Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-04-09

supper; but when the little merchant
can be got alone, he plays hugely"
HAS he any money!" said I.
"Oh, oh T. said the fdious
host, would TO God you had won
from him thousand pistoles, and
ned half Of them for yorr pslus
We would not be long writing for
them"
Moe was unnecessary to induce
me 10 mediate the rc'n 0. the pe,3keo
hat. | took w posi- 'on near bin,
in order 10 study him he was play
log all wrongly; bluude. upon bluu-
Ger, God knows l YVES beginning 10
feel some scsuples abou. t|,e money
| was going to win from a little ninny
who knew SO little He lost lis shot
the supper was served, and | had
him put near me. II was dining.
hall table, at which there were at
least twenty-five, the hosts promise
Notwithstanding.
The most cursed meal in the world
ended, all the rabble dispe, sed, how,
| know mot, with tie exception of
l'jIe Swiss, who Stuck close 10 me,
add the hosi, who came ana sal
down on tue o.Iier side. ,Ks1ey
smoked Ike Dungeons, aud the Swiss
kept saying 10 me f2om time Il
ask paldon OF Monsieu, for my very
great freedom" and, thereupon, dis
charged puGs Of smoke enough 20
si;de me. Nh. Amphyi.ion, on tbe
opposite side, asked IRON me the
privilege of asking me whether /
had been in his country, aud sp-
reared surprised 10 see Inc so gen
jeel wii'out having travelled in Sw',-
ze, lanu.
The ,;ttle, thick. SET fellow with
whom J had TO do, was just as IN
quisi'lve as The other; he asked me
whether I came FROM the amy of
Piedmont; aud Oil telling him / was
going there, he asked if | wished TO
buy any horses that he had all of
two hundred, which he would sell
cheaply. l was being smoked like
a ham, and plagued TO death by bis
tobacco and questions. l proposed
my man to play rubber al back
CANNON until the people had sup.
ped. Ii was not without many ez-
cuses tnai he consented, az the same
time asking pa.dou for bis great
freedom.
! won Che same, revenge and all,
ia a twink'in,.
The game ended, the lille Swiss
unbuttoned his breeches in order to
take out fine double pistole from
one Of his pockets, end handing it 10
me, be asked pardon fo- his great
freedom and wished 10 Withdraw. l
told him that We were playing only
for amusement; that [ did not wish
his money, and thai, L he would, l
would play single game with him
for his four pistoles. He made some
objections, but finally yielded, end
won them back. [ was pieued at
this; I played another game, luck
changed, the throw favored him, lhe
blunders ceased; / lost game, re-
ven.e and all the halves followed,
all went to all. I was piqued al him,
the gambler; he refused me nothing;
and gained all from me, and l had
not made six points in eight or ten
games. l asked him to play one
more rubber for hundred pistoles,
but, as he saw that [ was not pull
ting up for the game, he told me that
it was late; that he had TO go and
see to his horses, and withdrew, ask
ing pardon OF me for his great free
dom. The GOODNESS with which he
refused me, and the politeness with
which he babe me adieu, plqued me
so much that I was tempted 10
kill him. I was so uneasy at the
rapidity with which | had just lost
even my last pistole, that | did not
make all the reflections that should
have been made upon the plight to
which | was reduced.
dared not 60 into my room, out
of fear of my governor, Brinan.
Luckily, wearled at waiting for me,
he bad gone to bed. This was some
consolation, but it did not last. AS
soon as l was in bed all my i'll luck
presented itself to my imagination.
l could not go to sleep. l looked
upon all the horror of the disaster,
but found no remedy therefor. In
vain I turned my mind in a hundred
ways, it afforded me no expedient.
I feared nothing SO much as the
dawn. 1t came, however, and the
cruel Brinan with it, He was booted
up to the very belt, and swapping