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(Ann Sophia) title: Sybil Chase; or, The Valley Ranche: A Tale of California Life date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/47237.txt cache: ./cache/47237.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'47237.txt' 21706 txt/../ent/21706.ent 23587 txt/../pos/23587.pos 53835 txt/../wrd/53835.wrd 5163 txt/../ent/5163.ent 466 txt/../ent/466.ent 53835 txt/../pos/53835.pos 23587 txt/../wrd/23587.wrd 41169 txt/../ent/41169.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 60897 author: Mittleman, E. title: The Non-Electronic Bug date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/60897.txt cache: ./cache/60897.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 2 resourceName b'60897.txt' 53407 txt/../ent/53407.ent 46266 txt/../ent/46266.ent 531 txt/../ent/531.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 46266 author: Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène title: The Sharper Detected and Exposed date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/46266.txt cache: ./cache/46266.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 6 resourceName b'46266.txt' 53835 txt/../ent/53835.ent 23587 txt/../ent/23587.ent 19569 txt/../wrd/19569.wrd === file2bib.sh === id: 5163 author: Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) title: Guy Garrick date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/5163.txt cache: ./cache/5163.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 4 resourceName b'5163.txt' 19569 txt/../pos/19569.pos === file2bib.sh === id: 21706 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: Twice Bought date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/21706.txt cache: ./cache/21706.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 5 resourceName b'21706.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 53407 author: Stratemeyer, Edward title: Dave Porter's Return to School; Or, Winning the Medal of Honor date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/53407.txt cache: ./cache/53407.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 4 resourceName b'53407.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 17917 author: Green, J. H. (Jonathan Harrington) title: Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/17917.txt cache: ./cache/17917.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 5 resourceName b'17917.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 41169 author: Maskelyne, John Nevil title: Sharps and Flats A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/41169.txt cache: ./cache/41169.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 5 resourceName b'41169.txt' 19569 txt/../ent/19569.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 531 author: Steinmetz, Andrew title: The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2) date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/531.txt cache: ./cache/531.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 5 resourceName b'531.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 466 author: Steinmetz, Andrew title: The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2) date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/466.txt cache: ./cache/466.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 6 resourceName b'466.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 23587 author: Devol, George H. title: Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/23587.txt cache: ./cache/23587.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 5 resourceName b'23587.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 53835 author: Nevill, Ralph title: Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/53835.txt cache: ./cache/53835.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 10 resourceName b'53835.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 19569 author: Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris) title: The Guests Of Hercules date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/19569.txt cache: ./cache/19569.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 6 resourceName b'19569.txt' Done mapping. Reducing subject-gambling-gutenberg === reduce.pl bib === id = 23058 author = Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich title = The Queen Of Spades date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 3600 sentences = 285 flesch = 87 summary = "How is it, Herman, that you never touch a card?" remarked one of the "A fable," remarked Herman; "perhaps the cards were marked." the young man; "only tell me the three cards which are sure to win, Herman paused as the old woman opened her lips as if about to speak. "Will you tell me the names of the magic cards, or not?" asked Herman The young man then drew a pistol from his pocket, exclaiming: "You old Tchekalinsky, a man who had passed his whole life at cards, opened "Permit me to choose a card," said Herman, stretching out his hand over Herman chose a card, and wrote the amount of his stake upon it with a "The tray wins," said Herman, showing the card he held--a tray. Herman then showed his card--a seven spot. "The ace wins," remarked Herman, turning up his card without glancing at cache = ./cache/23058.txt txt = ./txt/23058.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 19569 author = Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris) title = The Guests Of Hercules date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 163839 sentences = 10516 flesch = 88 summary = "Is Monte Carlo like that?" Mary asked, with the quick, only half-veiled near-sighted lady, like her half-sister, Mary's adored Reverend Mother; "Mary isn't such a baby that she ought to need looking after," said courageous, he thought, and looked at Mary closely; but her eyes Mary Grant's eyes had looked to him like "Yes, I feel I shall like roulette better," Mary decided. Prince Vanno saw the four leaving the Casino together, Mary and Carleton Vanno came to the rock-town with the ruined castle which Mary had looked Vanno turned in the direction of her glittering eyes, and saw Mary Grant "And yet," Mary said, almost pitifully, "I have _liked_ men to think "I should love to come--to see it--but only as your friend," Mary said, said, looking Vanno straight in the eyes, a way of hers when people had Both men looked disappointed: Vanno because he wanted to hear Marie's "I love Mary," Vanno said. cache = ./cache/19569.txt txt = ./txt/19569.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 23534 author = Garrett, Randall title = ...Or Your Money Back date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 8001 sentences = 783 flesch = 92 summary = "That's good, counselor," said Howley. Instead of telling you what Jason Howley _said_ he was going to do, I'll "Two thousand limit, sir," the croupier said, when it looked as though the table when the croupier said, "Thirteen, Black, Odd, and Low" for "Well, I knew you was working on that Howley case, and I thought this The ball fell into Thirteen, Black, Odd, and Low. A huge grin spread over Thursby's face, but he was man enough not to "I wonder how the thing works?" said Thursby, looking at the gadget in a "You'd better be able to prove that it _does_ work, Thursby," I said, "Let's try another number," Thursby said. Thursby said: "Oh, if the Court please, I should like to remind counsel "Call your next witness," said the judge, looking at me. I turned Howley over to Thursby. "I wonder, myself, sometimes," Howley said. cache = ./cache/23534.txt txt = ./txt/23534.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 5163 author = Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) title = Guy Garrick date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 68547 sentences = 4745 flesch = 86 summary = Garrick what looked like a discharged shell of a cartridge. "Where did you leave the car?" asked Garrick of Warrington. "There was no trace of the car in the city?" asked Garrick, of the "Do you know the place?" asked Garrick, watching Warrington narrowly. "You know my ideas on modern detective work," Garrick remarked to me, house the same night and about the same time that Warrington's car "Yes," answered Garrick, "so far it does look inexplicable." As she placed her small hand in Garrick's, she looked up into his face, Garrick managed to leave Warrington for a time under the pretext that headlight of a car which Garrick had turned on him, he looked ghastly. "And she's already in the city?" asked Garrick of Warrington as he "Looks pretty deserted here," remarked Garrick to Dillon's man, who had "Good!" exclaimed Dillon as Garrick brought our own car to a stop with cache = ./cache/5163.txt txt = ./txt/5163.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 759 author = Beerbohm, Max, Sir title = James Pethel date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 7902 sentences = 579 flesch = 89 summary = "Not while Jimmy Pethel's taking the bank," he answered, with a laugh. I thought every one knew old Jimmy Pethel." I asked what there was so wonderful about "old Jimmy Pethel" that every Pethel asked me to tell him who every one was. "They were QUITE right," said Mrs. Pethel, evidently not for the first "They were QUITE right," said Mrs. Pethel again. To gloss over the mother's disability, I looked brightly at Pethel, as Pethel looked so very I said to Mrs. Pethel, with more Pethel asked her if SHE really wanted to come. "Shall we go and put on our things, Peggy?" replied Mrs. Pethel, rising replied with all possible emphasis that I should like to be with Mrs. Pethel. Pethel, like the good driver he was, did not talk; just drove. cry, and entitled "A Gambler's Wife." Mrs. Pethel was not like that. "Seen Jimmy Pethel?" he asked. cache = ./cache/759.txt txt = ./txt/759.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 17917 author = Green, J. H. (Jonathan Harrington) title = Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 87692 sentences = 5736 flesch = 81 summary = old and advanced member of the "Secret Band of Brothers." Knowing, as he "Green," said she, "some person has been robbing my room." Colonel Brown was a Grand Master of the band of Secret Brothers. Previous to this visit by Mr. Green, Wyatt had told me that gambling was The man has since reformed, and Mr. Green said that when he last saw congratulated the audience that no such thing had been attempted, Mr. Freeman having acknowledged gambling to be an evil. The discussion on gambling, between Mr. Green the Reformed gambler, and Mr. Freeman complained that Mr. Green had classed _all_ gamblers as men Mr. Freeman said that he knew Mr. Green's friends had a reply to cover Every man in this state knows that Mr. Green himself could not pass the law without the aid of the legislature. know all about us--we are called gamblers--and the young man thinks he cache = ./cache/17917.txt txt = ./txt/17917.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 23587 author = Devol, George H. title = Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 112890 sentences = 6402 flesch = 93 summary = got our money." "All right," said the party, and they broke for "Enough," says I, and up went the money in the "hungry" man's hands. night playing the bank--when a good looking old fellow walked in told the old gentleman it was a kind of lottery I saw a man play, After I got the watch the Jew came to me and said: "Look poker going at one time, so I opened up the good old game of monte I don't want to win a black man's money anyway." That got his fun." Then I said to the cow-boy, "Will you bet money on the game I then said, "I will bet you $1,000 that I can turn up the old man The old gent got out his money and wanted to bet $100, but the Then he wanted me to bet money on the game, and I said: cache = ./cache/23587.txt txt = ./txt/23587.txt === reduce.pl bib === === reduce.pl bib === id = 21706 author = Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title = Twice Bought date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 76084 sentences = 4793 flesch = 88 summary = "Right, Paddy," said Tom Brixton, with a harsh laugh; "we've done "Tom," said Westly, when their comrade had gone out, "don't give way to "Sure it's a bar," said the little man, going down on his knees to "Because--because, Paul Bevan," said Tom with sudden earnestness, as he "You are right, Paul," said Tom, bowing his head, while a flush of shame "Only stunned, Betty," said Tom; "will be all right soon, but we must "Out o' the way, _I_ know how to stir him up," said Tolly, coming "Dear Tom," said Fred, in a low voice, "don't give way to despair. two friends of speech--Tom Brixton turned abruptly and said-"No fear o' Tolly," said Flinders; "he's a 'cute boy as can look after It need scarcely be said that these were our friends Paul Bevan, Fred "Tom," said Fred that night, as he sat by the couch of his friend, "we cache = ./cache/21706.txt txt = ./txt/21706.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 531 author = Steinmetz, Andrew title = The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2) date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 86817 sentences = 4487 flesch = 77 summary = 3. An Operator,--who dealt the cards at the cheating game called Faro. at cards, or dice, or any game of chance; this is well known to the But the lord chancellor said that THE GAME PLAYED IN THE COURT OF TURN-UP CARD,--the times and places at which it was said to have been Card-tables were regularly placed, and Whist was played dinner time the nest day, different games at cards, dice, and E O were least, and a turn for such diversions, to play well many games at cards. to card-playing about that time--their favourite game being the rather which says: "Five Cards is an Irish game, and is much played in that 'Many attempts have been made, at various times, to turn playing-cards playing-cards are now spades, clubs, hearts, and diamonds; but at 'The game of Put is played with an entire pack of cards, generally cache = ./cache/531.txt txt = ./txt/531.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 34743 author = Beecher, Henry Ward title = Gamblers and Gambling date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 8681 sentences = 558 flesch = 80 summary = Gambling is the staking or winning of property upon mere hazard. bets and wagers, and the gambling of games of hazard. the jury, and the bar, shuffled cards by night, and law by day--dealing to a gaming-house, but, with apparent kindness, warned not to play. When _playing_ becomes desperate _gambling_, the heart is a hearth where this, what does it amount to but this, that men who _really_ gamble, gambling which includes the _roping-in_ of strangers, young men, When a man _begins_ to gamble he is as a noble tree To every young man who indulges in the least form of gambling, I raise a Playing is the seed which comes up gambling. which you play but the _excitement_ of the game? and Judges are gamblers, with what hope do we warn off the young from GAMBLERS AND GAMBLING, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. cache = ./cache/34743.txt txt = ./txt/34743.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 466 author = Steinmetz, Andrew title = The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2) date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 86374 sentences = 4348 flesch = 74 summary = which in a few years he so lost at play, that he died in great want and wit, and _EXCELLED AT PLAYING A CERTAIN GAME WITH DICE_. to pay his gaming debts, the king one day deducted seventy-two thousand who wanted to establish public gaming tables at the watering-places of house or room wherein he permitted unlawful games to be played. to the play-rooms in order to secure good places at the tables, which, temptation to a man who has won a sum of money at a small gambling house fortune; but having lost all at the gambling table, he gradually came titled ladies not only gambled, but kept gaming houses. suppressing the public gaming houses kept by the said ladies. life he never won or lost L20 at any game, and that he never played at games may not be played in public rooms after one, and before eight, cache = ./cache/466.txt txt = ./txt/466.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 41169 author = Maskelyne, John Nevil title = Sharps and Flats A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 80403 sentences = 4063 flesch = 77 summary = The sharp who uses marked cards will always contrive to 'work cards, or as many of them as happen to fall into his hands, from time to Thus with one hand the sharp is enabled to mark any card he secreted a card in the palm of his hand, the sharp, under cover of the each card is dealt, the finger and thumb of the dealer's right hand fall of cards in your left hand, in the manner usually adopted in dealing, 'second-dealer' will place a known card on top of the pack and deal the case of this kind, the sharp will endeavour to manipulate the cards in cards in a manner which will bring good hands to the sharp and his thumb of his right hand he takes off one card from the top of the pack, very simple, but they mean a great deal, sometimes, in a game of cards. cache = ./cache/41169.txt txt = ./txt/41169.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 47237 author = Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia) title = Sybil Chase; or, The Valley Ranche: A Tale of California Life date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 40928 sentences = 2709 flesch = 86 summary = "You had better ride a little way with us, Mrs. Yates," said Dickinson. He rode away, and Sybil stood watching them for some time; but her face Sybil made no answer to the woman's remark, but sat for a time in moment Margaret fell," said Laurence. "Miss Waring looks pale," interrupted Sybil, whose head was still Mr. Waring, the uncle of Margaret, was one of Miss Laurence's nearest "Good-by, now," said Sybil; "I shall miss the train if I stop another group then with another, looked about and missed Margaret and Hinchley; "It is Margaret," said Sybil. Laurence and Sybil Chase watched every movement and look. "You gave that man a note from Miss Margaret," he said. Well, Mr. Laurence, you don't seem to believe us yet; Sybil shall "Sybil," said Laurence, in a grave, low voice, "is this thing true?" "That's enough--that's like you, Sybil," said Yates, triumphantly, cache = ./cache/47237.txt txt = ./txt/47237.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 46266 author = Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène title = The Sharper Detected and Exposed date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 49708 sentences = 3400 flesch = 83 summary = The game began well for the Greeks: the young man placed on the table He held in his hands three cards--say, the seven of hearts, the king They, having seen the card in his right hand, and followed it closely The bet was accepted by the Greek who, turning over the card pointed used to play at cards, at a table placed close beside his bed. "You observe nothing in this hand of cards?" said Chauvignac. When the Greek, takes up the packet of cards No. 2, to place them on In order to do this trick, the Greek keeps the cards he wishes to neighbourhood of the card-tables, with his right hand placed, as but the Greek manages to play on, and to know the card which is coming, taking up the pack, the Greek selects the cards required, and places is, to know even one card in the hand of your adversary, in that game. cache = ./cache/46266.txt txt = ./txt/46266.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 53407 author = Stratemeyer, Edward title = Dave Porter's Return to School; Or, Winning the Medal of Honor date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 63977 sentences = 5753 flesch = 95 summary = "How long?" asked Dave, looking sharply at Plum and Poole. "Plum, listen to me," said Dave, leaning out of the carryall and facing "Dave, this is hard luck," said the boy's uncle, on receiving the news. "Then maybe Dave won't have so very much spending money," said Gus A few minutes later found the students on the return to Oak Hall, Dave "By the way, I didn't see Gus Plum and Nat Poole," said Phil. "I don't like Nick Jasniff at all," said Dave, slowly. "Do you know, Sam, I don't like that fellow at all," said Dave. "I know two men started for this place to rob your house," said Dave. asked the master of Oak Hall about Dave, for after he came away he said "I am certainly going out," said Dave, to Roger and Ben. "I don't think we'll ever see anything more of Jasniff," said Dave one cache = ./cache/53407.txt txt = ./txt/53407.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 53835 author = Nevill, Ralph title = Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 115804 sentences = 4908 flesch = 69 summary = gaming at White's--The Arms of the Club--The old betting-book A gives B one thousand guineas to play in this manner six hours a day fashionable gaming-houses of his time, frequently played through a pleasure and because the game amuses me, whilst you play merely to win." Though Fox rather excelled at card games of skill, horse-racing was a number of ladies kept what were practically public gaming-tables to having "played at a certain fraudulent and unlawful game called faro, played for were ten pounds a game, and guineas were betted on the odd gambling-tables at country race meetings, whose banks he was given to Club, in old days notorious for high play, still exists. he lost very large sums at the gaming-table, where he once staked existence of the Paris gaming-tables there was at times a good deal In 1814 the stakes on the tables of the French gaming-houses consisted cache = ./cache/53835.txt txt = ./txt/53835.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 60897 author = Mittleman, E. title = The Non-Electronic Bug date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 3115 sentences = 315 flesch = 100 summary = And every time I got a look at his hand, I pushed the little button on Henry knew every card the other man pointed to the window of Henry's place, where I wanted it to face. got into the room and I laid it out for Skippy. We took our time getting back to Henry's place, so Chapo would have "I can hear every word that's on Henry's mind," he said somberly. "All my life," said Skippy, "I've been hearing the voices. "You think Henry took eight thousand off Chapo, don't you? "Well," he said, "you want to know what "Black," Skippy said. When Skippy said black, I put the fifty on red. I could understand a lot about Skippy now--why he didn't like most However, Henry had more brains than Skippy. After all, I had told him I was going out to look for Skippy, cache = ./cache/60897.txt txt = ./txt/60897.txt Building ./etc/reader.txt 23587 19569 41169 19569 23587 53835 number of items: 18 sum of words: 1,064,362 average size in words: 62,609 average readability score: 85 nouns: man; time; cards; money; game; hand; men; card; way; day; gambling; table; one; night; house; place; room; nothing; eyes; friend; thing; life; play; face; number; something; course; people; years; hands; case; others; head; gaming; door; name; days; moment; side; chance; fellow; end; woman; pack; friends; players; anything; things; part; bank verbs: was; had; is; be; have; were; are; said; been; do; did; made; has; ''s; know; see; being; went; go; came; come; got; make; put; told; say; get; lost; take; having; think; let; took; asked; give; am; found; thought; knew; called; going; tell; saw; play; won; left; looked; turned; seemed; gave adjectives: other; good; little; old; great; same; more; many; first; such; few; last; own; much; young; large; certain; right; next; small; long; several; new; best; sure; poor; big; high; short; whole; full; second; bad; ready; sharp; better; most; least; black; different; true; present; white; possible; open; only; public; necessary; able; less adverbs: not; up; so; n''t; then; out; now; very; only; down; as; never; just; here; more; even; back; well; again; too; off; on; there; however; away; most; all; once; in; still; ever; soon; always; much; almost; over; also; far; perhaps; thus; rather; yet; about; long; enough; often; together; quite; first; before pronouns: i; he; it; his; you; him; they; her; she; me; we; my; them; their; your; us; its; himself; our; myself; themselves; herself; one; itself; yourself; ''em; ourselves; mine; ''s; yours; hers; ye; thy; ours; em; theirs; yer; thee; oneself; i''m; you''re; you''ll; on''y; on''t; o; yourselves; yerself; whence; walpole; us:-- proper nouns: _; mary; mr.; dave; garrick; vanno; lord; tom; miss; new; monte; de; mr; dauntrey; plum; paris; england; roger; carlo; casino; george; paul; jasniff; mrs.; warrington; sybil; hall; bill; lady; green; betty; captain; orleans; duke; prince; sir; god; st.; club; ©; angelo; bevan; grant; london; fred; c.; margaret; marie; m.; brixton keywords: man; mr.; game; time; play; paris; lord; henry; gambling; tom; table; street; new; miss; london; james; george; french; france; england; duke; chapter; card; st.; sir; rose; prince; olivier; mrs.; monte; money; king; john; illustration; herman; hazard; hand; good; god; gaming; charles; casino; carlo; captain; yudhishthira; york; yates; wyatt; winter; winslow one topic; one dimension: said file(s): ./cache/19569.txt titles(s): The Guests Of Hercules three topics; one dimension: said; cards; said file(s): ./cache/19569.txt, ./cache/41169.txt, ./cache/21706.txt titles(s): The Guests Of Hercules | Sharps and Flats A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill | Twice Bought five topics; three dimensions: cards money game; said did dave; mary said like; mr man shall; garrick said warrington file(s): ./cache/53835.txt, ./cache/21706.txt, ./cache/19569.txt, ./cache/17917.txt, ./cache/5163.txt titles(s): Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf | Twice Bought | The Guests Of Hercules | Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. | Guy Garrick Type: gutenberg title: subject-gambling-gutenberg date: 2021-06-06 time: 15:06 username: emorgan patron: Eric Morgan email: emorgan@nd.edu input: facet_subject:"Gambling" ==== make-pages.sh htm files ==== make-pages.sh complex files ==== make-pages.sh named enities ==== making bibliographics id: 21706 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: Twice Bought date: words: 76084.0 sentences: 4793.0 pages: flesch: 88.0 cache: ./cache/21706.txt txt: ./txt/21706.txt summary: "Right, Paddy," said Tom Brixton, with a harsh laugh; "we''ve done "Tom," said Westly, when their comrade had gone out, "don''t give way to "Sure it''s a bar," said the little man, going down on his knees to "Because--because, Paul Bevan," said Tom with sudden earnestness, as he "You are right, Paul," said Tom, bowing his head, while a flush of shame "Only stunned, Betty," said Tom; "will be all right soon, but we must "Out o'' the way, _I_ know how to stir him up," said Tolly, coming "Dear Tom," said Fred, in a low voice, "don''t give way to despair. two friends of speech--Tom Brixton turned abruptly and said-"No fear o'' Tolly," said Flinders; "he''s a ''cute boy as can look after It need scarcely be said that these were our friends Paul Bevan, Fred "Tom," said Fred that night, as he sat by the couch of his friend, "we id: 34743 author: Beecher, Henry Ward title: Gamblers and Gambling date: words: 8681.0 sentences: 558.0 pages: flesch: 80.0 cache: ./cache/34743.txt txt: ./txt/34743.txt summary: Gambling is the staking or winning of property upon mere hazard. bets and wagers, and the gambling of games of hazard. the jury, and the bar, shuffled cards by night, and law by day--dealing to a gaming-house, but, with apparent kindness, warned not to play. When _playing_ becomes desperate _gambling_, the heart is a hearth where this, what does it amount to but this, that men who _really_ gamble, gambling which includes the _roping-in_ of strangers, young men, When a man _begins_ to gamble he is as a noble tree To every young man who indulges in the least form of gambling, I raise a Playing is the seed which comes up gambling. which you play but the _excitement_ of the game? and Judges are gamblers, with what hope do we warn off the young from GAMBLERS AND GAMBLING, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. id: 759 author: Beerbohm, Max, Sir title: James Pethel date: words: 7902.0 sentences: 579.0 pages: flesch: 89.0 cache: ./cache/759.txt txt: ./txt/759.txt summary: "Not while Jimmy Pethel''s taking the bank," he answered, with a laugh. I thought every one knew old Jimmy Pethel." I asked what there was so wonderful about "old Jimmy Pethel" that every Pethel asked me to tell him who every one was. "They were QUITE right," said Mrs. Pethel, evidently not for the first "They were QUITE right," said Mrs. Pethel again. To gloss over the mother''s disability, I looked brightly at Pethel, as Pethel looked so very I said to Mrs. Pethel, with more Pethel asked her if SHE really wanted to come. "Shall we go and put on our things, Peggy?" replied Mrs. Pethel, rising replied with all possible emphasis that I should like to be with Mrs. Pethel. Pethel, like the good driver he was, did not talk; just drove. cry, and entitled "A Gambler''s Wife." Mrs. Pethel was not like that. "Seen Jimmy Pethel?" he asked. id: 23587 author: Devol, George H. title: Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi date: words: 112890.0 sentences: 6402.0 pages: flesch: 93.0 cache: ./cache/23587.txt txt: ./txt/23587.txt summary: got our money." "All right," said the party, and they broke for "Enough," says I, and up went the money in the "hungry" man''s hands. night playing the bank--when a good looking old fellow walked in told the old gentleman it was a kind of lottery I saw a man play, After I got the watch the Jew came to me and said: "Look poker going at one time, so I opened up the good old game of monte I don''t want to win a black man''s money anyway." That got his fun." Then I said to the cow-boy, "Will you bet money on the game I then said, "I will bet you $1,000 that I can turn up the old man The old gent got out his money and wanted to bet $100, but the Then he wanted me to bet money on the game, and I said: id: 23534 author: Garrett, Randall title: ...Or Your Money Back date: words: 8001.0 sentences: 783.0 pages: flesch: 92.0 cache: ./cache/23534.txt txt: ./txt/23534.txt summary: "That''s good, counselor," said Howley. Instead of telling you what Jason Howley _said_ he was going to do, I''ll "Two thousand limit, sir," the croupier said, when it looked as though the table when the croupier said, "Thirteen, Black, Odd, and Low" for "Well, I knew you was working on that Howley case, and I thought this The ball fell into Thirteen, Black, Odd, and Low. A huge grin spread over Thursby''s face, but he was man enough not to "I wonder how the thing works?" said Thursby, looking at the gadget in a "You''d better be able to prove that it _does_ work, Thursby," I said, "Let''s try another number," Thursby said. Thursby said: "Oh, if the Court please, I should like to remind counsel "Call your next witness," said the judge, looking at me. I turned Howley over to Thursby. "I wonder, myself, sometimes," Howley said. id: 24495 author: Gordon, Nathaniel title: The Golden Judge date: words: nan sentences: nan pages: flesch: nan cache: txt: summary: id: 17917 author: Green, J. H. (Jonathan Harrington) title: Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. date: words: 87692.0 sentences: 5736.0 pages: flesch: 81.0 cache: ./cache/17917.txt txt: ./txt/17917.txt summary: old and advanced member of the "Secret Band of Brothers." Knowing, as he "Green," said she, "some person has been robbing my room." Colonel Brown was a Grand Master of the band of Secret Brothers. Previous to this visit by Mr. Green, Wyatt had told me that gambling was The man has since reformed, and Mr. Green said that when he last saw congratulated the audience that no such thing had been attempted, Mr. Freeman having acknowledged gambling to be an evil. The discussion on gambling, between Mr. Green the Reformed gambler, and Mr. Freeman complained that Mr. Green had classed _all_ gamblers as men Mr. Freeman said that he knew Mr. Green''s friends had a reply to cover Every man in this state knows that Mr. Green himself could not pass the law without the aid of the legislature. know all about us--we are called gamblers--and the young man thinks he id: 41169 author: Maskelyne, John Nevil title: Sharps and Flats A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill date: words: 80403.0 sentences: 4063.0 pages: flesch: 77.0 cache: ./cache/41169.txt txt: ./txt/41169.txt summary: The sharp who uses marked cards will always contrive to ''work cards, or as many of them as happen to fall into his hands, from time to Thus with one hand the sharp is enabled to mark any card he secreted a card in the palm of his hand, the sharp, under cover of the each card is dealt, the finger and thumb of the dealer''s right hand fall of cards in your left hand, in the manner usually adopted in dealing, ''second-dealer'' will place a known card on top of the pack and deal the case of this kind, the sharp will endeavour to manipulate the cards in cards in a manner which will bring good hands to the sharp and his thumb of his right hand he takes off one card from the top of the pack, very simple, but they mean a great deal, sometimes, in a game of cards. id: 60897 author: Mittleman, E. title: The Non-Electronic Bug date: words: 3115.0 sentences: 315.0 pages: flesch: 100.0 cache: ./cache/60897.txt txt: ./txt/60897.txt summary: And every time I got a look at his hand, I pushed the little button on Henry knew every card the other man pointed to the window of Henry''s place, where I wanted it to face. got into the room and I laid it out for Skippy. We took our time getting back to Henry''s place, so Chapo would have "I can hear every word that''s on Henry''s mind," he said somberly. "All my life," said Skippy, "I''ve been hearing the voices. "You think Henry took eight thousand off Chapo, don''t you? "Well," he said, "you want to know what "Black," Skippy said. When Skippy said black, I put the fifty on red. I could understand a lot about Skippy now--why he didn''t like most However, Henry had more brains than Skippy. After all, I had told him I was going out to look for Skippy, id: 53835 author: Nevill, Ralph title: Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf date: words: 115804.0 sentences: 4908.0 pages: flesch: 69.0 cache: ./cache/53835.txt txt: ./txt/53835.txt summary: gaming at White''s--The Arms of the Club--The old betting-book A gives B one thousand guineas to play in this manner six hours a day fashionable gaming-houses of his time, frequently played through a pleasure and because the game amuses me, whilst you play merely to win." Though Fox rather excelled at card games of skill, horse-racing was a number of ladies kept what were practically public gaming-tables to having "played at a certain fraudulent and unlawful game called faro, played for were ten pounds a game, and guineas were betted on the odd gambling-tables at country race meetings, whose banks he was given to Club, in old days notorious for high play, still exists. he lost very large sums at the gaming-table, where he once staked existence of the Paris gaming-tables there was at times a good deal In 1814 the stakes on the tables of the French gaming-houses consisted id: 23058 author: Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich title: The Queen Of Spades date: words: 3600.0 sentences: 285.0 pages: flesch: 87.0 cache: ./cache/23058.txt txt: ./txt/23058.txt summary: "How is it, Herman, that you never touch a card?" remarked one of the "A fable," remarked Herman; "perhaps the cards were marked." the young man; "only tell me the three cards which are sure to win, Herman paused as the old woman opened her lips as if about to speak. "Will you tell me the names of the magic cards, or not?" asked Herman The young man then drew a pistol from his pocket, exclaiming: "You old Tchekalinsky, a man who had passed his whole life at cards, opened "Permit me to choose a card," said Herman, stretching out his hand over Herman chose a card, and wrote the amount of his stake upon it with a "The tray wins," said Herman, showing the card he held--a tray. Herman then showed his card--a seven spot. "The ace wins," remarked Herman, turning up his card without glancing at id: 5163 author: Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) title: Guy Garrick date: words: 68547.0 sentences: 4745.0 pages: flesch: 86.0 cache: ./cache/5163.txt txt: ./txt/5163.txt summary: Garrick what looked like a discharged shell of a cartridge. "Where did you leave the car?" asked Garrick of Warrington. "There was no trace of the car in the city?" asked Garrick, of the "Do you know the place?" asked Garrick, watching Warrington narrowly. "You know my ideas on modern detective work," Garrick remarked to me, house the same night and about the same time that Warrington''s car "Yes," answered Garrick, "so far it does look inexplicable." As she placed her small hand in Garrick''s, she looked up into his face, Garrick managed to leave Warrington for a time under the pretext that headlight of a car which Garrick had turned on him, he looked ghastly. "And she''s already in the city?" asked Garrick of Warrington as he "Looks pretty deserted here," remarked Garrick to Dillon''s man, who had "Good!" exclaimed Dillon as Garrick brought our own car to a stop with id: 46266 author: Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène title: The Sharper Detected and Exposed date: words: 49708.0 sentences: 3400.0 pages: flesch: 83.0 cache: ./cache/46266.txt txt: ./txt/46266.txt summary: The game began well for the Greeks: the young man placed on the table He held in his hands three cards--say, the seven of hearts, the king They, having seen the card in his right hand, and followed it closely The bet was accepted by the Greek who, turning over the card pointed used to play at cards, at a table placed close beside his bed. "You observe nothing in this hand of cards?" said Chauvignac. When the Greek, takes up the packet of cards No. 2, to place them on In order to do this trick, the Greek keeps the cards he wishes to neighbourhood of the card-tables, with his right hand placed, as but the Greek manages to play on, and to know the card which is coming, taking up the pack, the Greek selects the cards required, and places is, to know even one card in the hand of your adversary, in that game. id: 466 author: Steinmetz, Andrew title: The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2) date: words: 86374.0 sentences: 4348.0 pages: flesch: 74.0 cache: ./cache/466.txt txt: ./txt/466.txt summary: which in a few years he so lost at play, that he died in great want and wit, and _EXCELLED AT PLAYING A CERTAIN GAME WITH DICE_. to pay his gaming debts, the king one day deducted seventy-two thousand who wanted to establish public gaming tables at the watering-places of house or room wherein he permitted unlawful games to be played. to the play-rooms in order to secure good places at the tables, which, temptation to a man who has won a sum of money at a small gambling house fortune; but having lost all at the gambling table, he gradually came titled ladies not only gambled, but kept gaming houses. suppressing the public gaming houses kept by the said ladies. life he never won or lost L20 at any game, and that he never played at games may not be played in public rooms after one, and before eight, id: 531 author: Steinmetz, Andrew title: The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2) date: words: 86817.0 sentences: 4487.0 pages: flesch: 77.0 cache: ./cache/531.txt txt: ./txt/531.txt summary: 3. An Operator,--who dealt the cards at the cheating game called Faro. at cards, or dice, or any game of chance; this is well known to the But the lord chancellor said that THE GAME PLAYED IN THE COURT OF TURN-UP CARD,--the times and places at which it was said to have been Card-tables were regularly placed, and Whist was played dinner time the nest day, different games at cards, dice, and E O were least, and a turn for such diversions, to play well many games at cards. to card-playing about that time--their favourite game being the rather which says: "Five Cards is an Irish game, and is much played in that ''Many attempts have been made, at various times, to turn playing-cards playing-cards are now spades, clubs, hearts, and diamonds; but at ''The game of Put is played with an entire pack of cards, generally id: 47237 author: Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia) title: Sybil Chase; or, The Valley Ranche: A Tale of California Life date: words: 40928.0 sentences: 2709.0 pages: flesch: 86.0 cache: ./cache/47237.txt txt: ./txt/47237.txt summary: "You had better ride a little way with us, Mrs. Yates," said Dickinson. He rode away, and Sybil stood watching them for some time; but her face Sybil made no answer to the woman''s remark, but sat for a time in moment Margaret fell," said Laurence. "Miss Waring looks pale," interrupted Sybil, whose head was still Mr. Waring, the uncle of Margaret, was one of Miss Laurence''s nearest "Good-by, now," said Sybil; "I shall miss the train if I stop another group then with another, looked about and missed Margaret and Hinchley; "It is Margaret," said Sybil. Laurence and Sybil Chase watched every movement and look. "You gave that man a note from Miss Margaret," he said. Well, Mr. Laurence, you don''t seem to believe us yet; Sybil shall "Sybil," said Laurence, in a grave, low voice, "is this thing true?" "That''s enough--that''s like you, Sybil," said Yates, triumphantly, id: 53407 author: Stratemeyer, Edward title: Dave Porter''s Return to School; Or, Winning the Medal of Honor date: words: 63977.0 sentences: 5753.0 pages: flesch: 95.0 cache: ./cache/53407.txt txt: ./txt/53407.txt summary: "How long?" asked Dave, looking sharply at Plum and Poole. "Plum, listen to me," said Dave, leaning out of the carryall and facing "Dave, this is hard luck," said the boy''s uncle, on receiving the news. "Then maybe Dave won''t have so very much spending money," said Gus A few minutes later found the students on the return to Oak Hall, Dave "By the way, I didn''t see Gus Plum and Nat Poole," said Phil. "I don''t like Nick Jasniff at all," said Dave, slowly. "Do you know, Sam, I don''t like that fellow at all," said Dave. "I know two men started for this place to rob your house," said Dave. asked the master of Oak Hall about Dave, for after he came away he said "I am certainly going out," said Dave, to Roger and Ben. "I don''t think we''ll ever see anything more of Jasniff," said Dave one id: 19569 author: Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris) title: The Guests Of Hercules date: words: 163839.0 sentences: 10516.0 pages: flesch: 88.0 cache: ./cache/19569.txt txt: ./txt/19569.txt summary: "Is Monte Carlo like that?" Mary asked, with the quick, only half-veiled near-sighted lady, like her half-sister, Mary''s adored Reverend Mother; "Mary isn''t such a baby that she ought to need looking after," said courageous, he thought, and looked at Mary closely; but her eyes Mary Grant''s eyes had looked to him like "Yes, I feel I shall like roulette better," Mary decided. Prince Vanno saw the four leaving the Casino together, Mary and Carleton Vanno came to the rock-town with the ruined castle which Mary had looked Vanno turned in the direction of her glittering eyes, and saw Mary Grant "And yet," Mary said, almost pitifully, "I have _liked_ men to think "I should love to come--to see it--but only as your friend," Mary said, said, looking Vanno straight in the eyes, a way of hers when people had Both men looked disappointed: Vanno because he wanted to hear Marie''s "I love Mary," Vanno said. ==== make-pages.sh questions ==== make-pages.sh search ==== make-pages.sh topic modeling corpus Zipping study carrel