Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-01
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l'fop tnai pl>jol, Jack MdfSuch, l
YOU value life. know YOU we'll
You have played that game Of your
once too often. You are cheat, ant
| know it. You are a would-be assaS
sin. and YOU know it, and so does m
poor friend >tapletoa, whom you trie'
to Kill after leaving gambling hel
in Baltimore. Now 90. Leave thl
room, and thank heaven. that | 1T
not have you horse whipped off thes
grounds or cast mo prison for at
tempt at murder
/ MaYsden looked ut Loudoun an'
qaailed before the gIeam of his detian
eye. He got up slowly. and slunl
away to the door. Not until ne ha,
! left the room did Loudour take hi
eye off him.
And now gentlemen" SAID lou
doun looking around upon the aston
ished crowd like General on the ey,
of battle, | shall say but few words
Some of you came from Baltimore witt
that man. and are his friends
! Whether YOU know him as gentle
man gambler. or black hearted raS
cal as | do, care not. But owe il
to YOU and my friends here to state
that that fellow Marsdcn is an un-
scrupuIous Scouudrsl, and that h6
wounded me without cause and nearly
killed friend Of mine. whose none,
he had won and now Mrs. Bigsou
before We partake of your supper, sup,
pose You give Us all drink OF the
best YOUR house can afford. and bow.
ling to the buxom landlady. who bad
rushed in at the call Of old Pete, Lou.
doun surrounded by his friends, led
the way 10 the bar.
Although large majority Of the
crowd cheered the speech Of loudoun
aud appIaudcd his actions, quite q
number stood aloof and vented their
idispleasure IN smothcred curses and
defiant mods If the head Thev oi
course declined To drink with him, rs
they looked upon him aS an enemy,
for the reason that be WIS on the side
Of right and justice, aud Ri advocate
Of fair lay.
/ As soon Is the party were costly eli.
scouccd in the little room, Lester who
had been diving to say something aud
had been prepared - have his finger
in the pie in case his friend needed as.
sistancc. slapped Inudouu iamlliarly
on the shoulder exclaimiuE: "lou
are regular trump, Ned. Whenever
i yet into a scrape. would ike 10
have YOU on hand 10 get me oit OF 1t.
/ But how jil you know that fellow
Marsdvn. and here IN the world did
I YOU meet him before
1.-The story is rather long one. and
| would rather defer the narration OF
ne 10 some future meeting old fellow,
sand l.oud0un iaAguG i scat a. the IA.
bic
Permit Us - second the proposi.
f ton Of Mr. Lester. sasd Nr. "AT4l-
ncr. a. soon a. ihry "eTs All seated,
and add or request that yon tell ns
the story.
y IS. d" tell II rs, Ned, saIt Ihar-
lie: 1T VIII afford us entertainments
while We are eating anu ana diS'S
ton.
/ so b. X, gentlemen, s4i!a Lou
+ "oun- Il he majority lhtrs Mere As
else" here suppose. w hrh | went %
baltimore thES. Years az. 1" d" III me
study ol ta"' 'hooSa' "C"'I 'aht
. rest after my haFa ""FA a, oi"
Georgetown college ana "oo'' see
the sights 10y boarding t'e h@" ~ his
den. i'es'aes ia"c''d i 'tti'' snow KNOW
edge "i the "oriH, tsi'1t'"I'y "i 'hA'
undeF-c"Ff'h' ""5'" 'H'' : So'ns "h
IN our large ''','S' a"d o' ""'tn our
bods'ed Ia" -Hi!"ef' ana '4tt oiileIai> :
KNOW little or h"'n'h3' ""''d De oi
benefit 10 me II ever l Should a'leihPl
to gam reputation rs i criminal
lawyer. 1t was a iooi-hardy ana haz'
ardous proceeding l aeNn'"Ied2'' ih''
| would not advise any oi my friends
to attempt to obtain similar knowl-
edge by kindred experience. | Oh
taiued the knowledge | sought for but
at the eminent risk Of my own life and
that of dear friend. Lester, yom are
acquainted "l'h ON S'"p'e'o'' wei
Tom come to my room one evening
Just before the Christmas holidays,
two years ago, and said that he wanted
me to 90 with hIm that evening on
delicate crrand.
being then fond OF excitement and
always IN for fun, when there was
spice of danger IN 1t, to give II season
ing, told him would go, provide d
he fully explained the why and where
fore,-the ins and outs. lie then IN
formed me that he had been on "a 0lt
of spree few nights before. that this
fellow Marsden had been introduced
to him in gambling hell under the
name name Of Jen klns, from freder-