Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1837-11-24

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Alfel was not pftpafed fUr ihis
howettf,his polite conductor would
adfhit tf not2cnae, end orlaifs he
went. N NE comte's apartments.
leaking on the magnificent pfbmen.
AIDES Of Ne Jan dues 1uefios. were
SIS on ei4ht gentlemen, " | may so call
ihems enjoying tie most costly wines.
They talked sang md tested with hu.
NOR and gaiety. Young 81 lalarre.
was soon quite at home with them.
and, IN ihe invitations 10 dfink wine
he wondered how quickly he finished
a bottle Of champagne. Ecach per.
son IN Tie company told q good story.
or sang gay song. and The comte
himself seemed TO have laid aside his
dignity and mingled in The general
mcrriment. The evening was beau
tiiul--they could hear from the street
beneath, the voices of the passengers.
mingled with the tinkling Of guitars,
or the tones of itinerant organs-oc.
the words of a song scared
and the burden was taken up
and chorused in the room. The gar
dens he'd not yet closed, and groups,
composed of every nation sauntered
along the orange bowers, or soughtre.
lief from the heat in the shade Of lar
ger trees. Gay ladies, and gallant
men, excited a remark from the com
pany, as, in their promenade, they
passed in review before them. Be
tween the street and the river was the
palace of the Tuileries, the Place du
CarousaI, and themagnl6cent Louvre.
The setting sun was tlnging the green
lsh waters Of the Seine with golden
hue, by the powerful alchemy Of his
beams, and a pavilion Of purple clouds
hung from the sky above. Alfred, |
am certain, would gladly have looked
longer on this happy and lively scene,
but it was shat from his view by tho
OF lights, and closing Of
the shutters. Liquors were also pro-
duced, and, as Alfred was a stranger
to the comte's establishment, he had
to express his opinion upon the Cura-
coa' Noyeau, Eau de vie d Antin,
and various cremeS, which tended not
a little to disturb his head. As some
lef the guests wished to have ganee
at cards, the comte, "not keeping
such articles" he said. sent his servant
10 borrow few packs and, as the
numbers were incomplete, Alfred was
forced to play. He would fain be ex-
cused, but he made up the table, and
as he might play for anything or no.
thing, he sat down. The stake was
named-next to nothing five francs.
Alfred shuddered-they played ecarte
Alfred n:he played on and won:
his companion cursed his i'll luck, and
to recover, insisted on redoublng the
stakes; he did so, and lost--again he
doubled, and Alfred won. In an hour
he won fifty Napoleons. Eleven
O'Clock struck and he started; -
his mother had begged he would
not be out late; and though he did
not promise, he had satisfied her fears.
She might be wanting for him, yet
what could he do? he had won more
money than he thought would be ho-
nest for him toretire with: he wished
the owner ad it, but to offer to re-
turn it would only cause suspicion Of
its not being fairly won, or at least.
subject him to duel. He consulted
the comte. The comte was engaged
at asmall scrutorie, talking very ear
nestly with the person whom Alfred
had won the money from. He start
ed when he approached. "Why, M.
Alfred" said the plausible noble, "you
are the terror Of the room; my friend,
the Marquis Villemont, is bankrupt
do you wish forum me, too, that you
approach mel" "No," he replied. 81
was wishing to retire, as | promised
my mother to be home early." "Re-
tire at this hour" said the other, with
effected surprise, "why have you for
gotten you are engaged to meW "For
the evening" said Alfred. sand this
is but the evening, surely," replied
the compte: '.but come,. most dutliul
youth, to applaus your scruples, ! will
send my servant with directions that
you viii take a bed tonight at inv a.
partments, and they need not expect
YOU Alfred stood for moment III.
resolute, but the money he had won
hung like a clog to keep him. and he