Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-14


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domn Is tie faro table sna boagA1 I've
stacks q elztFa- hs was . soanR feAAeSs
snas man was. Hn lad liKhs mnsfAches
nlna egsas ard faea - waafs = 5 esq
aae~& O. aia sha dsalinR and / wens
AZ into eha io5kuu1 enalr. The deal
came car SAY ali tnronk1, and tbs TEL
ioW iEat nls nhipa ~ No Hma. bat -
wa@ 4 dandy. fh0nah. He waz DsG1tnR
ali owak aha laynaa. and IL ha had sgnE
sailed tna suxn he'd knncksa rs silly.
/ sam that fhs game was going TO BE- o
neagy ons, 90 / iazf locked the door,
pu1 81 a. old s1raw hat, and watches
aha neEa Iha fellow never said weird
naRe'n Il cali for chips. de never took
ne agea "a aha fabia, either. Alana
snaaf mldnlzhs ne and Is aoE bnugrg,
and we aaked the falioM II he'd szop
long enough TO gel something 60 eat
d. said he w0aadnet, and 90 ice play
wenf an. Aea4ly every pet be made o.
packea ~ The feii0B seemed strangely
RAfuekS, but be negpF neefed. Neeer =
Msaa uanaa onf oE his head. be 1ua1 set
thera and bst and lost al / Ros SEX.
A sous daylight the fcllow e0t do@n 70
ats Last hnndred. BE hlsw % align for
enlpa. he aiapped SO on ahe quee1 to
l0ae and au0shsr aAwsnck on the aoe %
Wln. lie whipsawed rs, beg0s3, and
tnsn o. said hs was hnugry and we'd
netleF 20 and GET s0mntniaR to cas-. 1he
fellow said fhas be wouldnsk have any
thing af the kSmds Ma and 0y we're
abonE ready b tail oaa Of our ehsiFa
feom hmnger, hus she player seemed 10
be az fFssh as 3 lara. Every oneo in q
while he'd take . drink Of whisky, bui
shafts ell.
From the moment be whiPa4wed us
be began 20 win Just IS fast 50 he had
lost daring the night. be was 1nsf
making Oy and ths money box e@ea1
When 1 exchanged places with my part
aardine box for tie next deal. Tie
stranger had his bets ali made when
tapped the box fer lack. Bat that was
ali the good i tlia me. The fellow called
the turn from start 30 6niah, and hauled
10 enough chips to make aim even. Ne
and o. were &c ting little aneaay and
faint bot tbs stranger was 90 fresh -
daisy. We kept on playing until away
into the afternoon, with lac& dead agfn
the bank. IL bad been over twenty fouE
hours since we'd eaten q m0uthfRl ol
anything but the fellow still insisted
on playing. At 6 O'clock he vas aboul
$500 winner, and showed 40 signs o.
quitting.
Finally ! got 90 tired that I ceuIda'l
watch the beta no longer. tg0t up and
walked around the room, whtla Cy be-
gan 30 deal. From that minute che
fellow began 10 lose. and 81 midnight b
was dowR 10 hia last hundred. iEemem,
Der just how he looked then. though it''
twenty years ago. HIS face looked like
marble, his great blue eyes RlitteEius
with q strange light. He I'D all Of hi
chips In bis LET'S hand, while with his
right he stroked his long. ailk-like mus
t4che. was looking over bis saouidel
she be made hia last bet. He playes
the s-ne cid cards eQain-the qneen 4
lose aRd the aes 80 WIN. Then be laanes
forward aad watched o. pull the cards
could almost hear the strangers nsaR
thump when Oy began 20 uncover tn
ace Of diamonds; and when be unveiled
the queen OF hearts ] saw the play
eF's fingers twiteh nervousiy. 4
strange cry escaped from his lips an'
then be fell backward upon the hoor-
dead.
II will not tell you all that happeneS
from that time until the close Of shl
coroner'a inquest, for its rather uR
pleasant 10 me. Bot this much | vii
tell You: when they searched the fellow
clothes they found nothing but this let
ger, which bore no date;
"sMx DARLING HExRY-Hold ontC
the money you have been intruateG
with. Y0n know yonr weakness, anC
| Just think what " Iuld become OF the
children and !, should anything happen
yon. LUCx.
Ever since that day have been try.
ing TO fiad sut who Henry was. o. hal
been looking for Lncy, bat neither Of a.
has been successful. DO YEA know Il
mas always bsen my opinion that Henry
was sent 10 Baltimore 20 buy goods, and
that when be realized be had lost ais
| employers money che shock was toe
much for him. Lucy was his wife, zoe
boy, and / often wondcr IL she hAl
learned Of his strange death. wish We
eonld hna her, for the money We won
from her husband has been compound
ing interest thess twvnty years. Sup
oss me and Cy could spend cent Of
that stnn after whas had happenedG II
wouid have gone agin oar gram, and
then besides il would have been 10.
nah. Dead mans EOney is wuss than
kfa.k N.ka