The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-07-08

1HOpO SOs ISplice OuO UauACi Soilhiy
with an equivocal smile. You're il
luck, Lowell, and ought to take advan
tage of IT,"
"I leave it on the queen, and put thi:
1T on the three.
Here and there few stakes are altered
or Withdrawn and the cards are turned
up again. Both lose.
The young man growls fearful, bu
scarcely audible oath but his hand
brings almost involuntary, fresh booty tc
light, in the shape ola bag of god dust
which the banker does not even glance
at. The bag might contain about two
pounds, and the Spaniard, standing op
pos;te, throws couple of ounces or
another card.
"We do not trust the gentleman.
luck, senor," the banker said smilingly
as he held the cards firmly in his left
hand, but kept his eye sternly fixed in
quiringly on that of the Californian
"Quien sabe ?" he muttcred with in
difference but his card has gained
The young gambler uttered another
eearful oath, and his hand sought fren-
ziedly in his pockets for more money,
but in vain. "Not there-not there
gone-robbed ~ he stammered to him
self; and his eye measures distrustfully
and anxiously those standing around
him. He meets only indifferent or sar-
castle glances
"Come, stranger, if you don't play any
longer, make room for some one else l''
said bearded man, in dirty bl1e and
torn' blouse; sit seems to me you've
DONE" ,tSai's
Come, sir, if you don't play, make
room for another party said the sec
ond banker, who sat close to him, "our
table is, besides, quite crowded"
81 have been robbed /" the young
man shouted, casting furious glance on
the banker, 'sbamefully robbed"
"Well. don't look at me, young fellow,
in that u ay,' said the man in the blouse,
quietly.
'1lllook at whom please, and any one
who emit stand it may turn away - .
Room, there !" the man shouted,
turning his head to those behind, and
seiziDg the young gambler, with giants
grasp, he lifted him up and hurled him
back.
stake care-take care !" shouted sew
eral voices at the same moment and
two or three hands threw up the arms
of the madman, who, armed with re-
volver, and careless of the consequences,
was aiming point blank athis assailant's
head. Though SO quickly seized, the
young scoundrel managed to fire twice
before they could tear the pistol from
him, and one bullet broke the globe of
a lamp, while the other went into the
ceiling and brought down shower of
plaster. It was not the only mark of
the same sort up there.
.tThank ye,' the miner in the blue
shirt quietly said to the surrounders,
and without caring further for the infu-
rated lad, who was foaming at the
mouth, and struggling with those who
held him, he took packet of gold out
of his waist coat pocket and put it on
the nearest card The young gambler
had, in the meanwhile, been dragged to
the door by several powerful Irish vol
unteers, where he was received by two
policemen, sommoned from the adjacent
station, and borne off to durance vile
All tie curiosity -mongers in the room,
and their name was legion, hadRthronged
up to the spot where the shot was fired,
to see as much as possible of the antici-
pated row. Even the counter was de-
serted for second or two; but no Ion
ger. At this moment, too, SHOUTS,
laughter, and noise were heard from the
room. What had occurred there
+" Bravol that was capital hurrah l''
the mob shouted land shrill the voice of
man, who was energetically protesting
again st something or other, was contin-
ually drowned in noisy bursts of aps
plause. A peculiar circumstance had
taken place there,in which the mob speed
lily performed the functions of judge
and jury, and gave its verdict.
A man in dark dress coat and dark
trowsers, very clean aud respectable,
had come Tor seven evenings in success
sion to the same table, had watched the
game awhile, until, at last, he produced
a small, canvass bag from his breast pock
ct, and laid it on a card. The card won
on the first evening, and he emptied the
bag on the table to count the money
1t contained twenty eight Spanish doll
lars, which the banker quietly paid him
and the s'gentleman" quilted the table
with his earnings, without degining to
tempt Dame Fortune again. On the
second evening he returned. staked, and
the card lost. With the greatest cool:
ness he opened the bag, seized the cor
ners, aud shook out tho money it con-
tanned precisely the same sum as on the
previous evening. On the third, fourth,
fifth, and sixth evenings, the same sto-
~. The bankers began to know the
man, and amused themselves about his