Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-03
OBJ family Giffle,,..
AN ARKANSAS GREENHoRN.


II Is Tue ooaSe u olooIs % AfAansasl
that they are porn WIN SKINS NE ailiga'
tors, ana ssrehgne IKE pears iney wo,k
hard ana they play nard-A flaming Is tne
recreation most lndulged an ana the
gaming houses Oh me ives eln part q. Z.
kansas nave orahoea IL win an unehsisl
able notoflety.
one soark summer nlshs' solne yeats
ago, iounged as mere spectator,
through the dit1erent rooms OF one Oh
them. watching the various games OF na a
ard that were playd. Some OF the play
ers seemed 20 rnave see Instr -sery sous
upon the stakes. Their eyes were blood
shot, and hxed, IRON beneath thelr paie
and wrlnkied orows' on, on the 4 taoie' as J,
their everlasting veal OF woe uepehaeu
there upon the turning OF me dice; 'whl'e
others-the mashed olacKlegs-Ta lss
an Indifferent ana careless TOOK, though
kind olsardo,nlc smiie Playing around
their llps' out 100 plainly fe'eaiep 2 Sof'
OF habituaI desperation,
Three iof the prayers iookeu inc 'eis
counterpart OF eacn olher, nor only ~
lace outgexPressioh' oo.l s dps p'la sioa'
ana moral likeness was illueeu s'r'A'ps
Inc other p'ayst wac 9uns "a.,o :
s'raneef, Wnon 'ney a .,,osnt ss ~
one IN '4,s auu many osue' pa L.; ~ 49, sne
moriu' Ms oyos' nis i i'oaS "a ~ -
pussiosnuuiy oesm:a :. p'e y II 80 80 =
70 oso - so"'m ~ ba axols;n,oa
u. aosI 49, hreatb 80 he threw
WIN WY r.""A y f'Sel'''
uo vi .ne sI s;s.ants +,r.ed mn b;s
naoa 1 g no hnt tbo lonr viSa aao
aro Ia III LIZ TO before tham and 70
neio la,u nss $500 az No. ofass;on.
s1e . soson' i = = = -
s a's n M mI..a I, ia ,,c,, hoe +nrned and 7
-.,,, - os;aa or,t - ~ aestocv ond
croM. ny !. Z ~ ~ = - 7'' II 7
po m saS 80 80 s;,oa - tb;s and 70.
o. ~ = The n,een yyorrnog nan
displayed broad but silent grin at his
good fortune, and often, took out his mon,
ev to count It, and see if each piece was
GOOD. Na 8gas aa9Fr
Here are hundred dollars more,''
cried the sylvan youth. land I crow
s.. take them, said one of the trio
The youth won again, and 'scrowed' loud
er this time than he did the first.
On went the game: stakes were lost
and won. Gradually the rouleaus of the
acrovo,.v dwindled down to three or forr
dollars, or SO. It was clear that the gen.
tleman in black had been Turing him on
by the best of decovs, success at first.
Let see something for my. money.
Here's stake Of two dollars. and !
> crown But he smoke now in very faint
treble indeed, and looked penitently al
the cards. ss.ss5
Again the cards were shuf6ed, cut and
dealt, and the "plucked pigeon staked
! his last dollar upon them.
1.-The last button on Gabe's coat, and
{. cr-cr-. No, TIL be hamstrung ifl do'
4 He lost this too, and with as deep q
!. curse as | ever heard, he rose rom The
this one gaming table in it, and not many
Iookers;on besides myself. Thinking the
gaming was over, turned to 90 out. but
found the door locked and the kew gone
! There was evidently something in the
wind. At all events | reflected. IN case
! of need, the windows were not yerv e.
to the ground. returned and saw the
winners dividing the spoil and the poor
shorn 'greenhornp leaning over the backs
: Iof their chairs, staring iatently at the
money. ezsl.ss gia
The notes were deliberately spread ont
lone after another. Those which the lose,
had staked were new, fresh from the press
he said, and they were sorted into hear
distinct from the rest. They we're two.
! dollar, three dollar. and fiveidollar notes
from the Indiana Bank. and the hank Il
Columbus. in Ohio. 5s
II saw Ned 7 don tb;,ts .baso 49,.
are GOOD y aid one of M ;,,es1 "o.sS
examined them ~ A10'' gnu
SGT IN , .han
cried out the iooser very chon.falIan J.
his elbow.
The s;mnlae. snoecb an,,od ~ ...a....1l n
Of the connter ond NJ ha go 1870 sno ssusplc'o1F
ine a. last as he tool nn a, ~ re eou'.
and ava;ag = Laaa ~ IN ~ ~: aasS no'e'
most = 8 s. gA9tal.'eu' 10
If thev ore oan,SS,,a ,'s' tpho 20 'iang Is.
NJ tbss ~ /. aey arg +, 'orgen.
;ust % Nh t;aa a'i ep'iea the ioser'
'a e ~ pl'a..sal'.
bnrlos ICY !, opPaoorious = ,epilnet was now
~. ~ $500. = InS 1as'sf ne wi 'aHut NOR
aa", Nn10A me- uom,l e'ic speaker ata blow
g l;abss sIe 20. 1ap,e, Wnleh pu5 out thel
" .nes wlnqew's whist q bullet fired from1
p's'oi, cracked the pane OF glass over