The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-22

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There is aby-and-by;
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There Ia by-and-by.
Or elsswhy from within
The breast of fallen man
This yearning for home fhsts free from sini
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The savage. too. wiz say;
The huntinr-eround is niah
Where now snort the warriors brave ana tre...
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There is by-And-by,
50 says the soul within;
II WIZ not cannot die,
But hyes with Goa IN heaven, OF he'll wiA SIN
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And ohi how sweet twill be
To meet our Kindred there,
Ana live and love with Christ etsrnnlly. 8.
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art WEIGHED in the balances and and fond
wanting He pictured, 0ranbicalIv.
Babvlo1 and Belshazzay,s feast tbeband.
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home fbe r,raot;cal @ lessons Of ti,a s,,b. s,s
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incident: $ inst one wear AGO 7 nreacbed
from this text in the southern part of
California. At the close of the service.
as I walked 20 nv hotel. a rentleman
said, Your sermon tonight has awak-
ened in my heart some memories Of the
past. If you viii sit down I win give
you leaf from my history" I viii try
to give it to you, my friends, as nearly
az I can in his own works, hoping God
may bless it to some heart In this audi
ence. Said he: aI knew every trick
and dodge of every game. 1 went to
San Francisco and paid out large sum
of money for lessons from an expert,
until was perfectly at home at any
game. It was ON New Years eve. I had
played well and won heavily. Near mid
night 1rose from the table tostart home,
AS reached the door an old farmer,
whom l had known well, stepped up to
me and said, John, wish you would
play my hand. They have feeced me
out of everything. I've inst got SIT
left. wish you would take it and
throw for me. Perhaps you can win
some of it back ; if not, lose the balance
1t made me pity him In his sad de-
pendence, SO I took his money
and sat down where he had lost. There
throwing dice. Itook hand, and in
half an hour had won back the old
mans money snd had quite surplus
over. After handing over his amount,
amid profLse thanks, thought would
Just play away the balance. We
changed to cards, and the luck seemed
to turn against me. I lost at every deal.
This nettled me. 1staked larger sum
and lost again. Thus elated, they drank
heavily. / never drank. I dealt reck-
lessly; but the luck was on their side,
and they won every time. say luck,
because it is simply such among players
who know the game and cannot cheat.
was dumploundeo. l nad never
known my fingers TO serve me so be-
fore. I could see no trick In the game;
but was not to be bafied IN that way,
so determined to play one dodge and
sweep in the stakes. went to the bar
tender for cold deck. He understood
me, for he was trained. He called their
attention to the bar, and, as he passed.
me, he dropped the deck on my lap,
slipping the others up his sleeve. As
they sat down again 1 shufaed the
cards, and knew every one they held.
The first man laid down his pile, the
second raised IT, and the third went
still higher. When 1t came to me /
doubled the highest. They each,
then, confident OF success, brought
figures up to mine. AS the cards were
lifted three hands were outstretched TO
rake In the money; as foul play
rang through the room, sprang
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me then draw your money. Ii not,
then the pile IS mine , They finally
agreed to that and went through me
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