Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-04-30
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- ,on Raehnitz was member Of
pa, ass..rat club In the Rue Raymond
~ ToulOase of Paris. lie was some
remarkable man. member OF one
War ,,rsat but impecunious families CT
D Ins bo had. some Eve years before,
sst0"s .rgbt Young and married by
oesa .., complexioned, though not very
crilH'ss r,erican girl. For a year or two
zen, "a h,en content TO live In his duh
ths! ,aun. with its round OF FIRST rate
aan's hrt third rate everything else.
sps sss AngIo-American club the baron
ss..incad a certain aptitude for ecarte,
u.s. md picauet. and so uniform had
poas h,s suecess at these games that II
-, long before he began to yearn
,ar fresh fields and pastures new, where
:. rpuld play for higher stakes than
- obtainable in a second rate Ger
W, ,nwn and a third rate Anglo-Amer-
", society. His wife. too. impressed
W. r. success aud not unwilling to real
I,rser returns. encouraged him In
.n,bitiou. with the result that a move
n' made 10 Paris, and he became
..,,hcr Of the famous Baccarat club.
n. srst becoming a member OF the
81 h. had confined himself to playing
!. Tho small hours OF the morning. All
-. h;rhest play was between o and l
s,s,.eL and these hours be had first
sssi5ed on principle. After 1 O'Clock he
s.s noticed that play became Stacker
IA that those players who still stayed
:, we're either ovcrcxcited with wine
:, beginning to tire. and by 3 o'clock in
,hs morning there were. as rule, but q
fsx faded or half intoxicated members,
al, game. he considered, for young
ma, OF regular habits and who took
efficiency OF sleep.
Now. as he said to bis wife. he was In
Paris on business. and pleasure and con-
yenlence must give way to that. and she,
bsiaS a practical young woman, cheer
fslIy scquiesed. The consequence was
thai this enterprising young couple kept
yery curious hours indeed. They went to
heI regularly at o'clock Ia the after
noon and got up regularly at midnight.
Won Raehnitz then dressed himself fault
,sssly In evening costume, kissed bis dear
uttIe wife, who wished him good sue.
cess. and turned into the club rs fresh
as paint. And this plan for some time
succeeded eScellently well. Indeed. the
Fran Baronin, who was not quite as am
bilious as her husband. was beginning TO
box forward TO the retirement on
very fair competence in the near future.
Bat this was by no means Won Rach-
nltr's idea A comfortable competency
did not appear half tempting enough TO
him He swore in his heart that he
would stick TO business until he was a
really wealthy man. His success was
undoubtedly great with the comparative
u small fry. but his practice in the small
hours OF the morning was only TO be the
prelude to greater things In the real
gambling hours OF the club. He only
waited his opportunity to rake in. as he
Believed himself capable Of doing, TIL
thousands which changed hands before /
o'clock In plaza OF the hundreds which
be gathered In all too slowly after that
hour. In vain his wife used all her ef-
forts 10 induce him to be content with
the sutieiency he had already amassed.
He paid her no heed. but babe her wait
patiently and he would make her a rich
woman
Thus II was that about three years be-
fore a certain RaOul Fleischer obtained
membership 10 the club Won Rachnitz
had become one Of the 0 TO / O'Clock
habstues. AS In his earlier ventures, his
luck from the first proved phenomenal.
and this was the more astonishing az
here be was pitted against the finest and
coolest players in the world However,
Of course, bad fortune was sure to come
al last-at least. 40 all the knowing ones
ssd.
By this time Won Rachnitz had amass-
81 large sum OF money. larger. indeed.
'Aan any OF his associates imagined. He
AMI No wife We're living very smartIy in
small way and were by degrees making
sood their position In the very best so
Seiy. He was very popular with the
'eadlns members OF the club. among
~hom was the cream OF the male Pari-
san ariStocracy.
Aiy dear" said the baroness one day.
! wish you would give up play"
4 wish could. my love l would give
do So"
eu SEE What Is 10 prevent you III
you wish. It's simply tempting Proyi-
1snee to trust to your luck any longer"
ion are perfectly right In what you
s4s. out you must remember that the
lor1ty of the members OF the Baccarat
quo DON'T look on gaming as a business.
sua u II was for a moment imagined
uat l played only for the money
s s'afe we should lose ground terribly In
don't see why"
., Ion DO not. and yet I've told you of.
va va enough that a man who has played
go, is always expected TO 20 on
Sung his fellow members an opportu-
NJ Tor revenge. | should go down ire
Su,uously in their estimation il | sud-
saiy stopped playing without assigning
NJ, reason. YoG don't know how sus-
Si.'ous people become of a man who
~ up play before play gives him up.
po,L pn see how I'm to abandon It alto
l ssHs unless We make up our minds TO
10 faris and settle elsewhere"
IA. an but that's out OF the question.
H.. "neu we've got into society and all
M ~ the bye, we're Invited to the
nc ac De Pineenez's."