The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-04-17
Albcr. was beaten by three points and
with a laugh he went to settle the bill.

with laugh he went to settle the BILL
Five games, twenty cents . ssmsTiuss
| oss dollar. No, much iOr sseh spons; end
he paid on, thu money with grace, and new
or once seeming to feel that he could not
afford il.
"fiave cigar7" said Tom.
"Yea'' a. - iAl "a =
They lighted theircigars, and then saun
tered down the hall to watch Others play.
/ Albert soon found himself seated over
agaias, table at which some Of his friends
were playing, and close by stood two gen.
,lemen, strangers 10 him, one Of whom was
explaining to tho other the mysteries OF the
game. yHu.r. a. .n.I
at 10 a healthy pssiime," said he who
had been making the explanation; ''and
cerninly il is one thar has no evil .ed.len-
cy."-aA iir-- 4. r-'--- 49, .
Albert heard the remarks plainly and he
had a CURIOSITY to henr what tho other, who
seemed acquainted with billiards, would
say. ...... g..
81 cannot, Of coursc, assert tina, any game
which calls for skill and judgment, and
which is.free from the attendant curse Of
Eaming, Is Of itself an evil" remarked the
second gentleman. ''Such things ara ONLY
evil 70 Gar rs they excite and stimulate men
beyond the bounds Of hcalthful recrca.
ton" .r. ..s
"Thc result can scarcely follow such a
gaine," said the first speaker .
Hut the other shook his head.
You are wrong there. The result can
follow in two ways. First Il can lead men
away from business; second, Il can lend
,nen to spend money, who have no money
to spend. You will understand me. l
would not cry down the game Of billiards,
for if understood 1t should certainly ask
to try you n game now; but whenever
visi, place Of this kind am led to reflect
upon most strange and prominent weak
ness rs developed in our sex. For instance
observe 'hat young ma" VINO !u'' 'e'"S
ms OIL "' 'nc oe'A. "' ,''"' ""' "0
chanic, and should say from his manner,
anu from "'e .ac' '''a' 10 'ec'' !. W" '"9 ~
80 home ut tins hour, 'hat no mas d "ne
anil children. see by his face that no Is
k'la "e"r'e" """ gc"e,o'S' "'" '"o""
WINK '"a' ne n'oa''S " "' "' "'", ,'s" 10
he c'h. he nus 'ce'' 'c"''''' a"i "' p"''
one dollar and forty cents Tor tic reere"'
lion OF some Two hour s dura''oh' IL you
wo''ld OBSERVE you VIII see 'ha' ho Poys I"
freely ana pockets tho loss WIN s'h''e.
Happy faculty Nut 40 you suppose u 70
in that young mans homer suppose MS
wife hal come to him this morning and
asked him Tor dollar to spend tor some
trifling thing; some household ornament,
or some Bit Of jewclry to ndorn her person.
and suppose his little child had put IN
pea 'or 'o''y ce"'s u W.! "Papo, III" p'.
has, ,,,w.r.,,, m CIV me, ;,., like him
- .,.. c., ,,,r. ,,o.,,,od Tim, ,b.y
-. ..'.-. ,,..nv .u.h mr.
had not money 10 spare LOT any sucn p"r-
IA :. c,o,;,, ,h,, ,hov w.r. ,oII;n, the
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49, i,.,,.,.,,.I ,;,,;,,Js "von anal ~
the mint. know that Young man who
has mid his bill, and you have not mis-.
Judged him in a single particular. And
wha, is more, happen to have a fact at
hand to illustrate your charge. We have n
club for an excellent literary popcr In our
Villages, and last year, that man WINS one Of
our subscribers. This year he felt obliged