Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-06-12

y lOuls. 1t represented several days
of rest and wealth for the beggar girl,
and Lucien was on the point of rous-
ing her to tell her this, when he heard
near his ear, like an Authorization
the voice of the Pole murmuring "a
gain tae words: For two DAYS |
havr not budged from the cercle, and
for two DAYS the seventeen has not
come out. | will eat my head if, on
the stroke Of midnight, that number
do not appear
Then this young man of twenty
three Who had never before failed in
point # honor, conceived a frlghtful
thought. CHANGING around he made
sure that he was quite alone in the de
serted street, and, STOPPING. with
trembling hand, he stole the louis dor
from the fallen shoe. Then running
swiftly. he returned to the gambling
house lie reached the top of the stairs
IN four bounds, with blow of his
fist he opened the cushioned door of
the cursed ball and entered at the pre-
clse moment when the clock sounded
the first stroke Of midnight, threw the
stolen louis on the green cloth, and
exclaimed:
'Fu!l on tie II"
The l.. won. With turn Of his
hand iuclen pushed thirty SIX louis
on the red. The red won. He let
the seven'y-two louis remain on the
same color. The red appeared again.
He still continued to double the
stakes. twice. thrice-always with the
same good luck. He had regained. in
few turns of the fortunes whe, |, the
'rw miserable loco frame notes, his
last re,ources. that he bad lost at the
beginning Of the evening. Now, pill .
.ug mp POO or 500 louis at a time. aud /.
rrIviug on his fantastic Tun OF luck, |.
he was lN fair way To regain the FOR /.
tune that in such few years he had
.qnsrdered. lie still played. He still
wen The blood boils in his veins;
he becomes intoxicated with good for
tune; he throws, at hazard, whole .
haudiuis Of golden louis upon the ta-
bic with gesture of certainty and
iis3aln.
But in spite Of the Wild frvorish ex
sl'fmrH, oF pay, rod ho, iron Wa
pl-rciug hs> heart. He could tot III .
vert iHs thoughts from the little leg
.ar gIJl asleep under the snow-the.
child at he lad robbed.
'>hr 'rust heIr the same place, Ger /.
.-.., sar mus be there In mo.
men. yes; when the c.ock strikes
one: | swear y. wilI leave this place .
| wJli carry her To my own heuse: |
sli3 bang her up. give her Gowry,
I've her my owu daughter, cherish
her always. always
Bu' the clock struck one-the quar-
trr-ta- half three quarters, Lpci-n
was still seated At the cursed table.
A. last Que minute before two, the
.ealrr rose quickly aud announced IN
a loui voice: The bank IS broken,
gentlemen; enough for to night
Wth q bound Luclen was on bis
feet. Thrustiug rudriy aside the play .
srs who gathered ab Mt him. and who
were regarding him with - look Of ea-
vious admiration. he went out quickly, f
rushed down the stair and ran 10 the
stortc bench. ~ - distance. by the I.
light OF the gas, lie perceived the little .
glrI
"Go1 be prnj.ei," he cried, she is
st,n there
Heagproached and seized her hand .
oh, how cold It WAS Poor child ;.
He took her IN his arms TO bear her .
Rwag The chllds head fell back, but 7
ste did tot Waken.
How one does sleep n, tins age,
lie pressed her 10 his heart to bring
back the warmth to her little body, .
but filled with a strange uueasiness, /
he was on the point of kissing her eyes (
in order To draw her from that heavy .
slumbcr, when he perceived with hor /
ror that her eyelds were half open, /
exposing the eyeballs, dinmed and I
fixed in CLASSY stare. \ terrible sus /
piCion flashed through his mind he .
put his mouth close 10 the mouth of
the chiid not "A breath escaped. While, /
with the gold piece that he had stolen .
from this homeless child, Lucieu had /
won small fortune, she had frozen to .
death. The wost frighttul anguish .
Choked hlS utterauce, and with the ef
fort he made 10 cry out he awokr from
his dream on the ! ather bench of the
cerclp. where he had fallen asleep a
little before mi might nd where the
servant. being the last to 20, toward /
five in the morning, had, out Of kind
ness of heart for the ruined spend
thrift. allowed him to rest undiSturb
ed. \ frosty December morning had
whtened the window panes, and fairy
hand had traced many a chateau
Il d'Espane to crumble with the rising
sun. Lucien went OFT and pawned his
watch, took bath break tasted, went
20 the bureau for recruits and signed
an engagement as volunteer in the
FIRST regiment Of chasseurs d Antique.
To day Lucen 0e Hem is Il lieuten
ant. He has only his soldiers pay
but he gets along, being regular in
IL would seem, too, as if lie found
some means of economizing; for the
other day, at AIgier, one Of his COM
rades who happened to be some steps
behird him in one of the steep streets
of Kosba saw him give aims to "a little
Spanish child asleep under doorway,
and had the bad taste to examine his
gift. He was astonished at the gener-
ousity, for the poor Lieutenant Luclen
de Hem had put louis d or in the
hand of the little girl.-fT0m the
French Of Francois Coppee.
"Pa," said Johnny, at Barnum's cir
Gus the other day, ''if one of those
Arabs should fall down and knock all !