Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-07-08
Oruuille Dailg Butte Retorh
WEDNESDAY, MORNING. JULY 9Th, 1867
The QuadrOOn Sisters
A GAMBLING SCENE.

One sweet, sunny day, in mid.win-
ter, some five years ago, the vast bar
room of the Arcade Hotel in the fair
metropolis of the Southwest, present
ed an appearance Of unusual animation
and interest; for, at the moment, two
circumstances, each of u different char
acter, concurred to fill the great hall
with the wealthy, the fahionable. and
the idle from all parts Of the city, as
the hour had arrived for the free lnnch
and for the opening of the slave auc-
ton.
The lunch itself, prepared as cum
ming lure to draw custom, and embrac
ing the richest soups of the cuisine,
with every variety of flesh and fish,
might have shamed the luxuries Of ma
ny polilical dinner and such SEEM
ed to be the general opinion of the
throng, from the eager impetuosity
with which they replenished their plates
and called for wine or more potent sti-
mulants.
But if the dainties of the table might
have served as feast for the gods, no
one could have mista ken the present
partakers for celestial resellers. The
scene exhibited ludicrous haste, noise
and confusion. Here a red shirted
sailor josiled city Judge there, a
whiskered gambler trod on the toes of
a merchant millionaire and yonder,
a Texan Ranger spilled his basin of
broth on the ine ruffles of a Frehch
petit maitre, who avenged himself by a
sharp volley Of the choisest Partisan
oaths. One exclaimed, my coat is
ruined another shouted L have lost
my pocket book while third cried
out more beacon and beans,' and
dozen together bawled for brandy
However, but few articulate sounds
could be distinguished, for it required
a strong voice to soar above the tumulb
of tho tempest, above the clatter Of the
knives and forks, and the universe!
hum, like that of thousand angry
beehives, all about to swarm at the
same instant. Nevertheless, the feat
was not utterly impossible, and the
fact very soon became evident. A
splendid carriage, with four horses,
urged by the gigantic black driver at
tn, ir utmost speed, thundered up to
the door, and man of remarkable ap-
pearance leaped out and rushed into
the room, the multitude parting sud
denly to the right and left, 50 as to
give him free passage until he reach
ed the bar.
The stranger, who had perhaps seen
forty summers, offered to the eye 4
matchess model of physical force and
nervous activity. His form was round
and massive, and would have been
symmetrical, had it not been for the
extraordinary length of the arms, ont
Of all proportion to the rest OF his
figure. His face was regular, and even
handsome in its outlines, but bore the
traces of dissipation, and shone with the
fires of deeper crimson than the most
rosy hues of vigorous health. His
countenance revealed the widest hu>
NOR, sort of reckless, desperate mer-
rlment, blended with boundless brave
ry, and yet touched with namely AIR
of infinite sadness. His dress, OF the
most costly cloth, although finically
fashionable. was soiled and wine-stain-
ed. and without any other token, would
have betrayed the careless devotee Of
Bacchus.
.Ho! Ganyoede of the drunken
gods y he reared. addressing the head
bar keeper, and striking the counter a
fierce blow, which made the plates
dance to the music of ringing glasses
'Ho! Ganym-de of the white apron.'
he Iepeated, in louder tones, 'let US
have me OF your nectar-honey-dew
fresh from the flowers of Paradise.
Come, gentlemen, one and all, what
will YOU take 2 l Introduce myself.
Col Tell of California, claims the high
honor Of treating he crowd
He is mad whispered the lawyer.
end me- chants, to each other, as they
KEPT aloot from the proffered courtesy,
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