New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-05

,;nossrs faculties that the temporary sassad
which il had brought 10 his hhserh sncrrased ag
his nhrsical suffering returned WIN inoi or with
Ms ps Could he not order suppl Td,'
Iis earnings? No: that was GUY OF Hss of
III, continued to play, VINE ,'c which darted
,.nh him yiciousv causing lin to WILL ,i"
prind his teeth The stranger paia , To Jane, He
for he was now wholly absorbed II Ia ~. nlayed with
snomcd puzzled and dlsconc"r'ed ~ :rptir no
,oat raro studying each throw lhlhue'' They
Conversation passed between thcm nJ" "a rattle
drank occasionally. the dlce con COMM 'e,s hand
W. NV, n,' naio man bcran to behave strIngcy.
times he would start and throw BACK ms hs ewes
though he were listening d1 ,ben sink into heav
woa'a S"r' More than once Carringer VINO nao
now beSnn TO suspect that his antasost oHast
klhn o. ,,cen over his face and his features
wouT become fixed for a very short UNI ~ that
cuar grimacr 1t was notceaplSa, Hn"ner into a
he was s'ea e Occasionally he would raise
hi. eyes TO Carringers face atter ,l nG keen
had made an astonishingly lucky .N. p. Made the
them fixed there WIN Il S'c""i
''TIS a prcuced another roll OF blls wpm
fine second was gone and this had W. TIL ikea
inns aj ~ thousand dollars game. and SUI
Carringsr won At last the time cam cam Wl'eV win
stranger braccd hm;cf for lnai deberate and
speech somewhat 'hiNN' Wv '
quiet, he said .houso,d dollars.
I,ybic
We have been playing for several no"f Gnsb the t,
,rcd and I suppose you are. Let us h,iiS ;,, 'rs
"amc You have scvcnty-fonr thousand ao mnt
and no more have an equal amount ia an" ali "g and
cent besides. Each will now stake his all am
throw final game for it.. .oo, Tho hills
without hcsit1ton CarringGr agrred' rrin na,
hade H the boy bplI but one combination that
could possibly beat him this comblnatIqm s marvV
be thrown once IN ton t!ouaI. ,i,s tho stranger
r;cl,od nm the box with cXaSmratlng dehocIa'i1i,
Il was long time before he threw ne ,aoo ny
contributions and ended by deeatlnS MS tIa he
rn s,t leaking 1T the dice long time ana tie ne
slowly leaned back in his chair, srteu ,li'''ar n
comfortaby raised his eyes TO Carfl,nSerI a uot
fixed that mccarthy stare upon MN If ~ smotion
word his face contained not trace o. e,n nnpot
az intcliiGnncn He simply looked; One cannon cannot
keen ones eyes open very long without wlnh III
but the sirang"F % o he to ,'T T',
II will 20 now he said to the stranger-saii
that when he had not cont and was ,,arFthr rcrox
| hi. r,z": and under that ceze the young man
shrank back into his own chair, terrinc hn NV
aware that two men wer% ca" Wa. dea.hiy
.ilonno in his own he list ned All this is what he
"' @Yc. he wqs seen to turn into this street about
| three hours ago
"I,c must have donc 50: and T. remove LUZ
beard would naturally make great Change III "
Irt il may not have been he ...,,
True enough: but his cXtr.m" pallnr a,Lac ,si
| o.tcntinn Yon know hr has been seriously
! troubled with heart disease lately, ana IL HIS
| affected him seriously. wi, .,; 90
fine most daring bank robbery Wc ever hid mere
! hundred and forty weight thousand dollarS7thilt
Of il. How long has it been since he was let Out
u Eiaht years. In that timc he has grown
| LcorI and lived by dicc-throwing with men VINO
thonait thcv could detect him if he should SWIM.
| de thnn: hnt that l. impossible 10 human being
| ,itp.r nflf al 4
| Then the two men cnkcl glass"s and passr1 9nt
Tho dice-playcrs-the pa on" ana the starN a
orc-s,t cazing at each other. with a hhhdt'"l am
| fortycight thousand dollars pied up p'l"U'h
| them The winner made no move to tatc IN tl,'
money; h" merely sat and star"a at tho ~
! wholly unmovrd ny the conversation IN ue az
| Joining room His impcrturbabiity was a'laZl"7'
| li4 absolute stiffness terrifying: H.,
cold steady gaze of the stranger sent Zee INTO ms
| marrow I'nah, 10 bear lonGcr TINS uhWaNcIlh-
look. Carringcr move! to one side, and then ne wa'
amazed 10 discover that th' @y %. 1'' nTnI mon
| ,ho sn,t where he had sat \ great fear bt,"t IN"
| voung man He feared 20 make IN" SlSht -
| sound Voices OF men in the hair9om were audi-
hr and thn sufferer imagined that he heart others
whispcrin. and tip tocing in the passigc OUTS r. Nv
| booth He poured ont com" ah>inthe' wa, ra
| his strange companon all the willie ana drlhH
! oIour and unnoticed. lie took heavy drlnk; an
., had "A peculiar effect upon him-he f"it NJ near
bounding with alarming fore, ana rapi NY, ",,
| breathing was difficult. Still his hunger ml g.
| and thot and the absinthc gave HIM IN l,iea mat
tL oamtric acids wrr,. DESTROYING him hv dlg"8t'n@
| his stomach. lie leaned forward ana wnl'pnTeu
| the stranger. bat was given no attention. VIC %
| thc mans hands lay upon the tabh Carrlh"'r
nl,c"d his upon it, and then drew back in terror
| tho hand was cold ~ stone"
| Tho money must not lie Their" eApoSel ar
| rim ,nr arranged il into neat parcels LOOKING iur-
| tivrlv every moment at his lmmoval le companion
and in mortal fear that he would sur lh' Il" Nv
| back and waited \ deadly fascination lmPilca
him 10 move back into his fcrmcr position; 50 a. 10
BRING his face directly before the gaze of the strn
ger And 50 the two sat ana Starrd az Gin oi' III;
| Carringcr felt his breath coming heavier ana hl4
| bcortbnats growing weaker. hut the~' conditions
gave him comfort by reducing his ANXIETY ana
| softcning the pangs OF hunger. lie was, grown
| more and more comfortable, and yawred. III he
| had dared hc might have gone - sleep. ,
suddenly fierce light Hooded ms VISION , aDu
| sont him with y bouisl to hi, feet Had he ncen
4 struck mon the hoad or stabbed TO the heart No
he was sound and alive. Tho pale STRANGER SUI
| sat there staring at nothing ana ilnmoNaDie' nut
| Carringcr was longer afraid or nm. IN 'ln
| contrary an extraordinary buoyancy OF spirit anu
| elasticity of body made him feel reckless ana oar
| mo Ills former timiiity and scruplcs vanished,
an rdd 10 fcl, conai TO any adventure Without any
hesitation he gathered up the money and bestowed
| il in his several pockets. . ,.,r
| II am fool to starve,' hc SAID TO hlmscH'
with ali this money ready to my hand
! As cautiously as thief he unlocked the ,ioor;
stepped out rcclosed it ana n?dy au wt' , hi.
| astonishmnnt he found the city IN the hustle oi
| the early evening. yet the sky was clear; IL was
| evident TO him that he had not been III the saloon
| ~ lone as hn had supposed He walked along In"
| street with the utmost uncon"crn OF the dancers
| that brsct him, and laughed softly but gleeim,N
| Would hr not cat now-ah, would he not! why
| Lo cnnlI buy u dozen restaurants, Not only that,
| hut H.. would hunt the city up and down for hun
| cry men. and feed them with the latest steaks
thc uicicst roasS and the biggest oysters that tlr
| town could supply. As for himself, he must eat
| first after that he would set up great cstap-
lishmcnt for feeding other hungry mortalS without
| ciargr Yes he would eat first; if he pleased, he
| woud cat till he should burst In what single
place could he find sufficient to satisfy his HUNGER
| Could he 1--we long enough to have IN OK klilcd
| and roasted who'll, for lis supper Resides an OK
he would order two dozen brocd chickens. FIFTY
| dozen oysters dozen crabs, ten dozen eggs. ten
hams, eight young pigs, twenty VIII IucNE' i,l''',
fish or four different kinds ci-ht salads. four dozen
| bottles each of clarct. burgundy and champagne ;
for pastry, eight plum p9ddinss, and Tor dcssrrt