New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-12
'he Captains Eoss and widows cain.
BY GEORGE ArGrsrrs gALA.

cept the signature of the commission and the
payment Of the purchase money!? said the
| soldier.
Exactly So"
"And tomorrow, then" continued.the huzzar,
81 am to congratulate you on the command Of a
company, and to salute you as Captain Ernest
! Walstein.h
The last speaker was Captain Christian Stein
furt, an officer who had seen some two years
| service.
"Ah my boy !" continued he, twirling his jet
black mustache, ''your uniform will be passport
to the smiles of the fair. But you seem already
to have made your way to the good graces Of
Madame Won Berlingen, the. rich widow who re
sides at this hotel"
q Bah she is forty" answered Ernest, care.
lessly.
"But in fine preservation, and beauty for all
that" said Captain Steinfort. "The Baron Won
DangerfeId was desperately in love with her, but
! within few days the widow seems to have cut
him. You are the happy man after ALL"
"Undeceive yourself, my dear Christian said
| Ernest, blushing. 81 have only 1irted with the
handsome widow. My hand is already en-
gagged to charming, girl, Meena Altenburg,
the playmate Of my infancy, adopted and reared
up by my father. I am to marry her as soon as /
| get my company"
"And what is to support you, Captain Ernest ~
"My pay Of course, and the income of the mod.
| crate doWfy which my father proposes to give his
favorite. So you see my lot in life is settled"
Precisely so,' replied the captain. "But since
you are free this evening, engage you to pass it
with me. Have you got any money about you ~
"a good deal. Besides the price of nv com
rojssin9 JCnh is afnIy, c+otyad ag9aT, in bo1y ot
in this hreast nHcifet have b"nIfni of 5ncsTS
al tt rI,I' t IS5 - "
Vets M fo WIN T ra %G n P1pPIse i paFGn3$ 5 some
Two that can snare Ifs 7'-N p'0S0 -
q p1i T,np ~. ,ol1 .ro,b ,,,t77 :,
ansyead ne cant3n Ya I0aS% tiS E ,l5,
day. Come along" H''
:, Rnt yyItfar21
F." Yon shaIj see. y
with these words 4he cantafn thrnst '1,;s arm,
within that Of his comDa1ion. and the nafr aiI5ad
off al a rapid rate. After n@ssn@ tLronal several
streets otenf1rt halted and RAM al the donr NJ a
stately mansion. II was onaned 7bv q servant IN
| handsome livery. ana the vnnnr gentinrnnn On
tered and went m stairs.
WaIsteiD soon found himself in !, scnna ,nr,, dir
fprpnt fran any which he had ever draana97 i,
his simnie -rrstic life mon bis fatber:s :f'r+5
Around LARGE deal table rovered viii cIotb Tyro
seated more fhan dozen If nersnne og Gfsren+
aras iii 20 intent on What ygas rniTr f+u,ar5 t3at
tEa nanf3in ana hs friend tnol- 3hni onats ,lntS
VIZ th H. ''V ai .' o ~ so 'aoe 4oo & man III
nose before whom IaT nile Of %od and Who 1gns
busilv engaged in having and Teccjyinp money
ala IN gfying an irnnetug tn a small Vorv hsIi
which spun. al intervals, IFS appojnted Gourse.
Wa1stnin sn0n learned that +hfe vas a rn1na NJ
n0ir table The Gentleman in the rrav wiz va
the banker
4 Nai-a rorr oar,a rnn+Inroar /" eo;1 +tig ;n7i
vi7nai wIe fha F5I Min yonr InrI,s .'''t IL
nina. TIL Hi lnck pentloinen AT rouga m ncir
Rance et noir Tentlenen il tbe finest 6srna in ta
world Black wins-it's yours sir-twentv drrate
and van b2ve donb,ed Il MHEe vour ran1e bIgcl5
or red.i
:" Try your fortune, Ernest.n said the can+ain.
Ernest INTERCHANGEABLE mt down n few dnnats on
the rcd 90
f,ToI wing ), cold Tho borl-ar j., +bo so,,o o4
onos ae TonT zane = nse e ltUIGt viz
the bali rolls -
WHY need we folIoys+he fortnnee of Frnas+ ~,
this fatal evening As he Welded stem bv sten tn
tha cednc+ion to 21hicb he ygos on ~ ] s w
the first time in his iife5 LONG after Steinfnrt
iaft +bo tforrbiir+ bomso ba - 4id i
Hs nc fnrned He had S Soo Iast u, y liz play
ninrs and thn nancy cot anart for bio ~ bridal
Iotes the nancy he had racavad Frorg hie Fa+hnr
for the purchase Of biscommssion and thongS 6a
saw Xii after h u san m qI bs sougn he he
sonnned to NAV IN tx 6one s 9E " ne
ming back his losses At length his last ducat was
rome He rose and left the room the last pordS
TTrn ~ III; % Ii nv to'+' 'l1' i"9' p" oio Us
Make your S T game Ipns gentlemen, while the ball
rolls !; - o''-40' "Alte 'L0 N"'l
Despairinr and beart.stricken the vounq man
sourht his boteI and his cham6ar IN tbs stnir
ooss Ia a1,nny,,7t1 Ni,i ~ 6,; sne sVd i
he saw herr Dabs cya 1are G azdS b G nas @
notice or return her s8Iutation He threw himself
nnGn bis hed yvtbnTt nndrasoina, al +3
morning falI in+o m nnraFrnsI5nr a1d 1oa,
nnoniei SIMMER '-l0 = 1'''.'
When he arose late the NEXT dav he Looked ot
himself in the glass hut scarcely TecoGniZeI his
own face sO cIanred was ha hv tho nGntol ooo-
Mas he iIad nnJargnna Whan 'ba had ra;S @52o
little a+tamton to is toilet la rareieI 1ossotr
frnm Madame Vim Tarlingan re[nstint[ +Ilo fI
of an irterview in her anarfne1tS IL resIT
ireiv obpvpd the simmons thoII%E III ftfa5 ~ s
tain a conversation With n ladv ~ 80
The widow reones+ed him IA be saatn5
tMr. WaIstein. :, said she with a srNila nv,ou
are growing very un0a1iant 7 NOR van los4 ,;.If
Up56 the Staircase. Int thon9h s1oEe fo v9T,
Won had NOT q word or a mod f0r me J, 'N'
" Last night, madame. answered tbe n,f5rfr.
nate Young man. sf was beside mysaif q mad.
ame3f v6n knew all, '7lS'' i'lS 'st'' = Ii'U
"What! that | had been camblinp-tha+ had
thrown away-ves, those are the Words%everv la,r
ducat of the money nv Door father furnished me
with which to purchase nv commission y
tsyes I IEnPPw III that Pnt 56o los, is ,,a+
irreparable.
puted wealthy is nnahIe ~ fnrnieb ne itb re-
Similar sum even if were base enough to accanf "t
it at his hands"
"But if some friends were to step forward ~
"AIas! I know none j
Mr.. Walstein,,' said the lady. "T am rich .
loan of the requisite amount wonld NOT affact me
in the least
ooh madam" cried the young man. eff YOU
would indeed save me by such Generosity, Won
would be an angel of mercv.n ~
rWhat is the amount of your loss p, inouirAd fbe
lady calmly, as she unlocked her desk
GThree Thousand dUcats y answara5 Ernns+
"But can rive Won no secnrv for tha no vnnon+ y