.' 'How so?' said Foote, 'he was TIED UP long
ago.'

EFFECT OF A SEVERE LOSS AT PLAY.

Lord C-- lost one night L33,000 to General Scott. The amiable peer,
however, benefited by the severe lesson, and resolved never again to
lose more than one hundred at a sitting! He is said to have strictly
kept his resolve.

PADDY'S DECISION.

Some gamblers duping a country fellow at the game called Put, in a
public-house near St Pancras, one of them appealed to an Irishman who
was looking on whether he had not THREE TREYS IN HIS HAND? 'You had all
that,' said Paddy; 'and what's more, I saw you TAKE THEM ALL out of your
pocket.'

GAMBLING CAUSED BY GRIEF.

The Honourable Jesse Anker, in order to dissipate the gloom occasioned
by the loss of his wife, whom he passionately loved, had recourse to
gaming, by which, at different times, he lost considerable sums, but
not so as to injure his property, which was very large, in any material
degree. The remedy did not prove effectual; he shot himself at his
lodgings at Bath.

A GAMBLER'S EXCUSE FOR NOT BEING A SECOND IN A DUEL.

A gentleman who had been called out, applied to a friend who had won
a large sum of money to be his second. 'My dear friend,' answered the
gamester, 'I won fifteen hundred guineas last night, and shall cut a
poor figure at fighting to-day; but if you apply to the person I won
them of, he will fight like a devil, for he has not a farthing left.'

'MORE FORTUNATE.'

Lord Mark Stair and Lord Stair were at play in a coffee-house, when a
stranger overlooked the game, and disturbed them with questions.
Lord Mark said--'Let us throw dice to see which of us shall pink this
impudent fellow.' Lord Stair won. The other exclaimed--'Ah! Stair,
Stair! you have been always more fortunate in life than I.'

CAPTAIN ROCHE.

Captain Roche, alias Tyger, alias Savage Roche, who stuck his gaming
companion's hand to the table with a fork for concealing a card under
it, happened to be at the Bedford Billiard-table, which was extremely
crowded. Roche was knocking the balls about with his cue, and Major
Williamson, another celebrity, with whom he was engaged on business,
desired him to leave off, as he hindered gentlemen from playing.
'Gentlemen?' sneeringly exclaimed Roche; 'why, major, except you and me
(and two or three more) there is not a gentleman in the room--the rest
are all blacklegs.'

On leaving the place, the major expressed his astonishment at his
rudeness, and wo