Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . atdown over his eyes, rammed his hands deep in hispockets, and strode off, trying to whistle When this cruel war is over, but the attempt was a dismal failure. Si separatedfrom the crowd and joined him. They took an un-frequented and roundabout way back to camp. I feel all broke up. Si, said Shorty. I wishthat we were goin into a fight, or something to stirus up. Si understood his partners mood, and that it waslikely to result in an outbreak of some kind. Hetried to get him over to the house, so that he couldget hi
Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . atdown over his eyes, rammed his hands deep in hispockets, and strode off, trying to whistle When this cruel war is over, but the attempt was a dismal failure. Si separatedfrom the crowd and joined him. They took an un-frequented and roundabout way back to camp. I feel all broke up. Si, said Shorty. I wishthat we were goin into a fight, or something to stirus up. Si understood his partners mood, and that it waslikely to result in an outbreak of some kind. Hetried to get him over to the house, so that he couldget him interested in work there. They came to a little hidden ravine, and foundit filled with men playing that most fascinating ofall gambling games to the average soldier—chuck-a-luck. There were a score of groups, each gath-ered around as many sweat-boards. Some of the THE DEACON GOES HOME. 45 men running the games were citizens, and somewere in uniform. Each had before him a smallboard on which was sometimes painted, sometimesrudely marked with charcoal, numbers from 1 to KLEGG STARTS HOME. On some of the boards the numbers were indicatedby playing-cards, from ace to six-spot, tacked man who ran the game had a dice-box, withthree dice. He would shake the box, turn it upside 46 SI KLEGG. down on the board, and call upon the group in frontof him to make their bets. The players would deposit their money on thenumbers that they fancied, and then, after the in-quiry, All down? the banker would raise thebox and reveal the dice. Those who had put theirmoney on any of the three numbers which hadturned up, would be paid, while those who bet onthe other three would lose. Chuck-a-luck was strictly prohibited in camp, butit was next to impossible to keep the men from play-ing it. Citizen gamblers would gain admittance tocamp under various pretexts and immediately set upboards in secluded places, and play till they werediscovered and run out, by which time they wouldhave made e
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