to squeal; so I went to the mate and
asked him to put me where they could not find me, as I knew when
the soldiers came down to the boat I would have to divulge. He
put me down in a little locker that was forward of the main hatch,
and rolled barrels on it to hide the trap-door. Well, they came
down, took lights, and searched the boat and hold, the ladies' and
gentlemen's cabin, and at last gave up. After I had staid down
there for eight hours, the boat left for New Orleans. I came up
into the cabin, and you ought to have seen the passengers look at
me. They did not know what to make of my appearance before them;
but I told them I was up town and did not know anything of what
was going on; and I took in many a dollar after that.

GENERAL BANKS' DETECTIVE.

I had a big game of roulette one night during the war, when the
Northern officers were traveling up and down the river. The boat
was full of officers, and General Banks was on board. Up stepped
a big fellow from Texas, who was a detective for General Banks.
He pulled out a $100 Confederate bill, and laid it on the red. I
picked it up and said I had no Confederate money to pay him in, in
case he won. He got very saucy, and went over to the bar, where
I could hear every word he said, and told the barkeeper that as
soon as I closed that game he would whip me. So I closed up and
sent my wheel down stairs in the locker, and walked up to the bar
and asked him to take a drink, so that he would make some remark.
He said, "I pick my company." I let drive and knocked the ginger
out of him, and kept him spinning around until he yelled out. Then
came the rush. General Banks and staff, followed by all the boat's
officers. The fellow was bleeding like a stuck pig. The clerk
told the General how he talked, and he said he got just what he
deserved. I then sent down and got my wheel, opened, and all the
officers played except General Banks. I was sorry he did not
appreciate the game, and change in a few greenbacks.

THE U. S. DETECTIVE'S BLUFF.

I was coming up once on the steamer _Fairchild_, of Louisville,
and had won considerable money. There was on board a United States
detective. He was asleep at the time the games were going on, and
when he came to his breakfast the next morning, there was a great
deal of kicking going on about the money and diamonds that the
gamblers had won the night before. Some of the passengers at the
table knew the detective,