The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-31
THEDAlLY GAZETTE.
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AUGUST 81.
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MONDAY,
TAKEN m AND BONE Poe.

IL ~ the bOASt Ot the OlOuts ~ NrhAusas
that they arc born with skins like allgntor-
and strength like bears They work hard
and they pay hard Gaming is the recrca-
ton most indnlged in, and the gaming houses
in the western part Of Arkansas have brand
ed Il with an unenviable notoricty.
Onc dark summer night, some years ago
| lounged a. mere spectator, through the
different rooms of one of them, watching the
various games OF hazard that were played
Some ii the players seemed to have set
their very sauls upon the stakes their eyes
we're blo,slslsot, and fixed, from ben, Ii
their wriuklcd brows on the table, as II their
everlasting veal or we Deepen led thcn up
on the turning Of the dice whilst uthcr.---
the finished blacklcgs-assumed AN indifler-
emf and carpless lo,k. though a >arlonic
smile playing round their lips, hut tao PLAIN
Is revealed q sort d hshitaal desperation. -
Three Of the players locked tho very coun-
terpart Of each other, not only IN is.a, but
expression; both the physical and moral
likeness we're indeed STRIKING. The other
player was young man, a stranger, whom
they call green one in this and many
other parts of the world. His cye-, his
nos, hts Whole ply -iogno,ny, SEEMED 10 pf,-
longer.
FIFTY dollars more be exclaimed, with
decp-,irawn breath, ~ he tbTrw down the
stake.
Zach IL hi opponents turned up his card
costly and Confidently, but the long -,,>agcd
aero laid hi stake before them, and to the
a>tonishment Of the three professionals,
won.
'IIarrah tue luck La- turned. and
crow y he cried cut in an ecstacy, and peck
cted the cash.
The worthy trio smiled Mt this, and ~
commenced the play. The green young
man, displayed broad but silent er,s at
his good fortune, and often took cut la,
money to count IL over, and see il each piece
was good.
!. Here are hundred dollars more, cried
the sylvan youth, land crow"
. take them said one Of the trio.
The youth won again, and "crowed' loud
or this time than he did At first
TN went the game stakes were lost and
won. Gradually the roulcans OF the "crow-
err dwindled down To three or iour dollars
or 10. IL Was clear that the gentlemen in
black hal been Turing him On BY tue best Of
uecoys-succcss nj first.
Let me soc something for my money -.
Here's stake ii two dollars, and ! crow ~
But he spoke now in very faint treble
indeed, and looked patiently At the cards.
Again the cards were shnilied, cut, aud
dealt, aud the "pluckcd pigeon staked his
last dollar upon them.
The last hutton ON tiabcis coat, and
or cr--. No, III bc hamstrung IL d."
lie lost this too. and with n deep a curse
a. | ever heard, he pose from the green
board
The apartment was very spacious, aud N
the ground floor. There was only this one
gaming table in 1t, and not many lookers-on
besides myself. Thinking the gaming WAS
over, J turned 10 90 out, but found the door
lacked and the key gone. There was cvi-
IDENTITY something in the wind Al all events
! reflected, in case Of need, the windows are
not very FAR To- the ground. returned, and
Jaw the winners dividing the s,soil, AMI the
ionr shorn grccnl.om" leaning over the
sacks 81 their chairs, staring intcntly at the
money.
The note, were deliberately spread out
enc after another Those which the loser
lad staked were new, fresh from the press,
he said, aud they were sorted into heap
distinct lrvm the rest. They were two dol
lar, threc-dollar, aud live dollar notes, from
the Indiana hank, and the bank of Colum-
h,i- in Ohio.
u say, Ned, I don't think these notes arc
good, said one al the winners. and exapiu-
I'd them.
II wish they wcrn't, and IA CROW, = cried
Out the loecr, very chop-fallcn, at his elbow.
hill
ii the counter, and he resumed his counting.
AZ last lac took up the last note, and cycing
Il kecnly, he exclaimed In 4 most emphatic
manner, III BE- hanged il they are genuine
They are forged ~
No they amt" replied the loser quite
~ empLatically.
A very opprobrious epithet Was now hurl-
ell AT the latter lie, without more ado,
shocked down the speaker at blow, cap
sixcd the table, which put out the lights,
AMI IN the next instant, darted out of the
window, while a Lnle., fired from pistol,
tracked the pain u glass over his head
lie had leaped into the small court ward,
with wooden FAILING around IT, The win
n.fs dashed toward the door, hut found the
green one" had secured IL. When the
three worthless were convinced that the
door would not yield 10 their efforts, aud
when they heard their :. eieiisar gallol.ng
away, they gave laugh at the trick played
them, and returned Ia the table.
Strike light, Bill, and lets pick up
what notes have fallen. ] have nearly the
whole lot In my pocket
The light -oon made it, appearance.
What none on the floor Capital |
think ] must have them all in my pocket,
them Saying which, he drew out the
notes, aud laid them ON the table.
Fire and furies These are the forged
NOTES The rascal has whipped up the other
heapr'
While all this was going on, stepped TO-
ward the window, but bad not sto.sl there
hong before heard the clanking hoots 81 a
horse beyond the paling, aud u shout wait
ed into the rosn-" Sloped for Texasm
The worst part Of the story remains 10
lie told---it was my horse ON which the rogue
was galloping of.
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