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36 For about an hour I stopped in that den of temptation and crime and in that time I saw many painful scene I have seen the hard earnings of toil swept in a few moments into the gamblers possession. For the case I mentioned is the exception and not the rule gambler scarcely ever lose when they play with outsiders in that case I think he was dreamed? by gamblers in disguise They try all stratagens? to decoy the unwary one of the most common dodges is for one of themselves to dress up in rough miners cloths straggle up to the table look on a while make clownish remarks about the game and after a while they place a five dollar on some card the card wins of course he doubles it, it wins again he increases his bets always winning , and at last he says he will not risk any more and agrees to give hi place to any body else some greenhorn lays down a twenty on the winning card and in a moment the cards are turned up again and he has lost In hopes to retrieve his fortune he plays again again he is beaten and so on every time until the unfortunate wretch is ruined The temptation is almost irrisistible a gambler takes three cards shows you the face of them turns them over on the table changes them a few times and then if you think you know where any particular card is you can lay down your pile call out the name of the card if it is the one you call the banker hands you over the amount of your bet if not he rakes in the whole I went farther down the hall and saw women engaged behind the tables gaudly dressed trying to decoy the poor greenhorn into their evils?. All kinds of games were going on the crowd were in good spirits and bets were running high thousands of dollars were changing hands at every turn of the cards