The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05

hrst class might be had at the Cafe de la
Paris, across the street
What would you have me do?' he ask
ca onei take them to the wax works
eAhlbition, or the bicycle races, and thus
fares?"
The only thing that seemed to trouble
ham ia telling it was THAI he had no money
at the time. A life insurance policy that
mad been refused by capTicious applicant
the day before lay in his Docket.
DID you put that up IS collateral?'
Would it have been co.Iateral?" I saked.
he answered not without evasion; but l
gathered from his plaintive self-examina-
tlohs that, had honor called for 1t, ne
would have sacrificed this handsomely
sealed, beribboned document rather than
TO nave quit the game as defaulter.
Luck followed him, however. The tour
isls' as all good tourists ought to be, were
lnattentive, jolly, joking, sneering at the
natives. The Courier d assurance" with
mis- assurance of triple brass clamped with
chliled steel, was cool, collected, wrought
up 10 that high point of intuition which
can be the product only of an empty stom-
ach working on immense desires and GER
tain trihing fears. He banked. And
When his turn came to pay up there were
not many chips for redemption. One Of
the kinds of Paris poker.
II would not be right to call these trans
actions wrong. There is something mon
strouS IN the idea of a tourist winning. Not
that, here and again, tourist turns up
at the game of Henrys possessed of ev-
cry requisite TO stand the natives on their
heads-the natives of the colony. But
seldom They are most worthy people,
from the good old Colonel up. The
game there is not of as long standing as
the continuous performance at the Grand
care, which has gone on for thirty years;
put 1t is as old as "Henry's," and tremen-
dously fair. The habltues all have the
most perfect confidence in each other.
Playing constantly together, they know
each others style so well that there is
no undue noise or disputation. The two
oil three stray tourists who fall into this
hoIneilke circle daily always feel sure they
might nave better chance at winning
could they have a few games more with
the same men and get acquainted with
1Heir play. But tourists tour; and the
game in only a distraction.
There Is a sweeter picture, reeking less
Of business, to observe the milder poker of
the fashionable pensions and hotels de
Iamlile. one time there came to the pow
ers one of the prettiest French widows
you could wish to see. In her capacity of
dame de compagnie to an American lady
of wealth and position in the Anglo
American skirt-braid trade she was of the
conventional and proper humility; she
who, prior to her marriage, had been read
er and companion to the cultured and
highminded Princess Mathilde. But now,
playing poker-10-cent limit-at the hight
OF her enthusiasm she would bloom and
blossom. All gains and losses, sights and
raises she would reckon in cab fares and
gloves.
How much are you ahead now, Nine.
K. ?"
'Ah, bonheur, two pair of glofs and un
Voiture"
Once she got very low.
How now, Nine K ?"
'Helas! one omnibus"
She quit the games with enough win
nings TO have hired a cab all day by hav-
ing good pairs dealt her from the bottom
of the pack
Another kind of Paris poker!