The Kanzas news., 1859-04-16

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mented With blue and silver The door OF
the next apartment was open, and displayed
> long room, splendidly csrpeted. and 6Iled
with Injuries. lounges. liquor-cases. gaming
tabses, pictures, staiusry, curious arms, 6les
Iof neNspapers, and. in short. al the para
Iphernsils Of . gorgeous. gambling house
Tbis apartment opened into aeosher. through
wide, folding doors. and On the foor below.
C0urtandt had caughts glance of two sim
ilsr Pariors. These were che !" Count Cara
10 Carands's rooms, ",iss famous among
ths fashionable sportingrmen, where so ma
ny fortunes had been lest and won--so ma
ny splendid banQuets served-so much wine
drsnk-so many songs supg-so many
hopes blighted-so many hearts broken~&so
many names ataFnished--so many graves
opened J. The shadow of the tomb lsy
across those cheerful sunlit saloons. The
atmosphere seemed to ring with faint echoes,
as of the broken man. When Courtlandt
fodnd out what sort of a place be was in. he
remembered that he had heard 0rahame Al.
len speak of these rooms, and of the dramas
sometimes tragedies-commenced there,
to be ended in the hospitals, the streets or
the river, and he inyolnntariIy shuddered.
"Well, sir?'' said Count Carajo Caramba.
.'Ah beg your pardon, sir, for intru-
ding upon you. thus. butt have come to
ask delicate favor of you" ssf y
"Well, sir?''
"You have in your possession a blue dia-
mOnd"-the count held up his finger. with
the ring upon it--''and am anxious to be-
come its owner, for particular and especial
reasons. which I am not at liberty to name"
well. sir g, .az., f..os..s ,'-s.ee-T g.
"Now, what want to know is, whether
there is any possibility of my obtaining it
from you, at any price e'' s9'i' Hl'2
"Undoubtedly.7 I have promised one to
my wife; but can easily import one A
month or two will make no difference, for
madame is out of town, and will not return
until September" ,- - '--
eff you will name your valuation of the
ring. sir, I will draw you check on the
spot" l1aa yls1c- % so1 -idarisat lla-af
"Well, sir. do not deal in jewelry. and
do not care to make profit. The price
paid for the jewel was three thousand dol
lars. The expense and trouble shall be
subjected to, in procuring another, will be
nearly as much more. Five thousand dol
lars, we will say. for the ring. not to be par
iicular"
''I am greatly indebted to you, sir. If
will meet you at my bankers tomorrow,
when you can deliver the ring to me-"
1T is immsterial. sir, am happy to have
been the means of serving you. Meet me
tomorrow, and hand me the tlifie, either
in money or an endorsed note, and ! sLalI
be perfectly satisfied -
cat three clock, then, will be here. :"
"At any time that will accommodate you.
sir, afteI one O'Clock. I rise at that hour. -
Good morning, sir. cannot thank you
sufficiently sF #t5e asI 3ug lea.t.
do not think of it as an obligation
Good morning"
CourtlandL regaiEed the street, and en-
tered his carriage. Five thousand dollars
for present TO his lady love The count
had swi9dled him egregiously, bat he did
not so consider it. He had promised the
diamond to Hattie Larkley, and if it had
cost double the money, he would have had
it. She left town the next night, when he
felt sure his muni6cence would be rewarded
by her acceptance of him for "what young
lady," reasoned he, with much nationality,
.'can stand the suit of man who, sones
egotsme, is not bad-looking, not an idiot,
and who gives away. blue diamonds?"
At three o'clock of the next afternoon,
Courtlahdt found Count Carajo Caramba
smoking an after breakfast chibouqe, 1.-THE
count affected an oriental taste At times
and their bargain. was completed. Court
landt counted out fifty fresh, crisp bank.
notes, of one hundred dollars each, and left
the magnificent brown stone house, with
hope in his heart aud the blue diamond up
on his finger. rafFi later.- eli ifuaa =.
1t is singular how the wisest of US will
make fools of ourselves for the women We
love! - ''.., F"''"
That night. somewhere after twelve
O'Clock, the young man placed the ring ten
derly on the rosy tipped, dimpled little dig
it of Hattie Larkley; and kissing her affec-
tionately, bade her adieu. tlsb7asss-zH
Goodbye, loye-~good-bye, my own
The day following. Courtlandt started for
Saratoga. According t" promise he wrote
TO Miss Larkley at Yohkers. but received
no answer. He wrote again. and still rs-
ceived no answer. A third letter brought
nothing in reply, and the young man, gave
it up. Either his letters were interrupted,
or she wished to throw him over, and be
was not the man to humble himself when
his pride was touched. 80 40 stii
When he came back to New York in the
autumn, after very melancholy season. hz
took trip to Yonkers, and made covert in
quiries about Miss Larkley. sr
Nobody had ever heard Of such . person,
and as natural consequence Of this diseov.
ery--or want of diseoEery-Courtlaudt had
Ia severe fit of the blues. ~ a'f-sisq BE-
One night, while on species of spres
with Grahame Allen, he entered box in
one of the most fashionable stairs res
taurants in the city, and ordered SUPPER
While discussing the meal-broiied birds,
with champagne sauce and tFuffies-the
twain we're conscious Of the presence oi
Count Carajo Caramba in the next box to