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pretended 10 zee an acquaintance at The
other end Of the room. and shuff1ed away
with the greatest expedition.
In few minutes Adolph found himsc
again in the street, but where to turn OF
90 he knew rot; could he return home &c
say he had again lost all no. no-l'e could
not 60 back empty handed; q few steps
forward was baker shutting up his shop
and cabro'et coming BY at the moment
slipped its wheel; the baker ran to give
his assistance, and his son busily employed
with the cabriolct driver in searching for
the Inch pin; no body was passing by, and
those about the cabrio'et were buslly en-
gagged. A loaf OF bread would be to him a,
that moment almost as the treasures of the
east; he crept toward the shop and seized
one Of the oaves that was lying on The
counter; in the next moment the cry OF
stop theft! resoupded in his enrs-,he ba
ker's wife from within had seen him he
grasped the loaf and ran. pursued by many
who were drawn together by the cry OF
stop thief expecting some amusement
from the chase Of plllerer; his fears gave
him speed and he was fast dis,ancing his
pursuets, when he gained the pont du No.
ire Dame; the patrol was going over at
that moment, and he saw that he should
not be allowed to pass he stopped his
pursuers were fast approaching what was
to be done, should he be taken ms a mid
night robber, and condemned to pass the
rest o! his days as galley slave There
was no time for hesitation, The Seine was
before him, aud in he plunged. HIS pur-
suers reached the bridge only in time to
see him throw himself off: There was a
low. hollow gurgIe on the water, showing
where he fell, which soon subsidized, and
the stream resumed its quiet. CLASSY look
above, while below death was fast work
ing It's way. 1t was sometime before the
by's,anders could procure the means OF
fesculng the body from the water. and
when 1t was brought forth, they perceived
heir efforts for rcsusc,a'ion would prove
unava'l'ng, and with shrug of the shoul
ders, and an ejaculation of poor can the!
lett 1t IN charge of the patrol, to be con
signed to the Morgue.
| afterward learned that Adolph was the
| only son of rich me. chant, who at hi:
death had left him in he sole possession y
| all his wealth; he mad married rather above
his rank 10 life, wife who loved him tc
excess the world offered him all the plea
sures that wealth and reciprocal affection
could beslow; but it was not in his power
to taste them. Play was the rcignng pas
sion Of his heart, and the result was hi.
total ruin. His own and his wife's friend:
had often assisted him, and started him
again and nga'n IN The world, with every
prospect of success but s'il The demon o
gambling forced him from The path of rec.
inude, and he sunk deeper than eyer hi:
friends refused again to assist him and onl,
offered on asylum to his wife. on condition
hat she lived apart from her husband
This, in all his dstresses, she had refused
to do, nor was it until death had separated
them forever, that she sought refuge will
her family. She now lives in SINAI
house near ST. Cloud. and all her hope:
are centred in her only child hoy, whose
outward form and lace strongly rcsembl,
those that made so deep an impression or
her heart A.: and her daily prayer is, tina
heaven may warn him of those dangers
which wrecked his father in LIES uncertain
voyage.