The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-12-04

ihe in"S thot moment, | was rcaGy Ia
nVpn ,,,e with anybody who encour-
irale' no in nv game. I accepted the
ieeo soldlers offered pinch Of snuff
on ,nod him on the back ANA swore DC
dapp,S ,a nopestest fellow in the world
v4' most glorious relic of the grand
tDe H' .,st I had ever met with. GO
aTr' orlod nv military friend. swapping
on o',,ors I'm ecstasy. Go on and win!
~ n.nr tDe nanS-mille tonnerres' my
p gont English comrade, break the
bank" o.. ,,,o, y
And | did 60 on-went on at such
~ thot in another quarter Of an hour
Y" oropnier called out, Gentlemen,
Wv hank has discontinued for tonight!
w ,bo notes and all the gold in that
nr NOW lay in a heap under my |
s pan6 tDa whole coating capital Of the
I.,l,,,r house was waiting TO pour ,
INTO my pochets'
%" ~rle ND the money in your handker- !
,,jef nv worthy SIR said the old sol !
Ssres wildly plunged my hands into
~r beap of gold. "Tie it up as we used
81 +e No bit Of dinner in the grand
INV Your winnings are too heavy
S,r opy lreeches pockets that ever were
sevod. There, that's it-shorel them
I, notes and all Creole, what luck!
e,on--apother napoleon on the floor!
An sacre petit poisson de Napoleon
1ovo found thee at last? Now then,
sIr-fvo tight double knots each way
9Th Your honorable permission and
,hp MONEYS safe. Feel it--feel II, for
,nnate sir-hard and round as a cam
non hall All, bah. IL they had only
sred such cannon balls at us at Auster-
ptz-uom dune pipe! II they only had!
And now. as an ancient grenadler, as
an ex.lraye Of the French army, what
remains for me to do? ! ask whatF
smnly this-to entreat my valued Eng
Dsh friend to drink bottle Of cham
pacne with me and toast tie goddess
ot fortune in foammg gOblets before
we part
Excellent ey-brave. Convival ancient
rrenadier! Champagne, by all means!
An English cheer for an old soldier
Burah. hurrahl Another English cheer
for the goddess Fortune-hurrah, hur-
nh, huTah,
"Bravo-the Englishman, the amiable,
gracious Engllshman, in whose veins
clrculates the yivacious blood OF
u France, Another glass? All, bah-thc
bottle is empty. Never mind! Nive l.
vim! !, the old soldier, order another
bottle and half u pound Of bonbon'
with IL"
"No, 10, ex.braye; never ancient
grenadler! Your bottle last time; N!
bottle this. Behold il. Toast away
The French army, the great Napoleon
the present company, the croupier tn
honest croupier's wife and daughters
II be has any-the ladies generally eN
erybody in the world"
By the time the second bottle o
champagne was emptied ! felt as II
had been drinking liquid frenzy brail
seemed all aflame. No excess IN VIII
has ever had this effect on me Defor
in my life. Was It the result Of stlmu
liant acting upon my system when
was IN highly excited stateE wa
my stomach in a particularly disordere
condition. or was the champagne ama'
ingly strong?
"Ex-brave OF the French army erie
in mad state Of eXhilaration. 81 81
on fire, How are you? You have 81
NE on FIRE! DO you hear, my hero {
Austerlim2' Let us have third bott
Of champagne to put the fame out
The old soldier wagged his head, roI
ed his google eyes until | expected
see them slip out Of their socket
placed his dirty fOrehnger by the slS
Of his broken nose, sOlemnly eiaculat'
Coffee and Immediately ran of IN
On inner room.
She word pronounced by the eccentr
veteran seemed to have magical enc
on the rest Of the company preseI
With one accord they all rose to depsl
lPEnbably they had expected 70 pro
by my intOaicatioD, but, hnding IN
my new friend was beneyolently he
on preventing me from getting de-
drunk, had now abandoned all hope
thriving pleasantly on my Wlhhni
Whatever their motive might he, at a.
rate they went away In body, Wh
the old soldier returned aud sat doN
opposite TO me at the table, we had I
room TO ourselves. could see l
CrOupIer in sort Of vestlbule WIN
opened out Of it eating his supper
solitude. The silence was now deel
than ever.
A sudden change, too, had come ON
ale eX.braNp He assumed y