Christian herald and signs of our times . they thought he was dead. Furthermore, this sin is the source of un-counted dishonesties. The game of hazard it-self is often a cheat. How many tricks and de-ceptions in the dealing of the cards! Theopponents hand is oftimes found out by are marked so that they may be designatedfrom the back. Expert gamesters have theiraccomplices, and one wink may decide the dice have been found loaded with platina,so that doublets come up every time. Thesedice are introduced by the gamblers unobservedby honest men who have come into the play ;and
Christian herald and signs of our times . they thought he was dead. Furthermore, this sin is the source of un-counted dishonesties. The game of hazard it-self is often a cheat. How many tricks and de-ceptions in the dealing of the cards! Theopponents hand is oftimes found out by are marked so that they may be designatedfrom the back. Expert gamesters have theiraccomplices, and one wink may decide the dice have been found loaded with platina,so that doublets come up every time. Thesedice are introduced by the gamblers unobservedby honest men who have come into the play ;and this accounts for the fact that ninety-nine out of a hundredwho gamble,however wealthythey began, atthe end arefound to be poor,miser able,ragged wretch-es, that wouldnot now be al-lowed to sit onthe door-step ofthe house thatthey once own-ed. In a gaming-house in SanFrancisco ayoung man hav-ing just comefrom the minesdeposited a large sum upon the ace, andwon twenty-two thousand dollars. But thetide turns. Intense anxiety comes upon th
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