Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-27

favor OF the PLAYERS. Was not this in re-
venge for the insOlent series of rouge by
which the administration had so largely
profted during the previous evening!
Athslf-Dast six, when thew suspended
their play, Toronthal and Sareany had
realized more than 10000 pounds. They
rose and left the roulette table. Toron-
thai walked with uncertain step, as If he
were slightly intoxicated, intoxicated
with emotion and cerebral fatigue. His
companion, impossible as ever, watched
him, thinking if he would be tempted to
escape with the money he had won, and
| withdraw himself from his influence.
Without n word they passed through
the hall, descended the peristyle, and
walked towards their hotel.
Pescade followed then at distance.
AS he came out he saw Cape Matifou
seated on a bench near one Of the kiosks
in the garden.
Point Pescade stepped up to him.
Has the time come" asked Matiiou.
"What timer
''To-to-"
"TO come on the stage? No! not yeti
You must wait at the wings. Have you
had your dinner"
eyes"
"My compliments to youl My stomach
is in my heels--and that is not the place
70 a stomach! But / will get 1t up again
| get back
And Pescade rushed off down the hill
after TorOntbal and Sarcany.
When be found that they were at dinner
in their rooms he sat down at the table
G'hOte. He was only just in time and
in half an hour, as he said, he had
brought back his stomach to the normal
place that that organ occupies IN the hui
man machine.
Then he went out with capital cigar
in his mouth and took up his position OPP
pOsite the hotel.
"Assuredly," he said to himself, 81
must have been made for policeman!
have mistaken my prOtessiOnV
The question he then asked himself was:
We're these gentlemen going back to the
Casino this EVENING"
About 8 O'Clock they appeared at the
hotel door.
Pescade saw and heard that they were
in eager discussion.
Apparently the banker was trying to
resist once more the entreaties and injunc-
ti0ns of his accomplish, for Sarcany In an
imperiOus voice WAS heard 10 say
You must, Silas! | will have it SOP
They walked up the hill to the gardens
OF Monte Carlo. Point Pescade followed
them, without being able to overhear the
rest OF their cOnversation-much to his
regret.
But this is what Sarcany, was saying,
in tone which admitted of no reply, to
the banker whose resistance was growing
feeber every minute.
ITO stop. Silas, when luck Ia with us is
madnessl You must have lost your head!
In the 'deyeine' we faced our game like
fools. and in the 'veine' we must ace ii
Ike wise men. We have an opportunity,
tne only one perhaps, an opportunity
that may never occur again, to be mast
ers of our fate, masters Of fortune, ana
by our own fault we shall let it escape usl
Silas, do you not feel that luck"
''lf it is not exhausted" said Toron-
thai.
"No! a hundred times, MOI" replied
Sarcany. sit cannot be explained, but it
can be felt, and it thrills YOU even TO
your spinal cord A million Is waiting
for US tonight on the Casino tables. Yes,
a million, and will not let it slipl"
"You play, then, Sarcany."
"Mel Play alone? No! Play with you,
Sllas? Yes; and if we have to choose be-
tween us l will yield you my place. The
'veine' is personal, and it. is manifest that
10 you it has returned. Play on then and
WinI"
In fact what Sarcany wished was that
TOrOnthal should not be content with the
few hundred thousand francs that would
allow him to escape from his power; but
that he would either become the Million
aire he had been or be reduced to nothing.
Rich, he would continue his former
life. Ruined, he would have to fol-
low Sarcany where he pleased. In
either case, he would be unable to injure
him.
Resist as he might Torontbal felt all the
passions of the gambler rising within
him. In the miserable abasement into
which he had fallen he felt afraid TO go,
and at the same time longed to go back to
the tables. Sarcany's words set his blood
on fire. Nisibly luck had declared in his
fovor, and during the last few hours with
such consistency that 1t would be unpar-
dOnabie to stop.
The madnian! Like all gamblers he
spoke in the present when be should have
spoken only in the pastl Instead of say
ing, IL have been lucky-wbich was true
he said / am Iucky--which was false.
And in his brain, as in that Of all who
trust TO chance, there WAS no other rea-
soning! They forget what was recently
said by one OF the greatest mathematicians
Of France, "Chance has its csprices, it
has not its customs"
Sarcany aud TOronthal walked on to the
Casino, followed by Pe5cade. There they
stopped for a moment.
''silas!'' said Sarcany, mo hesitationl
You have resolved 20 play, have you
notY'
| "Yes! resolved to risk everything for
/ everythiugv replied the banker In whom
/ all hesitation had ceased when he found
| himself on the steps OF the peristyle.
! sit is not for me TO influence youu'
! continued Sarcany. "Trust TO your own
| inspiration, not to mine! IL will not
! lead you astray. Are you going 70
roulettep'
! "No-trente-et-quara said TOron-
! thai as he entered the hall.
! "YOu are right. Slasl Listen only to
! yourself Roulette has almost given you
a fortune! Trente-et-quarante will do the
\ restW
They entered the saloons. and walked
/ round them. Ten minutes afterwards Pes
/ cade saw them seat themselves at one of
/ the trente-et-quarante tables.
/ There In fact they could play more
! boldly, for n the chances OF the game are
simple, the maximum is 1900 francs, and
/ a few passes can give considerable differ
1 ences ia gain or loss. Hence IL is the
/ favOrite game with desperate PLAYERS,
and At IL wealth and poverty can be made
/ with yertiginOus rapidltv sufficient TO
raise the envy OF all the Stock Exchanges
/ OF the world.
CHAPTER vi.
A CHECK FOR sARcANY.