The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-10-12

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'helr 0O'h years, a longevity common I
The old inhabitants Of Louisiana, aud mar
'lcularly' those born on our sea coast.
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Howto Win,
u adversely furnishes us with stranp,
bed fellows, curiosity give Us strange az
qnalniances sometimes. II certainly wa
strange 10 me that | should be in a gam
i%ae.honse u night not long ago. Know
ing nobody, nobody knowing me, | looked
abnnt for %somcbody IL be interested in
always like to take an interest in some
body. did that night. He was a sor
q" green g~awky.looking chap, to all ap
pearance a little the worse for liquor. |
made up my mind that lie was a stray
pigeon, and that he would be plucked be,
fore he left that hawks nest. 1 watched
the hawk. lie was busy now with a
stranger, whom he soon cleaned out. Then
he sauniercd over TO where the pigeon was
d"zlng and sal down at the same table,
Directly he walked up and looked about
HIN with a sort of vacant stare. Hawk
was busy shutting a pack Of cards. Pig.
con looked a moment and then said 10
hin:
II say, stranger, may be you think you
are mighty smart ct keards, but | can beat
The hind sights of you at poker"
"Sir" said the gambler, ii never take a
stump"
"Trot cout your nags then. Meow let
her rip"
And they played, continually at the
Pigeons loss, which saw was occasion.
ed BY the most downright cheating IN deal
'ng The cards, or dropping to make a mis-.
deal. Alter Il while Pigeon 90, up To 20
nut Il moment, and ! could not resist the
opportunity oT'eIiing him how v~iIlaiuously
The other was robhing him.
al know IL; just as much obliged to you,
though stranger, III win at las'. lie clean.
cd out my Trend in the same way, but
ll win 1t yet you may count me in for
that"
wondered how, as | saw Gvee, tens
and hllles transferred from his pocket 10
he caPaclous pocket.bpok of The other,
which he always carefully deposited in
his righl.hand breast. pocket.
Such a run Of lusses would break the
bark. 1t broke the loser, who was by
ihlS time very drunk-at least he looked
50. But he insisted that the other should
90 out with him and get some Of the real
mountain dew" that there was ''nothing
in this shlnty fiji for gentleman"
Hawk would have gladly shaken him
of, but how could he shake of an obstin.
drunken mani So they went out to.
followed. Pigeon had his arm
around the neck If Hawk in the must low.
Ing manner, who was evidently much an.
So they went on, and would have
que into a fashionable saloon, but Hawk
hung back; he did no! want to 60 where
was known, with a companion so TAR
So he proposed another place, down
dark side street. They had not walked
ar into the gloom, before he wheeled sud.
gave his companion a shove, who
Vent stumbling down upon a cellrr door,
'hlle Hawk came hastily back INTO the
Igh'' and walked hurriedly past whore
vas standing. saw the other had won
ilast. There was a fearful cash in the
reasl OF The coat directly over the spo,
where the well filled pocke,.book had been
The owner was so glad to think he bad
OF rid Of his troublesome drunken com.
'anlon, that he had not yet discovered his
now turned 10 watch the other. lie
nj up and came slowly toward the corner
here ! was standing. What a change.
he old white hat had given place 10 "a
silk cap. The jaunly striped YES, to
plain black silk velvet. The black crayat
nd turned white. The shocking ugly red
was now a fine brown, aud The ugly
hlskers all gone, and lett face as smooth
a parscn's.-.And what was more, he
as strictly sober.
lie had won al las! {
| do not particularly commend pick. {
hut could not help thinking that
ne Of these scoundrrls was just as honest I
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