New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-02-21
EXILED.

Gilbert de Saumur had just returned
to Paris after 10 years sojourn in Amer
lea. He had left his country ruined and
almost hopeless, a victim, to his passion
for gambling. He was quite young
when he had left France, but he had
squandered away large fortune and SO
had courageously decided to go into ex-
lie and try his luck in a new way
namely, by work: He had started away
with ego in his pocket and had now re-
turned after 10 years. slavery almost a
rich man again.
He was once more on the boulevards,
once more gazing at the brilliantly
lighted shops and at the gay crowd of
fashionable loungers who were strolling
along apparently without care in the
world. At last, feeling little tired, he
sat down at one OF the tables outside a
cafe, idly wondering whether any of his
former friends would recognize him
again now.
Suddenly he felt hand on his shout
der, and turning round discovered an old
acquaintance Of his.
De Saumur, is it possible? Why,
old fellow, how many years is it since
we met, or rather since we parted?"
Ten years, Rouval-just 10 years
since I started off with my e2O to try
my luck over the sea-
"And what sort of luck have you
had, old fellow?''
ttVorx, fo;r- %hop
I've come back anyhow with enough of
the 'needful' to go along all right now.
How have you been getting on ali these
years?''
well, I've had some changes, like
every one else I'm married now and
am getting on all right-at least l
! should it 1 could only leave the con-
founded cards Alone
eta Ike care, Rouval, if you go in fer
| that still. ought to have been awarE-
ing to some Of you. Why don't YOU
| give that sort of thing up once AID Ter
au?''
That's easier said than done What
| is a fellow to do at the club, and then
| if once you've won from man you
| cannot refuse to let him have his chance,
and SO you go on. say, you'll come
home with me? want to hear all
| about your dcings and introduce you to
my wife
II should like to come very much''-
well, it's settled then. Now tell
sne something about your life over yon-
der. How did you ever get a start?''
'Well, 1 had a bad time at first, l
confess. The motto Of the country there
is Every man for himself. If one can
not hold ones own in the fierce compe-
dtion that is waged, then there is moth
ing do but give in and disappear On
the contrary, if you We got some grip in
you and can hold on and have got just
enough money in your pocket to keep
you from starving till you get your foot
ca the ladder, why, there's chance for
you.
stood off at nothing, as 1 did mot
know soul in the whole country. AS
I knew a good deal about horses, Of
fered my services as coachman to a
New York physician and had the honor
OF driving him about all day to visit
his patients.
De Saumur, is it possibae?''
: - 1t was, Rouval; that was precisely
how commenced. When I had got
used to the life over there and saw how
things went, ventured on other things,
and certainly had good luck, for ey-
erything l touched succeeded. AS soon
as had scraped Little money together
put it into some shares in a railway
company. and SO went on until had
made what considered enough to come
back with
Its been pretty rough on you, Gil
bert. -
1t has, and don t mind owning it
now. The hardest thing of all was to
keep myself from gambling away the
money as made it. twas easy enough
to rough it as regards other things, both
luxuries and the necessities of life, but
it was confoundedIy hard to keep away
from the gaming tables, which exist
there just as much as here. Thank
heaven, 7 did resist though, or I shouldn't
be here now
All, my dear fellow, you won't be
long here in Paris before you'll give in
to your old habits. What can man do
at the club? But come along. Wemust
start now. | want to introduce you TO
my wife. =
The two men got up and sauntered
along the boulevards to the Avenue de
IOpera, where Jacques RouvaI lived.
After dinner Rouval took his new
found friend into his smoking den,
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