ATROCITIES, DUELS, SUICIDES, AND EXECUTION OF
GAMBLERS. The gaming table : its votaries and victims, in all times and countries,
especially in England and in France. Vol. 2 | ||
A GAMBLER PAWNING HIS EARS.
A clerk named Chambers, losing his monthly pay, which was his all, at a gaming table, begged to borrow of the manager's; but they knew his history too well to lend without security, and therefore demanded something in pawn. `I have nothing to give but my ears,' he replied. `Well,' said one of the witty demons, `let us have them.' The youth immediately took a knife out of his
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ATROCITIES, DUELS, SUICIDES, AND EXECUTION OF
GAMBLERS. The gaming table : its votaries and victims, in all times and countries,
especially in England and in France. Vol. 2 | ||