San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-28

PauPs Cathedral, II there is such thing.
/ played for you just to show you what the
system was; and / put pony of yours
into it because knew you'd profit by it,
and because knew / should want you
afterwards. II the system had broken
down, you'd never have heard anything
about it. should have pocketed my losses
and have said nothing"
Well" said Medhurst, fixing his froz-
en- eye upon him, what do you want me
to do,'
II want you to come to Monty with me,
and | want you TO keep ME cool and
straight. I've got enough to play great
game now, and Pm going to play it. I'm
going to bust that bank sky high. They've
got capital OF millions sterling. They'll
fight to the last gasp and bleed 10 the last
drop before they'll give in. They can't az
ford to be beaten. They think they can't
be beaten in the long run; and they won't
| stop man who has once won heavily.
| They're game, my boy, and so am /;
they're keen set, my boy, and so am i.
| Don't You think you're going to keep me
away from it, Medhurst. Pve heard all
your lectures till I'm sick of 'em, and II
| you were to jaw from now to doomsday
| 1t wouldn't make a pennyworth OF differ
| ence."
Now, look here, Daisy" said Captain
Medhurst. pulling off his overcoat and
seating himself.
You can go it, if you like" said the
Daisy; but it'll be in at one ear and opt
at the other. Pm thirsty; ring that bloom
| ing bell"
| AS the Captain turned to obey the re-
| quest, a waiter knocked at the door, and
brought in the receipted bill and the bal
ance of the thousand-franc note.
Here, say, you!' began the daisy.
"Donny maw-Here, you try the lingo on
him, Medhurst. Order bottle of fiz l
can't get my tongue round this language
little bit 'Donny.'" he pursued, reflec-
lively; "they used to call your fists your
donnies, when l was at school, Nav
means me- of course. 'Donny nav
hand me- suppose when you come to
know it, there's bit of resemblance be-
tween French and English after ALL
Into the brilliant pathological vista
opened by this suggestion Captain Med
hurst declined to enter.
| GIVE me a cigar" he said, land III talk
to you"
you can save yourself the trouble"
said the Daisy, doggedly. Look here"
He drew out his pocket-book again, when
he had thrown over his cigar-case to his
companion, and fell to counting the notes
it contained. You've had one of them,
and made 'em fifty-eight this morning"
He counted them carefully. There you
are! That's twenty-eight to you, and
twenty-nine to me. Now, do you see that
bundle? That's one thousand one hun
dred and twenty pounds Do you see it?"
Medhurst looked very hard at it indeed,
and evidently saw it clearly Now, if
you'll hold your jaw, and do what l want
you, that's yours"
What do you want?"
II want you to come back to Monty with
me; want you to master the system thor
oughly, before you go; and want you to
come and see me play it. l get wild;
lose my head. l could have had couple
of hundred thousand the other night in
stead of this miserable handful, but felt
in such vein l dropped the system, and
dropped pretty tidy handful of money
with it, too. believe that if the tables
hadn't closed, they could have cleaned me
out. Now, that my weakness, and know
it. The SYSTEMS all right, but l don't
stick to it. Now, want you to make me
stick to it. If you see me going on any
thing else shall authorize you to take the
money off the table"
| Il know what it will come to, said Med
| hurst, IF l consent. You'll lose your own
money on your system, and then you'll
borrow this, and neither you nor will be
a penny better for the luck you've had"
The Daisy took off his hat for the first
time since entering the room.
LAS true as Gods my judge, Medhurst,"
he said, solemnly, IN never ask you for
a penny"
| IF take ii" said Medhurst, Il shall do
what | undertake to do, but no more.
sha'n't lend the money to be thrown away,
and III have nothing to do with the tables
except to watch your play there"
| The Daisy rose and handed to his com
panion the bundle of notes
There you are, he said. You're en-
listed. That's the Queens shilling Ring
that laundering bell. I'm dying for a
drink"
Now, Captain Harley Medhurst, though
he had something of the air of a roue, and
looked rather hard-bitten and world worn,
was one of those people who have an evil
dent right to the conventional title of gen.
tleman. There was no doubling that he
was man of good family, or that he had
! been gently bred and accustomed to mix
with good society. No observer of men
| would have been very much surprised to
know that society of late years had fought
shy of him. There is something which no
art of description can clearly define which
marks the decldsse with badge so patent
| that very simple wayfarer may read it.