The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-11-08

nial archives against looking on at a gam,
played by others? p
'Oh, no! but do not ask me to play
Certainly not;' and devilish sneer curlec
his lip. Your virtue shall suffer no tempta
ton be assured
We soon arrived before the doc. of quie
respectable looking house, in one of ths
streets leading to the strand low peculiar
knock, given by Sanford, was promptly an
swered; then password, which l did no
catch, was whispered by him through tht
keyhole as We passed in. We proceeded W
stairs to the first floor, the shutters of which
were carefully closed, so that no intimator
of what was going on could possibly reacf
the street. The apartment was Brilliant.
lighted, roulette table and dice and card.
were in full activity; wines and liquors of al
varieties were profusely paraded. There
were about half-a-dozen present, soon dis
covered, besides the gang. and that compris
ed eleven or twelve wel-draSsrd desperadoes
whose sinister aspects induced qualnl. les
one or more of the pleasant party might sus
pect or recognize my vocation. This, how
ever, reflected, was scarcely possible. My
beat, during the short period had been il
the force, was far distant from the usua
haunts of such gentry, and was otherwise
unknown in London. Still. questioning
glances were eagerly directed towards my i'll.
troducer; and one biz burly fellow. foreign
er-the rascalS were the scum of various
countrles-was unpleasantly inquisitorial.-
J'en responde' | heard Sanford say, in an
swer to his iterated inquiries; and he added
something in whisper which brought a sar.
donic smile to the fellows lips, and induced
total change in his demeanor towards my.
self. This was re-assuring; for though pro
viLed with pistols should. felt, have little
chance with such utterly reckles ruffians as
those by whom was surrounded. Play was
proposed; and though at first | stoutv re-
fused, felgned to be overcome by rresisti
b]e termination and 81, dow, 70 bI;,,d bazorl
with my foreign friend for moderate stakes
was erac;ou>lv allowed 70 win and :, N.
end found myself richer by about ten pounds
Mr. Merton was soon ahsorbsJ !, tho cborc.s
Of dice. and lost large sums for which when
tho mo,av be brour,, with h;,n ox ,o,.,
el be cav. wr;,tsr ,c,rowI.l,m.,,s T,e
chra,ino n1ac,;ced n,o, him was r.,r, IN.
dac;ons and any on. Inn. t,ro mus. have
reneated]v de,pr,ed i Ue how.vsr a,,.,r.
cd NOT 70 er,or,o;r ~. sIi.,b... s,,s,,;o:.'. of
,,o CO.. .:,:
self en,;r.I, bv .ba ,dv;c. ,f ,;s fr,.,1 or1
counsellor wbo IA No. h:,,Is ,,I,, Th.
,o,,h,e ass,m,l,,o h,oL. -, oh,,, civ :,
,be rorn;,,r eocb ,,~.or ro.;.;,o s;,,,r, J.,
,ha back woy rec.;r;,, - bs l.,.,,.,, =
new nasSwor1 for the mex. evening.
\ few hours afterwards w,;..1 on the
commissioner 70 ra,or, ,b. s,,,s of oE,;,s
lie was d.iiyb,s1 with w.. f,r,,,a,o dc,,u, 7
had made hu, sill s,ric,lv eri,;,sd ,o,;.,cs
and can,ion II wouId h,v.. h.o, .,s, os
was in nossession Of the nassword 70 bov.
snr,r;sed tho conf.Ier,cr :, ~. ~. &c .,o,,.
inc that very evening: b,- This would have
,ccom,,;sbeJ only = ,,r. of ,ho .,,,;.o. a;n,oJ
=, Sev,r,,I of ~. fra..rr;,, S.,.or1 ..
monos. N. nnmb.r-u.r. srsn.c,.1 of .,,-
,,r;nc forced f,r.;on h,,L ,o,.S and :, ,v.s
essential 70 watch ,.rrou1 y, sor Ioo,l o,;donoe
70 restore + nnss;b,e ,ba ,,o,.r,v ,,d soon.
r;,;es of which Nr Nsr,or b,d b.., VILLA,
,d
\o,biro of ssr.ci,I ;,,ox.onoo ooo,r,oj
Cor seven or s;rb, dave l,r,;nc usr. ~ @.
,srol o,..,. .,,,;,,, ,J >1. >., h,oo,
Of courss mare ;nxo,vea. .vs, his s;s.
tors s;swsIs-wbicb be had s,,re,,,;,io,s,v ob
,,:r.J 70 sucb , Ja,,b ., a,,ro,,o,;on r;
this vcs nInoye men o,b.ru;.. bo,o~,bIs-
had been staken and los, and b. was bx III,
advice Of Sanford abou, :, conclude , bs,v,
mortcaoe on his estate IN or,Ie, no, only +,
cIsar off his enormous .dsht os ,onor, I'm, ,c
aco,ire fresh means Of .w;rn;ro bacL,L,ba,
;ynis fatuus of all yambl.rs-b;s ,r.mord,,,
losses, new preliminary .doa,e, was
observed, now brought into action. Mr. Ner
ton esteemed himself q knowing hand a,
ecarte. It was uroduced and be was ,erm;,
ted n win every game mucb 90 .bo o,,ore,,