Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
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Among the adventures recorded oi
the Irish Brigade while in France, ono
OF the most amusing was an occur
ence in the time az The Regent Orleans,
ID honor of whose birthday a grand
masquerade was given in Paris. I,
WAS a high-class affair; tickets werc a
double louis d or each. All the rank
and beauty of Paris wero assembled
around the Regent, and a costly and
luxurious supper crowned the attract
ions Of the night. Whilst the enter
tainmsnt was proceeding. one of the
Prince suite approached and whis-
percd to him: 1T is ssWorlh Your Roy
al Highnosscs' while to step into tho
supper rooms; there Is yellow domi-
no there who ID the most extraordi-
!. nary cornaor:.nt cyar Is Witnessed He is
,AProdigyr four5 III yl,Rcss. He nevet
stops eatiny and drinking, aud the at-
! tendants say, moreover, that l,v has
not done SO sfftor several hours His
Royal Highness went accordingly. and
: sure enough there was the yellow dom
ino, laying. about i,im as described,
and swallowing everything as raven.
ously as if ho had only lust begun.
Raised pies fell before him like garden
paling before ~ field piece; pheasants
and quail seemed to ty down his
throat in i covey; the WHO he drank
threatened Il scarcity, whatever Nigh,
bo the next vintage. After watching
him Tor some time the Duke ucknowl;
edged he was Il wondcr, and laughing.
ly lett the room, but shortly after.
wards onEpa>>iny through another, he
saw the yellow. don,no again, and us
actively at work us ever. devastating
the dishes everywhere. and cnptyine
the champagne bottles as rapidly as
they were brought TO him. Perfectly
amazed, the Duke at last could not re.
strain his curiosity. ''Who." he ask.
ed, ''is that insa,iate ogre, who threat.
ems such ;annihilatiou to- all the iabors
of our cooks?" Accordingly, onc of the
suite was dispatched to him.. His
Royal HiShncss, the Dukc of Orleans,
desires The yellow domino to unmask. "
But the domino begged to bc, excused,
pleading the privilege OF masquerade.
'.Thcre is 4 highcrlaw," replied the of.
6cers ''the royal order must De obey.
cd" "'Wel. them" answered the in
cognito; ''if it must be SO, il must;''
and, unmasking, exhibited the rudty
visage of al Irish trooper. "Why, in
the name Of Polyphemus!'' exclaimed
tho Regent ~ he advanced to him
"who and what are you? have sceu
you eat and drink tor a dozen men a,
least, and yet you seem as empty rs
ever" well, thcn," said the trooper
.''since the savcret must come out.
please your Royal Highness, anu one
Of Clare's Horse-that's the guard OF
honor to-night and when our men
was ordered out, we cubbed our mon-
,ey to buy a ticket, and agreed to take
ourse~ turn at The, supper; table: =
''What!' exclaimed the Duke; 1.-THE
whole troop coming to supports ''Oh,
it's aisy, please your highness. Sure
one domino would do for all of US, il
aich TUX it in turn. Pm only the
eighteenth man, aud there's twelve
more to come" The loud laughter o1
tine jovial Duke was the response to
this explanation, followed by louis-d'-
or to the dragoon, and a promise to
keep his. "saycrct,' till the entire
troop had supped. - Sa~atel Love1.