The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-18


misfortune, if its effects continue, but
confounded deal worse to foresee. one.
and see II getting bigger and bigger. like
an express train, advancing from the dis
lance to smash you like a fly.
Eh-what? Certain worldly advantages
attached TO the disease. What's the good
OF them. sir, when YOU know what's going
70 happen you? / don't want wealth, sir;
shouldn't know what TO do with it if I
had 1t. I'm well enough off for all my re-
qulrements, and I don't want power sir
nor influence. l want to be quiet and
jog along and how the deuce can a man
atfllcted with the gift Of prophecy be
quite and jog along? 1 tell you, my knowl-
edge OF my future is like nightmare,
and II makes me haSty and Vindictive
and the only use l care to put my ailment
10 Is to worry people out of their wits.
You, sir would be deuced uncomfortable
and that's putting it pretty mildly-if
l were to tell you what Will happen to
you just about this date three years hence
III spare you that and you have reason
to be very thankful to me
began a smile of amused credulity, but
somehow IT would not work. I tilted my
nat little to one side. and gave my cigar
a jaunty cock, to show my Indifference.
out 1 very soon put my hat straight
again, and allowed my cigar to fall into
us usual serious position. | turned away
from the thin man, and sauntered into
the reading room. took up Galtgnani,
and sat down, and it took five minutes
to reveal to me the fact that 1 was holding
the newspaper upside down.
Then l got up resolutely and went ont
again to the thin man. and staring boldly
at him, began: 81 shall take it as a favor
II you Will tell me-" but here my voice
somehow seemed to die of inanition, and
l finished up with THE time"
The thin man chuckled inside him in A
h FGzs FV Infa1..
knew well enough that ] had not come to
ask the time. With a sudden violent re
solve not to be fool, | began to
tax about his affair a the table
GU must have puzzled them considera-
by over there" I said.
u have, he replied. THE administra-
ton fellows are talking the matter over
now IN a pretty state of mind. one Of
them will call on me here this afternoon
with check for my winnings and an
inquiry as to what | propose to do. OF
course they've long ago grasped the fact
that | can smash the entire concern if I
choose; but my conduct has puzzled them.
] could have broken the bank at every ia
Die II ! had liked last nght-but mats
not my object. ] want to tease them If
you're curious you may as well be pres
ent at our Interview"
| accepted eagerlY-anything to distra ct
my mind. After lunch I went up with the
thin man to his room. and within fifteen
minutes the porter came to say that a
gentleman wished to speak with the thin
man.
SHOW him up" said the latter.
The visitor entered.
"Nou are anXiouS-Very anxious to
have a chat with me?" said the thin man,
settling himself luxuriously in his chair.
Pray go on-my friend here does not
matter at all-you can speak quite freely
in his presence"
The visitor hesitated; then proceeded:
Il have brought to monsieur his Win
nings which he forgot to take last night
at the table. This check
"Ah, many thanks" said the thin man;
but I'm not in need of it just at present,
If you would like to put it aside for me,
or, better still, if you would like to devote
it to the good of the poor hereabouts-
eh?''
The casino official looked bewildered,
and fdgeted and stroked his beard. There
was a silence-awkward on the part of the
official employed in suppressed ChuCkles
by the thin man.
Monsieur proposes to make a stay in
Monte Carlo?' asked the official very un-
| easily.
we'll really haven't decided" said
the thin man, cheerfully.
''Ah !-then-Monsieur proposes to con
tinue toward us the honor of visiting
]
why, [ haven't made any plans about
! that either"
/ The official stroked his beard in DESC
/ lated way. The expression of anxiety on
his brow was obvious and painful. He
/ glanced from the thin man to me.
Monsieur might!-ah! might perhaps
be disposed to acquiesce in some little ar
/ rangement touching his departure?" he
/ said at length, somewhat hoarsely. The
/ administration are always liberal and
"Oh, I'm not in want of money" said
the thin man, cheerfully. You might
CLEAN that from my leaving my win
/ nings last night
That is true. my faith" said the Of
ficer. "But-the truth is-Monsieur appears
to enjoy extraordinary good fortune
wonderful chanceH'
Luck, you mean. of course 1t is not
/ luck, however, my dear sir; it is simply a
/ knowledge of the future-that is all. Will
you kindly keep your eye on the corner of
that house on the sea front there, while !
/ tell you about the persons who will pass
from behind it on the pavement? A fat
| man in a brown Coat-there he is, you
| see; three ladies and little dog-there
there are, a policeman and a gendarme
carrying white parcel; next, white
dog; now a woman with a large basket
There is no possibility of the thin man
having seen the pedestrians before they
sino officer turned pale and scratched his
/ nose.
You perceive-there's no luck about it,
| continued the thin man. II wish there
were, confound it, Well, it may have
occurred to you that it is in my power to
foreteu every coup in the playroom?
he kept his twinkling eye fixed on the
officer, whose jaw dropped in despair, and
chuckled inwardly all the time he spoke
ito communicate the knowledge to others
| Ito every one in the rooms, in fact.
| might break every bank every day until
the place simply had to be shut up; think
of that, my dear sir-shut up! / could sim
| ply sweep away the whole place; just
turn that over in your mind! But per
| haps you have.
There was little doubt that the official
had; he was CHASTITY pale, and his eyes
were staring like a madman's, while the
thin man, grinning cheerfully, sat up in
his chair and looked straight into the
others eyes.
But surely - Monsieur mon Dieu,-
Monsieur has not the hardness of heart tC
propose to himself such a terrible plan
We have not offended Monsieur in any
way? We are at Monsieur's commands
/ Anything we can do to make him pleasure
all our possible-is at his disposition
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