Show A r fir a t4 U O inY P1lAlkYlb r Ar e c fllKN Lucira tie Hem had seen hie j last 100 franc not raked In by the banker and had idea from the roulette rou-lette table where he had Just lost the remains I of his mall fortune he l experienced a sort Nj of mtlgo and almost al-most fell With reeling brain and falling limb he tottered over lo the leather bench that encircled the room and threw hlmtolf on It Tor tome minutes u he cased vaguely about title private cam lung hell In which ho had waded the 1 est years of hi youth recognising one La car the plundered heads of the J + layer In the bold dare of the three great green thado lie heard the soft friction of the told uii the felt and rallied hi Ion hi ruin but ho re inembered that at home In a buren drawer there were twit army pistols which had been bravely iud by hi father Control Do Hem In lbw attack of Zaalcha Then utterly Morn out b ° slept profoundly lie awoke with parched throat and glancing at the clock MW that he land barely dept a halt hour An Imperative deal lo breath th e night air camo our him The hand marked a quarter lo midnight and 00 rlilnc and stretching lilt nrnn Lucien mollMlrd that It wa Christmas no und by an Ironical freak of memory ho I aw himself n little child l again puttln hll hue In front of the chlmuey at bedtime Just then old Dronskl tho Polo a flsture of the lilac In threadbare braided livery cola up to turlen anti mouthed a few word In hi dirty beard Lend me he franc Monsieur here tire two day iluco I have WeD out 01 the club and IT has not turned up once I I I Ijuih at me If you will but you may mil lilt my nut If 17 done net cum out In a few minute when time clock strike midnight Lueltn lc Him khrugged him ihou den he Had not even the wherewith In his pocket to pay the tax known by the house babltue as The 1jle Jenco lie iaMd Into the hall put on bll hat hit coat than descended th lain with the hosts of a fevered pro l I During the tour hour he had ben hI I door heavy mow had fallen and the street a central one walled In by high houses wa all while Multitude of roll l stars shone In the blueblack purred purr-ed Ik1 The rubied man walked rapidly re calving dMpcrato thoughts 111o mind I and wa more than ever drawn to the I pistol box In his dressing care drawer 2 Suddenly be topped lie was con I fronted by a hearlbrcaklng crone On a loon bench placed according Ito I-to the old time custom beside the monumental door of a palace n llttlo girl of G or 7 barely covered by a mull mu-ll black frock wa lilting In tho show Sims had gone to steep there In spite of limo cold In n painful attitude 01 utter weariness with her poor lit tie head ami boulder propped In an angle of the Icy done Ono of her old ihoe had fallen from Ibo foot which bun over and lay In the snow Iuclen do Hem felt mechanically for his nIL pocket and wan suddenly re Indcd that n moment before be had not even found a torgolten franc nora nor-a pourboire for the valet However stirred by an Initlnctlve pity he approached 1 the nl little girl and ould perhaps have carried her In tubs arllli to give her a night heeler had Ito not ICon something ihlnlng In the alit shin aa It lay In the mow lie bent over It Will a gold l10ull Home charitable person a woman doubtless In paining by thli Christ < ma eVil had seen the shoe In front 01 the steeping child and had remem bored l the touching legend Thl Ken emus aim had been given 10 that the little ono might believe In the gift of the holy child and In aplto of her ilIa tress retain canto hope Jn the goodness 01 ITortrtence A louts It meant many day 01 plenty for tho beggar and Lucien wa bout to wakenand toll her to when ho heard voice In his ear drawling hick voice mumbling Hero aro two day since I have been out of the club You can cut oft 011 Hit It 17 dim ant come out when tho clock itrlke midnight Then the young man ot 21 coming of honest stock with a magnificent mil tnry record never falling In honor title oung man suddenly conceived II dreadful thought fell prey tn n will hysterical monstrous desire Aiiurln ilmielf wllh one glance that tho street was deserted he iwlftly looped ad vnnrrd n trembling hand and stole the fouls from Iho old hoe With n will rush ho reached the club again cleared be stain In one Impetuous ruth flung open the door of blue reeking hall and threw the gold 1 piece on the Rumen Jut t lime clock chimed the Ont stroke 01 midnight All on 171 Seventeen won With a turn of hli band he shoved the 30 louts on red lied wan lie left 72 louts on the tome color Again It appeared Three time he put up the doubled stakes with the lame luck There was now a great heap 01 gold 1 and bunk note In front ot him and he began frantically I to BOW them broadcast over time table livery com blnatlon favored him Tho little Ivory ball Jumping about tho dlvlilona of tho roulette teemed to bo magnotltcd by I the gambler gate and obeyed It 10 10 play he had recovered tho few thousand Cranes his last resource that he had lOll early In limo evening lip I punting 200 or 300 louts at once bo would soon have far mare than tbo heritage ho had fooled away In tubs haste to play ho had kepi 01 iU heavy coal mid the treat pockets pock-ets were already iranuned with rolll of bank note and gold piece Ho now had to stuff them Into hli Inside lJok eti his veal and trouser pocket hill cigar ease hula handkerchief and ev cr thing that could hold them He tlll pla > ed III till won like a lunatic like a drunken man I lie threw tbo gold anywhere on the table with ills dalnful certainly In his heart a redhot Iron was burn Ing be thought only ot the child asleep In the mow ot the little beggar ho had robbed She II I itill hire ot oourtei rer talnly she mint U there In a min ute when It strikes 11 linear ItI will I leave here and carry her horn sleeping In my arm I will bring her up love her assay own child and care tor her always always Tho clock itrurk 1 tho quarter the hair the three quarter and Iuclen till lIt at the table A minute before Ilbo banker rote abruptly and laid In I harp voice Enough fur tho day gentlemen the bank U dosed luclcn leaped to hls feet Roughly he pushed the player aside aa they Inxcrod about eyeing him with eli vloue admiration hurriedly he cleared the stabs and ran to tho atone bench Thank toil ho cried shun is I lUll tlerlll lie tolled her hand Ah how cold she It poor little ne1 oneAs ho lifted her In his arm the cblhl heart fell back limp and she did not waken How children deep be ought prctslng her to his breast for warmth and vaguely anxious ho we about la kin her Ihll to draw hir from this I heavy slumber when ho lau with terror that the child ole wet hall pen stowing glassy pupil extln ulihed and motionless Vllli terrible uiplclon lu len brushed her little Up with hula own and no breath came from hem Wblle Luclen had been wlnnlu a fortune with the mils stolen fl5trt her this little beggar Dad Bled ot cold ills throat contracted In awful agony bo tried to cry out e s o and It I the eftorl ho awoke from a nlghtmir on the bench at the club where he hd alien aileep before midnight and bad been left undlilurbed by the klndneu or tho old valet who had gone all lu 01 all at 5 oclock Ills heart had b1 ouchcd < by the poor bankrupt A noisy December dawn was peering irough the pane Luclen went out < awned his watch bathed breakfasted hen went to the recruiting allies whero he cnllitcd In Ibo First African Miaiteur Luclen do lien li now a lieutenant ho live on his mall pay and oem ouchei a card It appear that ho saves something too for not tone ago In Alders ho wan ecn tip a brother officer who was walkIng walk-Ing behind him In n winding street oho ho Kasha giving alms to a little Span sranl 1 J t l i i 2 I II w < t I ts s I I dkJI 1 MS9Rm HP A1TUOACIIIU TUB UTTLU OIUU lib beggar asleep under a doorway The officer bad the Indlicrctlon to look at the money which Lucien had then to ixnerty w lie had put n 1l1 < hauls In the child band |