San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-01

he resumed his speech.
''IIilla's lady" said he It'll be no
fault of hers. poor little thing, if she isn't,
though ii may be some of mine"
He was left alone until the conclusion
of his journey, aud at the door where he
surrendered his ticket found himself rub
since we got down, and had one day at
'em before. Here / am with an actual
average of more than three Thousand
pounds day, and you advise me to leave
the course when I've just got into my
stride and can do the distance without
turning HART. It's all rubbish, Med
hurst. Pm not to be had in that way. /
tell you I'm going to bust up the estab-
lishment, and nothing less will satisfy me.
/ shall be millionaire, Medhurst"
He made this proclamation with perfect
sincerity, and seemed for the moment so
impressed by it that he dropped his Gus
tomary swagger altogether, and became
solemnly impressive.
You won't lose by it, old chap" he
went on. Isn't there song or tune
somewhere, 'Lilla's a Lady?' BY CAD, she
shall be! like you, Medhurst You're
good fellow. You've stuck to me more
than once when I've been down and you've
been up. I've dope the same by you when
the tables have been turned, and we know
one another don't we?"
This kind of sentimental talk was not
Captain Medhurst's forte at ALL
well, that's true enough" he answered
drily; 'but what about its'
There's this about it," responded the
Daisy; 'you stick to me, keep me from
getting too hot, just simply stand by and
give me the tip if 1 show any sign Of going
wild, and when I've reached the hundred
thousand there's quarter of it tied hard
and fast on little Lila. She sha'n't be
able to touch the principal till she's of
age, and you shall have the management
of it in her behalf till then. If anything
should happen to her before that-and God
forbid it should!-it'll come to you. Shake
hands on that, old chap"
The Major was genuinely and deeply
moved by his own generosity and the sense
of the Importance of the favor he was con-
ferring on his friend. He was even little
surprised to find Medhurst apparently so
unmOved by this aerial offer. 1t was just
as real to the Major as if the speculative
hundred thousand had lain on the table
there before him; but Medhurst's mind
was of a less and more practical cast, and
50 far, though he did full justice to the
others intent. he experienced no especial
call to gratitude.
II mean it, Medhurstr' cried the Major.
"By God, mean itp'
1--WE no doubt you mean it" Medhurst
answered, with even an increased dryness;
'but you haven't got it, Daisy, and it isn't
the moral certainty you fancy that you
ever will have it. l don't believe there
ever was man with system who didn't
get his head turned by it, more or less.
Mark my wordsworth lose in the long
run. Every penny of that money. will go
back to the bank; every penny, that is,
that isn't spent in the meanwhile. How
many men have tried the game before
you. How many men have come here
with their stems, with more than TWEEN
ty thousand pounds to back them, and
have gone back paupers? Who built those
halls of dazzling light where you've been
fiourishing this last day or two? Who
made the roads and laid out the gardens?
Who pays those scores and scores of i'm
passive devils who relieve each other at
the table? Who pays for the band that
gives you concert twice a day."
81 don't" said the Major, stolidly.
THE fools who come here with their
systems" said Medhurst, waxing parlia-
mentary in tone and gesture. THE be-
nighted asses who think that all human
experience is going to contradict itself for
their sakes! Every one of 'em comes with
this proverb running in his head-'The
many fail, the one succeeds They come
poor, and go back poorer; they come full,
4 MY
thousand wins, and goes away to spread
the news of victory. The people who
have really lost heavily hide their losses,
either in shame or in fear of damaging
their credit"
They haven't got my system, my boy"
responded the invincible Major.
Your SYSTEM scoffed Medhurst
There are runs on record which would
smash your system like house of cards
and smash you with them"
The Major had ordered a bottle of his
favorite Pommery Greno, and had lit a
cigar of the choicest brand to be had in
that quarter of the world for love or
money. He slipped and smoked in luXur-
ious contentmeut, and waved a hand to-
wards the table where his winnings still
lay exposed.
you've got a craze Medhurst," he said,
bing shoulders with his shy acquaintance
of Paris. He was too full of his own
thoughts to notice it at the moment, but
it occurred to him afterwards that even
remembering how slight their knowledge
of each other was the Americans manner
had been somewhat unnecessarily iced.
There are some things in respect to which
it is not true that the hand of less employ
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