The Prince And The Gambler.
A contemporary tells a story of the Prince of Wales, which admirably illustrates the Prince’s goodness of heart. A short time ago he was dining with the officers of a.Punish regi ment, of which he is colonel. Aftet dinner it was proposed toplay baccarat tm ame of which is well to be fond. Duifcg the game a youthful officer lost heavily, and finally walked out of the room into an adjaCeht gallery. The Prince, who had observed the young' man’s losses and his obvious distress, followed him, andJoding him in the gallery, delicately tasked him why he was so distressed. The officer answered that he had lost more money than he could possibly pay, and that he should be obliged to resign his commission and leave the army. ‘ You shall do nothing of the kind,’ the Prince decidedly answered. The game was proposed out of compliment to me, and I cannot.allow you to be sacrificed in this way ’ He forthwith wrote a cheque for £SOO, ; he amount of thb young officer’s losses, and insisted on his accepting it.^
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Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2134, 26 July 1898, Page 3
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183The Prince And The Gambler. Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2134, 26 July 1898, Page 3
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