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fortune "A run upon red, young man," 

 was all I got in reply; and with a little 

 further comment on the evening's occur- 

 rence, we retired to our respective domi- 

 ciles. 



Waking in the morning, and recalling 

 what had passed, I certainly did not repent 

 of the adventure, and I do not pretend to 

 be an exception to those who are seduced 

 by the first favours of the strumpet For- 

 tune ; but I did not, like the generality of 

 unfortunate youths who are first entrapped 

 into those dens of iniquity, endeavour im- 

 mediately to follow up my success ; indeed, 

 I could not class myself as such, for I had 

 nothing to lose, except what they had fur- 

 nished me with, which I did not feel dis- 

 posed to risk again. 



It will be thought, too, that I should 

 have been grateful to the friend through 

 whose means I had been put into a little 

 ready cash ; but so perverse is the human 



