The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-12-21

acquaintance with the game would
have to say.
al cannot, of course, assert that !
any game which calls tor skill and
judgment, and which is generally |
tree from the attendant curse Of
gaming, is in itself an evii,s re-
marked the second gentleman.
Such thugs are rarely evils, except
In SO tar as they excite and stimu-
late men beyond the bounds of
healthful recreation
'sThat result can hardly follow
such game as bilIisrdsn said the
first speaker.
But the other shook his bead.
"You are wrong there. The re-
suit can follow in two ways. First,
il can lead men away from their |
business; and second, it can lead
men to spend money who have not !
the money to spend. You will un.
derstand me, would not cry down |
the game OF billiards, for ii l I'M.
derstood it should certainly try |
you game now, but whenever
visit a place of this kind, l am led
TO reflect upon most strange aud
prominent weakness of human ma
ture as developed in our sex. For
instance, observe that young man
just now settling his score. He
looks like clerk, and | would say
from his manner that he feels il his
duty TO be home at this hour, that
he has a wife and children. From
his face should judge he was both
kind hearted aud generous, and
, means to do as near tight as he cin.
lie has IN beaten, and for some
two houry recreatiou be pays dol
lar or tws nrhaps days wages.
Z You ". erye he pays it freely
I and r &a loss with u smile.
HaI N)>. But how do you
. suppose it is In that young mau's
J homei Suppose his wife had ask
: ed him this morning tor dollar or
two to speud for some triaing thing,
! some household ornament, or a bit
!, OF jewelry tor the adornment of her
g person, or suppose his little child
y had asked him for few dimes to
} buy a doll or Il picture book, what
u would have been the resultf Of
. fifty men just like him, would not
y forty eight of them have decided
y positively that they did not have
the money to spare, that the times
y were too har,b 'sid business too
u dull, ard they would have said so
u feeling they were telling the truth.
Il Am | not right
= "Upon my soul,' responded the
= = man who understood billiards, "you
N speak to the point All, it is well
I for such wives and children that
a they do not know where all the
=. money goes.S
d The game was finished, and the
d two gentlemen moved on, and Eu'
# gene Elmer arose from his seat and
" left the place. Never before had
i, he Just such thoughts as now pos
sessed him, he had never dwell
{. upon the same grouping of ideas
|, That very morning his own true
n. faithful and loving wife had beer
~ sad aud heartsick, becaue he had
harshly and unkindly met her re
4 quest for a small sum OF money
d and his little Pearl had crept away
from her playmstes with prid,
,e crushed, aud almost broken heart
a. ed for the want OF simple toy sucl
as they had. And the whole SUI
n to make her happy was not one quar-
ter the SUN he had thai night play
,d ed away ou billiards. Indeed, b,
a thought ! am not able to play bill
lizards all pleasant aud harmless a
If is the game, He wanted to be al
honest husband aud father, and th'
lesson was, not lost upon him. Go
lug up Dauphin street on his way
Of home, he stopped at Bromberg'
and purchased the best aud pret
tiest hoop to he found, with a dri
IA wing stick paiuted red, white ant
"a blue, and n the morning when b,
is beheld bis child's delight, and re
IS ceived her grateful happy kiss, tn,
I. question came TO his mind which
ct was the best and bapp,est result
,r this or the h~ eames OF Nfliards
a We are not finding fadit with any
ia oneplaying billiards., but ask 5our
!. self this question Now the holi
,e days wilFsoon be here, II my money
It goes for my individual pleasure vii
my family be without anyi An
@. selfish or not 10 these things, or an
II l able 10 do soi
i. A few mornings after this as Eu
Al gene arose from the bresk fast table
q be detected ai5 i5suneasy wistiul look
a on bis eife's face.
,e s.Idllla, what is itP'
q 'sEqkenc II you could spare me O
,r few dollars this morning.
II "OertainIy, my darling, anything
to make you happy y aud out came
b. the purse and the money was hand
ed over with warm and genial
d smile.
k WHAT tears at thatl was it pos
10 sible she was so little used to such
It scenes au his part that 30 simple an
y. act Of loving kindness thus affect.
o ed. How many games of billiards
:. would be required to give such sat.
Ie isfaction as Eugene Elmer Carried
Z. with him on that evenltul morning
,e fofhis business. A very simple
e, story is it not But how many may
=. frain a lnstino nroljr ly irving heed