Midnight
_ A Young Gentleman of Wealth and Fashion -- a noble resolve -- the flatterers -- the Midnight Encounter -- an Adventure -- the Courtezan -- Temptation triumphant -- how the Night was passed . _ ` What a happy dog I ought to be ! ' exclaimed Frank Sydney , as he reposed his slippered feet upon the fender , and sipped his third glass of old Madeira , one winter 's evening in the year 18 -- , in the great city of New York . Frank might well say so ; for in addition to being as handsome a fellow as one would be likely to meet in a day 's walk , he possessed an ample fortune , left him by a deceased uncle .