Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-07
Loan from the Dead.

Loan from the Dead.
\ good many years ago, the regiment
to which then belonged was quartered
at Aldershott. After long absence
from England, spent on a parching rock
in the middle of the Red, Sea bleak and
dreary Aldershott seemed very para
disc. 1t was delightfully."- near London
too; leave was easily to be obtained
and a great part of my spare time, and
more than all my spare mony was
spent by me in the polis-spent, |
am ashamed to confess in riotOus living
and much disorder. Still had it only
been that, should, possibly like many
of my brother officers, at the cost of
much subsequent pain and WEAKNESS and
pinching, have passed through my cycle
but, in addition to my youthful aberra-
games of skill and chance.
was the best whist player in the
regiment, and could hold my own with
the crack players of the clubs; and had
| stuck to whist, which, in my belief,
never ruined any man who had a head
upon his shoulders, could have made a
decent income out of my skill; but my
moderate winnings at whist were swal-
lowed up, and much more lost beside,
at unlimited loo, blind hockey hazard,
and other kindred games. To crown all,
| took to backing horses, and lost at
that, need hardly say. a long run of
evil luck beset me; | had lost all my
available funds had mOrtgaged my COM
mission to the utmost penny | could
raise upon it, and found myself, at the
end of the EPSON week, feyered and
parchcd in body, in soul wrechcd and
despairing. | had come to the end of
my tethcr; | was regularly done up,
life had nothing but evil in store for me
On the following week | should be post
ed as defaulter on the turf; | should
leave the army in disgrace, and such
tidings would kill my old widowed
mother.
1t was Sunday night | had been in
London trying to raise money, but use
lessly; the Jews closed their fists to
me. / only wanted $500 to pay my
Derby losses this achieved, | could sell
out and retire without open disgrace;
but | couldn't raise it. One man offer
ed me ESQ for my bill of $3.50 at three
months, but I wasn't quite as mad as to
take that | might as we'll smash for a
hundred as fifty.
My last sovereign was changed in
paying my hotel bill on that Sunday
night. | had return ticket to Alder
shott in my pocket, and few shillings
besides: nothing else in the world in
the way of available assets. | think if
l had been possessed of a E5 note. !
should have gone down to Liverpool
and taken a Storage passage to America.
1t was the limited extent Of means
which made me resolve to 90 back to
my quarters at AldershOtt and appear on
parade the next day.
The clock in the cOffee-rOOm where !
was sitting showed half-past eleven as
the hour of the night the waiter only
was in the room, arranging his spoons
and napkins in the buffet, yawning sur
reptiti0nsly ever now and then, quite in
different to the problems which were
agitating me. Waterloo Bridge or Al
dershOtt ? must make up my mind
quickly: another five minutes and it
would be too late for the one; the other
vas open.
waiter, a Hansom," I shouted all
of a sudden. in tone which made the
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