The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-12-05
CHAPTER III.

With the money in his pocket which
Angely had procured for him. Robert vii.
son FASTENED down Broadway AT the cor.
ner Of Park Place he paused. and cast :
furlive glance around him, evidently mucl
agitaled. lie thought of his loving wife a
home.
lie hal deceived her. and his conscience
smote Lin. She was all love aud gentle
ness. md sincerity, confidence, and he had
bastly deceived her
Should he not return. throw himself al
her feet. AMI beg her forgiveness? Such a
course was certainly the most grateful tC
his crring, pentent soul; but he htd made
bad speculation" and while there was
hope of retrieving himself. the demon OF
mammon within prompted him to sin again.
Turning down Park Place, he entered one
ofthose gambling hell4. which are the curse
Of enlightened America. Again he paused
on the steps Of the magnificent establish.
ment, to silence the upbrading of his con-
science. The beautiful, loving expression
of his wife, languishing away the tedious
hours of his absence in lonely misery, haun
ted him.
But the usual consolation, the oft.repeat.
ed resolution Of the erlins soul: "On!y this
time, and then | will forever abandon the
way of the transglessor." came to urge him
on.
by the gas light in the street. he observ.
ed dark form, closely muiil ID in the ample
folds of Spanish cloak, approaching tht
spot where he stood. The stranger paused
by his side, glanced ntently at him, ant
then catered the saoonl
III, followed him; the hall flashed will
brilliant lights. and the gay and lashlona.
bile of the metropolis ihrongtd the scene. -
Men smiled rs though the place was not tn,
gate Of hell itself The oil AMI respectable
Of the br AMI forom, and the exchan q, were
there. countrnancn5 by their presence an
rxarpl', the iniQniy practiccI within those
.iIdrd walls.
Robert Wilson shullercd rs e entered
lhr.,aoor. YET why should he shrink IRON
. scene. in which The respectable men o
be community hcst"tcd not to mingIe?
Poor, simple; y'unI man! is soul ha,
not yet come to believe that wealth, station
and the hnnorS Of the world can sanctir,
sin and hollow niquily.
Ia an unguariei hour he hal been Inrer
int' a den o thieves" by man Of GOO,
Standing in society the importer from
whom he purchased mauy OF his goods, anf
who held his notes in pigment Of them.
lie had hazlrded few dollars. thou u
his conscience mote him ali the while. II,
won; h" was in the hands Of those who wer
experienced in the management Of unsus
pecing dupps. lie went away with hi
pockets well lined with tie fruits Of his un
hallowcd gains.
Irnaed by the ambition to become sud
denly rich. he won't again, and again b
won.
The devil lured him on. With a firm
resolution to abandon these visits when h,
should have added the gaias Of ere MOI,
night to his previous accumulation, he wen
a third time. II he succeeded on this occa.
lion as he had on the two previous nights
he wouli be able to pay the only note h
owed. The pro'pect Of freeing himsel
entirelv from debt, suddenly and wihou
labor, tempted i'm to engage once more il
the exciting game.
! But the gamblers hal permitted him t
iun the whole length Of his rope. On tn,
third night he lost-lost all be had befor
won!
All his fine fancies were thus dashed +
the ground. Bat the hope offreeing him
self from debt, had taken s'rong hold OIL
his imagination, and he could not so easil
resign it.
Again he went, trusting that the chance
Of the game would again favor him--agai
and again he went, till ell his availabl,
means we're sacrificed. The gamblers a
droiIly permitted him TO win few dolar
occasionally. and thus mis- hopes were ken