Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-11-21
ON A CHINESE aAcc-couRss.
Tho Passion ar Play Lvnsh IAw-Oam.
bling for . Einner.
ICOrnhil Magazine

Tho Passion AR Play Lvn,h IAw-Oam.
bling for . Einnen
ICornhnl MagaRine.l
A wide detour round the ditch brings
us into the very thick of Chinese rae.
course Dire IS. ct these dregs dilfer fro n
ticir lnglish conge.lers IN being friends
OF soap aud water. and destitute Of esp..t
de corps There are no sh Doting stalls 40
shows. ald no Aunt Sallies-rcal cracks
over their own heads, which must be re
Gel ell with patience. are SO fire ,uent that
they lose the est of q oke but n lieu of
them. gambling booths OF every shade and
description illustrate the Ia. csc passion
for play. Gambling booths for large
sums gambli X booths for KIN ckknac >.
gambling booths for high priced drlnka
Dlcs, gambling booths for low. pr crd
CARTON each booth with an eager tnrons
o! both sexes and of all ages around it
which renders calculation IA cult.
Private Thomas Atkins thinks it will
be plcaSa t and easy TO win u dollar or SO
from the heathen Ciiinec. but ere long he
disco ers that he has been bestcd. AID
tina the heather Chinee 10 infinitely too
c.e, CIR for him.
What is That turmoil I sec in the dis
In &C. with a s uttling about Of the crow |
among VIII IN two white- he,meted red
coats are c ~nspicuou,iy irrmilentY in
ragged a. having been done" a. the naive
rouge ell noir, the put IN practice \ Ii e
lynch law tear Il w the fra siie canvas
booth. arm themselves with tuc sup uri
ing BAMBOO poles. Gear Il space b whir,
Ing them aroInI like he arms of a w.nI
m,l, i'm artia H. ram down cracks On lne
skulls of the unrc5 sting ) rroInders. an |
then quietly withdraw to u more reput.
al part of the course ach rarity is
perfectly salts ed; the Chinese sharper
gloats over his tilchcd gains all the sol
dicrs thiok ttiey liza fe taken cnaugc in thc
vengeance they have G eclte1.
The tracas has scarcely interrupted the
flow. or rather The torrent. o. gamDiing
The young imp Of ab ut Years old j.
really a study of Innate human nature IN
this del artmcnt OF vice. tie is gambling
for his Inner al the booth OF a wrinx ed,
diabolica'. loathsDmc old male atr"cit
and still more ioa,hsome hag. A firm Of
"bl nd hockey is. / fancy. the in. or,te
form Of vice. Con after c,in. each worrl
al, vi one fth o. IA farthing. he iu,es at
his ventures. The imp face lowrr% an
his features become c%on'ortel with angr
excitement. faster. faster he pays re al
Iess OF his titths OF tarthings, until at ia.!
he wins.
W h "A growl one would never have
suppos Il ~ boyish lhr al cou Il ba @
emitted, nc dashes on ore $ de 10 the
tray OF raw meat. seIhcs a lump o. horri
BE .arbase with singular dcAtcrt b
mea $ Of chop-st Gas. plunges ii IL a
kettle # boiling ;ancid grease aid then
rams the drea iful m0fscl into h,e tnr AT.
Ills cheeks are d;stc1Ged TO near bu 81 ~
the tears of 8 aiding %sIifoca ion Stand ,
his eyes, a d he near y chokrs; but st
he wears your thorough rambler expires
sion of delight NJ having at last woA
thildlIood's innoceacc is not u pretty
sight ont here. Are these creatures
really akin to ngl ,h child lDod.