TWO STRAIGHT FLUSHES

A few nights ago a New York woman in a Millionaire's Row palace, held a straight flush in a poker game, relates Victor Smith, and, disdaining the small pile of cash on the table, called for her check book. Everybody except an old bachelor, who had learned the game in the Union Club, laid down. He, scorning to take advantage of a weak woman, said: "Mrs. B., let me advise you to be careful; I shall see you for any amount and raise you. The limit is off, I suppose?" She said it was, and cast a check for $500 on the pot. "Before I see that, may I ask a question?" he said to the assembled players. "I want to know this—in case there are two straight flushes, both ace high, which suit will win?" "Diamond," was the unanimous reply. He handed to Mrs. B. her check and, laying down a ten, jack, king, queen and ace of diamonds, remarked that she was a very brave woman. But she assured him that her hand was worth $500, and exposed a ten, jack, queen, king and ace of clubs. "How far would you have gone?" some one asked her, to which she made reply: "I shouldn't have thought of stopping under $10,000 and I am half angry that he didn't give me a chance to bet, it's such glorious fun!"—Ex.