The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20
A Gamb1ing-House Episode.


New York faro bank which I shall neev..i
er forget as long as Tive. Among the,
Irregular customers of the game there
was young man who held q position
IN his fathers Office, prominent; down
town merchant. Although he ,was neith.
or cool nor - luck play and rare
" left the table q winner, ea;sti1t con
tlnued to frequent the gaming table flor
no other purpose than to appease an
unsuitable appetite. Thus Fthe; young
player naturally lost consid cradle mon
ey, and his father, having discovered
his haunts, sent word to the tsproprie-
tors of the game, forbidding them to ad-
NIT his son in the future. But the \
parties thus cautioned failed to pay any
attention to this notice, and the young
man continued coming t7l,s, ,,,,e,~5
. One afternoon, about o'clock, while
he was sitting at the table playing, the
bell rang and the negro servantrad-
mitted a Observation-Disclosures gentle:
lnan, whose hair; was as white as snow
He stepped up to the table, placed his
RICH hand upon they young man should
er, and. addressing himself to the,deal.
er, said: s:29 III 5;sg.&,,fSttsy
"This young man is my son. i have
cautioned You not to admit HIM, but you
have not needed my Warming I. now
give you notice that if you let him
play here after this you. do SO at your
peril" =. ~: ;,:H
The dealer looked at the speaker with
an insolent contemptuous expression,
and ID said, sneeringly:, o.'5i* ~.
.; II dontcare whether you are the faith
,er of any Of my players or not That
young man looks as if he were 81, and
guess heis able to attend to his, own
business" =. =, ~s.
:. Then, turning to the negro, he said:.
John show this gentleman to the
door" And again he looked at the
new. conner in q derisive and sneering
way. s45 .:s: .ast'.- =
But he had made his reckoning With
out his host. The old gentleman: drew
himself up to his full height and while his
eyes flashed fire, yhe said, in aloud, clear
voice: 3: S. ....:SS5s. lS 49,
,;"Ah, Mr:aDealer,- you know very well
that what T. have been saying is no
laughing matter, and, though only one
man has blown out his brains in your
room and spoiled your handsome car
pet with his Blood, you have not the less
cruelty assassinated dozen more.with;
your devilish game, even though you:
may have done so indirectly. How
many more Of your victims have become
suicides in consequence of your hellish
operations I dare say you do not care
to know You are q very Jolly fellow.
i have no doubt, and you drive fast
horses in the park. Yonr plate is mag
nifcent, and I am told, the dinners
which you set forth to the patrons Of
your house every afternoon Of the week
are good but if you could have the
power Of the clairyoyant bestowed up:
on you Ireckon you would never laugh
or: race OF drink, more. Everywhere
around you you would see accusing
ghosts pointing at you ghosts that
would not only arraign you for. their
murder but for the infinite legacy of,
evils they bequeathed to the living at:
their death through your cause. Moth
ers, { wives land sisters starry
ing; girls pacing YEARLY tho pave,
msnts 4: of the city. at might, /:
bidding for dishonor; boys, born
to lead better life, .thieying in the
streets because their father lost his
money at your table, Mr.. Dealer!*Ah,
sir. there IS many q man that likes to
make money and spend it as well as
you, but he would not traffic in hearts
and lives and .honors even could he
thereby acquife all the riches. of. the
world and live in the very midst. of
gold. When man pulls out roll of
bills and hands it to you to be changed
into chips you know not but the happi-
ness of his entire family is wrapped up
in that greasy bundle. I declare I
would rather never have lived than
have registered against me the quantity
of curses that have been heaped upon
your head, you cruel, remorseless as
sassin! When I see you in the street,
sleek ands,wsu dressed, driving q
splendid turnout, I2hate you, and were,
u.s. not for the laws of the land and Of
conscience would put bullet through !;
you withogtdelaEg hear the groans
: Of breaking hearts in the roll:of your
,wheels; Isee the death Warrant of q.
( thousand honors written in every ;wrin-;;
kle Of your abominable, smilin e oo,ln .
tenance, oonfound you'll Why are you at
, large? We $chain5n tigers and lions.
Is there, can there ;be5a more ferocious,.
bloodthirsty beast than you are pr:
f. While he spoke everybody in the,
room kept perfectly quiet. Yon might
have heard a pin drop. The fearless
speaker was not again given the hint to
leave. The dealer did not utter one
word in reply. He finished the deal
and rose from his chair, which was at,
once occupied by one Of his assistants,
and the game VENT as though moth
ing had happened: In the meantime
the old gentleman had left;ln company
with his son. 81 &. If IN ...3 IS
Z The dealer took: aseat in; q corner
and for an hour :did not Stir. He
aeemedsto be absorbed in deep thought.
On the first day Of the following month
he drew out his interest in the game
and fitted up saloon in elegant slyle
on Broadway, in ;the neighporhood of
25th street, i remember well that the
opening took place on the list day of
May, In the year 1868 or, 49,, but the
proprietor's mind became affected after
tho lapse Of a,few months. He at times
grew so violent that it soon became
necessary to oonfine him in an asylum,
where he died o raving maniac before:
the end of the year.: ): s5 ,s So =
Plckles blythe MILLION. IS 5: e
]: !, It is an old saying with Long Island
farmers that land is worthless tt at viii.
not grow white beans, but a grower Of
Huntington has discovered that pickles
will thrive in q soil where beans refuse
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