Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-31

and child moved through the gay throng
But there was one mitigating feature
which saved the systematic observer from
too great hcartache: the young woman'S
ears were adorned with diamonds
OF uncommon size and brilliancy,
her crepe throat band was clasped
with dazzling diamond brooch, and the
child is small ears bore each a diamond
supposed TO be suited to their size. They
were out shopping, and were examining
bright etching silks and gay pushes.
And silks flowed over the sombre gloves
and down the crepe skirt in unrelenting
brightness, and the diamonds flashed in
the light rs If grief was never known in
the world. What did tins mourning
couple do with these snowy fabrics?
Denied by autocratic custom ii use of
colors on their persons, they might be
solacing themselves by purchasing for
Others not so afflicted as themselves, or
FOR more decoration, when colors are
not forbidden. Verify, grief has it its
mitigations II can go a,shopping and
wear diamonds. CLARA BELLE.
Pool-SelIing and Race Betting.
NEW YORK, Oct. %. Correspondence
OF the BEE. The law against poolscl.
ing and betting on race courses in this
state was imperative until toward the
u
Jerome park and on Long Island was
spoiled by legal interference, and the
trufmen feared the life had been knocked
out of their sport. But the amateurs are
now let alone. Az the autumn meeting
the Country Club, dudcdom was afforded
every facility that gentleman could de-
sire for getting rid of money cNpcdi-
tiously and unprottably. A dozen book
makers had their boards up behind the
grand stand and sold tickets on every
race. The club provided Accommodations.
and It's employees assisted the bookmakers
in the usual way. In the grand stand,
ladies talked horse, rs is the fashion now
in swelldom, and backed their opinions
with bank notes. The path through the
private grounds of the club from the
railroad station was besct by thimble-
riggers and their cappers, and many an
innocent emptled his purse into the
pockets of these thieves, after paying Sc
to get property controlled by these gen
tlemen. Several policemen and n mag
istrate from New Rochelle were in al
tendance to preserve order and uphold
the majesty of the law They passed the
games on the path without saving
word. Whether the judge won or lost at
the layout back of the grand stand did
not appear, but after the races he seemed
to regard bookma king as no worse
than thimble rigging, and promptly
released from custody two of
the gamblers, who had been arrested, at
request of club members. for beating one
of the Indigenous inhabitants out of his
money. The judge, after receiving ad-
vice from the cappers, who cloquently
pleaded the cause of the arrested sharp
ers, opened the autumn term of the court
in the middle of the road and decided
that gambling was gambling. You
bet, judge?' remarked counsel for the de-
fence, not meaning, however, to give his
honor away in the bookmaking business.
But" continued the court, "it is diff
ferent thing to beat Il half-witted hack
man out of $50 on Il brace game. That's
why I've interfered with you fellows"
Then the sports argued that the last
race of the Country club was as big Il
skin as thimblerig. because Mr.. Arthur
Hunter might have won with Eastchester
if he hadn't pulled up ut the finish Just
enough to let Campbell go in by neck.
The court declined to express an opinion
on that point, but again remarked that
gambling was gambling, and told the
thimble-rlggcrs to clear out and not al
low themselves TO be caught again in the
bailiwick of New Rochelle. The sharpers
thanked the court and vanished, the cap
pers approved the judgment emphatically
as brilliant display of legal
acumen. and the court adjourned
and strolled along toward the train.
Freddie Gebhardt, who had lost $50 on
the races, and severely disapprovcd of
the vice of gambling, wanted the thimble-
riggers punished for prcsumng to in
trudc among gentlemen with their low
down lay-outs, and other members of the
club thought it a beastly shame that the
police had permitted such things to go on
under their noses all day. Mr.. Wright
told the judge and the police that il was
their duty to prevent violations of the
law. and warned them not to let the
gamblers 90. The court was about to
call itself to order and send the constables
after the sharpers, but the eloquent cap
per assured the judge that he
had no right to re-arrcst dis
charged prisoner; that it was un-
constitution to try n man twice,
and that he would get himself into CON
ilict with the supreme court if he had the
gamblers arrested here again. While
the court was trying TO recall n precedent
bearing upon the case, the thimblc RIG
gers took to the woods. Mr.. Sanford left
the court, and The policemen perturbed
in spirit by assuring them that the club
would follow up the matter, and cause it
to be ascertalned why open swindlcrs of
the law were not suppressed by the auth
critics of New Rochelle.
OMAR JAMES.
Wall Street HaIlucinations