Part 10 (1/2)

”Never hted up at the thought of play; ”I adainst thereat readiness; and they sat down to play

In two hours Sir Asinus was sitting at spadille in the exceedingly undress costus

His coat was thrown on a chair; his worsted shoes were in one corner of the room; and his cocked hat lay upon his waistcoat at the Governor's feet

The Governor took extreht in these practical jokes He had won these articles of Sir Asinus's clothing one after another; and noas about to commence with the remainder

”Look! spadille, the ace!” he cried; ”I have your neckcloth”

And his Excellency burst into a roar of laughter

Sir Asinus slowly and sadly drew off his neckcloth, and deposited it on the pile

”Good!” cried his Excellency; ”now for your short clothes!”

”No, no!” Sir Asinus remonstrated; ”now, your Excellency!--h the town of Williaested his Excellency, generously

”No, no!”

”Well, well, I'll be liberal-- you a suit of clothes from your apartht struck Sir Asinus

”I'll play your Excellency this ring against ten pistoles,” he said; ”I lost sight of it”

”Done!” said his Excellency

Sir Asinus won the game; and Fauquier, with the exeambler, took ten pistoles from his purse and handed them across the table

”Nine pieces for my coat and the rest,” said Sir Asinus persuasively; ”it is really i with your Excellency in such deshabille as this”

”Willingly,” said Fauquier, shaking with merriment

And he pocketed the nine pistoles while Sir Asinus washis toilet at a Venetian ain--Sir Asinus staking his pistole He won, and continued to win until night; when candles were brought, and they coain

By ten o'clock Sir Asinus had won fifteen thousand pistoles fro with the nerve of a great ga, careless, but not more careless than when he lost

At fifteen minutes past twelve he had won a bond for two hundred pistoles from Sir Asinus; at sixteenthe cards up with both hands, threw the up the bond which Sir Asinus had executed a racefully lit with it a pipe which he had just filled; and, first telling a servant ”to carry lights to the chamber next to his own,” said to Sir Asinus: