Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-05-24

Il nave expressed my OpiHIuou VI AlHi
already" said Medhurst, with dignity.
"You can send up the receipted bill and
the change" he added, to the manager.
+ who withdrew with an air of Difference,
and offered no further excuses
whats it mean, Daisyp the Captain
asked when they were alone. The man in
the fur coat sat on the bed, and majesti-
cally twirled his mustache and his glitter
ing rings, smiling and wagging his head
with mingled pride and cunning. By-and-
by he hooked finger at the pocket-book
which still lay on the table, and gave
leary wink The Captain, readily trans
lating these signs, handed him the veal by
volume. His fingers fingered on it as the
owner accepted it, and the two looked at
each other-Medhurst puzzled and curl
Gus, and the other man beaming with
complacency. Glow did you get hold OF
all that piles"
"Ahal my boy" responded the new
conner, returning his property TO his pock-
ct. 'how do you think ! got hold of lts
I'll tell you what it is, Medhurst The
Martingale is as good as gold. Eve tried
it, and that's the result OF one nights
work / don't say you can do 1t every
day, because there are times when the
| luck runs against the best system in the
world"
You've been at Monte Carlo?" said the
other; you've been playing at the tables
| theref'
That's #, my boy. That's where l
have been, and that's what I've been do
ing"
"Of all the incurable asses l ever met"
| cried Medhurst, you're the stupidestl
You risked my hundred as well as your
| own, | know. It's not a bit of use telling
| me that you didn't. / wouldn't believe you
| if you gave me your oath about 1t.
The Daisy, who had been satirically
| christened by the name of the wee, mod
est, crimson-tippit flower in compliment
| to his general effiOrescence, wagged his
head with completely satisfied air. and
winked at his companion.
you keep your hair on, old man. I'm
all right, and Pm going to do the square
! thing by you put twenty-five of yours
to twenty-five of my own. and went with
| a capital of fifty | had to lie low at first.
| and skirmish about with five-franc pieces;
| but hit 'em for the maximum over and
over again before I'd done. If I'd lost
| your twenty-five / should simply have
made you present Of it: but knew jolly
well shouldn't lose it.
| but he SAID it in a softer tone than before,
| and in little while SO far subdued his
| yrtuous Indignation as TO ask-"How
| much did you hit 'em for?"
1--WE landed over couple of thousand
| pounds. It's all there" he tapped the
| pocket in which the notes repoSed. Med
| hurst advanced hand as if he were GO
| ing to ask for his share of the spoil.
"Wait bit, o." said the beaming Daisy; 81
| want n square understanding first. Pm
| going back again, and | want you to come
| with me- Nedhurst shook his head with
! great decision. There you are" said the
| DAISY "und that's why | don't hand the
| coin over at once Now, mind you, you've
| got no more claim over half my winnings
! than you have on the ground rent of st.
| Paul'S Cathedral, if there iE such Il thing.
| played for you just to show you what the
! system was; and | put Il pony of yours
| into it because | knew you'd profit by it,
| and because l knew I should want you
| afterwards. If the system had broken
| down, you'd never have heard anything
about it. | should have pocketed my losses
aud have said nothing"
| well, said Medturst, fixing his froz-
en- eye upon him, " hat do you want me
to dO?'
| IL want you to come to Monty with me,
and | want you to keep me cool and
| straight I've got enough to play Il great
| game now, and I'm 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 to the last
| drop before they'll give in. They can't af-
| ford to be beaten. They think they can't
| be beaten in the long run; and they won't
| stop n man who has once won heavily.
! They're game, my boy, and 50 am !;
| they're keen set my boy. and so am |.
| Don't Won think you're going to keep me
away from il, Medhurst. Pve heard all
! your lectures till Pm sick of 'em, and If
| you were TO jaw from now to doomsday
| 1t wouldn't make pennywOrth Of differ
| enCe."
"Now, look here, Daisy" said Captain
Medhurst. pulling off his overcoat aud
| seating himself
| You can 90 it, If you like" said the
| Daisy; "but it'll he in at one ear and ont
at the other. I'm thirsty; ring that bloom
| ing belt"
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, your began the daisy.
| 'Donuy maw-IIcre, you try the lingo on
| him, Medhurst. Order bottle of tiz |
| can't get my tongue round this language
little bit. 'Donny,'" he pursued, rehec-
! lively; they used to call your fists your
! donuies, when | was ut school. Nav
means me- of course. Donny maw'-
| 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 I'll 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 tifty-eight this morning."
| lie counted them carefully. There you
| arel That's twenty-eight to you, and
| Twenty-Five to me. Now, do you see that
| bundle? That's one thousand one hun
! dred and twenty pounds! Do you see it7"
Medhurst looked very hard at it indeed,
/ and evidently saw it clearly. Now, il
you IL hold your jaw, and do what | want
| you, that's yours"
what do you want?"
IL want You TO come back to Monty with
me; | want you to master the system thor
| oughly, before you go; and l want you to
| come and see me play it. l get wild; |
| lose my head. | could have had a couple
| OF hundred thousand the other night iu-
| 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 | don't
stick to it. Now, 1 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 il 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
penny better for the luck you've had"
The Daisy took OFF his hat for the first
time since entering the room.
AS true as Gods my judge, Medhurst,"
he said, soiemuly, IN never ask you for
a penny"
III take it" said Medhurst, Il shall do
what l undertake TO do, but no more. l
! sha'n't lend the money to be thrown away,
and I'll have nothing 10 do with the tables
| except to watch your play there"
The Daisy rose and handed IN bis c,r,