Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-20

L owl - III shtt WV, !, 1888
keeps the tears of His children, are
there any tears OF the gambler DC
the winds that come to kiss the faded
cheek Of sickness and to cool the heat.
ed brow of the laborer, whisper hope
and cheer to the Cmaciated victim OF
the game of hazardp When in honesl
man is in trouble. he has sympathy.
Poor fellow!' they say. But, dc
gamblers come to weep at the agonies
of the gambler? In Northumberland
was one of the finest estates i'm Eng.
land. Mr.. Porter owned it, and in a
year gambled it all away. Having
lost the last acre of the estate,
he came down from the saloon, and go:
into his carriage; went back; put up
his horses and carriage, and town
house, and played. He threw and lost.
He started home, and on "A side-alley
met a friend, from whom he borrowed
ten guineas; went back to the saloon,
and before a great while had won
twenty thousand pounds He died at
last a beggar in st. Giles. How many
gamblers felt sorry for Mr.. Porter?
Who consoled him on the loss of his
estate? What gambler subscribed %
put a stone over the poor mans grave?
Not one!
Furthermore. this sin is the source
of uncounted dishonesty.
THE GAME OF HAZARD ITSELF Is OFTEN
A CHEAT.
How many tricks and receptions in the
| ,Io,ltrn &c thn nnrI.f Thn o,s.
hand is ofttimes found out by fraud.
Cards are marked SO that they may be
designated from the back. Expert
gamesters have their accomplices, and
One wink may decide the game. The
dice have been found loaded with
platina so that doublets come up every
time. These dice are introduced by
the gsnblers unobserved by the
honest me, who have come nto the
play, anl this accounts for the fact
that ninety nine out of Il hundred who
gamble, however wealthy when they
began, at the end are found to be
poor, miserable, haggard wretches,
that would not 10Y be allowed to sit
Dr. the doorstep of the house that they
once owned. In a gaming house in
San Francisco, n young man having
just come from the mines deposited a
large sum upon the ace, and won
twenty-five thousand dollars. But the
tide turns. Intense anxiety up
on the c~ountenances of all. Slowly
the cards went forth. Every eye is
fixed. Not IA sound is heard, until the
ace is revealed favorable to the bank.
There are shouts of Foul! Foul! but
the keepers of the tables produce their
pistols, and the uproar is silcnced,
and the bank has won ninety-iive thou
sand dollars. DO you call this IA game
of chance? There is no chance abou,
it.
Notice also the effect of this crime
upon domestic happiness. 1t has sent
its ruthless ploughshare through hun
dreds of families, until the wife sat II
rags. and the daughters were d~isgraced
and the son grew up to the same in
famous practices. or took a short GU
to destruction across the murderer
scaffold.
HOME HAS LOST ALL CHARMS o TIL
GAMBLER.
How tame are the children's caresse,
and a wife's devotion to the gambler
How drearily the fire burns on the do
mestic hearth. There must be louder
laughter. and something to win, anc
something to lose; an excitement t.
drive the heart faster, flip the bloc,
and fire the imagination. No home
however bright, can keep back tn
gamester. The sweet call of low,
bounds back from his iron soul, and al
cndearments are consumed in the fir
of his passion. The family Bible viii
90 after all otho~ treasures are lost, ant
if his crown in heaven were put int
his hand he would cry: Here goes
one more game. my boys. On this on
throw | stake nv crown of heaven"
A young mar in London, on comm!
of age, received a fortune of 1920, 600
and through gambling. in three years
was thrown on his mother for support
An only son went to New Orleans
He was rich, intellectual, and elegan
in His parents gave him, OF
his departure from home, their las
blessing. The sharpers got hold o
him. They flattcred him. They lurec
him to the gaming table and let hin
win almost every time for a good while
and pattcd him on the back and said
".First-rate player" But fully in thei
grasp they flceced him, and his $50, 0O'
were lost. Last of all, he put up hi
watch and lost that. Then he begar
to think of his home, and of his ole
father and mother, and wrote thus:
my beloved parents: You will
doubtless feel n momentary JOY at the
reception of this letter from the chile
Of your bosom. on whom you have
ilvi>hed all the favors of your de-
clining wears. But should Il feeling OF
joy for a moment spring up in your
hearts, when you should have received
this from me, cherish if not. | have
FALLEN DEEP. NEVER TO RISE.
Those gray hairs that | should have
honored and protected, | shall bring
down in sorrow to the grave. | vii
not curse my destroyer, but. oh, may
God avenge the wrongs and imposi
tons practiced upon the unwary, in f;
way that should best please Him, This