The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-17


and leaned over the balcony. s
e The banker began to draw the cards
one after tho other, slowly and deliber-
, ately. Nearly half the pack was dealt
: out, without king or an ace appearing.
! The players and lockers on were breath
less with anxiety; the fall of pin
7 would have been audible the tune which
the count continued to hum from his STA
ton ON the balcony, was heard, in the
I stillness that relgned, as distinctly rs
though 1t had been Numbered out by a
whole orchestra. Another card, and an
other was drawn, and then-the decisive
one appeared. The silence was lmmedi
ately exchanged for tumult of words
and EXPLANATIONS. ~ ,aaaA
"Qas % eso?' said Vallejo, turning half
round, and smelling as he spoke, at a su-
perb flower, which he had just plucked
from one OF the plants in the balcony
l"What's the natter"
"The ace"-said the person nearest the
window, who then paused and hesitated.
"WellT' said Vallejo with sheer, "the
ace--what then? 1t has won, suppose !"
at has won,."
"May 6Sen. It was to be expected it
would, since l went on the king" And
Turning round again, he resumed lis tune,
and his gaze on the street.
- H1 de ser ROO, said the Spaniard to
another of the players. "He must be
, rich. 1t would be difficult To take the
loss of thirty thousand dollars more coolly
than that"
Five minutes elapsed. during VIII oh
the bsnkers we're busy counting out their
bank, In order to see the exact sum due
to them by the unfortunate loser. When
the jingle or money and rustic of paper
ceased, Vallejo looked around for the
second time.
Glow much is there, Senoresw cried he.
Thirty thousand four hundred and
thirty dollars, Senior Conde," replied the
old Marquis. with bow of respect for
one who could bear such loss with such
admirable indifference
very good, was the counts answer;
''and here comes the man who will pay it
y9u."
Accordingly, the next minute, hasty
step was heard upon the stairs. All eyes
were turned to the door, which opened,
and Rafael Solano entered.
"Where is the COUNT" exclaimed he, in
a hurried voice, and with discomposed
countenance.
Again every head was turned towards
f the window; but the count had disap-
J peared. At the same moment, from the
street below, which was quiet and un-
J frequented one, there arose an unusual
, furroar and noise of voices. The monte
{ players rushed to the win lows, and saw
| lcouorol oo1loofal r1Dya2 ~
whom they were raising from the ground
His skull was frightfully fractured, and
5 the pavement around sprinkled with his
blood. Rafael and some others hurried
i down, but before they reached the street
Count Luis Vallejo had expired. The
gamblers last stake had been his life.
When young Solano reached his fathers
: house, and, repairing to the counts apart
!, ment, opened the desk of which Vallejo
: had given him the key, he found that it
: contained neither notes nor anything else
= of value, but merely few worthless pa
: pers. Astonished at this, and, in spite o.
q his prepossession in favor If the count
e feeling his suspicious little reused BY
what could hardly be an oversight, h.
y hurried back to the monte-room, wher,
his arrival served as the signal for thu
catastrophe that has been related.
The same evening, the amount lost wa
d paid by Rafael Solano into the hands o
J, the winners. The following day, tho
t body of the count was privately inter- ed
g After the lapse of q few weeks, there
9 came letter from Mexico, IN reply TO th'
Z one which Don Jose Solano had writer
" TO announce the arrival of Vallejo. Hi:
d Mexican correspondent wrote in all haste
e anxious if still possible, to preserve Dor
o Jose from becoming the dape of swim
Q dler. The Condo Valleja, he said, wa
I. once respected family. From his earl!
,, youth he had made himself remarkable
;, as well for the vices of his character, a
:, for the skill with which he concealed
o them under.a mask of agreeable accom-
: plishments and fascinating manner. Hi
y father, dying shortly after he became o
age, had left him the uncontrolled maste
of his fortune, which he speedily squan
n dered; and when it wac gone, he lived
c for some time, by the exercise OF his wits
j" and by preying on all who were sufficient
l. ly creduous to confide in him. At length
d having exhausted every resource,-whel
It no man of honor would speak to him, AM
l. no asuer lend him maravedi at any rat
of interest,-he had, by an unworthy ar
II tifice, duped the very last person VIII
n took any interest in him, out of few
j. hundred dollars, and taken ship at Yer
CRUZ for Europe.
g It is scarcely necessary to add, that tn
letter of credit was a forgery Hood
D. Magazine.
Il It seems hard to imprison man VIII