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Show -j-. Cftuslit nt" Last. . For sor.io timo it lias been woll known that certain of our uuwiio young n and some that were not so young twrc violating the laws of tho city against gambling, but P to last Sunday morning morn-ing they had succeeded in ovadlng tho officer, Judgment has however overtaken over-taken them and Justice Ahlstrom has risen to the occasion nud spoken a little piece to them that it Is to be hoped will be of lasting benefit. Last Saturday night as Marshal Thomas Uric was on his way home from a ball which he had been attending, attend-ing, his attention was attracted by tho noise in tho upper story of tho Bladen Walker nnd Arther Itullding, nud us his suspicious had been directed to. that locality for some tltne ho was at no los to account for the cause of tho racket. Mr. Urle lost no time In sccu'rlng tho assistance of Constable Fred Ashdown, Iand they immedlatcdly proceeded to business. Finding tliat they could not get lnj.p the Jiulldlug in the' ordinary I wasithoyire'soHqihtoTtotUaYmeftas and although thoyynudc considerable nolso over It, so absorbed wcro the victims tliat they heard nothing of It. In a short time tho ofileers'found themselves themsel-ves at the door of the room in the up per story where tho gamo was In progress. pro-gress. ,. Hut tho door was closed, and Ifi they knocked for admittance they wera aw-aio aw-aio that all they would bo abls to see whrn they wero admitted would be a set of innocent looking chaps quietly chatting and smoking. How fo mako sure of tho evidence without alarming the gentlemen was now tho question; while they wero waiting developments on the outsldpof the room door their proy, all unconscious unconsc-ious of their proximity was proceeding with tho business in hand anil their conversation was dlslinctlv audlbio-to the waiting ofllclers. Getting tlfcil of waiting for somo of the inmates to como tut, the marshal filially turned the knob of tho door apd giving it a vigorous push ho was iu tho room and scrardng the "Chips" and file cash from the table before the bewildered gaiustcrs realized realiz-ed where they were at. Each follow made a grab for his little pile of coin and succeeded in gotting it into his pocket, but the 'Tot" whatever Unit may be, apd the cards, together with the aforotald Chips", were securod by the minions of the law. The I'nfortun-ate I'nfortun-ate victims held a meeting with Judge Ahlstrom Monday morning, and plead gulltvto the charge of gambling. Two of them were fiaed in tho sum ot 535. each, four of them wore fin. d S-(l, jaeh and two of then wei t Pv $ii caoh. Our rr;iort r dhl m t hc.'i m i- 4 once upon whloh the gtnd'nk of 'Aa lliis was done, but'tho Justice doubt lew had good reason for his judgment. Tho wholo of tho party paid their tines and took to the street where they could ox pross tholr opinions without being fined for contempt of court. Throe of the men came from Kanarra and the rest of them aro residents of this el ty. It is bnt justice to the parties to sy that in other rekpect they are roPC table oitUeiis, and It la to be hoped that this will be tho ineuiw of reolalililiig them from this vice, aud erushhij; out tho gambling evil from ourcoinaninll)'. Out of respect to them we u-friunfrom publishing their names; l"lievu1(. ng wo do tlmt the penalties of the Irrv au jn illoted not for tho punhhini nt of the triumgreafcori but for hh, ,, f filiation and for the protection of soi-h-u. df)t credit Is due to MarUial trie uiidlOtm stable Ashdown for the abl.- ii.anaer In which they manugi-J tlu mature, wherein they nmniftf4 un ability that would do credit to men of f.u- creator experience ... |