The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19

out of the thousands of messages directed
to me, think the following was the most
gratifying ever reoeived:-
Don RoDER1ox,-Will be home on No.
| tonight. PIERRE SoULE."
was up waiting for the arrival Of No.
3, when tns following message wss handed
met
"D. R.:-Tell it Just as It is; q fellow is
coming home with me-. PIERRE SouLE."
could not comprehend this message,
but patiently waited for the trains arrival
and Pierre's explanation. 1t came at last,
and joyou ly reached out to grasp Pierre's
hand; and, few minutes later, he inter-
rupted my eager inquiries to introduce me
to E. G. r., chief United States detective
over five different States. We adjourned
to the nearest tel, where told the c!r-
cumstance and how the note came to be
played, it being the last penny Pierre had;
and, supposing Lis to be the best hand, he
had to call the play. then went on to
explain the reputation that Soule COM
man led, and the next day took the ietec-
tive and introduced him as friend of
mine to all the prominent business men
of the city, and had him make inquiries re-
gardng Pierre's standing. Then l proved
to the detective the party from whom
Pierre obtained the note, that it was pro-
Cured for the sole purpose of bluffing at
poker; and under these circumstances the
detective finally agreed to prosecute the
case no further. So with many cordial
hand shakes Pierre and ! thanked and bade
him good-by.
But have as yet neglected to inform the
reader how it was that truth alone saved
Pierre. When brought into the detective'1
office, Pierre told the whole truth of the
matter and explained how, in company
with friends he had been been led to play
ing cards. Therefore, when l corroborated
the statement, the detective, seeing the
straightforward character of the young
man, took pity on him, and went security
for Plerre's appearance on trial.
There is also another feature in this case
which l will now relate, although at first
Pierre did not tell even me; and that is, he
spent one night in Jail. On his arrival at
the United States district prosecutors
office, that magnate was not in, it being
late in the evening, and SO he had to he
committed for one night. will now give
his experience, as he gave it to met
II was taken into the jail, hurried down
long gangway, and given cell No. 8, with
only cot to sleep upon. No sooner was
ensconsed in my hard bed than some in
carceruted convict called OUT
"'Hello! fellow, what are you in on 2
GA bed, of course, replied l.
But what charge?
"This question I evadod, but he told me
his whole miserable history.
''rhe jail breakfast l never shall forget.
Even now laugh although l felt far from
it then. We were marched down the
long gangway in single file, each man with
tin cup in End drought from his cell,
every convict being required to keep thai
article i'll his celD, uutil we came to door
at one side of the gangway, where we
were handed a loaf of bread. We were
then marched on until we came to bend,
where we were turned and marched by the
same door, and this time extending oul
cups to be filled with coffee, after which
we scattered promiscuouSly and made the
most of our meal
''The 'grub-boss, as he was called by
: the convicts came to me when the line
was being formed, and whispered in my
ear
"'You be the last man in the line, o.
these fellows will steal everything you hav'
in your pockets ,"
The next morning Pierre was taken out
and the reader is familiar with what fol
lowed; but the lesson learned was neye
: forgotten by any of the crowd who playe'
cards. And if this little story shall bring
any one of its readers to stop and thiul
where cards may lead them, it will not hay
been written in vain.
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