The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-07

AT THIS moment Ellen entered the room
pale and thin, yet beautiful.
Henry said she, as she entered, 'you
viii certainly nctgo there tonight. d.
stay with me-
And she castupon her husband an implo
ring glance, that brought tear from hi,
eye.
No, no, Ellen, cannot stay. must &C
tonight; but I promise you that it shall b
the last time.'
DO not, OF do not go tonight, but tel
me that you will neuergo again, said Ellen
imploringly.
NO, l say mast go tonight said he
fiercely, but this shall be my last Yisi
there
'Ol Henry, it would have been we'll with
us now had you neUer gone there, but
Stop! Ellen, do not upbraid me, said
her husband, interruptng her. Ishall go;
and that villain who has SO effectually
Aeeced me shall return at least part Of my
fortune
who is this skillful gamester?' inquired
his wife.
4 do not know, neither does any one in
the city know from whence he came, mol
how, nor when; but he is a skillful player
and has fleeced me- replied Henry in ar
excited voice; at the same time approach.
ing his wife, and taking her hand in his,
he said, Ellen, you know that all is gone;
all save this ring
AT these words he quickly drew from hei
finger the sacred memento.
Ellen fairly shrieked as she saw thai
treasured article, that memento given hcI
by her mother when on her death-bed, thus
taken from her. She had borne her hus-
bands i'll fortune calmly. She had seen
all go without murmur. But when thai
precious gift was torn from her, it was toe
much.
20! Henry, do return me the ring. DO
not stake that. Stop
But her husband had gone. He ner-
vously rushed along the crowded walk
with the ring clutched tightly in his hand,
and at length drew up in front of the gam
ing shop. Entering, he found the success
full stranger seated at the table, awaiting
his coming.
'Ha! my boy, I've been waiting for you
some time, and began to think that per
haps you had concluded to back out said
he, as Henry entered.
4 am not the man to yield until fairly
prostrated, said Henry, seating himself op-
posite the stranger.
We'll, how much do you stake on this
game?' said he, taking up and commencing
to shuttle the cards.
'One hundred pounds, and offer this in
pledge said Henry, laying the ring upon
the table, which the srangertook up, and
having examined minutely, said,
'Donep
The stakes were put up, and the game
commenced. Henry played wcll,and won
In the next and the next games he metwith
equal success, and had won in all Just one
thousand pounds. Flushed with success,
he said,
4 stake eleven hundred pounds on the
next game
'Donev said the stranger.
They played, and Henry lost.
Arising hurriedly from bis seat, he drew
a pistol from his pocket, and quicker than
thought pointed it at the stranger, at the
same time exclaiming,
Miserable villain! you, by your vile arts,
jugglery, have robbed me Of my fortune
Everything, but the clothes upon my back
You have ruined me; and now return one.
half of that which you have taken from me,
or you shall die!'
For moment the successful CANISTER did
not speak. AT length he said,
Young man, you speak truly. have
robbed you of all your earthly possessions
except your health, talents, and lovely
wife. You are not ruined. You can YET
by industry retrieve your broken fortune
and shall not
Villain! dieP exclaimed Henry, inter
rupting the stranger, at the same time
pointing hispistoltoward hishead and firing
The stranger lodged in season to avoid
the ball, and seizing Henry by the arm ex
claimed.
Henry Lawson, you know not what you
dop
And throwing aside his mask, he reveal
ed to our hero's excited gaze the features
of his sO!te's father.
AeTCllul heaven! Is bnlS u uTedn! WIN
ly exclaimed Henry.
No, tits a reality answered Mr.. Hay
den. Itis l, your father r-in-law, who has
: saved you from ruin. Return to your wife
Your fortune shall be restored, and hereaf
ter be sOiSer a,aa.'
Henry went home that night changed
, man, related to Ellen what had occurred
, and pledged his honor that he had playet
! his last game.
One year has rolled away, and Henr!
Lawson is again in the full tide ofa success
full practice. He has scrupulously KEEP
J his promise, and avoided gaming shops
and promising the reader that his futur
life will be prosperous and happy, we vii
drop his history.
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stone peaches. To one gallon of good vim
egar add four pounds of brown sugar; boi
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