The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-01

u queen and jack to los. instantly joss
had e9oo on the same betp. Once more hs
was Successful. When IL came to call
"the turn" the party behind him be,
STRAY deuce" jose did the same. Ths
tray and deuce came out in the order
named. Then he dashed in his chips q
J winner, and, getting up from the table,
/ pushed through the crowd 10 sec who II
was he had 80 luckily followed. r.
The man was In distant corner of the
room by himself Jose's dark face became
suddenly livid, for he found himself look.
ing into the eyes of Jim Sanders. The
eyes were in the head Of a tall, heavily
built and smooth faced man.
"Who-are-youf" weakly gasped Jose,
backing away.
"Who am II" replied the other in a
jocular way, although his eyes belied It.
"Who am II Why, don't ye know mea'
"Not-not-Jim9" came Jose's hoarse
whisper as he gazed in incredulous fright.
But the blood was slowly coming back
into his face. The voice was different II
the eyes were not.
mo; I'm Tom-Jim's brother. Jim's
dead, 70 know"
Yes, I-I-know, but your eyosi
Where'd you get those eyesf" The other
advanced a step. MY Godi, 1t Is Jim I"
he almost screamd as he cringed in abject
terror against the wall.
HSay, what kind of Teller are ye any
how, to DO so skeart about feller's broth
err Sipose hev got Jim's eyes9 Amt
they good enough? Jim he'd little the
best O. me-he was half hour older.
jest KEN from virginny. Everybody
thought Jim left stake, but he didn't,
pore feller-leastways, none that could
find. How long since you been thar"
Some of Jose's confidence was return
ing. He muttered an unintelligible reply.
How much money you got?"
The colossal impudence Of tho question
would have astounded any stranger Jose
looked angrily amazed. He started to re-
ply with an oath when suddenly his face
changed.
"Don' look at me like thatl" he whin-
cd.
"How much money you gotp" repeated
the big man, calmly, but remorselessly.
Jose struggled with himself to keep ST.
lent, but the cold deliberate and judging
eyes compelled him to speak and tell the
truth.
Observation-Disclosures" he falter-
ed, barely above whisper.
$50 you We got "a 900 nows" echoed the
other In tones of great satisfaction.
Abject fright again swept into Jose's
face. -Four thousand2 Why, that was ex-
actly the amount he
The thought was not even finished in
his mind. He saw that the eyes read guilt
in his own. BY an almost superhunan Of
fort no broke the hypnotic spell of the
dreaded gaze and looked hurriedly about
him for help. He tried to cry out, but his
throat was dry. Then his hand shifted
nervously behind him for his revolver.
"None O. that None O. that" cried
his captor warningly. "I've got my eyes
on ye, and I've got good eyes-Jim's eyes,
you call 'em. Jim's dead, but I've got
his eyes in my head, and kin see with
'em too. l kin see you re guilty-guilty
O. stealing $4,000 O. Jim's good money. I
want that 81 900 ye got"
Jose, blanched and terror stricken,
made gesture of denial.
''No use O. denyin it," resumed his
nemesis coldly and sternly, "for warn't
in Virginny for nothin. 1 yeard o. you
thar. was in that drift as we'll as your.
self. Ye left wide open trail. Ye don't
think been follerin 70 for nothin, do yer
Ye don't think I've been keepin my eyes
Jim's eyes-on ye to let We git away from
me now9 Come outside and give me that
Come on, nowl'
With his face toward Jose he opened the
door and stalked out. And Jose, power
less to resist, followed him into the night.
Richardson, the mine superintendent,
and Thompson, the San Francisco stock
broker, sat talking over their coffee and
cigars in Virginia's best restaurant.
"You say he saw the whole thing2"
"Yes."
"Well, 1t certainly is remarkable story
When did he return?"
Yesterday, l believe"
"Of whom are you speaking, Richard
SOM" some one asked from an adjoining
table.
why, Jim Sanders, that fellow who
went into trance three or four months
ago and SO narrowly escaped being buried
alive. "-Argonaut