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saad to have harvested soma l.501 M =, a
nleTcy, as careful servant, gave ali H. :, loo
the EmpIess-nother, and, in l777 eha saaH ascsa
have written to Mario Antoinette. ua,n;suS ;e@S
daughter OF the consequences Of th;a th;us * 4
woe, @ ana propphssyins that" gambling 'I..1e aos
Versailles was, however, pretty wall
toned to these things. There vas tho h..ssfe GET
Aontespan during the reign Of Louis nv yTJ1ool! =.
not this fascinating woman onca n1a- "a U
plstoles, about S135, 900 OF our mons - 20?
cards and when abe came down WITH = - TO I'm
stake, and every one was afraid 70 tata ;sg ;1ge
sue not scoia ABOUT It, and the King, did h. u u
Shown BY the other gamblers po,s :, ny
Antoinettel Whist q terrible pun,hrsIa mi. hnaa
awaited you saaea
| Wo have only cited instances NJ r-s,,.,
Dllng. The story Of royal eanesters = sza =
gland ID well known. The reign Of Chs,M1.. ~ = =
was one card orgle' II will bet my soul T. L. !.
game" sH your Majesty viii bet tbs oa1 % ~! !!
will take you" replied Rochester: Iaruss ooas,
no liking for cards, nor had se1:s. s4es ~, I'D
though in subsequent raigns gamhl;n, maEata ".eIa
out extensively at Court: eopped
Moralists OF later period lost no occ,s;,
commenting on the vices Of the tine. t@0@g9 91A q
when he makes tho nnfortunssa hs,o;J g;pefa"
pointing to Capt lfdcheaths pistols 'tag ss5 gay,
are the tools Of man Of honor csri1a ,na iaess
are only fit for cowardly cheats who prrr 1ss LUG o*
| their friends" p'e5 upon
Who does not remember how English ,,.,
| men played deep and long, and inT Toass o.ases
Beauclerk found Fox after ha had eanb,.a y
night st faro, quietly reading Herodatna. u
Greek What would you haye M 49, ~ u u
asked Fox, naively: - have lost every sbi1};u,.
Il Sophocles said that Palymedes insentsl Ia% 2,
to serve Instead Of food and aleeu. A. H., ~
duced men to care for neither, lie enan5,asr ~
Fox displayed was wonderful. Think Of ~ amss
playing for twenty-five hours and losino faa..s
hour, With ths regularity OF clock-vo:k. r.
4 purely military life induces men to tat. .i,tt.
both their fortunes and their lives On tbs t1ra
Of card. Napoleon I. hated cards, and nsr.s .a
played, though at his Court the vice OF esmn.
was prevalent. Let it be said to the credt =
Napoleon III. that ho despised cards, and rere,
payed during his reign In every Court in En-.
rope, however, at al festivities, cards sre u
much part OF the performances as the dancing
There is always certain number Of whist-sabsas
en- per1nn1ertce; L happened ouce, during la
period of the late Empire. that the writer 81 th.
article Was on Intimate terms With IN eoua,r7
attached directly TO the person OF tho Empatn,
hleeting this gentleman one day, and inqutnp
+ Il be was on duty for the evening at the ps.ce
natey. You remember some old wretch. TallsT,
rand think it Was, who said: You doat know
how to play whist, young man7 Tha:
wretched old age you will haye!' Well, going
TO the palace, tha master Of ceremonies has
just said to me-: Monsieur, = fourth i,
wanted at o whist-table. an Informed
That you are brilliant player. Their R1cel.
lencies, the Ambassadors OF Austria, Of Rus,is-
and the Minister OF War, want to play together.
They are all noted card-players, and tbs Minis.
:er Of War complains that their Excel1encies nj
Austria and Russia havs been beating him on. al
some prodigious sums. hhve been requested
o find them fourth, or ut least some one who
5 capable OF PLAYING the game With thar degrea
will ba in attendance at 10 o'clock tonight. I
NOV you are no gamblAr: and that you would
lot like to embarrass yourself. You will pla
hetr game, no matter Whist !: is. Ra eoo3
'nough to ask the usher in attendance when yo,r.
inter in for sealed envelope With your n41aN
fe have private purse drawn on tho cont u:
,ent funds for such cases But should W
that then ? asked this important fuac:ioaa,v-
You will keep it. Should lose p 'Wa vii
~ it, NoR," said the equsry, ".1s
aso is Of the most disgusting character. Ine,e
amble. I play whist three or four tuues
eek en- famille have the reputation of being
pod player, but think never lost more tim
% francs st any one sitting in nv life, for
ever play for more than five francs. This AM
asssdors' game is b jeu denfsr-ten EapoIeon&
point at short what, with al kinds OF euol-
oua side BETS which I am bound to take il
fered. II I win shall feel Inundated. and
Lost 1000 francs should want to throw my-
II in the Seine- Play I must but sweas
ut, should win, the master OF ceremoniee
talt take every sou OF it back, aud give it to
me charity"
Next day met the equerry. f'Did you win?"
Confound It'll no. never had worse luck.
t in with tue Minister OF War every time Ia
- know how to maueuvre troops, but thirteen
rda ia his hands arc twelve too many for hln.
1st1ia and Russia got together most every deal
1stria WAS q fair apprentice player, but RuEsi4
IS superlative-a Phildor Of whist, quoi! easa
member Of the Reform Club. the best playerI
er met with. 1t cost the imperial cds<eAe just
500 francs. aud an glad Of it. Thank good
goes back to st. Petersburg. He intimnted
much last night, when he invited me to cal
him at Moscow. He was good enough to say
me that he would introduce me- to two Other
ayers at his palace, who, he said, vera
) masters Anyhow, my honor was not lost;
{, though our Minister abused my game, the
lsaian Prince said played, for u Young man,
th perfect Judgment. and that when mas 50
night become distinguished I have bss1
ndering, by the way, whether the Mnister 1t
IT derived his money from the private cdssa3.
ne happened to look at SOME OF rhe fresh
/ crisp bank k-notes Of 1000 francs we had 70
nd over to Russia and Aust1ia, and an YET
ch mistaken Il the notes my partner drew ou:
his portemonnaie did not bear precisely he
40 series Of numbers as did mine. ia! i
coincidence. Confouud Court manners Ill
tomsi Such things utterly demora!ize nea
ruin women. I wonder bow all this viii ani
le day ~