We have here in Neuilly a steady average of self-inflicted deaths.

Out of a hundred suicides thirty are caused by gambling.

The others are due to disappointment in love, poverty, or incurable disease." "Chevalier ?" inquired Dr.Hibry, who was a lover of the theatre, "Chevalier?
Wait a minute! I have seen him; I saw him at a benefit performance, at the Varietes.

Of course! He recited a monologue." The dog howled outside the garden gate.
"You cannot imagine," resumed the commissary, "the disasters caused in this municipality by the _pari mutuel_.

I am not exaggerating when I assert that at least thirty per cent of the suicides which I have to look into are caused by gambling.