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, are thrown in heaps upon the table, and the fate of the gamester hangsliterally upon a breath. These haunts are seldom visited by the officers of justice, for it isalmost impossible to storm the barriers in season to catch the criminalsin the very act. Today you approach a gambling-hell by this door, tomorrow the inner passages of the house are mysteriously changed, and it is impossible to track them without being frequently misled;meanwhile the alarm is sounded throughout the building, and v...eryspeedily every trace of guilt has disappeared. The lottery is anotherpopular temptation in the quarter. Most of the very numerous wash-housesare said to be private agencies for the sale of lottery tickets. Putyour money, no matter how little it is, on certain of the charactersthat cover a small sheet of paper, and your fate is soon decided; forthere is a drawing twice a day. Enter any one of the pawn-shops licensed by the city authorities, andcast your eye over the motley collection of unredeemed articles.
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