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XLI.

THE GAMESTERS.

" Quid prodest homini, si universum mundum literetur,animce autem sua detrimentum tatiaiurV —Mat. xvi

Death and the Devil are disputing the possession of one ofthe gamesters, whom both have seized. Another seems tobe interceding with the Devil on behalf of his companion,whilst a third is scraping together all the money on the table.