Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-06-14

ture.
You have won fairly
The Count made another gesture of
affirmation.
The Prince contiueG.
BY right you are henceforth the only
Prince Of Falckenberg, but there is another
person who has the same title by fact
that is myself This will be an annoyance
and trouble to you and to remedy which
have to make propstion.'
what is it 2 asked the Frenchman.
My existence is an obstacle to you, and
it depends on yourself to break it, for it is
my wish to play my life against hundred
thousand crowns
That the Count did not understand was
vident from the expression of his face
The Prince, who noticed his look of bewil
derment, continued;
If should win, will Immediately de-
part with the remnant Of my fortune, and
will go so far away that You shall never
hear me spoken Of in future. If lose,
give you my word of honor, that in five
minutes there shall be no longer Prince
of Falckenberg in fact but only one by
right"
The Count WAS appalled, at the frightful
stakes proposed by the Polander, and ex-
claimed:
But, sir, there is no necessity for us to
play. am perfectly willing to give you
the sum You require, and an one Of your
estates that you may think fit to take back
again.
4 will only accept the chances of the
cards. replied the Prince, proudly. I am
not begger, and will accept no aims, still
less an insult. You have my answer.
But"
IF you do not agree 10 play with me for
the stake Ipropose, refuse It at once, and
] will leave your house immediately
Another thought struck the Count-he
said to himself, that it only depended on
his own action whether he should win or
not, and he accepted the terms proposed.
What name eau be given to the strange
eaprices Of destiny. How to explain What
passed, except by the intervention of some
evil genii. Count de Lacrosse's skill failed
him at the moment when mans life was
the stake played for. 10 spite of all bis
efforts, bis extraordinary luck fatally des-.
troyedsaaI bis combinations. -.
He won Tue game.
The stake is not serious one,' cried he,
the moment the Prince threw the cards on
the table. twill not accept regard
.itas nothing
/ The Prince Of Falckenberg did not An
swer word. He simply took sheet Of
paper and wrote the following lines in a
firm hand;
4 hereby will and declare that Count de
Lacrosse Is the sole inferior of my fortune
and titles'to >ths exclusion of all my col
lateral heirs, without any exception. !
moreover declare that voluntarily put au
!. end TO my. life, and that / desire no one
willseek 10 uaravel the cause Of my sui
eide t7z< ~.
He signed aud dated this wifi, md then
: left the apartment By secret door, which
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