The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-02


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the haxnc sthay made 81 III fcrre.. vst I
qaartsr ~ his taria, snal he had tco aulch
principle % raise II ID tins lfke the present.
After nSapid rsdestion a. ehanss1, 4 los6
Tor gain Dob Did the hsndssnle thngs and
naned sxA qnsrter.v < ssYou nay fesek 8 on, 2
said tie ssnti6man, ansI moved Is ! side
table. & &,
At this moment his eyes fcIl upon two of
Jour worthy msmbers 81 thsclub, Who had
been playing wen contested enme Of chess.
The mud d-bespattered gentlernan dreW slow-
|ly towards the table, and looked. He Ms
puzzled. He still looked, and seeined to
have : Kind Of suspicion, judging from the
sxpression of hi fsce, that the game wa 81
= very triGing character, and waste Of time.
A snser crept over his yisage, and al he was
about to resume his seat, he said, upon
looking 1t the dominoe PLAYERS, .sWall, Z,
hev ycu got kieris any whars hero, too ~
ssOh, no sir," said Dob, ssws don't keep
cards here, sir.N ssl,m glad o, that: fur /
think tint kicrds, or any other game ware
your Ken BET, is ! most unrodly pastime.
The sin nv gamblin is cuss. which win
anyeIlnp the. airth IN fre and brinstone AZ
We donSt suppress It. Ii hovlin lion.
devoueiu the substances az Ill Hi = raleIy
ard traiy = nov ldnt thS eesflsaasa
would have preached. noEofiy nov. FOR
one of the wags present sid 70 another.
loud enough to So heard by the parson. Tor
the gentleman evidently had I turn that
way, aI'll bet you fifty dollars the red men
win" 81 take that.J At these words the
reformeE got up from his table, and walked
over TO the crowd around the chess players,
which had now smelled fun, and begun to
bet high stl'll goyou = cool hundred, -
said Typo to Coke, <sthat Fn check mate
You in two hours" They had only been
playing an hour and Z half already. ssDone. -
said Coke, taking out his wallet. The ex-
citemens now ram high at the domino table.
The boys took the joke, and betting to 4
terrible degree followed. Wallets and
watches, money and brooches were staked,
and the sfab-sided gentleman looked on in
horror; his eyes fairly stuck out, and his
face was, if possible, more cadaserous than
ever. ss m Il 3s.,s5. VI
About this time Dob had brought on his
supper, OF the beginning Of it, and placing
II on the table, notified the gentleman that
be could commence the onslaught. With q
waive of the hand the exhorter. refused to
sit down. "Stranger,o said be, ever place
here Is arcsort for Belxebub. Wickedness
and aboninstion dwelleth therein. Him as
cometh here after wherewith to stay the
cravin o natsr, and satisfy the flesh, viii
find pisen for the mind. Pll not eat here,
ef Istarve. You told me u diabolical lie.
You sed You didn't gamble but what do I
see =" stretching out bis arm, and making
a lump handle movement, to give force to
hia eloquence, ssgamblin, gam6lin, gamblin!
No, sir; I'll starve afore l'll teeth your wit
tles;'' and he bolted out Of the door he came
in at, and was soon lost in tho dark mist.
A shout rose upon the Dir, which fear sad
" mared the respectability Of Dob's res
taurant, for time, at least.
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Inc white eravaseo stranger, no doubt,
fuii OF wrath ana nre, ana smarting under
what ne supposed 70 90 swlndie OF the
deepest dye, was, when out IN the hazy at
mosphere OF November driszle, and in those
days OF rather ooscurely lighted streets,
somewhat 6ewildered: It is possible ne had
got what the people from the rural districts
call 'tnneds around, for IN less than i've
minutes, after ne had probably groped about
Tor while up and down Main street, espy-
ing red hight, on Eagle, and not OF course
supPSlng It to be the place ne had left, he
made Dec-i'ne Tor y ana the heavy cow
mdes were soon neard bringing their Slab
sided wearer INTO OOPS other room: Dob
from his Man street location glanced at the
VISITOR, ana went on into spasm Point
ing INTO the room, which was at the moment
iree from patrons, our jolly crew saw the
gentleman deposit nmsen IN one OF the stalls
preparatory to calling on the solids: 1t was
TOO ricn Tor uoo, ne larry turned black IN
the race. All noises were nusheo, but II
was done at tremendous effort. It seemed
as Y an explosion mus. follow, human ma.
1nre couid hardiy stand Il. Presently loud
rap was heard. Inc gentleman lad brought
ms great INST upon the pine table with force
enough TO leave the imprint OF ihs knuckies
deel IN the WOOD.
nwooid not 90 1or Dob TO go out, SO one
OF ne immortal eight, wagglsh fellow,
VINO had tenor voice OF considerable puri.