The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-06-11

20 | 49,. 6tlll inns breast tny Pillow,
@''" stiil these lips meet thine as Oft - atst
> 5iss HBillow mesteth bi'low. IA .:t;Isg.ysB
i'v& slcep, then, on my happy heart; ~ I27i
! .a;;, Since thy love hath won it; Fe
Dream, thon on my loyal breast |*''..
Il 1|;'@ None but thou hast done It; 49,
ii VIZ And when age our bloom shall change .,,.
Il With its wiutry weather,
r May we in the selfsamo grave ( r. :s3.35
Sleep and dream together! II .-.. ..,..,
THEDUEI Dll.! ON. O THEDIKE l'l|l: DIX
" 1t was a fair day on the river Ohio.
The grand salconsott the steamer Kish
icoquillac were crowded with passen-
gers: The ladiesz2in the after portions
1ouoged upon luxuriant divans, slipping
cooling beverages or sleeping over re-
cent literature, and in and out among
them played a !" dark. k.eyed child, who
now and then cried petulantly for papa.
The latter sat in tho dim, m,..close, forward
cabin, at one end Of the many card ta=
bles.s He was pale and ,gitated, for he
was losing heavily. Little by little for
tune had beckoned him on, and now
that she was rcceding he gamblcd rcck-
lessly But the cool, clever gentleman:
| with the curling hair, sitting opposite:
L = .
swept off the eagles without a: smile. =
The loser was wild; at each misfortune
be doubled his states, the winner al.
ways closing the game, though careless
y; and itwas not hard to read in the
formers darkeningf face that he counted
bis losses seriously 1t was a,i, game of
poker, and there were many partici-
pants, but these two divided all atten.
ton: Five cards were dealt TO- each,
and tho players wagered upon the rela-
tive value Of sequences. :: If the troub-
led man held four tens, Tie other was
certain to hold four knaves; twice he
held kings, the other called four aces
~ do not own dime in the world"
cried the pale gentleman at last !; s:wi|l
you stake two hundred dollars: against
my watch. ":jf :t".::t tsDA
The person with. the flowing hair
bowed politely. :, =. =
~ go tho watch upon my hand"
cried the apale"gentleman, sanguinely
desperate. ~ s.'.' -
'"I raise you two two hundred DOL
ars,"nthe person answered gravely.-
"You have a handsome emerald upon
your finger-wlll you stake it for chat
amount?" -.
TIE pale man threw it down with a
curse. s"'. ,,..l-> " ! ~
n'"1 show four queens,' he said.oi5a =, =
cite ring and the watch are mine,".
replied the other calmly. Il show four
kings" .....
Ihespale man sprang from his chair
with . howl.
81 call God to witness that I have
been swindlcd,' he Kissed. 81 am dis
graced, ruined. The money L have lost
was not minc. That man has made me
thief, and he wears upon his finger my
poor wife's wedding ring::''' ..'>s;
~: In another irst:nt he had scattered
his own bruins upon the bystandcrs. 4.
The survivor wiped his coat. compla-
Gently, and lit a fresh cigar. The s:eam-
er was stopping at some station, aud
amid the haste and confasion step
ped pleasantly ashore. The lines had
been cast adrift, the wheels spun around
again, tho boat moved, when IA small
piercing scream arose from the th.'ong.
1t was the. dark, eyed child, he had
found his papa: @s.> So: 3,'s ID.
VI" Come here, my little man." said an
old negro steward, lifting the boy aloft:,
and wiping his eyes. ''Does yer sec a
gen'lman yonder, on the quay, mos
spectacle gen'lman agwine in de hack.
Dat s't; man nan. has got yer pas. golden jew.
els and watch."', ,.,r,y .,z,,fs :, ,;.,aa II;
The boy marked iercely through his
tears the shapely limbs and the long
block ringlets, and on i the strangers
white hand tho glitter of the dead mans
GEM "A gush Of eriet drowned out the,
scene, and the steamer, drifted away.
,ha Twenty years followed, . and each scar
witnessed upon the western waters its
host = Of dupes and blacklegs. But
among the latter class there was one
singularly eccentric and successful. He:
never lost. .s7'4-'~ >'1'1t@i"t 1s~H' 7 ~eI' II
There was no impossibilities in the
game which he played. He was NC.
cromancer with cards; with some there
were chauces7-hc made chances a >ccr-1
tainty. He pluntered tile poor aud tho
rich, yet cast their purses back again
with more scorn in his dark eyes; and
he was invariably searching for . goa.
tlemun tourist with flowing dhalr, upon
whose track te seemed q !. 70 = BE- T.. forever,
,yetawhom hesneser found. a5s At times
l'hs' would leap from the gaming table y a
. steamee passed, sekelaiming that he hga.
saw the object Of his search, asund Offer
the Captain his fortune. I to turn and (,
ovcrtakc him. tHo marked himo oa RATS
and bindings, md IN irectetlins e villages,
/ and among =ths thousand faces ,,,of busy
lcities. 4 Yyt with those glimpses tho fg.
ure passed away, N and The years !. passed
~, aud tho travelling public thought
| H. young man crazy though not upon
thesutject Of cards. 557. :5 C. y
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