Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-05-09

Meut 'luSlIuB WIN "a Wiz, uellClOuS Joy
as the tickle dame deigns to smile M.
on them, the next plunged into the
depths of despair as the croupier's rake
transfers the glittering offering to the
wrong side of the table.
See whispered Don Jaime into nv
ear; "observe that lady in black, she
with the lace mask, who places her lit.
tie pile on the red double zero with
such a queenly air. That is Sonora de
Los D Ten months since she
was the idol of her husband, who pos.
sessed almost princely wealth, but the
mania seized her. She visited the Ia
bles nightly, losing enormously, giving
orders upon orders upon her husband
for the amounts, which were gladly Ia.
ken, for Don D, everybody knew,
would sacrifice his last thaco rather
than dishonor his name by refusing pay
ment. Her husband soon discovered
the truth and paid her debts, but there
was a stormy scene between them, it is
said, and two days afterward he was
found dead in the street, slain hv the
stroke of a cuchillo in the hands OF a
hired bravo. The truth is not known
for certain, but many believe that she
paid for the murder. Since then she
has been a nightly visitor here, losing
almost constantly. The last Of her
husbands property is sold, and when
that is gone-well, there is the suicides
grave"
At the mex. table a Californian of
swart features and sinister aspect, not
lessened by the strips of court-plaster
that ~diagonally cross his face from eye
to jaw-byne, deals monte for the "ben-
eft Of the moths who futter around
the golden piles in momentary ezpectq-
tjon Of raising them first into their own
pockets but, alas though riches have
wings. they do not fly in that direction
The low cries "Cavalle EN- la pUcrta r.
"Soto mozo! ~ ("Tne queen in the
gate ~ THE knave winner r. at in
tervals announce in set phrase the pro-
gress Of the game. The golden stakes
are transferred from hand to hand, their
sharp, metallic click contrasting with
the soft, rapid shuttle of the cards.
But then the betting almost ceased
when a man pushed himself forward
and seated himself in front of the
benches, while a servant deposited an
iron box before his master. When the
lids were thrown back a glittering mass
Of onzas appeared, causing even the I'M
perturbable dealer TO start with wonder,
and a glance of Joy to fit across his
face-twO things that had not occurred
before no, WITHIN the memory OF man.
me stranger Played heavily, Tor the
] haul lnl 80, 1,y,,E 49, - 1--- Al.
pahA Ial no iimlt' ana IN less than an
nour 'Ae banker slowly uttered zen
t,emen' lhlS oalK Is closed Inc
sIraIser ordered MS Sc, YAM 10 gamer
up Vhe SoId, and.then scatterlnga haud-
!uI u ounces among tAe crowd, van
Ishea amlu the CONFUSION, by TINS ma
neuVeT escaping probable blow IRON a ,
cuc tri III tne ailey without
I'M man IS an enigma, muttered 8
Dgn jaime with a l~ong,drawn breath =
ms Is tIe tllrd lme That l. have wit
messed tle same thlng each time he r
proAe tIe 3ank, ana theh vanished, Just .
no" hoOoay coula Tell, though have +
ile"r1 tiia1 tle pest cuc4illo IN Mexico =
aus peeh hunting 1or MN TINS past 9
nouIn' NO one Knows VINO hels, where =
NJ came from, nor where ne lives ,
9oMe even say thab he IS the-the !
aeVh: And here the superstltlous :
9Pah,ard dev0utly, crossed himself. :
but Iet MN be what he may, wish :
ne would lmpart ms secret to me !' =
ABOUND the ADJOINING table the faro !
prayers were gathered, where a smooth, 9
olIy, cat-llke southerner dealt, a huge =
oowle with an inch blade sticking III :
the table before them. Shutting the :
CARDS he placed them in a silver box, :
then while waiting for the players to :
make their game he said, tapping the
silver hit OF his bowie
"Gentlemen, you see this? | play q,
on tae square, n l warn you all that
the hrst man | catch trying to confuse 4,
the stakes will have his hand pinned to
tne tapIe
AS no remarks followed this blunt
statement, one would infer that such a
trick as confusing the stakes" by sud -,
denly shifting from a losing card the ,,
money staked thereon was not entirely ,
unknown. we watched the deal nearly
OUT, when, improbable as 1t may seem,
a seedy.looklng greaser" suddenly ,
~ 1'A ~ $1,000
ing the losing card ere 1t was fairly In
covered.
Thud went the knife swift as the
lightning flash, true to the eye as Kit
Carsons long "Harkins," and the
greasers hand was pinned to the table.
instantly al was confusion around the
iaDie' eaGl man lnstl9ctyely shrinking
oacA as the gilttering blade flashed be-
loTG ms eyes, whlle, with a single sharp
yen Oh pam me greaser bent low over
tAg 8oiueA-Iadeh taple:
MS pam mus nave Deen intense, Tor
the proaa 9laae lac penetrated through
lhe PACK OF ms hand, seyerlng or
more Oh the PONIES, fastening the palm
upon tIe trlhIhg stake he had wished so
mucn 70 cover ana yet, as l stood at
the emu Oh thG table, l distinctly saw
tne rascal SIP ms ielt 9and beneath his
Douy anu ci9Icn a nahdl9l Oh the gold
en- ounces from me pie OF ms next
IAlD IN mn