The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-08-11
Miscellaneous.
From rle United service Journal
TIE GAMBLERS MOTHER;
OR AN OLD MATES STORY or
A PR At r,
A PR a r

ih~y 10y he N q capital "tllihrd T'Hyer
nNhoT
-AnwhWy'
NONSENSE, Nc looks sl0R"
rWrl, Uy hni,'
The Anncsbnry alluded 10 was young
mn WIN liA'i saB IliGly joined Ihe dal1l
,fb. -th, pud WHHH good billiard PLAYER,
n. lrlr Captain fUrlrscue, who had pru-
r.u,..,l lbm "s'Om" hOllnw;hnt CANAAN Fpr.
,,.rue vos .olhing ,o Cnhey Williams. The
lao, l,mpu-rA pool, hut "a the SURPRISE of
die ,oun, men nssemhled round lhe t1br
Alur.bgy rr,iiSrd 10 join, Ito objected 70
h,a1lrs rrnpored.
Ctuin TuHescue lOughfd cuhrie ,-iVtti.
4 lnl, ca.Ae-l EdnlH EHrereh, md one qtliyzed
H hero hlliarly ns he was lighting HE ciPhr
rl.c ball, md overheard Nimesbury shy 10
hohcr officer "Nn, ! cnnuqt-indrrd !
.anot ] have promised" "Well, who mar,
,lIromisod" inquired lile other, following
Hp My molher,lbht | would not gnmhls.n
'ila hn' lrt" how merry ihty all were nc
iu.,hury's eNpengsl And II firn be- COW
t,,rl llbl liic echoes ofilcir laughter rang
..irusunuy nu the young aultl,ur's eHr- ~
arNr,'d rcross The square. Only one per.
pu.n Chat crowd or officers sympAIhiznd
~ fDuk Aimc-hury-hc WIS y ,o,ttg
'.I'. u-ur rolourlin cunHnnd Of the depot.
80, t,i be- csrhewed cards or di,,i. or uxri-
Sod ,'tdFuWi IA scnernl hal although Ln
WAS "rllltr ola vicious disposition nor VIC.
,.r' pu,-i0n. lr had gone whii Ihe s,renm.
i'r md kspt u' tte crcd' Of tho corps by
.nngins "cOrrrCl' guests nt ness--men Sho
could drink hurl without heing che worse
nf &c." IT, gave chanmisne unchrona,
played high nj his clnhii IN sliori, did every
hing that could make him popular IN socie.
r, I'M y tTvurttr -iir- lri.- ,.t.4,,,..g.i.-
-Old associations leave their roots deepest
'fc human h"nri;' this simplu nlluson Of
llHshuri o 10 lils moi1er,slnlck 1T the foun-
i'on o'hll llOt was eOod ln Colonel Newt.
lfN1s i1ri suddenly reminded of his own,
rfNrr, Nh' WIS dead. lilo recnlcrird the
' 'tnl i~ had sem her alive, leauiur from
f 'icn cnrr'Ngr TO gn2e az him rs hc dfuyn
81 '.. lie hos ol n colchiuWarls Snndhu.u:
"' ought of III his promises IL her, and
Ie ''r had ,rncwrd them 10 himself stand.
.l 'g her open G"hiu! His uu,acr!hoy Ii.
M Ur : al tirr'tslt' ..l.aal- !.eE latch
Apparently, ir Nns intent upoh ne "Nnval
snl Military q zrtisr heflre hin.bul he wns
Watching yourg Aimrshury lfdo The window
with 80 drc' no interest Tint the 6nal re-
marks Of iio liilyrd players were lost mon
lrn' get he would MOI have c0nfcrsed hr
sentiments. for the world. Oh! by wfnt
'oore temptations Of The evil snirit nre
W, Taught 10 scott az what u rghl-unle,s
afu crrpird by the world rs "cUrreci." oil! F.
-gotL.d signs OF lbe;o Degenerate day, (
Won lNr lonrg SHRINK Tf0nI acknowledging r
'nn'r'n' Which drtlirm honor, uud nuke
'7s upl, ia their self r-spertl
Unhappy .Aincshury, his ficudb nj
lr-' i'-''ufdcd h,.u - Join ilcm occasionally
Of le p' Of billiards. II wuS The kuoWl- .
rye 't-' no mEm ton easily he ted mao e.
pt lIigl made biz mother draw from him 1
Ir'ul,r upi to gnmblr; hul tho few sIllnrs /
".'I ~ unui ul billiards could Goi be- cali .
q A.ing4'hcsidcs, he rcsoiulrly resisted .
.fInJijuG,
Cu'pur NeVil assumed the command. and
regiment having the luck to be cngnged,n
D rN.' share -! prize money fell To encfI
oN'st o. the day that Frank Aneshury
received ic NOTIFICATION Of a certain sum
du" 10 Wn, he wrote to his mother. enclos-
at Der on order for the whole amount; aud
c'inr the letter sealed on his table, he
''o'I,d, guided 10y the demon of idlrness, 10
"" tent ul Charley Williams All was 80
f5t within mat tr imagined II was -uHten.
A'td' hlt ON entering he found three ottru-
l1us.
W" regiment nj tlus period wns on tho
hi'ch l",ubark for England, and had hal
D' unruE heavy rain. Whhin the tent, a
.o.e "1s spread on a rhcsG tiiGro were rnf.
y. '".'r O"A's ,ids, ctEurE, urryt rurrrrr-e.-
were waste 90 iimc to dwell on NIL tho mr.
;7mcth ndducrd hy Aimrshury i'm drr,rccn.
''f' 81 ihr rruVuSui TINT nc -irotlti fr,it,t lt,
'.fl'- ILL., "ns quizzcduud huehed DOT Of
' resolution Mt last. though Inc Immediately
"'t't"'i that he " Ouitl never, stake -aHalker
va. 'hll,-At- pIehent. lie felt himself to q
,''''H eN'"r, privileged; he War not ia .Iebt,
E Pf' money had been rprned al The risk
. ..,' 49, ihn letter had gone TO his mother,
%, he might double IT,
NE sIaNed n, and lost ulil
op returning TO his own tent he looked in
'W i"r tile epiH,le he Ind written home. in.
,n"'ug WIN heavy heart to destroy il; bur
~ "ahing Inquiries OF his saryapi hn -iearnt
.''' +, sergeant bad, IN his absence. called for
,.g English mail, aud this had boen given
A-'A others e'''"
wa forced laugh, lao told Charley viii.
-',S7''''d 'hc ship IN which they were 10
.","rA ,neI arlsea, he would swim his mon.
. hre' fgain."
' oo. d ,,-"rous ,lipnn, too often INDUCED
w tt ''"ir u to.rurn aud dcspair,aIti per-
,A'l 'I,ose who had won Frank Aimesbur-
gM' money, little thought hey of his
u'u''r' sorrow aud his SISTERS ,liss,pppiut-
...,l','' TAT mothers sake, when they
"sil'' oow=.ltttt-----,.
,, nler srtIng sail for England tie idea of
ming back the sum he Ind lost haunted
t Happy thoughts of his mother aud
NV. wv were set aside for this one terrible de-
G ,,.'d ON reaching the Cape, where the 4
,,,u, OF the voyage again carried him. he
b,eu ms fate that Cllrlley Ntl,a MIS- should
ca ca sailed only nm hour before him in tho
r,' ~ Arundel, on board which was the d. 4
i,., 70 which AimeSbury belonged, ran {
A,. ~" 20 81 Helena from Table Bay in eight ,
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