, 1875-01-25
An Incident In Cllnnlbcrlatn,s Nush.
tlnGIoM EIub.1ENl1Eu.

| Haahinqto,s L.tt;tr TO !hr Fht*iurq Leader
| 10 hwisen OIL troM iolltirs may perhaps DO an
| agreeable chRnga. 1uo aabiec: now on deck Id
| NJ, Incident that occurred at John Chamberlain =
| Clubhouse (ga.uIliug lel} the otllor evening"
| Aud, by the way this ho1lso il doing Smashing
| business. lIonoy by tue thousands changes
| hands tlloro every night. A prominent politician,
nsseral -: druppcd l'b9o nrun tho roulette
any return. know Gle promising young Con-
grcsstran who is perfectly infntuatcd with
roulette. Tie loses all lis SALARY there, and be-
eideB Us r1uch as lio eau borrow. II tho fool
Killer could only visit Clambetlain's Homo night
| 10 would tiud rich harvest.
But to tho incident. There Ia young Polish
Jew about town, clleyaller dindsttis by pro-
fession. 1le il one ut the most frightful boteB
that ever 'salhcd Ills blighting p1cscuco upon
thla green earth. lie comes upon yol with all
tho lldeousnets OF . nightmare, and weighs
down upon you With rennorseleB5 cgotlBm and m
| utter absence Of tact that would warrant his
murder, II an intelligent enough Jury could be
aftotward found to appreciate md try tho case
I'h.H Individual affoo:s tho deeply mysterious
about hitnHolf. and once, when worry drunk, burst
iIto bitter tearB as Ito confessed Liluse,f tho long
lost anu Inst heir Of tho royal family of Poland.
We'll, l shall call him Poland for tho purposes Of
tlin Incident.
Poland III well-known nuisance In Washing
ton. le fasteua himself upon the acquaintance
OF well-known mon md Affects an intimacy .Aat
must tempt them 1t tlstlos "to kind . lit him :
dignity OF great moi has hitherto proyensed ANY
dire catas.ropo to thlB tuft-l,un.iig boro.
Tho otAor uight Poland Was up ut Chamber
!alns it IN fayorita resort Of big. Hero ho
AudB pl0nty OF fno llGu0rB cigars. lunches, ald
good supper. llo docs justice to these I'll, l
assnro you. Upoa this night Poland bal added
his Aead with champagne, until hn sRs capable
OF accomplishing unheard'of fonts Of intimacy
every ono he knaw of tue many greas men Of
WAslIngton who repoBcd OIL th8 bosom Ut hta
frioulship whouoyor thoY were weary.
Suddenly thogo waa Acard cry Of fighting In
one Of tho rear parlor tiou. blank. d wealthy
mau, well known In soe!al circles hore, wan en-
gagged IN 1iorts alteration with ono Of tho ira
lrietors. IIo had Just lost e5,U1u at roulette
and, ID lle waa ycEy dl uuk. 4o had become fight
ing mad about his losa. uo Ia q very luIgo.
powerful lnan, aud ho lunged about III fearful
maInss. just previous to this bfhwl, Poland
had been bosatsng ct his intimacy with Geo.
bunk.
"Como," said one Of Ills listeners, "thero IN
your friend IN trouble. You had better yet hin
lUlue.sotue way"
Poland saw i chance to mako capital for him
solf. aud, "a Con. Hank Mas seEg drunk, ho
thought lie might have III easy task Of It.
~, na went boldly up to the Gsnors' .5 and putting
home with no, Geuerat, you hase been aofo loog
enough"
Tho ucueral. for rsply, raisod up q hand the
size aud weight Of lam, aud brought u down
nearly loosonlng overy tooth in his hoad the
slap w1s ~ loud ~ tue report Of = pistol.
Poland is : terrible man to contemplate when
In wrath. His facultea are all paialyxed but
oua. A naughty glare III hls eyes alone remains.
No man can alsp Poland In the face aal feel
sfterwanl an immunity from this garo, lIo
routed thls look soyosl monents upou the Gem
esal but be waa too much occupied With bis |
bEawl to pay any attention to the soul-dpYast!ng
Look Of Poland
Poland gaEetl Ut him Ave m!nutus, aod then |
turning to gentleman stAns1lng b. sald stDid |