Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-04-26

| 'D"t UHVe drought yOu tUoUcv'
Then buy brend for yourself and the
child am not hungry
But here is enough, with prudence, TO
last us some time look, ten francs
Ten francs show them to mellow
cnme you possessed of so much? it matters
not - give hem 10 me, Adela, and will
buy something for our present wants.
twill 60 with you, Adolph, or you will -
'Wll what p
Lose them at the gaming table Oh
AdoIpb, consider the many hours | have
waited and watched in the cold blast with
scarce covering for summers evening,
and the sneers and repronches of,hose who
made refusal doubly bitter by their ,aun's;
! cannot 90 again; consider, the poor child
has not tasted food for many an hour you
used to love the once, and think the cover,
ing for winters day too slight to protect
me from the breath OF a summer wind
How often have you said could not bear
the fatigue of a few hours journey in my
own carriage, with all the aid that luxury
could invent, and now you let me stand as
an outcas,, hour after hour, TO beg boon
from those -, oh AdoIph, Ado'ph !
why throw this in my face? Your
friends have offered you again and agnln
10 live Wi h them you can then have all
these luxuries which you so covet.'
i cannot leave you Adoph, | value your
| affections more than all the luXaries the
world can bestow-I do not repine- | only
ask you to give up this one passion. and
your talents may yet support US; we have
had bitter lesson of how little depend.
ence can be placed on the chances of The
gaming table; we have lost aIl-even your
friends have cast you off, and left you to
starva'on; and yet you are still the same,
wanting but the means
We'll, my dearest Adela, promise you
| this shall not share the fate Of the rest
You promise me-
He then eft the room and fastened down
the stairs without perceivlng me. on nc
! count of the obscur,y of The passage.
! entered the room she started on my en-.
tcring, but when she perceived me, she ex.
claimed
% sir, am afraid you have heard how
| likely your kindness is to be thrown away,
bot do not blame me-if you have heard all
| am sure you will not
| assured her did not for an instant i'm
! pute he least degree of blame to her, and
had followed her solely for the purpose of
rendering farther assistance. in case it had
been in my power, as one of the heads Of
the pol!ce'. and was glad ! had done so
since had heard the sad recital of her
suferngs. | left her something farther TO
purchase supply for her immediate ne
cessi,ics, making her promise TO call at my
office on the following day, in order that |
might arrange something 20 enable her, at
least, to better her present condition, il
she still persisted in refusing the offers OF
her friends.
Adoph. on leaving the house, FASTENED
with he intention of purchasing some food
for his furnishing wife and child as 1t was
late, and the shops were for The most part
closed -he had to 60 short distance TO
find those in The great 'horougbiareS that
were no. so early in closing. ln his way
was a mouse that in his latter days he had
often freqenled. and where the smalIness of
the stake had been consistent with his little
means. The door was open, and he lights
-hone from within. announcing that the
deadly work was still going on. He paus
ed for an instant at the threshold; might
he not be in luck fortune, which had so
| long been his enemy, might for once stand
his friend should he bu' gain small sum
o relieve him from his present dreadful
state, and enable him once more to s'rug
| gle with The world. he would forswear the
gaming table forever; tut then, the lho'ts
of his poor wife, the misery she had andur
ed for his sake. the remembrance of their
fond affection before adversely had laid It's
hand so strongly on him. and what she had
undergone TO gain This small sum. on the
other hand warned him from entering. -
But cannot lOse-I must win-she will
be so pleased 10 see Iulle hoard to set u:
once more afloat. '-nnd musing .hus, he
found himself at he door Of the rooms, be
fore he wos aware that he had been me-
financially ascending the stairs.
As he entered the room the last throw
was Just decided, and some one exclaimed
with loud voice, rouge has gained three
times, such run cannot last, III 60 OF
noir this time, hove previously lost a mos
every thing by rouge Adolph followed
his example. and pu, down five francs OF
noir. There was a dead silence for few
minutes, every one watching the result o
the throw.
Rouge has gained again Thousand
maedIctions,' cried one, This il the fourtt
time; 1t cannot happen forever. will tr,
nor once more-rouge cnanot be thrown
again
This time nearly all backed noir to The
highest amount allowed by the laws of the
table; the chances being so strong ogans
rouge coming up once more, Adolph pu
down his last five franc piece, and rouge
TO the modification of ell but the bankers
came up for the fifth time.
TRY it once more said one of his oman
dam associates, don't DO disheartened at
little bad luck in the beginning; come pIa,
on nolr again, there has been such an un
, usual run upon rouge
Il hnye moi hing left IN NAV with bo so;d