St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-05-05

you had retired from amongst US, were, in
'aos---what shall, say ," = iss:'' a!'!~no
"Ruined-gore 3 up" :'G Nobody should
know that better than you.r ~yng brn 81
',Mygood fello~,you really do, hot,imag'
ne---''' .3d' .e9:i:f e,irH: t,;c,,t3 ~ osenf.;I
e"1 imagine nothing, my dear Carbon. II
was very thoroughly done-:-don 9r.mx as
tits written in the vulgar tongue. But
fortunately my kind old uncle" I,,I. ls4
'Passgrove is dead!" interrupted my old
acquaintance, eagerly jumping to- q :conclu-
you ire his heir !! I;eongratu4 i
late y on my dear fellow. This is indeed a
reverse, Of, circumstances. 3" >y.1t
<."Ies; but. niind,l ! haze = given up: the
old game ! No more dice 'dsviltrj .for me.
have promised Emily never even to touch
q card again.. H. ,..u. .sm ,,.;,,s \ : ,is.
The cold, ,.hard eye, Of lie incarnate 6end
.he was littlele'sa-g cleaned mockingly AZ
these "good lntentious;': Of !. a vpraotissd
gamestsr fell upon his ear; but he only re.
Piled "-iiln"b'' ,l,tr, 9h IL. AZ r,sa1.;'t T.
'''Very good; quite right my dear boy.
But come, let me in.roducey yon to MIR. Mer-
ton, , highly connected parsonage, | assure
you: 'By -ihe by. Wat ers,' - he added in .
caresslngsI confidential tone, my name for
family and, other: reasons, which l. will
hereafter explain to yopiis fsr the preseu'
Sandfolrd<" : ca n4.,-, n:}eA yyu, I,ss,,i.1.
r2'Sahdford XII l~A:r ,,i,t >sroa~2 nm oil
i ;a"Yeg:;y do notsforget. Blu. .allons, or tle
""AAe' WILL oe oFeF. v.,,ii,-
'>1:was in'roQucedi in due form to Mr.. Mer.
ton as an old and esteemed friend, whom
he-Sandford--badi not seens for ;many
months. At, the .cqaoluslohi' Il the halle,
sandford proposed: that we should adjourn
to the European ceaea house, nearly oppe
site. Thistwc agreed to, ,sand out We sailed,
At the, top, Of :, the staircase we ,jostied
against the Commissioner, who, like us;
was leaving the house, NE bowed slightly
to Mr. Merton's apology, end his eyetwan
dered briefly and coldly over eo,,r, persons
but not the faintest. sign otiinterest orirecs
ognition escaped him. l Thought it, posi-.
'ble he did not know me in, my changed apr
.parel; but looking back after descending 3
snutp, s"ut gs,suve, ezpress1.v uutn VI en-
co6rase{hcrl': md surprise. shot I'll, from
nnder his :peat hoass brows. and as srittl,
vanished. He aia mot Know how little
needed squirting to the goal We had in view
We discussed two or three bottles Of win
with much gaiety and RELISH. ;sandford es
pecially was in exuberant spirits; br;m
ming over with brilliant badinage. H
saw in me a fresh, rich prey, and his cage
spirit reveled by anticipation in the victor,
which he nothing doubted to obtain owe
my excellent intentions and wife pledge,
virtue" About half past twelve o'clock h
proposed to adjourn. This was eagerly as
sented to by Mr.. Merton, who had for som
time exhibited unmistakatle symptoms q
impatisnce ard unrest. -.
"You will accompany US, Waters -: sal
ssndford, as We arose to depart. ether
is, T suppose; no vow. registered in the mat
rimonial archives against looking on At
game played by others"
"Oh no don't ask me top|ay:"
:'Certainly not,' and :devilish snee
curled his lip. ''Your virtue shall SUITE
no temptation, be assured. IT,
We soon arrived tefore the door;of a 'du1
st;1tespectable looking .heu:e in one Of tn
streets, leading from the Strand; a low p,
culiar knock. given ''by sandford,. v,
promptly answered; then a. password
which did net catch, was whispered b
him through the key1hole, and ~s passe
in. =. ''.lt '.t '' .," .'''% :, - ~" ~: F. :
r., weprocecded up stairs 10 the first Zoo,
The shutters Of. which were carefully close
50 that no intimation Of what was goiu
on could. possibly reach the street. ~ III
apartment was brilliantly lighted, rot
lette t.ble..and dice and cards were in fu
activity; wines ana liquora Of ali varietie
We're, profusely,. ,paraded, '2.'. There We,
abou. helfa dozen persons present. ! 500
d'scoye cred. besides the gang, and that con
prised eleven or twelve we'll dressed de.
peradoes, whose sinister. aspects induced
m'aYomuentsry ~ qitalm. lest one; 81, more Of, th
pleasant party, might suspect or r4recogniz
my vocation. This however I I1refecte6
was scarcely possible: ny beat during til
short time i had Been id thSi'' toree,. was ia
distant from The usual hannts Of such gen
try; and I vss otherwise unknoxn in, Lon
don.d,still,@ques,ioning elances: were I'd
gerly directed towards :my, introducsr On
one big 'burly fellow, ,'ta foreigner the rus
calswere the eiscum Iof various countries
wis very unpleasantly iinapisstoriall;,, Sss,J re
reponXs !" 'I,heard San dford say in sns~e
to his 'irritated queries;s and he Ladde
something in q whisper which brought
sardopic smile 10 The fellows lips, and in
'duced'a total change y, ID his desmeanor to
ward my seltto THIS vas ir:sassurin gly;y 10
though provided with pistols; stqsho'.ld,
felt have little shanoe with such outterl,
reckless M Msufan. J !. I'll 1h.,e by whom 81 Il iva
tg;t,t;'' 6 aGiota.N III .to
: Play vas PROPOSED s S; 'sts! s'tAsa Enough 4 +, i a..
stoutly rsfrisinss ID. feigned to be gradually
overcome by irresli'ssiiblal h 'sanpt.tion, ah