The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11

borough and Minister Schenck, and
There Was No Limit.
The following story, which involved
King Edward VII. when he was yet
Prince of Wales, was related to my IA
ther 10y prominent Washington lawyer,
since deceased, who, during business
visit to London in the early seventies.
called on Minister Schenck, who at that
time represented this country at the
court of ST. James and with whom he
had been well acquainted in America,
says writer in the Chicago Herald.
Given in his own words the story runs
as follows:
by the way said Schcnck. as we
were about to separate one morning,
what are you going to do this after
noont'
Nothing Of moment l replied. no
programme in particular
There is going 60 be poker game at
the Iauglmm. said Schpnck, and if you
care for the exercise La like to have You
in. The Prince Of Wales vii! be one of
the party
This last rather dazzlcd me l re-
tectvI that it isn't given every American
citilsu to bluff and raise and draw cards
G-alast prince born in the purple.
would 81. | cared not a Whit for poker,
iut II would Pc au experience whereof To
tell the babes when they grew Up-toll
them EuW laua beat the Prince of
Wales. ! toll S,l.nck ia De there. He
seemed Gei-hted ana DO doubt WIS. for
le Wa@ q ruyul good fellow and liked to
HGl his friends in thn way 10 hc pleased.
tlu, thing | forgot tlp limit sut had
q couple 81 thousand dollars ID LONDON
"Ha leu tieIanty sate' even SNpereiIi-
"a-,& s3'
.Eet CLOCK came, ana ! repaired TO
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a.-' -th~,.'+ A"lU5'H'.3 "I th' hauk OF
mat name ana '"e 'NcA'aS 81 Mari
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was 'ar t"sl payer oil me lol' NIiA
iH'Se lAItC SeAe3'N ann / Sal down.
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lA.Ir was no Ii'Hlt'
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Ing house of the Rothschilds and the
one ray Of encouragement in it all was