The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-01
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Gilbert de Sauniur had just returned
to Paris after 10 years sojourn In Amer
lea. He had left his country ruined and
almost hopeless, q victim to his passion
for gambling. He was quite young
when he had left France, but he had
squandered away a large fortune and SO
had courageously decided to gofnto ex-
lie and try his luck in q new way
namely, by work. He had started away
with gao in his pocket and had now re-
turned after 10 years slavery almost a
rich man again.
He was once more ON the b~oulevards,
nce more gazing at the brilliantly
lighted shops and at the gay crowd of
fashionable loungers who We're strolling
along apparently without a care in the
world. At last, feeling a 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 a 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 1t since
we met, or rather since we partedf'
"Ten years, Rouval-just 10 years
since / started off with my $40 to try
my luck over the sea-" e
"And what sort of luck have you
had, old fellow?'
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I've come back anyhow with enough of
the 'needful' to 60 along all right now.
How have you been getting ON alb these
years?" \
"Well, I've had some changes, like
every M else. I'm married now and
am getting on all right-at least !
should IL ! could only leave the on
founded cards alone"
Take care, Rouval, IL yon go In for
that still. / ought to have been q warn
ing to some Of you. Why don't you
give that sort Of thing up once and for
aIl?"
That's easier said than done. What
is a fellow to do at the club, and then
Ii once you've won from a man you
cannot refuse to let him have his chance.
and so you go on. i say, you'll come
home with met / want to hear all
about your doings and introduce you to
my wife,"
81 should like to come very much
well, it's settled then. Now tell
me something about your life over yon-
der. How did you even get q starti"
"Well, / had q bad time at first, /
confess. The motto of the country there
is Every man for himself. If one can
not hold ones own in the fierce compe-
tition that is waged, then there is moth
ing to do but give in and disappear. On
the contrary, ii you'v got some grip in
you and ear hold ON and have got just
enough money in your pocket to keep
You from starving till you get your foot
ON the ladder, why, there's a chance for
You.
II stood off at nothing, as l did not
know a soul in the whole country. AS
/ knew a good deal about horses, I 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 1t possible?"
1T was, Rouval; that was precisely
how ] commenced. When I had got
used to the life over there and saw how
things went, / yentured ON other things,
and I certainly had good luck, for ev-
erything I touched succeeded. As soon
as I had scraped q little money together
1 put it into some shares in a railway
company. and 80 ] went on until I had
made what I considered enough t6come
back with"
Its been pretty rough on You. Gil
bert
1T has, and I don't mind owning 1T
now. The hardest thing of all was to
keep myself from gambling away the
money as / made il. It was easy enough
to rough IL as regards other things, both
Iuxnries and the necessities of life, but
il was confoundedly hard to keep away
from the gaming tables, which exist
there just az much as here. Thank
heaven did resist though. or / shouldn't
be here now"
"Ah, my dear fellow, you won't be
long here i'm Paris before you'll give In
to your old habits. What can a man do
at the club? But come along. We must
start now. want to introduce you 10
my wife,
The two men got mp and sauntered
along the ~bouleyards to the Avenue de
FOpera, where Jacques Rouval lived.
After dinner Rouval took his new
found friend into his smoking den,
there to indulge in q cigar.
do yon are to have q look III at
the ciubf" be asked him a little later on.
mo, / don't think I do this evening.
You know, 1t Ii not cheerful after 10
years abssnce Ia return 10 old haunts
which Gro iilIsss With strangers md TO
Ind aIi IL Sc s1e knows sts no longer