Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-25

~tccratic stock brokers, green hands from the unive
stiles, aud fast youths obott town, have paid for
that vehicle, and HONEST Moses gives them n sub.
dued, but intelligent nod Of recognition as he
drives in it.
"Thc sharp looking, wiry little man opposite to
hiT. is tho croupicr. lie calls the odds, and never
makes tho slightest miscalculatiOn sees that the
proper sums are staked at a single glance and
helps his principal to pay the winners and sweeps
up the stakes Of the losers. For this latter pur-
pose they do not use rakes, such MS you have seen
at Weisbaden at AK, but small hooked sticks.
The rokes would be too prononces, in the event
Of any magisterial interruption; and moreover,
from the size Of the table, they are not re-
quired.
"Seven's the main - shouts that tall, bland,
moustached, handsome man, taking mp the box.
"Seven's the main 70 repeats the %croupier make
your game, please; the %custor's backing in at sew
en-, gentlemen Down comes the box-out rolls
the dice. 'Elcvcn's the nick says the croupier'
and stakes are swept up, winners paid, and u fresh
man called, with inconceivablo %rapidity.
That man with the dice box in his hand is the
typo of q certain class. lie is of excellent family
holds q commission in the Household Brigade, and
is one Of those fellows you see everywhere. Driv.
ing a drag full Of other solemn and moustached
IIeavics to the Derby, leaning against the orchestra
at the opera, and examining the house by the aid
of his enormous ~lorgaette; bestriding a beautiful
horse in the Park, or pondersusly waltzing a
Alamack's-he is always about He does no
come here for the purpose Of increasing his income
or for the sake of excitement. lie has to pass the
house OH his way from his club, and having q hor
rr of going to bed, looks in merely to pass another
hour.
'0f a very different stamp is the man next 4
him, the old m%ilitdire, with the tightly buttonet
frock coat, we'll clipped grey w~hiskers, and care
fully brushed hat. They call him the General,
for he is an old Iudian officer with q small annuity
to which he largely adds BY a systematic method o
play. lie is n regular attendant here is neye
rufied or put out and is reckoned to win, on al
average. three soycreigns a night. have met hin
in the day time, walking with u graceful, %attractiy
looking lady, apparently his daughter or niece AM
have wondered whether she had any notion of lie
companions nightly avocation.
One more sketch and | have finished.
That heavy-eyed, dissipated-looking man in til
brown grcat-coat, was one of tho gayest spirits a
Cambridge. Brou ght up to the church, he cor
ceived a violent disgust for quiet life, and deter
mined on entering the army. Play, the dreadfu
demon, which had cast a cloud over his othcrwis
brilliant college career, pursued him still; he bc
came irretrievably involved, and was at lengt
compelled to sell his commission. Since then b
has existed, one can hardly tell how but, for til
terms on which he appears to live with the propr
etors, and from the fact that he is always sec
here-the first to risk his few sh;llings ut the cor
mencement of the evening-he is believed to be q
employee, or what is commonly termed o bonnet
the establishment.
Occasionally, perhaps once in six months. thcr
is n furious knocking heard q this outer door,
Sledge-hammers resound against the iron panel
which fell in with n crash the police enter, an
find four or FIVE gentlemen at supper, others pla,
ing at billiards in the front room. They are take
into custody, and the next morning appear befoi
the magistrate. No implements of gambling al
found on the premises, and the captives are di
charged"