The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-07-29
ASHLAND. ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY MO

what luck l--stop another Napoleon OF
the foorI Ah sacre- petit poisson d
Napoleon have 1 found thee at last
Now, then, sir-two tight double knot
each way with your honorable permis
sion, and the moneys safe. Feel it
feel it, fortunate, sir hard and roupt
as a cannon ball-Ah, Bah ! if they
had only fired such cannon balls at us
at Austcrlitz-mons dune I. ipetsif they
only had And now, as an aneieni
grenadier, as az, ex- brave of the Fresa.
army, what remains for me to do? ]
ask what? Simply this to entreat my
valued English friend to drink a bottle
of champagne with me, and toast the
goddess of fortune in forming goblets
be;ore we partln
Excellent cx brave Convivial an
cicnt grenadierl Champagne by all
meansl An English cheer for an old
soldier Hurrah! hurrah ! Another
English cheer for the goddess Fortune
Hurrah! Hurrah : s. 80 q =
Bravol the Englishman; the nmi-
able, gracious Englisbman, in whose
veins circulates the vivacious blood OF
France Another glass? All! AhI-
the bottle is empty! Never mind !
Tire le viaa! I, the old soldier, order
another bottle, and half pound of 6o,a-
6ons with it r.
No, no, ex-brare; ncver-ancicnt t
grenadier! Your bottle las: time; nay
bottle this. Behold it Toast away
The French Army the great Napo-
Icon 1.-The present company the crou-
pier the honest croupier's wife and
daug ghters--is he has any! the ladies
generally Everybody in the worldl
BY the time the second bottle of cham
pague was empiied, l felt as if 1 had
been drinking liquid firc-1my braiu
seemed all hame. No excess in wine
had ever had this effect on me before in
my life. Was it the result of stimu
Int acting upon my system when I was
in highly excited state Was my
stomach in q articularly disordercd
condition ? Or was the chan p ,grepar
ticularly strong
"Ex brave of the French Army y
cried 1, in mad state of exhiieration.
. I am on firel how are youP You have
set me on FIRE! Do yau hear, mE hero
of Austerli,z? Let US have third bot
tie of champagne to put the fame out!"
The old soldier wugged his head, rolled
his google eyes, until expected to see
them slip out of their sockets; placed
his dirty fore finger by The side-of his
broken nose sulernly, calculated "Cof
fee > and Immediately ran off into an
inner room.
The word pronounced by the eccentric
veteran, seemed to have a magical effect
on the rest of tho company present
With ole accord they all rose to depart
Probably they had expected to profit by
my intoxication; but finding that my
new friend was benevolenuy bent on
preventing me from getting dead drunk,
had now abandoned all hope of thriving
pleasantly on my winnings. Whatever
their motive might be, at any rate they
went away in body. When the cd
soldier returned, and sat down again
opposite me at the table, we had the
room to ourselves. | could see the crou-
pier, in a sort of vestibule which opened
out of it, eating his supper in solitude.
The silence was now deeper than ever.
A sudden change, too, had come over
the "ex-brave." He assumed porten
tously solemn look; and when he spoke
to me again, his speech was ornamented
by no oatbs, enforced by no finger snap
Ping, enlivened by ne apostrophcs, or
exclamation
Listen, my dear sir" said he, in
mysteriously confidential listen
to an old soldiers advice. have been
to the mistress of the house "a very
charming woman, with genius for cook
eryf) to imp, ess on her the necessity of
making US some particularly strong and
good coffee. You must drink this coffee
in order to get rid of your little amiable
exaltation of spirits, before you think
of going home-you must, my good and
gracious friend! With all that money
to take home tonight, it is sacred du-,
ty to yourself to have your wits about
you. You are known to be winner to
an enormous extent, by several gentle
men present tonight, who, in certain
point of view, are very worthy and
amiable fellows; but they arc mortal
men, my dear sir, and they have their
amiable weaknesses. Need say more |
Alb, no, no you understand me! Now
this is what you must do-scnd for cab
riolet when you feel quite well again
draw up all the windows when you get
into it-and tell the driver to take you
home only through the large and we'll
lighted thoroughfares. Do this; and
you and your money will be safe Do
this; and morrow you will thank an
old soldier for giving you a word of
honest advice"
81 just as theex-bravc ended his oration