The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-02-17

thousand dollarsl Is it bargain ?"
9'It is," said he. And thereupon
they pledged to each other their words
to bide the hazard.
1t was arranged that but three per-
sons should be letinto the secret; that
each SHOULD select friend; and that
the two selected friends should choose
the third. Miss - named the Hon.
Mr.. -, prominent member of the
bar, as her friend; Mr.. chose the
Rev. Mr.. pastor Of the fashiona-
BILE church on - street, as his; and
these two made choice OF DIR. -, an
eminent professor in the medical col
lege, as the friend of both parties.
By these gentlemen the prelirninaries
we're arranged, and the programme
was this:
The doctor was to give party at
his house on certain specified Friday
evening, at which were to be present
all the best people in Louisville; the
Hon. Mr. - was to have a license
in blank, ready to be filed at mo-
ments warning, and was to hold Mr..
IS check for 800. 600; and the
Rev. Mr.. was to be in waiting to-
perform the marriage ceremony, il
called on so to do. The dice were to
be thrown in the Hon. Dir. IS
study, whence the quintette were to
proceed to the party, and if she won,
they were to mingle with the guests
without remark.
At precisely 8 o'clock in the event
full evening, the players and their
friends met in Hon. Nr. IS study,
BY agreement of the parties themselves,
they were to throw poker dice, and to
cut cards for the first throw. Thegen
tleman cut queen and the lady .
jack, and now came the tug of war
He was cool, calm, and pale; she was
statuesqe, imperious, and collected
His lips were compressed; hers were
formed into an extended arc, span
ming the whole mouth and completing
the bow. The twain sat on opposite
sides of small table, and the umpires
stood overlooking them.
The dice-box being set before him,
u. - placed his fingers over the
top, and bis thumb clasping the side,
he gave it shake and threw two fours
and two duces. Putting aside the
fours, he threw again, and threw an
other four Then, throwing the two
remaining dice, he threw two fiyes. He
had thrown, therefore, full-3 fours
aud 2 fives.
And now came Miss IS turn
1t was a thrilling moment, and the
rustic of her silk dress IN the stiffness.
of that room sounded ike the tree-tops
in the wind. She began by pulling off
her right glove, exposing hand of
exquisite beauty and delicacy, on the
forefnger of which sparkled a diamond
Then, taking up the box quickly, she
gave it long shake in the air, and
turning it down upon the table, she
threw-nothing! A cloud thereupon
passed over her face, and the arc of her
i lips assumed a still more bow-Eke eur
vature.
But, nothing daunted, she at once
retook the box and threw again-this
time turning up four deuces, and the
fifth dice cooked. Terrible mischancet
Miserable luck. She threw again, and
threw three deuces and two trays
Putting all the dice back into the box;
she had left but one other and last
throw, upon whicn now reste,lher OH
" chance. For the irst time since
she sat down she spoke, asking for a
glass of water Having drank a tum-
blerful, she sat moment pressing to-
|gether her eyebrows between her
thumb and forefnger, and then, all of
a sudden, she snatehed up the dice
box and shookit vehemently, and threw
three fours and two skies, and Won
And did she take the money? you ask
me. answermost emphatically--she
did.