The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-18

fractions OF the night. While the entertain.
ment was proceeding, one OF the Princes
suite approached and whispered to him: "It
ls worth your Royal Hlghness' while to step
into the supper rooms; there Is o yellow
domino there who 10 the most extraordinary
cormorant ever Witnessed; he fs O prodigy,
your Highness; he never stops eating and
drinking, and the attendants say, moreover,
| Inat ne has not done so for some hours"
Ills Royal Highness went accordingly, and
sure enough there was the yellow domino
| laying about him as described and swallow
iDg everything at ravenously as Ii he had
9,h,ly Just begun. Raised pies fell before him
ike garden pallDgs before O field piece -
peasants and quails seemed to fly down his
| throat In o little eovey-.the wine he drank
| threatened scarcity, whatever might be the
next vintage.
| After watching him for some time the Duke
acknowledged he was a wonder. and lat,gh-
| ingly left the room; but shortly afterward.
on passing through another, he saw.the yel-
low domino again, and as actively at work az
ever, devastating the dishes everywhere and
as they were brought to him. Perfectly
amazed, the Duke at last could not Restrain
his curiosity. "Who," he asked, sis that insa-
tiate ogre that threatens such annihilation to
all the labors OF our eooksT Accordingly
one Of the suite was dispatched to him. 'IIis
Royal Highness the Duke OF Orleans desires
the yellow domino to unmask." But the
domino begged to be excused, pleading the
"
law" replied the officer; "the royal order
must be obeyed." "Well, Them" answered
the incognito, III 1t must be 80, IL must;" and
unmaskine, exhibited the ruddy yisage Of an
Irish trooper.
"Why, In the name of Polyphemusp r ex-
claimed the Regent as he advanced to him.
"whO and what are your / have seen you
eat and drink enough for dozen men at
least and yet you seem as empty as ever"
'Well, then" said the trooper, "since the
gayprat Tnt1St ont. uiaaa vnIr Roraf
Highness, l am one of Clare's Horse-that's
the guard OF honor to-night-and when our
men were ordered out We cubbed our money
to buy ticket and agreed to take our turn
at the supper table, turn and turn about"
"WhatP' exclaimed the Duke, "the whole
troop coming to supper I"
"Oh, It's asy, phase your Highness; sure
one domino would do for all OF us, Ii ache TUX
1t In turn. I'm only the eighteenth man, and
there's twelve more Of us TO come.''
The loud laughter OF the iovtal Duke prob
ably the heartiest he had had for q long time.
was the response to this explanation follow
ed by q louis dor to the dragoon. and
promise to keep his "saycret' till the entire
troop had supped.
The career vi the Irish Brigade closed with
the approach Of the French Revolution, and
fortunately for them, no doubt; sinee had
they remained In France there is little dues-
ty and been massacred like the Swiss. But
before they were broken up, they were adj
dressed by the King in person, who, thanking
them with much emotion for their devotion
to the house of Bourbon, which they had dig
played throughout q century, presented them
with banner In which the shamrock and
hsur de lis were interviewer, with a laudatory
motto. There was some ground for the
KiDg's emotion-if the historians OF the
Brigade are all to be relied-on that In the
course of the century upward of 450. 900 Irish
men had died In the ranks of France What
an army lost to England-what comment
on the Penal Codel