The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

frightful idea: he was seized with q
mad, hySterlCal, monStrOuS desire.
After glancing on all sides, to make
SURE that he was alone in the deserted
street. he bent his knee, and carefully
outstretching his trembling hand. he
stole the gold piece from the fallen
shoe,
Hurrying then, with al. speed, he re-
turned to the gambling house, scaled
the stairs two and three at stride,
and entering the accursed play-room
as the first stroke OF midnight was
sounding, placed the piece OF gold on
the green cloth and cried:
81 stake on the seventeen"
The seventeen won.
With a turn OF the hand Lucien
pushed the thirty-six louis on to the
red"
The cred" won.
He lifted the seventy-two louis ON
the same color; the red" again Won
Twice he ''doubled'-three times
always with the same success. He
had now before him a pile OF gold and
notes and began to scatter stakes all
over the board; the "dozen," the "col-
ulilIl, inc IuIIlDtI, dlI TIC lOIiiDl-
nations succeeded with him. Hisluck
a unheard OF, supernatural. 1t
might have been imagined that the
little ivory ball dancing in the roulette
was magnetized, fascinated by the
eyes OF this player and obedient to
HIM. In Il dozen stakes he had recOv-
cred the few wretched thousand franc
notes, hislast resources, which he had
lost at the beginning of the evening
Now, punting with two or three
hundred louis at a time, and aided by
his fantastic Vein OF luck, he was on
the yto regaining, andmore besides,
the hereditary capital he had squand-
cred in so few years, and recOnStitut-
ing his fortune.
In his e2serncss to return to the
gaming table, he had not taken off his
furcoat. Already he had crammed
the large pockets with bundles OF notes
and rOuleauX OF gold pieces; and. not
knowing where to heap his winnings,
he now loaded the inner and exterior
pockets OF his frock coat, the pockets
OF his waistcoat and trousers, his
| cigar case, his handkerchief-eyery-
thing that could be made to hold his
money.
And still he played, andstilI hewon,
IKE q ln4oilIall' IKE u[t,liNel lii'il.
ana ne tifeW 'anaII'is OF iouiS on 70
tile Pictute: al ha1a[u, WIN Il ee7-
IuEe o. certainty ana uiSua'h;
ON! sOlletilill2 axe u feu-lloI Iron
was III MS neart' ana ne Thought OF
hotllilS OUT OF the 'ItIe 1nendlcth5
sleeping III the snow Whom he had
robbed
rs she SUI at same Spot! sure
~ she u be still there. Presently
YES, Wnen L Giock stllksf-i swear
1t. VIII quit TINS place. VIII take
her sleeping in my arms and carry her
TO my home; L VIII put ser IN my
warm bed; Will bring her up. give her
Il doWfy. love her as II she were my
W daughter, care lor her always, al
ways.
III.
But the clock struck l, and then a
quarter, and then half, and then
three-quarters.
And Lucien was still seated at the
lnlern@l table. i
AT length, one minute before :
ocloCN, the Keeper ol me oanh rose
abruptly amt sac III a loud voice:
"1he bank Is broken, sentiemen-
enou9h CTtottay.
With q bound Lnclen was on ms
Tset. kougnly pushing aside the
gamblers WHO surrounded hlm and re-
Sarded hlno "Ith enfious admiration.
he hrfrleo away quickly sprai1s doWn
5he starr ;Iaeb ran AL way TO the
stone ench' III the distance, D! the
Ngilt OF a lamp ne saw the iIttle CIR.
st1lI there:
he approached her, he took her
NAMES: &C.,.
"on- now cS3c Z IS, poor little
n
he took hfr under n arms ana
ralse0 her SO tlSst ne lflI9nt carry he'i
her mead Tell bac@ Without her aWak-
ing
~H9W soundlE children OF her age
steep: 49,.
lie pressed Let 5@aiiIS1 MS BOSOM 70
warm ner, and, Siezee by Il vague IN
qule5'de' ana, WIrh Il Vie" 20 rouSlnS
Eef 0UU ol Inns leaEE SiuiAoef, he
kissed her eyeLlgtS- 49,,
Ihen 1t was THAT ne perceived with
error that these We're hall