Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-10-31
s.DODGINGn THE GAMBLERS.


Or the Man who Bought the Ticket.
O. +. Dodge, the violinist, who paid
S625 70. the first choice of a seat at Jenny
LinG's Boston concert, appears TO be a
man of infinite wit; and the New York
Spirit Of the Times tells laughable story
of his taking in three Mississippi gam
blers, some years ago. Dodge came aboard
the boat, pretending to be half-witted
Yankee rustic, whereupon the confeder-
ates resolved to fleece him; and according
", upon some circumlocution, they in
duced him to play at game called Chang
ing Jack The Spirit Of the Times thus
gives the story ,lenouement, which is all
for which we have room:
4 say yeou, look here says Dodge,
moving slowly and sideways up to the Ia.
bic, i say yeou, don't know nothn abeout
keerds, but I'm willing TO risk heap Of
money Oh that'ere game
Very weil-I'm with you,, stranger =
exclaimed Strong, swapping his fingers;
! there's plenty more money where this
came from, and Pm willing to risk all I've
got in The world, tha, can, by repeating
a few short sentences in swine Latin,
change the Jack of Spades while under
your hand, into the Jack of Clubs, and
that you can't tell by the sense of feeling,
when the spade takes its departure!
Look a'here, old flax head = exclaimed
! Brown, another of the confederates, swell
ing out his large form to lis fullest dimen-
sions, and bri>tling up to Dodge as if for
fight. Look a here. Mr. Philgarlic,
you are interfering in other peoples busi-
ness! ! have set to that mans pile my,
self, and don't want no man to interfere.
i AK your pardon, ifI intrude,' says
Dodge.
Very well; you may jest bet once" says
Brown, looking at Dodge very closely
sfor see you are not a sporting man.
You may bet once, if You wish; mind, on
ly once! as its my game; but hereafter, as
a general thing, you hud better not inter
fere with strangers games, for you might
get into a muss!
WAL, yes, it pears to be-so now &c
on with the show, for want tew make
some money ALFRED bad!' says Dodge
taking hold with both hands Of what ap-
peared to be the leg ofthe Jack of Spades
Very well, then, says Strong, turning
the pack over-'now pull the card, ant
keep j, the bottom side upward
Dodge pulled the apparent Jack o
Spades out on the table, holding his leI
hand over it, while with the right he took
off his bell-crowned hat, and sweeping
the card off between the palms Of boil
hands, had the appearance Of placing th'
drawn card into the top Of the old beaver
but, in fact, only into the folds Of the ole
bandana, upon which he placed his doub
. led fist, remarking at the time
by ginger! eff you kin git that air Jacl
o. spades eout Of that air hat by way o
| your Latin, l hope may be stuffed T.
death with billed unyuns!'
While the party were in the hishes
state Of flrolic and excitement over the yer
dancy of the victim. Dodge took from hi
pocket jack knife, and, opening it wit
his teeth, held it over his hat, and takin|
out the bandana, which held the card h
had drawn from the pack, he iabbed tn
blade of the knife clear through the othe
card and hat into the table, exclaiming-
Dang my buttons, if l keer for the ha
-In lab her anyhow! cause, if | make
hull 10, of money kin buy new hal
cant l p ass
While Dodge was holding on to tn
knife, and looking as il he expected ever