of the
challenge and for opportunity to procure
the necessary sum of money l further
declared that l would be in the Washing
ton club at 1870 O'Clock on the following
Thursday prepared TO meet the man or
men who cared to accept the wager Upon
that cvcutful day secured 500, coo francs
in cash from my Paris banker and placed
it in one of my pockets l made an en-
gagcmcut to take dinner with a party Of
friends that evening, determined that no
matter what the outcome of the game l
would not have my pleasures intcrfered
with or my serenity of mind disturbed.
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