My partner kept bantering me, when I pulled out a roll of greenbacks that made them open their eyes, saying:
"I would not be one bit afraid to wager all that."
The Englishman gave me a nudge and said:
"Lad, don't you do it."
My partner then said:
"I haven't got one-half so much money, but I will bet you $500 I can pick up the baby ticket."
We put our money in the Englishman's hand, and I turned to him and offered to bet him a bottle of wine that I would win the money. He took me up. My partner turned the card, and I lost the money and the wine.
He wanted to bet me $1,000, but I told him he was a little too lucky for me. I saw Johnnie Bull was crazy to bet, so I said to him:
"Do you think you could guess the baby ticket?"
"Indeed I do," he replied.