Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-05
NUMBER PIP
From The Coltea Ira.
ELNiG!St
Or the Mason $ Daughter.
BY john H. FITZGERALD.

time before She attempted TO check the
outbur,' IL sorrow caused by her Mtt.
or's c,ul words, ~ length she rai--
eli her tear swollen face TO hi-, &nl
said :
1T is but a short year since | passed
through that bcwld ring ordeal. Oh.
father, tell me why tell me what was
the real cause of-of that sacr fee 1t
seems as though were years older
since that event, and then was u
happy, thoughte-s school Grl. Oh.
Father, tell me, do
'TelI you,' he rcplicl, SO that You
will hate me -! Wcll, all avoid me,
and you may u, well know the cause OF
your msrriage, 1T will not change your
destiny, for YOU are married. You vas
not woocd, but YOU was roa. II YOU
leave me, Elmira, | will only be alone.
Do you want me to tell You tins itte
episode SO that you can hate me, do
you, Elmra"
'Oh, fathcr,' she eagerly said, do
tell me all | will love yon the moro,
will BE- more attentive. | Will be the
best daughter that father ever had, 50
tell me all. 1t was certainly for the
best. or you would not have compelled
me- to take such a stcp'
'Elmra, you are good child, sall
the old man, more kindly tnan he had
spoken in long time, 'and ! do not
know that delaying the deaoDcmc" VIII
better the result, and | will tell you all
that occurred, as connected with your
self; 50 hear mo through.
She consented and the old man COM
mctc d:
'Elmira you hsve always been taught
to believe that the city of--- IS y
very moral place You was born there
and grew up to womauhood, AID there
received all yonr education; but tell
you it IS one Of the worst places IN
America for every species Of chIeanc-
ry, gambling, dcbauchcry and crime.
Shortly attr the death Of your mother.
some twelve years a4o, | bccme f4s-
cinatcd with gambling. After clos.
ed my business for the night, inyarl-
ably resorted to ole Of the many club
houses, and spent the evening beside
the card table or at the faro bank.
Time slipped round, and ! was not
IN ych the worse off for the several
years | had spent in fiji, mnarr, unIll
one ni.ht--a night which intimately
connects itself wlrh your destiny
4 will go back a little There ~as
a boy who visited these places in COM
, ny with his father, and tor ycArs
VIII II the f.tacr was seen, the SON was
sure to be present. The father was 4
bold and reckless, pl yer, and avoided
him, for tie wealth at his command
cnn blcd hun to venture sums the loss
of which, to me, would have been ruin.
The boy got to be quite iinc-appcar-
ing YOU Q man, and | rather liked his
company than otherwise. Still he was
reckets as a gambler. Tor the son m
dolged in the vice as well as the father
-~and very lrclu'h'lt l en5'5cd nun
at play. One night won from the
son an amount lager than had ever
counted upon for a single winning,
and f. ON that tim" he Vas my p'lncl-
pal opponent. For several months we
opposed each other, winning and Lose
lne, until he lin lly got a run Of good
70 tune which did not desert him. On
this particular night in question, he
sad 'Mr. G., YOU have not been
as successful as usual Now what do
YOU say t. playing tor a larger stake l."
consent had large sun Of
money ln drafts, winch had just re-
cci.,d ~ the evening malI, in pay
m ut tor 90 IDS forwarded to the vest
ern markets The stakes ran hi b,
and IN The 'urn Of a few cards | had
lot nearly fifteen tbous ma dollars IN
cash and drafts. Ny head swan, |
was dizzy with the wild emotions that
proved npon my re ling BRAIN Moth
i but ruin Was before nc. | was
about TO rise from the he table, when