The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25
A Mystery of the Green Table.


of the dealer He scowled at the man in the
brown sombrero, who became violently
agitated. despite an effort to appear calm.
Upon hearing the name, the woman also
became affected. For moment her face
lost its color and she seemed to lose all
power to act. The man in the glazed cap
leaned over whispered something and
received an affirmative nod. Then he said
something more to her and patted her on
the shoulder. This seemed to revive and
assure her, for the color returned to her
cheeks and she was as full of life as ever.
In the meantime tn e tall man with the
glazed cap had moved over to where the
man with the brown som brero stood. He
spoke few words to him in low tone, his
manner indicating his sincerity. The man
with the brown sombrero, when he of the
glazed cap left him, stood as if undecided
what to do. Suddenly. however, he moved
away and he was seen no more that night.
His bet doubled but as he did not come to
claim it it was taken care of by the bank.
Night after night Nine. Jules appeared
at her accustomed place at the gaming
table, and night after night she was con-
fronted by the usual crowd of players. The
man with the brown sombrero was not
among them. 1t was not until the night
before Christmas that he came again.
He had edged his way to within few
feet of Nine. Jules. When the play was at
its height he threw his hand to his side
and was in the act of drawing revolver
from its holster. The movement was OBJ
served by the tall man with the glazed cap
who stood at his accustomed post. He
sprang forward, seized the man with the
sonibrero by the throat and backed him
out OF the hall into the street. The crowd
followed, expecting to see a case prepared
for the Coroner, but in this they were dis
appointed. The man with the brown SOM
brero skunk away. The man with the
glazed cap hurriedly returned to Nine.
Jules.
The following night the man with the
brown sombrero again appeared in the
Bella Union and look of disappointment
spread over his countenance when he dis
covered that Nine. Jules was not at the
table, and that the seat was occupied by
the former dealer. For a week he visited
the place every night. but he did not find
the woman. She had ceased to play. Sew
eral tried to engage him III conversation,
but be waved them all away and refused
to say word. Then his visits ceased
few days after the ringingof bells had
proclaimed the advent of the new year
some of the charcoal burners of Sans
Souci Valley in crossing the sand hill on
their way to their home came across the
dead body of man. In his right hand
there was clenched revolver and in his
right temple there was bullet hole, estab-
fishing a case of suicide. There was moth
ing found in the clothing that would tell
who the dead man was. One of the
curious who called at the Morgue recog-
nized the body as that of the man who
had been elected from the Bella Union by
the tall man with the glazed cap. Others
who came later corroborated the identifi-
cation.
A search was instituted for Nine. Jules
in the hope that she would tell who he
was, but she could not be found. At the
private clearinghouse where she had been
living it was ascertained that the morning
after the trouble in the gambling hall she
went away without saying where she was
going, but as the steamer sailed for
Panama that day it was presumed that she
left for the East. The man with the glazed
cap disappeared at the same time that she
did. No one was discovered who could tell
where the man who had taken his life
lived, or tell anything about him, so the
unknown man was buried in an unmarked
grave and with him the secret of the mys-
ferrous "Marie. or Nine. jules, the first
woman who ever dealt banking game in
San Francisco.