The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-10-10

A ber. clrne to his supper, Kate greeted
iim with kiss, and in moment the
su rshice came tack and had the lesson
ended there, the husJand might have
ia .'eied that he had d;ne :3thins wrong,
amd that he ciDul had been no hing but
the eX:,al,tIon Ui domestic ferment for
which no one was particularly responsible,
though he might have uLui.hed the con
vic.ion that womens fashions were nui-
ssnce aud humbug. as we'll as frightful
draft upon husbands pockets.
After tea, Albert dill few chores
around the house, and then he lighted
ssgar and walked out. He had gone but
a short distance when he met Lizzie. In
her right hard she dragged an Oil hoop,
which she had taken from diapidatel
four barrel, while with her lett she YVES
rub6ing her red, swollen eyes. She was
in deep grief, and was sobbing painfully.
He stopped his child, and asked wLat Was
the matter.
She answered, as well as her sobS would
le: her, that the other girls had laughed
at her and made fun OF her old hoop
They had nice new hoops, while hers was
old and ugly.
"Never mind" said Albert, patting the
little one upon the head, for the chiid's
s,ief touched him, "per haps we'll have
new hoop sometime"
"Mayn't have one now? Mr.. Grants
got one lett-O, such pretty one :"
Tie sobbiag had ceased as the child
caught her fathers hand, eagerly.
| Mot now, Lizzie-not now. I'll think
of it."
Sobbing again, the child moved on
towards hume, dragging the hoop alter
! her.
AZ one of the stores Albert Landman
met some of his friends.
L" lIalloa, Albert =! Whats up?'
" Nothing in particular
What do you say to game of bill
| lizards, Albert? -
"GoOn I'm N for that"
Aud away went Albert to the billiard
hall, where be ha6 glorious time with
MS friends. lie liked billiards : il was a
healthy, pretty game, aud the keeper of
the hail allowed no roush-scuHs upon his
premises.
They had played four games. Albert
had won two, aud his oppouent had Won
two.
That's Two and two," cried Tom Piper
'What do YOU say to playing them off,
| Albert ?"
''AlI right; SO in" said Albert, full Of
animation.
So they played the fifth game, and he
! who lost was to pay for the FIVE games. 1t
was an exciting contest. Both made capt
I tai runs, but in the end Albert was bca-
ten by three points; and with light
laugh he went up to settle the bill. Five
games-twenty cents game; In all
| Just one dollar No. much for such sport
and he paid out the money with grace,
and never once seeming TO feel that he
coull not afford it.
''Ilave a segar 2" sad Tom.
AYES
They lighted their sesars, and then
sauntered down the hall to watch the
play.
Albert soon fnnnd himself seated over
against table az which some nf his friends
were PLAYING. aud close by stood two gen
! rlem"". strangers to him. one whom was
explaining to the other the mysteries os
the game.
Its healthy rastime." said he who
had hem making the explanation "ani
certainly Il Ia one which can Lave no evil
tendency"
Albert heard the remarks very plainly,
and he had "A curiosity To hear what the
other, who seemed acquainted with bill.
iardS, would say.
II cannot, oe course assert that any
game which calls for skill and Judgment,
and which. is free from the attendant curse
of gaming. il Of itself an evil" remarked
the second centlemln. "Such things are
only evil SO far as they excite and stimn-
late men beyond the bounds Of health!ul
recreation"
"That. result can hardly follow such a
game" said the first speaker.
Bat the other shook his head.
"You are wrong there. The result can
follow in two ways. First-G: can lead
men away from their business and secnnG
it can lead men to spend money who have
no. that money to spend. You will under
stand me. [ would not cry down the
game of billiards, for if [ understood it,
I should certainly try you a game now
but whenever [ visit a place OF this kind
I am led TO reflect upon most strange
and prominent weakness of humanity as
developed in our sex. For instance, OBJ
serve that young man who is just settling
his bill at the desk. He looks like me-
chanic, and | shou:d say, from his mao
ner, and from the farr that he ieels 1T his
duty to go home at this hour, that he has
q wife and children. see by bis face
that hr is kind-hearted and generous, and
[ should Judge that he means to do abou'