Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-02-03
times a country hosss Il Antcpil. He
devotcs part of his lcisure 10 literary pur-
suits. and 'tsxhslssed- NiecasiaTs tr~scay
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6amiae Rssms se Wisshsdsa, troA ssF,k;
In Ansas, 1hias~s b Bsi.aaais ;,-e :,
| ass.A Asrihc ssens--otaeS paiasoa, s.a
never ,peltea t9o Ssyengly--eNca car
sod, and sever edrsed tcs deeply. Ssu-
pid 70 q degree % It's ssclid, skhics vurk
fatal To degree h iss seasslsasf oDaM-
CRY greed Cor gain. Who can refrain
from coudemning lit Who has neA ca.
ismssi L. With a'hsaRt and scal aAsas
ssnsa 'ns1s N tho inses ef The sx3vsaA
Crcaor1 And shall / add my falteriao
testimony 70 the ovcrvhclmiug eviicncc,
branding the fatal tahlc as st only for tho
fare Of the devil-she banqacss Of hsii /;
shall wcud my wavering steps in the
path .rojlsn BY great thinkers aud elo-
IN Mt authors; shall I lift the sword
welded 80 oaeu BY uigLtier soldiers than
[ shall h Id tho lance so often guided
by greater champions than il will hs nav
fate even TO sqairs2 Ii seems pvcsum.-,
tuous. vet il shall DO done.
'The Englishman took his place At tho
table, anl looked around him ~ If in
search Of some one he knew. His ercs
rested first upon poor old lady, who
watched the roulette as i, whirled round.
with brea.h!ess anxiety. Sac sighed as
she lost. aud her hand trcmblcd as she
pushed another thaler from her poor lit
heap on to = number. and then w,;trd
once moro Tor the sharp "whirr" Of tlU
ivory ball-so small and yet 90 fatal-.o
tell hor il she had won . new dress. to
replace the threadbarc robe she wore, OF
had lost diuncr! As he Watched her,
a pale faced girl came up 70 her and s,cua.,
ed to implore her to come away. and then
the old woman. with fearful eyes and
trembling voice, rscounted her loss aud
Explained the reason of her bad luck
Add evea while she spoke. the gr.cdy
ball had robbed her Of her paltry ooiu.
aud she eagerly reached forward 70 stake
another thaler on the red!
Next his eyes rested upon . beautiful
wom,n dressed in white silk. and wear
ing jewel!ed rings on her fingers. and
costly locEots on her cold passioaless bo-
som. who swept the gold toward the fg-
ure that last hiI won aud waited calm-
ily. almost scornFu.ly, for the voice Of tho
eroupior to declare the next winning mum.
ber. She lost. aud another heap Of gold was
carried by the rake she hold in icr band to
the spo. she faucied, and then she waited
once moro for the monotonous voice ofthe
croupicr. Calm as the waveless sea os,
Tho surface, q very tempest OF Wild emo
tioos Hsre holding their revels in Asr
heart; and she played on a. she had play-.
ed for hours gone by-.s she would for
hours 10 come. Then she looked At the
young girl scarcely eighteen. With Aush-
ed cheeks aud eyes unnaturally bright,
who trembled with fierce excitement as
she won. who glared ike Q wild beast
IT,. ~ -. she lost. who vas no longer sane in
ssa S 10y Of despair of the moment, who
moving ;y.rv wight. s'ul only Cor the eysr-
ing oniy for the m ..ss. z brain. understand,
crSupiel S Then one 'SSpous 81 voice of the
attracted his notice. A y& countrymsn
man, drawn to the table by lacaH aH,g"s"-
ploymcut or want Of anus ,ment. en-
playing with great z,al aud z,st. He w
winning largely. and As he played. Tho
woman in the white dress turned her cold.
passioalcss eyes toward him. aal backed
his luck As she would have backed tho
chance of a racc-horse, or st.kcd her mo
ney in the city. And opposite the Eng
lishm,n was a desperate Germ.u whr h.l
won largely Oike the E,glishinrn iacing
him) yesterday. and who was paie. call
anu ruiucd to-day. Aud round about
these figures we're abandoned WON n and
dishonored m.n, princes and sharpers.
maiicns and .caders Of the demi ,aak-,
Ia lies and brutes. Glowing one another.
pushing one another in the great elaaiiiy
Of the search after z ''d-.hc uuhaIlo xcl
republic of Mammon."