Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-10

familiar 10 each, during which conversation
Dupont'f companion who had given his
lsams - Williams, displayed . knowledge
Of the surroundings ofADapont's home and
the reaidents lhereabouls that sstcnishsd
even Dupont himself. FinallysS9on passing
u saloon, Williams suggested that they q
ia and take suthin'." Now, sas Dupont
claims to be of temperate habits, he objected
to this procedure, but Willisms at lat per-
uaded HIM t, take only q glass of lemon
ade. and right there was where Dupont
made . grand mistake. One glass Of "iem-
onade" produced a thirst for another and .
number were drank-Williams alwaystpay-
ing the bill. After a while Dupont keRsn
to feel drowsy, and suggested to- Williams
that he might be excused, 40 that he might
60 TO his h tel and take q rest. But Viii
liams didn't pr ,pose to let him off thsteasy,
aud told him that a little walk around town
would soon wake him up and Richard
would be himself once more. Dupont con-
sented to this proposal, and 40 the couple
pa 'sed up one street and down another, Du.
pont becoming the meanwhile more and
more bewildered, until a rather stylish
building was reached aud the pair entered.
Another glass of lemonade" was drank by
the willing victim, when a back room was
entered where at tables sat men with cards
in their hands, a pile of circular worries be-
aide them on the table, and the players we're
occasionally saving, "Give me one card y
"Give me three card.;" "I'l bet you Eve"
"what have you got ~ 'taces up; y .'Au,h,"
and 40 on. Now the writer of this is vir-
tuous reporter and Of course does not know
the name of the game that was being played,
but has been told that it exists under the
cognomen of ~''freeze. out" But to return to
our friend. He ant down at one of the ,ables
at the invitation of Williams, and began
the examination of the mysteriea of the
game. AT first the bets were confined to
the iyories-'chip>" we are informed il
the name they 60 by-bnt finally so cents,
81 and SIS were offered to the most success
full player. Our friend not to be behind,
"put up as much as any player. But luck
seemed to be against him. He didn't win
q "pot"-we believe that lie what the pro-
ceeds are called-his money was all gone,
in short he was "froze out" aud pretty bad
at that. Just about this time Williams
seemed to lose all interest in his friend and
when it wac ascertained that his ''pile" was
exhausted he was piloted into the street
and told to get home the best way he could
The lemonade" still had a powerful hold
on him, but he finally reached his lodging
place and retired. The next morning he
realized the loss Of his money, that he wa
far from home and among strangers, and he
was in . quandary what to do. He walked
through the streets for two or three days
deyisinE in his mind what plan to adopt in
order to get money to return to his home.
Meeting q Journal reporter in his peram.
bulations, and recognizing q sympathetic
face, he told his story as above written.
The pawning Of his carpet bag and con-
tents were suggested, acted upon, and Du-
pont departed for his home yesterday, a
sadder if not a wiser young nan