Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-03-20

honevmoon' What a contrast to their
Journey of a few DAYS since, when with
a clear conscience and a peaceful mind
the two young people thought only OF
love and the en1ovments of life In a
few DAYS both have aged many years.
and have riveted to their feet n OF
those convicts' cannon-balls which can
never be cast off, As o o as he
reaches Marseilles the young American
goes TO his banker, and with much
difficulty succeeds in borrowing the
sum which he needs; but thenceforward
his ship is no longer his own lhls
fine. coquettish craft, of which for the
first time he was about to take COM
mand, this ship the purchase OF which
had absorbed all his fortune and that OF
his wife. this vessel on the stern of
which shone in golden letters the name
"Montretout," and on board OF which
he hoped, like his father, to pass a long
glorious career, now belongs to his
creditors. Doubtless, according to the
old custom OF the sea, he is still mas
ter of his own ship after God, but IN
reality he is no lonoer master Of his
nas so l,ue ;c~oeforward an unsuc-
quasi VOYAGE, a wreck, a bad CONNER
dial speculation. would give his credit
ors a right to dismiss him from his YES
| sci. And all this for whatP Because
he had lost four thousand pounds at
| play. But what play had filched from
him. play might restore to him. Sup
posing he returns to Menace he
thinks, perhaps this time fortune
may smile upon him, What happiness
if he could come home and tell his
wife; I have repaired all my losses;
the Montretout is again mine. 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 /, az intel
ligent man, well educated, young; and
seated in the garden at Monte Carlo,
with his head buried in his hands, he
debates whether he shall not commit a
crime-whether he had not better throw
himself from the rocky heights into the
sea.
Suddenly while putting his hand on
his heart, he touches something hard
He feels in the pocket of his waistcoat'
and finds a little case, which contains q
cross of honor. He clutches the eros,
with his nervous fingers, and at thi-
moment his sight grows dim, his heac
swims, his legs give way, and he seems
to hear a voice which say; "Nly son, il
ever an evil thought m into youl
mind, look at this cross; it will hring
YOU back to the path of honor am
duty
The Young man rises with a liri'
face and distorted features; he casts {
: look TO the right and left like a male
: factor meditating a crime; then hi
| hastcns with rapid steps to the Cafe dc
= Paris. A man is seated at a table
= every one at Monte Carlo knows him
: Shvlock, who lends money on pledges
t He has only one god, and that god i
rlonev.
The young Captain draws near tn
e table, and taking his fathers cross o
e honor from his pocket. says: "Hov
k much will YOU lend me on this cross?'
Give francs,n answered the jew
after having examined it.
; Take it, and give me the fly
francs"
z He s,izes the iive.franc piece, an
returns to the Casino; he enters tn
e gambling saloon; he sees no one. II
5 is in a high fever, his head burns, thcl
is is a singing in his ears, his eyes ia
him. He GOES to the table, and sec
e nothing but a mass of gold and
IS crowd of hands. Oh. those hand
What a sight they present! Some al
II clinched, others seem to hesitate befol
Ie releasing the twentv-franc piece while
they hold between their fingers; other
N again, like devil-iiSh, appear to enlat
a the packets of bank-note>,
as William Burter in his turn puts for
1t his hand. "My father said he, "dit
t. on the field of honor on January lot
lie On number 10 I play my last tive-fral
II picce-and my honor
at The ball turns, and stops at nun
Der Is.
IAN is at an end" eXclaims W
IN liam, and he leaves the room.
We Two days afterward a newspape
III the Penseiro M MIA, contained Il
following paragraph: "Ihis mornin
s. on the shore between NillcfranChe al