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purses, the proceeds, perhaps, of six months’ hard labor, to buy 
the necessary provisions and clothing, get their letters, &c. 
They meet old friends, drink, go to the gambling house, drink 
again, and finally bet a small amount, and perhaps win. 
They bet again, and again win. A feeling of avarice is now 
excited, and they risk a large sum. But after repeated bets, 
with varied success, they discover that they are losers. They 
now make the fatal resolve that they will win back what they 
have lost and quit; the next moment they are ruined. 
