The trapper or voyageur games away the fruit of his long marches and perilous adventures. The planter coming to the city to purchase supplies for the year from the sale of his crop, games away his entire account,
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Interior of the Old Absinthe House.
and returns to his plantation without provisions or clothing.
"The women are different; with all their beauty they are without coquetry, and are devoted to their
