A Servant of Satan: Romantic Career of Prado the Assassin — page 199: what you’re looking at

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— A SERVANT OF SATAN. | 191 ““ Well,” exclaimed the latter in English, and in a very audible tone of voice, ‘‘I told you what you would expose yourself toif you came here. You see, Pearl, that’s what comes of always insisting on visiting the most extraordinary places.” That night, for the first time in his life, Frederick von Waldberg got drunk; the words of the young Englishman had shown him, more than anything else, to what depths he had sunk. * Lady Margaret, the girl whom he had once fancied loved him, had not even recognized, in'the degraded individual he had now become, the man who had aspired to her hand. Crimsoning to the very roots of his hair, he left % ~ : the red-haired cocotfe standing in the middle of the floor, di- — rected his steps towards the dwvette, and, ordering a dem- setver (about half a pint) of brandy to be served him, drained it at a gulp. One evening, in the month of January, 1885, Frederick, who beyond the clothes on his back now possessed nothing but a well-worn suit of evening dress and a few shirts, happened to be strolling down the Champs Elysees, when suddenly his attention was attracted by sounds of a violent altercation. On approaching the spot whence they pro- — ceeded he found a middle-aged man, manifestly a foreigner, who was undergoing severe treatment at the hands of a couvle of students from the Quartier Latin., The stranger was accompanied by a tall and exceedingly handsome - blonde. The students, with the impudence peculiar to their class, had ventured on some remarks of a tender and even indiscreet nature to the lady, whose escort had been quick to resent the insult. The students, however, were decidedly getting the best of the scuffle when Frederick ap- peared on the scene. Not even the life of dissipation and. debauchery into which he had allowed himself to sink had been able to diminish the power of his muscular arms. Dashing his fist into the face of the taller of the two stu- =» ; Eomicbooks mn Pe, - ~~ FE 4194.7) _ ” : A +" ; , . 5 ty ac Lae | ps - (E(@)