The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-08-27

a Georgian and his wife, who have rel
ativcs in Mississippi.
lie was large-sized, hand-ome-lcoking
man, and she was pleasantlooking wo
man with blue eyes and short chestnut
curls. One would have said that she
would have screamed at a tilt Of the
boat.
lie sat smoking with other gentlemen
after she had retired 10 her stateroom,
and the cabin was entirely clear ofladies,
when some one proposed game Of cards.
In ten minutes after, half a dozen men
were shutting cards over cabin tables,
and the Georgian was matched against n
stranger to all on board. He was a quiet,
courteous, welldressed man, and had
been taken for a traveller in scach Of
health. He was lucky with his cards, but
he did not propose playing for stakes. It
was the nettled Georgian who proposed
IL. lie called himself champion hand
at poker, and when he found that he had
met his equal he determined to test the
strangers financial metal.
They had fifty dollars on the table
when the captain looked into the cabin.
He caugbt tho Georc;ap's eve and yavc
him to understand tia, hi. opponen, was
a river blackleg, but the other gentlemen
had dropped their cards and crowded
.,o,nd mo,.v w,. nm and IN. ;,so,m,.
ton had come too late Res;,,es the
Geory;an was Gathering himself that he
could te,cb tho courteou. blaclley n
lo..on
Itwas n verv ou;et grimm around the
table and amer The rlsv had continued
q, minutes tho gentlemen snake in
wb;sne,s and some Of them were 70.
minded 81 ala times ON Tho N;s.;.-;nn;
when camb,ers had tho full RIM az every
boa,
The Georyian had luck with him from
Tho s,a,, and Wills hs Looked sm;I;n,
and confident the gambler appcared "a
grow excited and uneasy HI. money
va. raled ,c,o.. tho table until tho
coorr;on had two bpndreJ dallar. IN
,,o.nhacls before him The stakes had
s'eehpachs oeio'e Nun ine s'a,e' n"u
oce" hgn' up +" ,"'S 'i'e' ~" nv ~,
Coorr;e, nro,osed ,o increase them and
ueors'a1 ProPoseu W ,n.io'o 'i."i a ~
Ia,,e, hodb;s two hundred dollar. hack
Iuct had turned The Georgian los,
huoA hau 'u'"'u' ne "''S "" io
twenty uo,ia's' ,ne" n''! uo',' az.
eigh'y uo''ars' '''e" o"e "u''''u "o''
lars,
ine sa',ip',i i''' WY |" fu,e' , mn
'ne ueo,s'a', pe'A",e n','o"s' ,''s "s'u'
.'e'hpieu as NC i'eiu W n's '''''' anu "''
'ace was wei WIN 'iio',."'e'
ZONE, se",'enion' Nuu v". " ~. ~.
group "'s nav s".i :, manu- 'o'
amusement anu 'nei, urn Ia.
Inc "eoig'ai, ,ooAe" UP VII" "Ne'
glance anu reP"eu N
nave 'os' one nuhu ,,' uo''"''' III
must give rie '"ir snow y, ~
Inc pay "e"' 'n' "' v
pachs at Ihe saiho'si ,sn, manu- s'e"
larger once IN wh,'c 'he Georgian
"on' ou' ne ios' zen uo''"rs ,v' e'ei' Vn'
he gained lie hnaiiy ia'u uo"h ni'
cards, pulled roll OF bills from his oreas,
pocket, and counted out three hundred
dollars This was MS pile In les thar
ten minutes every dollar oil II had been
added TO the gamblers heap'
Gentlemen, VIII you smoke : asked
the gambler as he turned around and
drew his cigar-case.
They knew his true character IN spite
Oh ms uisguise' ana 'hey re'ussu.
am sorry ior my iriehd, ne con
tinued' biting at the END oil a cigar
but you VIII agree that the play was
iair.
Inc "eorsiah nau pasSea OUT Oh .n'
promenade deck Inc gambler turned to
his stack OF bills ana was counting them'
when there was short exclamation the