CHANCE.
rro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." J
Sin,—Some years ago you chronicled the fact of a dealer dealing himself thirteen trumps. Some people may say that Englishmen have frequently dealt themselves abnormal hands of tramps in Calcutta. Perhaps you may care to notice this, from still further East :—We were cutting for partners, and G. cut a low one and I cut a high one, while P. and the other man both cut sevens ; consequently they had to cut again. The second time they both drew knaves. They tried again, and each got a ten. D., the fourth man, then drew another knave, leaving only one knave in. P. drew it! So they cut exactly the same four times running, and the last time there was only one card in forty-three that would do. At the fifth cut P. drew a two, which was what G. had out.—
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