Show A coldhearted COLD HEARTED KING characteristic remark credited to louis XV of france in the old couri court of france gam gain bling at cards was fashionable except alien a particularly serious monarch was on the throne louis XIV played constantly and there are plenty ol 01 pictures of him as he sat among the ladles ladies who bestowed their favors upon him and his courtiers chatting at one moment and hauling in his winnings at the next there was charm in louis XIV even when he waa was gambling but his despicable sue cessor seems to have carried to the gaming table all the cruel and selfish coldness which characterized him la in other aspects of his life while one evening he was playing M de chau velin one of the courtiers was seized with a fit of apoplexy some one ex claimed M de chaumelin Chau velin Is ill ill eald said the kind coldly turning round and looking at him he Is dead take him away spades are trumps gentlemen |