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toetlti-ofA F E A R F U L G A M E OF CARDS: nkBY PIOUTACA HUES.In our Regiment, .vcre several wild you-gj Jetnfellows, but none more so than 1—and so our life in camp was very monotonous, the boys be- 0f took themselves to gaming. One day alter din- i J0 nor the cards were brought, and all of us enter- | |* ed with such energy into the fascinating game.• fat that every thing else was in a manner neglect- j ed. At length vve changed it, and betook ourselves in couples to separate games. I and Ensign A-, as gav and rakish a rascal as !O ’ i) . . .ever lived, that we might pursue our game unin- j 0 terruptedly ordered the servant to carry out in- ;,n* to a sort of summer house, a decanter or two of . c^ewine, and the cards—and thither we soon ful-!-v°wilowed. We played wit'u intense eagerness for several hours. Till it grew so dark that we could j111 hardly see what was before us. 1 had been the |! gainer all the evening. : gi»0 v“ Come, A said I. addressing my ; ascompanion, 1 am sure it is high time we should . se (juil our cards, and return.tor we've a good deal . ra'01 Regimental business to do to-night. i us“ Stay, Tom, and liidsh the game, you will j olnot move an inch till then. j Iro•• 1 tell you. A . 1 must, and will be-1 •S|i*gone ; w hy should we thus make toil of pleasure ! dii and besides, gain another rebuke from the Cap- ! co tain ? 1'IIawa. j me“Slav, and trv one more game, said A -.!lt;-*«»* w- |laying his hand on my arm, and 1*11 win back ; an what 1 have lost. ! re?“ 1 rnav perhaps to-morn w, hut now no, I da
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Logansport Telegraph
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sat, Jan 13, 1849
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