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Chevaliers D'industrie, Or Polite Sharpers

The following narrative elucidates a still more modern phase of
this elegant 'industry.' My authority is M. Robert-Houdin.

CAUGHT IN A TRAP

M. Olivier de ---- was a dissipated young gentleman. His family
was one of the oldest and most respectable of the country, and
deservedly enjoyed the highest consideration. M. Olivier de
----, his father, was not rich, and therefore could not do much
for his son; the consequence was that owing to his outrageous
prodigality the son was sorely pinched for means to keep up his
position; he exhausted his credit, and was soon overwhelmed with
debt. Among the companions of his dissipation was a young man
whose abundant means filled him with admiration and envy; he
lived like a prince and had not a single creditor. One day he
asked his friend to explain the mystery of the fact that, without
possessing any fortune, he could gratify all his tastes and
fancies, whilst he himself, with certain resources, was compelled
to submit to privations, still getting into debt.

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