Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-04-25

J hase saE8r lkvH,I post
4 WI Ska zsi E4ssa awhaai
i Ana give e. svnssnGag plsstang
Or pgaa sAAsp saa tssaiaE
Not aaI o. esa4 aas fryvElns,
q LAS auansssssB's Glse4s styt@,
ApTa lTlh lRsa,
THE GAMBEER's FATE,
b.. RT aBo. ARxIYAL.
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The literary man Is compelled hy the
requirement.. % his profe-sl1t,. 10 assO.
egsste 81 "a alt sorts Of characters, shd to
vlsIE all sorts Of piacrr. The RrlIst, wn1
only dTaws the external part uf his sub
iucl, car Gad IL the street, iC The gu4E,.
room oT ia lha theatre. al abuRd"aes Ut
food Tor btR pencil. Bot las writer, whl
must drag ths rhdTartsTa ami emofioEs
Uf his personageg, as vel. as theIr per-
seDai a pearaaes, has To seek than in
all places where their feelings a0d lido
syncrasies are exhibited 10 the strongest
IILbt.
In cqmplianee With this profess; onal
demand, once sought entrance 10 oue
Of the largest and handsomesg gaming
boasvs in New York. Il is matter Of
/ DO small difficulty to obtain admission
10 sucn places, unless one is unsOph4sti-
Gated, and has plenty ~ monty. The
/ 'knowiug ones7 are yhe very ones vhu
! CaaHol gat in, aud, PaEAdU4Ical as it
SENS, the more TsrdAnt Il nan Is. the
n ire likely be is to have the do0ss open
ed 20 him.
| Ror = week or ten days, kept nay eyes
/ open for chance to vIsIt the hIuso in
! quest4oa, buE wtheut avail, unsil ons
night, when found q yaSHg man very
dIuBk, lyiag On lae pavement 10 Broad
way, He was well dressed, wore dia-
moEds, and would have been robbed,
dyubrisss, IN very few minutes, had
Mt come upon hfm just a7e hs tel,
aI.d taken him ua-isr ing protection. |
called a carriage, paced him 10 49, AMI
aroI-cd him sufficiently 70 .earn has ad
dress. Tnen, b,dl.ig the haokman -
drive - his lodgings, | accunpan ed
h.m hume. and by pouring cod water
up8n has head, s3bsre bIm enough 10 .
enable him 10 so TO bel.
lie thanked me sinGsrety for my as-
sistancc, and lefs m, promising TO /
call ar2gni aud s4a Eim sUJB, In eJm- /
pliaRea With hls pressing invI'atrou.
Uf course, lhosghs no more abOut IL !
for segerai days, bus one evening, while .
taking "njghI-eap' at Fiureucs's, /
aag him stcnding NEAR me, talking wi'h /
several # the sporting mrn who fre-
QutnI that saloon. Iio rrc1gniz me .
came g me and shook hamds-,n@is,ed .
on uay dr. ukina with h3m, and IusrOttas-
~ ne - his frienls-
lItre vas my GaaRc-, evidently. This F.
vuung fellow Was inclined 10 ia me any
favor IN MS power, and ke vas ia tha .
snrE ct a NAH tO give ms che ''O:rsR Sc.
ann" TO The great gambling house
desired 10 visit.
/ trlsd it, and fnu ii that ny expe'ta.
on~ we're not to- stRgulne. Sh rcw
acquaintance wds the bru,hcr-ia-lsw of
the proprietor nf Ehe houss--i euuid nos
have er'f1" aer0ss better msn--aHd rre
I pared wish him, hr had proasised 10
s0mr 10 my Toouss shs nDxS night, and
to eseoES iAe 20 the Esmpls OF fJrlu@s-
and tate.
The fsllowing evening b. kept his en-
Z Ermgut, and We wLlkeI NJ Broadway
together, TO . iargS and impbsing hoa-e,
whose door and windaws seem q her
maEGeaiIy II sealed, ana dark rs The grave.
AF gha peFon rang tha bell, ana tao
d'sor .w&s opensd al once by gro
Intelligent of face and neaG ~ aEt-Fe.
As s01T as be recognised nv asmp4n.
=. .xsss a-s,.sss~--& ssa
pa .aed ia, 10 a suite Of txo paeIuu. sad
elegant parl0rs. la the front 70 sui
long table vas set, Ia len With a rJid
collation. OF roast meat, game. fJwls,
etc ant handsome s'debyard 1T cary
ri oak, fiispiayeaf - tempting variety Of
wines and liquors, 10 4 sks AMI hagans
upon whose rainbow tints and metallic
giitttr the soft light VI the heavy chan
dtlievs played wiEh al sEer-chAnging
&ad subJaed lusaEe.
Waking thTouEh into sha rear parlor,
aaw anosher iong table, bHt somewhas
differently occupied irom tbs one frat
Fnentioncd. A pack Of playing cards
Rfra spread cut upon it, In row, wiih
be odd ones by themselves st TIE end.
Ca one side Of Ihe table man cat
drawing the G cgYds from smother pack,
plaGcd la a smfii boz ,if chased silver,
aBd laying them ia Two piles, Opposite
aim, another man bad hox with som-
partmantsy In which were arranged a
quantity of ivory oounfers, OF diaTsrens
solers, and ohasFved mere Of these "
ing up 70 the errds which ware spread
apea abs table. ~ almost every card
shat the aaalsr lsew frsm the s,lser bdx,
sbese ecoaussrs we're ehaaged--sumetmes
being taken ap hy the players who sar-
rounded The taaTs- s8naAfimes by The
man wh5 PRESIDED over sha boz With |
compartments, ana sometimes more laid /
down.
This was Eha game of Faro. /
The players wsre fhs isssges ing fsa-
sure of tga place 70 my eyer and after
aad bern gnGYnducesl 10 she proprietor, |
aad aYadk glass of sherry vita h,m. /
La,ok , seas 4 sar the byrd, and atudled I
! be dealer haa saFy ssrskaag fsss-- /
> aAsk spaAswsak- bEssa ssmpl sziensi
pFeregng bIM@k eges. syeFhune 6y heasy I
aahls bs0ws, Assa d ehtrs, krlxsly bard, /
af psre baaaa black tint, covering the {
:awer part 81 bio fMrs. lie was txpan- /
sisely sirssssd, bua ia bmd saasa, with .
arisRm0a velvet masaESs8s. aFaan sngea
Ay ~ au raanus gass ~ am aasey plaaa /
pansaiaesas, red and white riald neck- {
tsss afd an sren- w ~ slalst- -fr at. eap
poFtang an imasnse elastsr diamgna /.
MS eyaa sarae FROM The glare pf tkss /
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eMssM Aafa as 30 xzsaz ii II SO a&mlaa~ /
nAsas i paays M8ale AAaas $500 waks