The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-11-10

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! Cairo W took aboard purity that I was was mol
4 happy Ia sec, not 4 bit Of it don't iike
snass walking about on txo legs Tue 81 PAL. =
|ty, consisted scf 4 man about thirty o. thirty.
hys years Old, With his viii aud youunng ,un "a a..
ty and his mother, Tue young man a VA. vas
whstT cali ! hard character. vHe wore ore !
gay cSat and pants, and purple vest, " WITH !
massive goa, u it'inisht De gold plated,
chain sctoss tie breast His long w slack Sa S.a,r
was cufted and shinsy, and s,ne't Iike Is bar. q.
bss shop. 'fe hid ed r. faHys fsce f.sr and ID,
hT eyes We're bi.ck end vsckea. Hss bb..d,
bssn What many people call god Iookin,ep.--' ki,p.-'
good, do not think he could have Ave been ss With H
hon mother She was Wa tall .nd stately
woman, qpiIs Is Gan asher u ier son. 81 .asd and about
haffa century DID, She, wore false front {
md hsf fotehssa was shaved L, ii make Il iEoot
mORs expansive and Intellectual I ccsanI't nI't
Ahs&sr tof her age very accurately, f9 for she
wAs made up altogsthef ii the most elabor.s. L
ate fashion, and wss dressed, ever, on the
steambost, ii the richest uibffs1 lii antique and
the costliest lace. There is dot = sin osf the
civilized world that was not written Oh Oh that
womahss lacs. I have seen great msny
women, with little enodgh thst was 'wom,n.
iy'a6out them. butI never saw one who
seemed to me so bad rs this gamblers moth.
Ter. o''tt tfi'ra Tif s7fd i'sgeri fet% Usfr
The fact is,,it Vas party Of gamblers. -
The poor little wita was & trained stoolpig.
scn, ana even the pretty little baby, was
dressed to attract and lead 70 acquaintance.
The wifelwas very pretty. bu. struck me as
. aastrauger compound She seemed loving
and gsude, Is I dare say she might have
Been ii other circum stances. She was tlrre,auss dress
ed too we'll. and wore, too, much iewslry.-'
This afterwarda found was not her fault
She ~as msds taphy her psrt In attracting
her husband. Victims. The coquetry Of hest'
appearances did not correspond With the sx :,
preston Of her face. There was i sad look
in'it' thst made me pity her. They had
come ffom7C Canada. they said. and we're 90
ng to Nsw Orleans ! kept my eyes on
them, and 50, found, did the expsrienced
|chambermaid, who had been on the river too
long uet'ts know sach gqstemers 1t first
eje{ft:samsssf d sssGEn "sFs 10 stoi.s
AMOae our fellow passenger. as " was .iea esn.
tleman who called himself Mr.. Browne, who
seemed to me to be either an actor travelling
iReog. ore gentleman intending to Adopt the
dramatic profession We got accqnaiuted
oyer ! sherry cobbler., became intimats with
our noses In our. two arst mint julsps and
yhsa we had,a little party in Our corner, he
AMUSED us BY Initiating those on board, or
Others We happened to know, very cleeverly.
Among the rest he took off the roue look,
ing gambler.a Roddsn.r as he called himsels
and the stately mother. He had made up
his mind Sbonti them 2pretty much as r hid
made up mine. n.s,, .,'5i - 80, 80 s'1',s
Among the, othss occupants ofthe great
cabin swhere society gets sboutI az we'll min
gied "A you ever fnd Il in this world, was |
young man, : Mr.. John Green, . master car, |
pepter from Chicago, going soMemphis. He |
'wasrsimpas. honest, and Is verdants as his |
'nsme. He got acquainted with everybody,
and told 81 his means, intentions, snd pros |
Ipacts, - il he thought everybody ~ inno- |
cent sshimsslE Roddsh made set At Green
- soon y ts heard that he had money, bst |
not By making the arst sdyapces. The old |
lady talked w,th him In the most rn9thsriy |
-~es= Observation-Disclosures.
sweethearts. 4AA-y@nggwife, Who seemed |
.t tunes 70 sc6rsi sSdEy yriI{g suouI uuu, .ur,-
'lSasn Rln sSiestiy and sssaxs him hess baby
IA hnld. -lNhoessr aha mag haxs- -saazsd-or
hatpdg yha leysd t4s hASyI III va 4 be-
lieve, the bond that bald her to the, gambler
500 sAisl usoahers and amadeihR sabAit 10
internal bidding. Rut for the baby, she
might have iumpedinto'thsriver to escape q
tyranny that hour by 'hossbstams more Api
EpEeht t9@S, n I wstchsd thst drama play
ing bsfore ME. bos asrgdo q isltoalsH g 70
pc SsaT .ks5gserq ed uss snioo4 faaiasSEas stom
|si RPscddsn AZ course, had made Up his mind
70 Rlunder the young easpeAtsr. sad \, had
[tesbs doas bsffas4ws got ts Hsmph;s. They
FEaasf tlayed jaX Attl4 a~iy party iisSlsvshfst
andseschtes sfF SAndiss and sherry eobblers,
ar rhsmpasa& q Green. ssnesallyI woa; ssd
was confident in his iuck, and little proud
Fofls skilt : Re w hscciu,ated also via t6s
|reetty woman; who could wf13 Hin sspad
her iasasss q Qisaa ~ 0tfisds his hand With
Roddsa sleaA aqd won thirty dollars, Is b
boosted b BsoidS - hiltS dousr Y Ss6s!
+ gas e. no uss t9 sdyise him, he MAS .
ponS Sdt6dAd tsk.i hdae. :; nkaEaSsy
very green perssnss he believed himself ID
s@ellest tadeA afcharaatsr. md = .hArp =
nesasensf not r,I ,sei slsldxs iaosStsa1 siaI
The night bsfsse We were To- reach Mem
rhis, Rodden aa6 Green ,wsrsa aplayiag; and |
Creep Was flushed uli{6 haia Iuak and drink
ing mora than asdA : Browne wltctsd ahep
luntil be wss tispd, md turned in shout, elev.
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