The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01


oetter view. The ball revoiyes tor q
long time. but eventually slackens its
pace. passes slowly by the numbers 33.
I /, 20, IL. 81. and finally stops ut mum.
I Der o.
The croupier takes one hundred ana
eighty pounds in gold, and noisily
sounding the coins. places them be-
fore the young woman, who smilingly
takes a rake. and heaps M = little
mountain of gold.
eff instead of five pounds" says the
husband, 1--WE had risked one hundred
pounds, we should have gained 8 small
fortune. thirty-siX hundred pounds,
and We might have abandoned the idea
Of living on board our vessel
LET Us risk one hundred pounds, IS
we have won it. II was on January Il
that YOU were so nearly drowned at
sea with your father and mother; let
Us put one hundred pounds on number
The one hundred pounds are placed
on number IL. The ball reyolves. and
quite gently, As though guided By an
invisible hand. stops at number Il.
Every one for himSelfr' exclaims
the husband. gathering in the huge
packet of notes which the croupier
passes him. 1T is | who risked the
hundred pounds: the winnings should
belong TO ME"
Il thought that between II two all
was in common" said MS companion.
.imidly.
AT play-nO. 1 repeat, every one
for himself"
''Our winnings are considerable,
7entured the lady. Let Us leave the
room. and go back 10 Marseille.. where
your vessel awaits YOU"
You are mad: don't you see that
have a run of luck? | mean to break
the bank"
In fact. the young American, excited
by his extraordinary success, begins TO
play wildly. But. alas, the little ivory
ball seems to have become capriciOu>.
One bank-note follows another. and
the run of luck" does not appear TO
return. In a very short time all his
winnings have been lost, and more
than once our player has plunged his
hand into his pocket 20 draw out
money which was not intended tO bc
ri>ked AT play. The more he loses. the
more he plays. only Ia lose again. All
his money passes To the crOupiers, and
only when he ha, exhausted his last
five-franc piece does he determine TO
tear himself FROM this table. ut which
he has left the half of his fortune. This |
fortune which he has lost the savings |!
which his father had accumulated by |
dint of labor and thrift-was not mere |
idle pocket-moncy. This money was
10 he devoted TO pay for the lifting out |
Of a merchant vessel of which he was |
about To take the command What ,
should he do now? How could he get |
out of the difficulty? How would he |
retrieve his compromised position? |
ONLY one resource remained 20 him-to |
go TO Marseilles and 70 borrow the /
money which he needed on the security |
Of his vessel.
The Casino authorities accOr.ltsSas J
r'atilEN, that is. t~say, the exact van !
necessary for him and hi- wife 10 ~ I
turn to Marseilles- Furnished with
his riatigue, both take sSip thitf,~r-
How sad is their journey. What =
Wha5 = contrast TO their
Journey of few DAYS since, when with
4 clear conscience and a peaceful mind
he two Young people thongaf only 90
owe and the eniOyments of life, In .
lew days both have aged mary year>,
md have rivpted to their feet one eff
hose conyicts' cannos-bsll- .hich can
never be- east of. A. SOON a. he
reaches Mar,eilles the young Americas
goes to- his banker. and with much
succeeds ia borrowing the |
sum which he needs; tGt thencefOF~ard
his ship = NO longev his esR. Ibis
inc. coqueitish craft of which for she
nand. this ship the parchase OF which
had absorbed all his fortune and that Of
his wife, this vessel on thu stern of
which shone in goldes letters the nsne
.Montretout." and on board Of which
ne hoped. like his father. TO pass long
glorious career, now belongs to his
.reditor>. Doubtless, according 70 the
Did custom of the SEA, he IL still mas
Ter of his own ship after God. bat in
reality he l. no longer master of his
OWN ship Henceforward an unsuc-
voyage, a wreck, n bad CONNER
.ial speculation. would give his credit
DTS a right TO dismiss him from his YES
eel. And all this for what? Because !,
ne had lost four thousand pounds at
play. But what play had filehed from
him, play might restore to him. Sup
posing he returns to Monaco he
thinks. Perhaps this time fortune
may smile upon him. Whist happiness
f he could come home and tell his
wife: Il have repaired all my losses:
he Montretout is again mime" Yes,
he must play again, and yet again.
The Young Captain returns to
Monaco. He plays and loses; he
loses a second time and a third time. |
and always. By nine O'Clock that |
evening he has nothing left and despair |
seizes his whole being. He is an intel |
ligent man, wen educated. young; and |
seated in the garden at Monte Carlo. |