American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-14
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OR, THE PACK OF CARDS

OR, THE PACK OF CARDS
NoRAL TALE FOR TIE OLD AND YOUNG.
BY Prof J. III. Ingraham.
CONCLUDED.
To what purpose could you have applied so
ch money? Rise from the floor and sit
Pm, and let me hear ALL"
I will acknowledge all, sir. | have lost it
sblay."
In gaming"
Yes, sir"
Then my suspicious arc confirmed" he said
ly yet severely. "Alas that they are SO. |
Re long had suspicious that you gambled,
derrick; but not being able to prove it, | re-
led to try you; for | knew person who
'nbled would be tempted to embezzle money
trusted to him. My chief motive in trying
was TO know the truth of the rumors that
Lched my ears; for had it in my heart to
zee you in a more responsible position than
1t you now hold; in word to offer you by
by the place Of junior partner in the firm.
[Iat you gambled, could not believe, you
be served me so faithfully the four years you
ke been with me. | therefore on quitting
ne for Savannah, left in this desk under
hr charge, five hundred dollars, and desired
h to copy the letter-book here instead ofco-
ing it at the counting-room. Thus / gave
b ready access to the money. My suspicious,
IS! are confirmed. You may charge we with
Hing temptation in your way. did SO to
,e myself in the future from injury if you
build prove card player. | did no wrong to
! b. If you were man of integrity, you were
e. If you proved otherwise | was saved.
so large an amount, that, if you were gull
iof taking it, you might not easily replace it
fore returned. This sad, sad proof of your
yit is deeply distressing to me. What have
Ia done with all the money!"
Fit has all been lost at play, sir. | confess
at have long been card player, | have
|tt and won these three years past, good deal
Emoney. A week after your departure | lost
HUNDRED dollars more than all possessed
I'D the gentleman to whom | lost it, insisted
1 being paid the next day, as he was TO leave
|. New York. went the next morning and
Hid him it was out of my power to pay him
L swore, sir, that he would expose me unless
|. had it before night. In state bordering on
Frenzy came bither and took hundred dol.
Yrs from the pocket book and paid him. | hop
4 to be able TO restore it"
II "HoWt' asked mr. iiaWIey, III inc sdihe
Jim manner in which he had listened to this
Development ofguilt.
Ell will conceal nothing from you, sir" an
|Fered the young man, with an aspect of the
|eepest remorse and humility 81 hoped to bt
Eple by winning at play to realize the sum-
Tut was unsuccessful. lost still more, ant
hcurred debts to those played with. To re
|brt to the pocket-book again and again, atte
had once drawn upon it, was less Difficult
han at first, and in few days emptled it o
! IS contents. In despair borrowed money ant
Fed TO the gaming table in hope of retrieving
Fly losses and replacing the money. But still
Gost more. At length the day for your return
rev near, and | feared to meet you. wa:
Even tempted to set your house on fire to con
I cal my crime. But thank God! | was KEEP
Hrom this horrid deed. Each hour I became
more and more wretched. thought of hyin.
III thought of suicide! At length, this even
|'ng when heard that you had come in tn
Hars, | was driven nearly insane with the fea
(sf exposure. When your servant came to me
4 was in my room struggling between desire t
Cast myself upon your clemency and temptu
lion to turn aside suspicious by suggesting t
Bou that the secretary had been robbed.
hven wickedly thought of placing the key i
tFindley's pocket and fastening suspicion Q