Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-09
a GaRie Al CARDS.

less PLAYER, he won largely, one night he car
ried aWay 5000 Napoleons; on another he
broke the bank, which was limited TO 5000 -
Bat it was observed he never approached the
rouleue table, addeiiug himself To the rouge
ct NOR or trenle ~ quatautt--n game which,
as you should know, is played with cards aud
m no way depends upon the tteacherous ev-
olutons Of an ivory ball
After ALL these attendances At the Ksrsaal
we're only pour 80 destrGre Il was in pf.
vate that Major Sprotl made his largest gains
At lnusqueuet, picquet, vt ecarie, At what,
al vinst tt.un, he was uuconquerAble. Ile
always won, and that too, by seeming tho
most Indifferent player. Al loo he is said To
have amused enormous sums II was impos-
sible to bring against him the slightest Accn.
sa,Ion OF foul play, but at last the vrsnd dukes
and ambassadors whose pockets ha emptied
began to look with some uueasiness upon tho
terrible American. He didn't play on n sys-
ten, be scarcely looked a, his cards aud yet
he always won
There was a: this time at AK dashng ad-
venturer, of Irish extraction whose eal name
is believed to have been 0'Kelly, but who
called himself the Baaon de kOlli lie had
beeu mixed up ia the mysterious and disrepu-
table intrigue by means OF which the British
government endeavored, but uHsuccessfully,
| 10 release Ferdinand ct Spain (the Virgins
pe,tcoat embroidered) from the clutches of
| Napoleon At Bayonne The Baron de Kohl
had come to AK on the chance OF something
turning up in the way Of adventure OF sWind
/ ling. and lived from b nd to mouth like =
/ high mstlled gamester rs he was. He could
rot obtain admission to the patrician society
/ in which Major Spro,t was welcome guest,
/ hut the Kursasl was open to everybody who
had a decent coat on bis back, aud to the
| kursaal and to the trente ct quarants table,
the Baron de Koli came afternoon sner af-
Z ternoou, playing little when the odds we're
favorable bo' occupying himself much more
With watching the game ofthe man With the
tortoise she'll spectacles
! II chaucel one day that, as Msjor Sprott
was bending across the green baize to stake
handful ot Napoleons on the rouge, one OF the
Strings which, besides the tortoise she'll, con.
/ 6ued the speciacles to his head, became
!oosoned, aud those appendages slid off his
nose and fell on the floor He stopped rapid.
ly to pick them up; but Baron Kolli had been
beforehand with him He had placed the
heel OF one ofhis Hessan boots on the glasses
and crushed them into hundred fragments
Major Sprott (he had won the stake by the
uay) looking extremely Disconnected and
turned towards the lrishman, as if for an
apology; but the latter coollY Whispered
~ did it on purpose. You may pick up the
pieces and put them in YOUR pocket, IL you
like; | think I've spotted your little game, my
darling
Major Sprott angrily shrugged his should.
ers muttered something about nm awkward
boor, and pocketing his winnings, turned to
leave the room, when the Baron de Kohl laid
his hand on his wrist
You'll just 60 on playing, my jewell" he
whispered-"iust for one little hour. | want
to see how you II get on without those eat
back barnacles of yours. II you don't, de-
clare that IN pick quarrel with you, and
blow your brains out before sunrise tomOr
row"
The Baron de Kolli looked as though be,
could he as good as bis word, and the major
went on playing without his tortoise shell
spectaclss. lie stnked low, till the Baron
whispered to him that, unless he put on the
Napoeons little faster he should be com
PEELED to carry out his promise AT the end
Of half an hour, Major sprott had lost eight
hundred NRpoleous.
"And now" he said familiarly, taking the
majors arm, I'VE II Just stroll to the roulette
room and see what they are doing there
"rush | don't want to be ruined" quoth
, Major Sprott, "i play to win, and not to
lose, Baron. Here, come this way and VII
! settle this little matter outside"
They walked into the garden of the kur
saal and when they had reached secluded
nook, the American said
II suppose you are not overburdened with
: worldly wealth, Baron p
II am ns pool" he replied, "as JOB, or {
!. gentleman could we'll be
q ~ thought so. Well, you have broken my
/ speclacles and spoilt, as you say, my littl'
!. game; aud besides, you have killed the goose
n that laid the golden eggs | could easily leaV
a sou baiied and uncertain; but like peae
n and quietness, and would rather not have
!. spy watching my movements Here are Gv'
q rouleaux, each containing hundred Napols
, ous, for you to hold your tongue forty-eigh
n hours, by which time / shall be across tn
. French frontier Will that dor"
!. The baFon bowed and protested his etsrna
ia gratitude The NJ or gave him the money
10 which he lost in fortnight at roulette
;" As for Major Sprott, he discharged his bi
~ at the hotel, and leaving handsome gratu
q i,y TO the servants, left AK the next mornin
. in a post chase for Belgium. He forgot, hoV
Il. ever, to bid farewell to the Princess Sehot
A utsikoG and Mademoisele Catin and after h
of departure il was found the rubies and dil
Ds monds he had been so liberal disposer o
yo were all paste.
d. As for his tortoise she'll speetacles and th
Ia connection between those apparently harmlel
Is, aids to weak sight, that mystery was not clea
to ed up ul ten yeRrs siterwards, Ia 1926
es man named Gougeaheim was tried before ii
let criminal court OF OF assize at Cologne, char
ed with half dozen acts Of swindhng al
forgery. He made, after conviction, aelea
breast Of it, and as s usually the case vii
on repentsnt rogues, volunteered the eonfessiC
, Of great maAy crimes Of which be had ne
~ er been suspected II appeared that at Il
time OF lhs Congress Of AK Ia ChApello, |