The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-07

partmentS Tor various pieces of money
| the talon of white marble for the taills
/ of six packs of cards to stand on, and
| the basket into which the used cards
we're thrown. Martyrs back was turned
| toward ne as 1 entered the room his
wife faced me, so that ] caught at once
her glance of anguish and anxiety, re-
vealing Ia a moment tho nature OF hel
husbands 6ilment, which hsd sus-
pected to be beyond my power to cure.
'Messieurs, faites le jeu,' called oct
the poor wife.
"'COme, doctor, try your LUCK cried
the poor madmap, rs he placed four
gold pieces on the red. 'Our minimum
is 2 fiorins, and I never go higher than
1OO.'
"I put a couple of forms on the red.
Mrs. Martyr called ont: lie ieu est fait.
rien ne va plus ; dealt out in two lots
the requisite number of cards and
sweeps off her husbands gold and my
dorins, and takes some fresh cards from
the talon for the next deal.
Sc Bowing to the p0sr croupier, whose
sad, serious face told plainly enough
what it cost her to keep her poor hus-
band thus amused, said sdieu to my
patient, from whom, however, had no
small difficulty IN getting away.
Sc My dear doctor, he said, 'if yOu
viii put down your hat, have a glass of
iced water by your side, and follow my
play steadily, your fortune is made.
The bank has only an advantage of
per cent, which is double the chance
of the public tables here Then ad-
dressing his wife Pardon, monsieur,
voulCz-vOus bien me changer unite note
de ente-ciDq gulden?"
However, pleaded stress of work;
promised to return before long, and
have some steady play; and hurried
ont my heart wrung with the sound of
'Messienrs, faites lie jeu,' as went
down the staircase.
In the evening of the same day I
received a note from Mrs. Martyr, IN
which she told me that she would call
on me between and o'clock, the next
morning. At the appointed time, after
my last patient had left me, I found the
young lady awaiting our interview.
But before I go on any further, vOu
must know what she was like. She
was tall and slim, too tall fer beauty,
though her natural grace and ease re-
moved any aWkwardness that excessive
hight might have given her figure.
Her head and features were rather
small, and the natural color of her face
then psle-must have been fresh and
thoroughly English. Her soft brown
hair was tied behind into one thick
plait, which fell below her shoulders.
AS she swept into this room through
the folding doors, my great pity for her
was for the moment lost in admiration
of her beauty. Sinking down on the
anFa q 70 hnr1f T1fF, on 81 kanv.o
Forgive me, doctor cannot restrain
myself before you, for I know that you
can feel for me. ] was unwilling TO
take up your time, but knowing that
you would wish to be informed OF all
the circumstances attending my hus-
bands illness. I have drawn up an &C
count of the few months previous to
the accident which led to It. When
You have read II, I viii consult you
again She then left me the narrative,
which I will now ask yOu to read, be-
fore complete the tale. "
The doctor soon afterWard left me
absorbed in the carefully written manu-
script, which ran "a follows
{" My dear husband had not a faulb,
as thought, when I married him. Ac-
complished, good-humored, handsome,
every one loved him, and our first
years married life was unclOuded by D
speck of trouble. We had spent our
winters leave of absence in Germany,
my husband having wished to collect
Information about the Prussian military
system, with the view of writing on the
subject. We stopped here on our re-
turn, and one day, by way of amuse-
ment, going up to the roulette-table in
the kuTsaal, my husband put a napO-
leon on No. 10, wich was then the num-
Der of my years. Round went the
roulette, the ivory ball ratified, fell
into No. 10, and my husband took up
35 napoleons besides the one he had
staked, Pleased, as he could not help
being, his face wore an expression of
something almost like shame, as he
walked out of the rooms.
"' I don't feel as if I had come by
this money honestly he said what
shall do with it ?'
" Amid various projects, he decided
to give a grand treat to the men of his
troop, and relieve the families in the
regiment that stood in need of help.
Sad news awaited us on our arrival IN
England. Owing to the failure of an
assurance company, my father-;n-law,
who held large number of shares in
it, was deprived of all his fortune, and
it seemed if he must depend upon his
friends for the very means of subsist-
ence. My husband effected an ex
change to a regiment in India, and we
we're spending the last anxious weeks IN
my old home. He had left me for q
few days to go to town on business, and
was eagerly looking out fox letter
from him during this our first separa-
tion, when at last came the wished for
envelope, with foreign head on 1t, and
stamped with the pOst-mark, HOmburg
Y. d. H. Fortunately I was alone as
read, almost terrified, that my husband
had gone to HOmburg, with view Of
winning a handsome sum of money with
which to buy an annuity for his father.
The success of his first venture in gain
ing 50 DaUOleous had IN a sense demOr-
allied him. He had now plunged into
gambling; commencing to play with
great luck, and winning e5O0 on the
first evening. This was almost doubled,
the next day. He determined TO leave
when he had won el5O0 but on the
third day he left off play with loss of
e2O0, and on the fourth, the whole OF
| the rest of his winnings were gone, to-
| gether with the 9100 he had taken out
| to play with. The anxiety felt TO be
with my husband, when read this ter
rible letter. prevented my yielding to
anything like useless grief I got ready
nv travelling things in an hour, and
telling my people at home that Cyril
wanted to see me Immediately on press
/ ing business, I left our house In time to
reach London by midday. Fortunately,
| on that very morning, half-yearly div
idend of money of my own had been for
| warded to me in the customary way
cashed this at our bankers, and after
passing a wretched afternoon in Lon
| don, of course all alone, left by the
mail train for Brussels. I must tel
you that, wanting TO rest somewhere, ]
/ had wandered into our academy exhibi
| tion of pictures, and had there been &
| first staggered, and then fascinated, by
a large painting of rouge-et-noir table
/ surrounded by every representative oi
| gambling life. Long did stand lean
| ing on the rail before the picture, read
ing the history of every group, and
! finding my own portrait IL a young wif,
| endeavoring to drag her husband from
| the scene. In twenty-four hours after
/ had left London, as quicRiy as the let
] 4 ---Skn H.