The Strand Magazine: Volume VII, Issue 37. January, 1894. - An Illustrated Monthly by Unknown
page 156 of 174 (89%)
page 156 of 174 (89%)
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_The Family Name._ From the French of HENRI MALIN [Illustration] I. One afternoon, Mons. Sauvallier received from his younger son--a lieutenant in garrison at Versailles--the following letter: "Versailles, May 25, 1883. "MY DEAR FATHER, "A terrible catastrophe has befallen me, one which will be a blow to you also. I am writing about it, because I dare not face you; I deserve never to see you again! "Led astray by a companion, I have been gambling on the Bourse, and am involved in yesterday's crash, in which so many fortunes have been suddenly swamped. "I scarcely dare to tell you how much I have lost. Yet I _must_ do so, for the honour of the Sauvalliers is concerned. Alas! you will be all but ruined! |
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