The morning call., 1892-10-13
Deep GLOOM DISPELLED.


find some one worthy Of you. which this
40, Adrian Marcoe is not One thing Is
certain-you would never be happy Win
him M woman can be happy with a gam
har for husband, no matter how klnd anu
smiable he may be. because MS esll pu.-
suits will occupy his thoughts. and the urn
afn single card may send Nun diGIs INV NV
aDre TO poverty. | viii trust utIsnC4, - ~
5aUohter nor nv fortune IN sueh hAuus.
ssRrt father. tell you there IS some inI
AXE. Adrian Marc0e is not gam olet.
sThe mistake is with you then, my ueaI
child. for l tell you he Is a gambler. IL.
"William Harper, disappolnteu sui'ol'
"a first heard it from him-yes:'
.He had no motive. of courseY
81 allowed for that, snd took pains TO De
sure" ,..,.-o,
eyes. daughter"
"Who else asserts II
.-I-PhiIp Turner.
"From his statement
From my own sight"
"Y0u have seen ~
Yes"
"When?
Last night"
"Where?"
AT the gamblinE-place next to the MARI
borough Hotel"
you saw Adrian Marcoe there last night,
IN that gambling-denY
ibid"
"Father. don't think mean to doubt your
belief In your own assertion when | declare
r0u are mistaken. Adrian could not have
been there, because this morning receivr
telegram from him, sent from q distant
,iGy. Here it is, with day and hour plainly
marked on IT,"
The father took II, examined 1t closely,
turned it over few times, looked through
X 20 the light. and then rejoined:
"This appears 10 be all right, Fife; but
appearances are often deceptive. How it
vas managed | don't know, unless the fell
low has a friend or confederate out here;
mt this | do knOw-that Adrian Marc0e
himself was not there when this was sent
because / saw him here, in this city, play
.ng at faro, as clearly as l see you now"
Father, you amaze and OewildeT mel
1on't for moment doubt your BELIEF, and
yet | cannot feel that you are right"
'If you don't believe my eyes, Fife,
1onld you believe your own?
"Wha, do you meanY"
IF place you where you can see Adrian
NarcOe, spending hour after hour, stalking
MS money on the gambling board, viii you
5eleve what You see p
Il should have to, father, though it were
On break my heart"
"Shall 1 arrange matters, then, for yen to
see?'
EOI eDllc liutC 4-A4AO sat du0 bIiAClCut huu
then gasped out:
"Will he, or any one else, be aware Of my
espionaee?"
mo; I can arrange It with certain par
ties, who, for detective purposes, control
he spy-room, which looks into the grand
gambling saloon, where many q suspected
party has been watched before now"
Then, father" responded Eff1e. In q
voice hieh tTembled with emotion, Il Will
-sn:urc TO SCI fuL myself, anu II I find your
assertions true"
She paused. covered her eyes with her
hands and shiyered as if with an ague.
81 am deeply serry for you, my dear
child" he said, with much feeling, land
would at least give half l am worth to have
matters otherwise; but feel 1t is better for
rou to get the painful truth now than TO
have 1t come TO you when bound 10 the
2uilty party by the most sacred Of earthly
bonds. Am not right, darling%
Yes, father % with gasp.
IT hen | VIII arrange matters for to-mor-
row night"
ZEE, will be to prove him base decever of
one be has claimed to love above all earthly
hings."
1T viii be even so. my poor child. but
YOU must call pride to your aid and look
Sith angry scOrn upon his wicked deed"
1T will at least end all between u.s." she
said, with sigh that vas almost gr0sn.
The following night, we'll muffled Up, that
10 one might accidentally recognize her, Effie
Turner, pale, nervous and sick at heart, ar
empanled her father TO the dimly lighted
>pyToOm he had mentioned, and looked
through q prepared aperture into a bril-
iautIy lighted and sumptuously furnished
gambling saloon, where many an otherwise
good man had been lured TO ruin, and more
han one 10 that awful self-muFder which
the destruction OF both body and soul.
And what did she see that caused her to
start and cling to her father for support?
There before her, clearly enough to leave
hope Of mistake, sa. the idol OF her heart,
he ideal OF her dreams, the one being she
mad chosen out of the whole world of man
Kind to be her partner for life, to love,
honor and cling to. come veal or come woe,
nd whose loss she felt must leave her un-
AeRDy forevermGre.
Yes. there before her he sat, with pale
face and corrugated brows, placing his
money on the fatal cards and watching
very motion and turn as If life and death
sers involved in each.
And so they were-life and death were
lnYolved-and 1t so CHANGED that the
|i1l time had come for death TO triumph.
On, Adrian Marcoe. lost to me for everl'
zane from the soul of the now wretched
Daiden-came from her soul but not her
FPS; they were now ashy-hued, compressed
md silent though the soul was sending
toIih It's appealing agony. "Oh. Adrian,
Adrian. AdTiaDl that you should SO deceive
me no had so loved and trusted you !
ACKNOWLEDGMENT for everl'
Then 1t was, as II he had heard these
parting words, he ceased to play and
watched the cards with glaring eyes till he
saw bis last stake raked into the swelling
pile Of the bank.
For minute or two longer he sat and
stared, as one without hope looking into
vacancy.
Then he rose up, with marble-like face,
and slowly took in the whole scene, with
shat ePpmQ6 hs q hat had N n
speculation in 1t.
Efie watched him, holding her breath
With fearful preseDtment Of something
terrible to come; while her father, with 8
heavy frown, kept him under his piercing
md angry eye.
Now you believe. Efis?" he whispered.
HushP she gasped, feeling that some
-hs2g Srssf' a was about to happen.
Inc young mans stony gaze went all
tround the grand apartment, as IL taking
lis final leave Of everything, and then for
an instant seemed 70 rest upon the hidden
aperture behind which Efie was trembling
as II he knew mat all the most priced on
-arth was there.
Then up came hand to his right temple
and gasping Els caught the glitter OF steel
Gentlemen" said a hollow voice, tina
seemed TO come from the depths OF VICE. g
have played all, lost all, and here ends all 7
With the words there came q sharp report
and the fated young man sunk down
corpse on the spot where he had stood, II
the midst Of the startled players. VINO started
up in wild CONFUSION and alarm, some has
tening to the suicide. but most of then
rushing from the tragic scene in terror.
Mr.. Turner threw his arms around nj
daughter, exclaiming:
''Tbis is horrid, Effiei Come away, m,
darltng-cOme awayP'
But he received no answer, and found hel
heavy 10 his arms.
She had swooned.
Ii was two hours after that before tn,
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