The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
different means o: wager

betokening different means o: wager
ing money.
Opposite this Internal machine was a
third table, also with man behind 1t,
and the engraved copy of o whole
pack Of cards n as enameled into The
table, while ct the mans elbow were
niles Of ivory checks this l knew tobe
the faro hank, and o brass box was
standing upon IL, the deal box. All the
men were neatly dressed, and they all
said:
Good evening, gentlemen!
Where is John ?' said the editor.
"He was here Just now. Perhaps he
has gone o0er to the hotel. Will you
walk I'm and take some supper ~
As we paused irresoluteiy there
were cris Of: -
q Here Is Mr.. Chamberlaine now.
Here he is.n :
The man had seen at the hotel
walked I'm and addressed my friend In
q hearty way, and at once led the way
to the supper room. ;.
"Take seats" he said; "here Is
about everything-frogs, wOodcock,
quail, robins, brook, trout, soft.shell,
crabs, terrapin. William, some wine!'
A black man OF deferential manners
gave me q plate of frogs and robins,
and filled glass of such wine that all
previous vintages of my acquaintance
seemed mere cider to it. The table
was epicurean in every part, and at
the head of it, next to the host, was q
beefsteak, which seemed to be as ten
derloin cut from a megatherium, so
large and juicy was it. .r.,.t'
"Do You set such q table every
night, JOhn2n
"All day and all night. 1 like to
see my friend eat. My cook is the best
that money can hire"
A tall, baldheaded, aflable man, al
SO gamester, belonging to the place,
drew up to the table and took piece
of wOOdcock. He said that all Morris
sey's furniture at Saratoga was made
in Grand street, New York, while
john bought every article he pos
sessed in Paris. The John named last
here turned to me and said he would
be happy to drive me out to the track
any morning / would go.
Chamberlaine was gOOd-lOOking
man, under 40 years of age, with the
blackest eyes one can see in a mans
head, large, piercing and animal-like,
and at once beautiful and dangerous.
His forehead was good, and with large
developments over the eyebrows, so
strong that / was not mistaken to see
some instances of q wonderful memory
SO necessary to gamester. The lower
x~f L. a l,se
er, and his moustache appeared to be
dyed, while his hair was glossy black
as the crows wing. He had laugh
ing manner, a good smile, and in his
features the gentleman and the outlaw
were blended. His shoulders were
broad and square, and his frame was
over-pOwerful, and he stood upon his
feet in that posture approaching bow
leggedness, which is natural to the
sporting man and the sparrer. With
al, he looked his part, man of wild
instincts striken with q commercial
ambition and erecting his vices into a
business interest. A young man, still
unmarried, but consoling himself with
the temporary possession Of one OF the
most voluptuOus actresses in Americn,
dearly paid for and as tickle as dear,
his very prosperity was pitifhl4 never
to know the truth and consolation Of o
home, to be an askant study for his
guests, and to be always considered al
his worst to feel, perhaps, that his
winnings could bring him no blessing
to look round upon the teeming, strug-
Cling human world, and know that in
considering their species they never in
cluded him; to catch their eyes as ht
rode by and feel that the words they
felt were: "bloody gambler ~ Then
that occasional cough, which seemed Il
hurt him, and noticed, with sympa,
thy, that the negro always got behint
him solicitously when he eoughed 80
and looked down upon Chamberlain
like his own prodigal son and master
Wonderful book of human nature
Mother, whose wild boy enters thes,
doors, despite the aching of your heart
let your hate for this gambler turn t
pity! Wife, whose husband receive:
your kiss at the bedside, and whom
you follow with your fearful intuition
to these dread tables, pity his remOrse
lesss host!
The one is the graduate of the other
This man had a mother.
After eating we talked few minutes
and Chamberlaine described the house
There was his famed sideboard, mad,
entirely of inland wood, costing $500
The upholstery of his tali-backet
chairs was praised, and the lateness Q
the "season" adyerted to. As w
passed through to the main gambling
saloons an appearance Of wild ieligh
was manifested by every one of tn
three employees; the roulette man spur
his ball as il he were playing with I
ghost that "bucked' him opposite ; tn
| faro man drew off the top cards AM
gravely coppered" the ace, all b.
himself; the third man spun roun'
check at something invisible, ant
looked alive to business. If these wer
temptations to play, put them by
saying:
at would take a man as dumb q
myself two years to understand thes
things"
"Take my advice" said Chamber
laine, "and never learn. L am to
old to forget Them"
We took an omnibus at the door
and the host, calling, "Pcte, com
with me-" jumped in with US, sayin
he had a visit to make down the beae
drive. The negro ran out saying VIII
grief:
Mister Johnny, is you going oil j
dc night ali wild out yO' Ovacoat ?'
He put 1t over the gamesters's shou
dcrs as if he were his fragile and be:
beloved daughter. ,..,,
We went 10 our homes q littl
ashamed-he, where? To the hea
that waits not as tia wife waits! I
the woman that speaks not sharply b.
cause she has no right, no care. \
reprot.f met him for his late return
Thank God for the right they have
reprove us, who are ours"
Il Got an Answer.