Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-08-12
FAY Dit LVILLI, TENN. /,

WIS just dJ pIllS cflSlS3 lltdi, one nl9u
an accident, which caqsed him TO Wi
a consider able sun, SET him upo
the notion Of turning into cer'ilnty
Whilst shpQling the cards, he droppe,
the ace Of spadesinto Ais lap, calah
it up, replaced it in dbe pack, aa,
dealt it to himself NJ one else hit
seen the card, no observation wa
made, and terrible. thought c am,
! linto his head
Whethdr i loo Or ha4aFd was played
Charles Lowell had, night after night
a most extraordinary run Of lack
lie won large sums, and saw before
him The early prospect Of paving Of
his debts and clearing I'LL difficulties
Among#t the young men who
played at Che table, S blne had plenty
of money and cared IliE'la for then
losses; but others We e not so well
oil, aad one of tlid sd was Edward
Herbert. He TOO 1,as the son OF
poor parents who had sirditened
themselves 10 put him INFO the army.
and it was with infinis e difficulty and
prlyaiion that his widowed mother
had amgss I'D The nce3ful sum to par-
chase for him a eomHany y, which was
now becoming vacant TIE retiring
officers were already sent in, and
Helbert's motley waB edged at Coz
& Greenwb pods; but before the an
swer from Tie Horse a-G bard5 arrived,
he had LOST every siE.pqnce. Nearly
4he whole sum had bee Pn3e the prop
erty Of Charles Low ell.
Herbert t was It file Young man,
honorable generous, impeiuous, and
endowed wich an acdte sense ol
shame. Ie deterniincIl Instantly to
pay his bbts, blh he lknew that bis
own prospects were raj pei for lie:
he wrote TO the age MS 70 send hin
the money aud withdr tw his name
from the list Of puid dhasels. Bu5
how was e 10 SUPPORT bis mothers
grief? How meet The eyes of the
girl he l5Yed2 She u ho he knew
adored him, and whose hand it was
agreed bqtwedn them lid should ask
her parents as soda as He was eazeft-
ed ia Captain! The ang lish Of mind
he suffered I brew him into a fever.
and he LAY for several days beiwixt
liiS and aeajh, and hal PpiIy uncon-
seious of his misery.
Meaniimq, another scene was be-
lng enacted elsewhere. The officers,
who, night after night, found them
selves losers, had rot, foF some TIME.
entertained The least idea Of foul
play; but at length, 0 be Of them,
something suH Hpicious, be-
gan to watch, and Satisfied himself,
by a peculiar method FadopIed by
Lowell in "throwilRg his mains that
he was the culp,ft His suspicious
we're whispered from one to ano'hef,
til they nearly all en,eitained them.
with the exception of Herbert, who.
being looked upon as being LovelI's
most especial friend was not told
So unwill ling were thoseyoung mon.
70 blast, forever, the character Of 'fhe
visitor whom tbey bad So much liked,
md to strike a fl tai blow ut he hap-
5iness and respectabilft u of his finn
~, that they W ERE hesitating how
o proceed, whether TO openly acoPse
i'm, or privately reprove and expel
lim, when Herbert 5 heavy loss qe-
.ided TIE question.
Herbert himself overwhelmed in
despair, had qiiited the room; jhe |
est were still seated around Tie Ia
lie, when, having gwen each otlI Her
he signal, one Of them, dalled Frank
Houston, arose and said: 4
aGentlemen. it gives me 'grdat |
'ain to have TO call your attention to.
very strange-a very dis resi- hgg
circumstance. For some fine past
here has sb&en an extraordinary rim /
Il luck in one direction5 we have all
deserved il all remallEel / on it. HI
'lr. Herbert has at this | moment re-
ired a heavy loser. There is, In
Iced, as f,f as know, but one win
Ter among hS-but one and 5he a 4
sinner 10 a vcIyconsidefable amount;
he rest ard all losers. God forbid |
bat / shodld faslAy accuse any man !
blast a man characi er
5ut I anl bouni to say that I fear
he ma,ley I've Lave lost has not been.
airly Fonf,. There has been foul
lay. | foE6car % name Me rartty |
the EictS1silflIcientiy i6lic.Ne him"