A was Wagering B that the name of the heroine of "The Scarlet Letter" was Hester Thorne, B maintaining that it was Hester Prim.
"The So-called Human Race"
Bert Leston Taylor
And then began the then and still inexplicable plunge into gambling, and the Wagering of greater sums than the owner of Siren dared to risk himself, the secret backing of the horse through commissioners all over England, until the boy by his single fortune had brought the odds against her from 60 to 0 down to 6 to 0. He recalled, with a thrill that seemed to settle his nerves for the moment, the little black specks at the starting-post and the larger specks as the horses turned the first corner.
"Gallegher and Other Stories"
Richard Harding Davis
Lady Mary, on her part, was lost in conjecture-not so much as to whether Mr. Beauchamp could run, but as to where Sylla Chipchase could have attained such intimate knowledge of his accomplishments; while Mr. Cottrell alone showed faith in this unknown champion, observing cynically to Mrs. Sartoris, that when women went the length of Wagering their bracelets, he thought it most advisable to be upon their side.
"Belles and Ringers"
Hawley Smart