Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-03-09
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Of every one in the room, that what you write
shall never be used as an instrument against
you, father than the effect it produces on your
wife. If you are innocent yon have nothing to
fear-but if you persist in not writing it, / will
hold 1t as proof of your guilt"
With atremoling hand, the terrified Jew
wrote out the note, folded it up, and as he was
desired, sealed it with his own signet. Two
officers Were despatched with it to his house,
and when Sarah glanced over its contents, she
swoonedand sunk to the ground. The box was
delivered up and restored TO its owner--and
the Jew suffered the punishment his vlllainy
deserved. He was sent to Siberia.
DIAMOND CUT DIAMoND.-We have often
heard ofthe long time it has taken to decide
game at chess, when the parties were both
first-rate players, or were very equally
matched. Instances of this kind have occurred
in playing at cards, when the opposing parties
were both honest. 1t also repeatedly occurs
when it so happens that both parties are dex-
ferrous at cheating. A rather singular in
stance of this kind took place in London
short time since. A Frenchman had become
proverbial among those with whom he was
in the habit of playing. for the unerring GER
tainty with which he gained from all who ven
tured to play with him. At last, as might be
expected, seeing no chance of winning, every
one refused to engage in the unequal trial of
skill. An Englshman, who had heard of the
trlunphs Of Monsieur, expressed his readiness
to enter the lists with him. The parties play
ed for three hours without intermission, and
at the end of that time we're, in respect to
winning and oosing, much about the same as
when they commenced. They then stopped to
Frenchman, in sort of whisper, to party
who accompanied the EngIishman, "your
friend is a very clever man at the cards; deu-
ced clever, sare." He is very clever fell
low observed the Englishman. 4 shall try
him again. said Monsieur. As he made the
observation. he proceeded to the room in which
they had been playing, and which was fixed as
the scene of their future contest. He had
scarcely quilted the place when the other made
his appearance, and observed that the French
man was the most skirul player he had ever
met with. The parties again met, and the
cards were again produced. The game was
renewed at eleven O'clock ard continued with
out intermission till the next morning. AT the
end OF that time, to the surprise OF each other,
they found that they had left off just as they
had begun. They we're respectively the more
astonished at this, as neither had before met
with his equal.
'Sarl,' said the Frenchman, 'you are de
best player met with
'And you, Monsieur returned the other,
'are the only gentleman from whom could
q in nothing
Indeed, sarer said Monsieur, hesitatingly. Z
Sare, I'm quite surprised at your skill
sPm no less so at yours, Monsieur.
you're de most skilfullest man at de cards
in England
mot while you are in it, Monsieur replied
the Engllshman, with smile.
'Sare, cheated, and yet could not gain
from you,' remarked the Frenchman, hurriedly
and with great emphasis, feeling it impossible
any longer TO restrain his surprise at the CIR
cumstances of being unable to play winning
game with the Englishman.
'And, Monsieur, did the same with you,
and yet you are no loser,' remarked the other,
with corresponding energy of tone.
The enigma was solved: both had been
cheating the whole night, though each was un-
of the dishonest practice of the 9TH
er. And so equally matcLed were they in
their dexterty al cheating, that each rose from
the table with the same amount of money as
that with which he sat down. The cheats
cordially lyshook hands seemingly much gratif-
ed that they had at last ascertained how it was
that neither could gain from the other.-|
Grants Sketch in London.