The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-10-23
GgEmPses of Gamblers.

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gaming tables. as follows
- / spent several hours Yesterday in
the vicinity Of the gambling tables.
and watched the game aBd the play
ers verv closely. Ny conclusions
We're that the profits Of each Of these
four tables were not less than Eve
thousand dollars for the dav. or $40
Coo FOR the whole. The constant
change that Is going on among the
/ plavcrs indicates that the losses Of
each are comparatively light. and
that the number Of PLAYERS ar each
table during the day : probably sew
eral hundred. Every moment some
one draws OF and leaves with his
money all gone. endeavoriBg % con
zeal the chagrin which j. TOO appaT-
cHt 70 one who watches their eOua-
teBanees, His place Is Immediately
taken by another, who in bis tgrn !
cleared out and departs. Some q
the players bring large amounts q
gold with them and play heavy. bet
ting from ffty 70 a hundred dollars
on e deal Of the cards or turn Of the
wheel These ] closely watched, and
saw the hast gold coin depart Some.
q their stock became low. would
send for more. bot most Of them
withdrew assuming Z careless and
n0nchalant ar. Is I passed around
among the tables il frequently hap
pened that scarcely one who was
playing. q half hour previous remain
ed, but their places we're hlied BY lew
asPiran;s fJr fortunes faY0Ts
st some 0f tie tables mothers and
their daughters were playing side tv
side. at others husband and wife, and
lover and betrothed Il was curious
70 watch their rising and falling for
tunes l. numerous instances /
witnessed wives endeavoring % draw
their husbands away from the tables.
b1t tie etiquette q the gambling sa-
loon required that II should be done
by signs rather tkaa bv words II
one case the wife sttod br with treu
bling lips and saw her infatuated
husband lose q handful Of gold coin.
until the last one had slipped through
bis fingers. He then rose. and thev
walked quietly awaE arm IN arm In
about ten minutes they returned, and
the husband took his seat al the table
with about thirty gold coins IN bis
hand He played wildly; laying
down from three 70 Eve coins a. each
bet. and when be would WIN
be would leave the whole amount
on tie number. Finally they were
all gone but three, and both now
seemed il distress. The wife leaned
0ver his shoulder. whispered some
thing IN her husbands ear, when be
handed her the three coins and le:t.
she taking his seat She pl2yed car
tiOusiv ard gradually Won, having.
when / last saw her, about fortv
In her hand. The sign OF
SORROW on her cOuntenance had de-
parted, and she was looking around
for the return Of her husband
Whether she withdrew before her
luck changed | do net know, bat an
hour after when | returned TO the Ia
Die, neither husband OF wife we're
visible.
The young man whom left az the
table On the previous night with his
pockets full Of gold that he had won
was not 20 be seen about the saloons
to-day Whether he continued %
tsay and lost, OF whether lie retired
with his winnings, I DO not know;
but g Il was near the closing hour
the latter was the most likely. The
woman who retrieved her fortune by
following and initiating his bets was,
however, early on hand YESTERDAY
and was very flush
passed the table several times during
the afternoon. and she was PLAYING:
but on returning after tea. she vas
sitting on one Of the sofas. her c0un-
tenaaec plainly indicating the result
Of her DAYS venture. Several times
she held up her fan before her face 70
conceal the act Of wiping awav her
tears, and this was bat one of several
similar instances that passed under
NY observation Several old men.
bent and decrepit with age, main
tanned their seats nearly al day
They never bet more than ere dollar
and their losses were consequently
light | saw them frequently hand IN
notes 10 Be changed Independent Of
those who would st down regularly
10 plsv. there was a constant throng
of men and women standing tive OF
three deep. who would occasionally
venture a dollar, and losing two or
-hree would depart wiser if not
Seal,hier.
In al games cf chance. those who
IRE looking on can generally see more
IF the game than the PLAYERS. Those
Fh0 are playing and losing doubtless
h0ught that others around them
we're winning. but l feel confident
hat not a man OF : woman Of the
thousands venturiHg on those tables
yesterday who ord not leave with less
money than they brought with tkem
Nen who Win money az gambling
never stop playing; those who lose
n must stop. Several times picked
vi a PLAYER who had a large sum Of
money piled up before him, and
watched his varying fortunes and bis
,ile Invariably the pile decreased
nd tue player retired The women
eem to be the most persistent, aud
everal times | observed them return
With more money TO endeaver TO re-
over their losses Still al was quiet
5 death in the hal and around the
ables. not word being uttered ex-
ept the announcement Of the games
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