The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-09-21

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eomlcssnr In him. as hr lay easpine
m his death bed. 'Wcii. If must
! must. rrnilcd ihr chirltain. bn
NY curse be M You, Donald turn.
ing towards his son, If you for
give him.
II REYNOLDS reia'tS. in his me
moirs. the toiioroing eriraordinarl
circumstances.
At the hotel. after supper. Coun
Lenohlo related In me an accident
that he had witnessed here n few
years ago. which produced n mos
uncommon interest and effect. A
short thin man whom nobody knew
but by sight. suddenly became n
constant attendant at the gaming n
! hlcs. THIS man. during whole
'tortnight. continued. night aIte,
night. in the most extraordinary
manner, T. win enormous SIMS al
fmoncy. from the faro bankers, as
well as the surrounding hettcra.
lie wore spectaclcs. and appeared
fso short-sighted that he was always
aobllgcd To touch the counters with
'hls nose before he could distinguish
ihe card. Such was his luck. thai
Wshatever card hc backed was sure
'so win. On the last niehi or hiq
appearance IN Spa, one Of the ramc
lsters. a young half-inioxicatra l.
'iishman. had lost an unusually big
asnm, His temper was quite gone.
lard he vituneratcd his lucky ONO
nent in style that might have cdi.
lied the most abusive Gshwoman in
Billingsgatc. On yau. YOU old
log,' he cried. and most partiru.
hrly Ill your spectacles BY The
bowers, see il | wont try nv luck
myself IN your cursed spcctarlrs -
lhnd snatching then from hin. he
put them on hia own face. At frat
pc could distinguish nothing. but IN
approaching the cards, within three
inches Of his nose, he discovered the
fprctaelcs were strong magnilicrs.
His suspicion n curiosity wore imne
ilatcly excited. aud he turned In
demand an explanation Of the wear.
pr, but he was gone. An examina-
ltlpn Then commenced, aud the cause
ri this wonderful conformity If luck
was speedily discovered The cards
III spa are nj bought of shopkrcp
ers as IN England. but every antumn
the PROJECTORS Of ihr gaming tables
repair 10 the grand fail IT Leipzig.
and there purchase their stock for
that year. Ihither the spcctarlcd
gentlemen had also hied. not az a
bHyer, but n SITTER Of cards and ~
such reduced rate and of surh cx-
Irellent quality. that all ihe Wir-
Iclascrs reg 1rtcd h him; and Spa
and several other towns were liter
ally stoc ked solely with his cards.
AT the back Of each Of these, con.
cealcd amongst the ornaments and
so small as to be inperccplihle to
the unas sisted eye, was its number.
with particular variation to denote
the suit, Then the rogue came to
i Spa disgniscd-with blAckcnrh hair
and specta les aud there. az a gen :
Fteman gambler, would nave broken
all the banks in Spa. but for the fn-
Try of the enraged lrisiiman. Az il
was, he decamped with several
thousand pounds
eac,e-
4 In former days there was a pro
Ifessor IN one OF our New England
colleges, who was remarkable for
moderation in all he said or did.
lOne of the qnizzical students III Or
der to cdricatnre this characteristic,
$50 far as words can Caricature, told
the following story. The professor
walked one day very deliberately
from his house TO the presidents. "A
distance Of some thirty rods. lie
there knocked, as was customary,
at the presidents study door. was
hidden to come in went il, Shat.
ting the door after him The usu-
al salntations passed alternately be.
tween the president and professor
sdcb as, how do you do. sir how
does your family. sir p with the II,
snal replies. pretty well. | thank
yon,' &c. Then says the president,
!. please to take a chair, Mr. Pro.
; lessor.' Il thank you, sir, | called
to inform you that my house is or
! fire, and it is expected. you will lie
me have the key, which opens The
door. which leads to the water Cit
CINE for the cxtinguishing of fire."