New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-18
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ne Hon Horace Greeley recently visited sthe
Union Race Course. On Long Island Hs,a, !
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E Let US stop while. and observe sonas of fEe
tricks @ TIE knaye Here comes d ia look
af,g, 1nlsts tleTa man more tr0Rklaa Iii
money an1 nlirth than mother M Il ETY. has lbcen
already observed and tracked He stops opp5-:
ste one q the anieble knights of the pea ana
thiInbless End lriousiy watches his tisabls
fingers az ne adroitIy shifts tue tlcn of slie
littie olt q sponge from one tkimhle to another,
repeating all the time, in the blandest tome
M libetaHneg elm ten or twenty dollars lse
Hean, cup the joker HI underfss
and ciuffes BY assuring them that TT IL under
some particular thimbie, which he Specifies
Done FL go yon ten doliars, z any ys j voice
from Ii, penind az imposing mnstache and beafl
a. who's ~ take up the cup ss' HS g
tt Why, the genlmn Is Bets, of eonrse I feTlies
ne Of the thimbles e ain't nothing to do with
1t. 2 & n 81 sY & s5s g.
Mrstache asks the olly looking Eent lenan to
slloid the stakes, which he chesrfu1ly complfes
with, and then suggests to Mustache fhfst BE
saw the pea under such a thimble The other
replies that he is mistak Ken. and of TAX 10
Eup tie tnimpie underneath which Tho apoass
really Isl and pockets the stakes. Tie sta
holder looks with admire tion upon the superior
sagaclty Of his new eonfda MT. and fcrfhwiths
tney watch ttie game Aiusfache Hing him
swlel urerrlng certainty wheIe taie pea ii every
time, nna occa sIonaiy betting and invariably
winning the stakes. rs
4 me Jolly gentleman is strongly imbned with
tle belief that he could tell. as easily and surely
as ms new friend, where the ball II; a heliefs
~ s.ne. oy' Wnlch nls Tlend takes good care tc
encourage. lie bets. and wins. He bets again,
2 anu loses and every time hereafter he is d
aioser A q iengt AL his money is gone his
y friend suggests the currency 0f his watch No.
g, ne Is mol quite prepared for that HeMatches
the game stiii closer; by this time several other
gentlemen ~ white coats, panta and very black
mustaches are betting and invariably winning
AL TINS time dis friend urges him to bet and
as an inaueement, offers to bet at tie sarue time
with ~ NJ az this moment the proprietor of the
thimbles mas hts attention diverted, end, ffor IN
lnstans, turns nls head away Intlstache lifts
the thimble and blows away the ball. Then
turning TO his companion, he says Now's
Jour & time e pet:
th, Sod bless my soul no, that' t's not fair, 4,
he Whispers m reply But his scrupiess are
e1 overcome by ms companion, who assures him
.nat the proprietor OF the thimbles would cheat
hlm II he conld Ait length he offers to bet his
Watch agalnst q hundred dollars that the rea il
NOT unoer eltner Of the thinbles This the thin
pieman fnaignantly rejects, and in vindication
q h1s noner, ne Tits thiInble; 70 it is not
mere; ,e! ne hfts another with the same result
Nhicn mneh delights The jolly gentleman, who
Is moved 70 hearty laughter thereat, Where
upon the proprietors Of the thimbles offers to
pe lannegeni malundred dollar it's under that
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