The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-09-04
GAMING FOR AMUSEMENT.

NJ in his remarks mon The so called gaming Cor
men tells incident the substance which we will ny 70 give:
In 1885, Mr. G. The Mississippi on his way 70 New
Orleans The boat he Mediterranean was splendid one ana had
large Of passengers among which were many gamblers
hoa, arrived a, Memphis rounded 10, touched the wharf
boat those who stepped aboard was young man ppn
y eighteen Green saw him enter INC cabin snd mo-
The pene stranger the fash his and the elegance Of his
told him that foil Of FIRE aud enthusiasm fond ex
cieaen and perhaps fond Of play He approached him and asked
Il have occasionally played whist and few other games merely
for amusement and in the Of the College you
lake hand with whs The other assened and SAY down
with the three sporting gents whom he did be game.
siers They shu dealt and played and soon concluded to stake
quarter corner, and make the play more interesting They IN.
The se they ran from s ai aays sr.a
wa. s .n9d % gs Ss s mss Ss nq a
The young playing high but he had os than he
lie had taken his pocket book on and from time to time lost
from already abou, Two thousand dollars II was empty He re-
paired his took package Of several thousands. and
brought The table, Bragg esumed the passion for the
food in the young His excitement intense
blue his temple hrobbed and sweed almost bursting
spirited eyes flashed and his cheek flushed and hot
did retrieve single dollar; he lost lost. @ sa So
The victim drunk with excitement he played without
and almost blinded with madness his losses The pigeon
was well pucked he had laid four hundred upon table;
bet upon his hand The clerk entered the cabin and
approach Helena the stranger land and advised
10 step 10 the lower guard he would be ready He jumped up
his BET upon the cloth, and repaired 10 the lower guard
He changed his mind. He had faint hope Of retrieving; would
90 back He returned the resumed
he play Before morning he had Of money!
dar lost The rived at New Orleans aud the three game.
sters left The boat and divided the spos They S 500
piece Mr. Green the young three days after
He altered man. His eye was scklv. his check thin.
bagpad and very ps he looked like who had slept ca.
for hree days nights His gold watch aben the
mond pin lie spoed bee You have left city YETI
said M c. No. unable do ior money. My
watch and tre the nbroke
would leave If could the Could you lend Two
humid yr Mr. G. impulse which he cnud
Tor did moi hesitate do h"rd change appearance
ter which Losses bad worked The youEg struck
him. gambler likes look the of his
Jey,Ih arts. He gave money rid f If he
would The turned upon his heel and he
saw him spain. Two years after. Mr.. G. sitting the onisvs
bopl An old entered aud asked HIN VI his Green
IL, is Wee you board the dieranean ago,
night and asked Il he had the yonng
nee No. SRI Don't tell SAID The III dan tell
no: tell me where s.l have nevef him
SINCE said Mr.. G The old burst He SON.
SIR Tina, vas the last we've Of hun. I've him ever
since for two lrg years a hear. trace of
HIM throughout land! Tell ~here o how end werd
him. The mans grief Geeu could not
give him single hope. >#@ -e #sE# aaSts 752@'.
he had returned Mr. Green passenger q from
Cincinnati 10 Masv He there tel cnvetsaiun with lady.
whom he have grsa a'een gaming It'd him
during younger years Of her bays they had the habit
her husband Arkansas buy land Her odes, bad jus,
returned College, Wishing large Of money
husbsnd he despatched with it, thai he M
blers river and feced every dollar they had
heard ofhm has broken the he every member OF the family
The Young mans oes. sister died nnac. anoer
inmate IN an Insane As Mayesvie His brother had los, hi
reason and dragging lunscs The father
az e two or travel through the Uned States and exa
abandoned had finally Gspated his property
u and died drunkard's death, 49, fss#
Her own grey hairs nearly brought The
She wa dependent charity support All Of The wreck Of min
and loss Of her dear boy the death Of heI husbsn