Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-07-12

\ He was too old a gambler to betray
BY an expression which way the wealth.
b er vane Of fortune pointed, and when
(: he had lost three heavy bets in success.
e sion, not a muscle of his face changed
a as he calmly put large stake on the
I ace 10 win and "coppered" the king for
an equal amount. A hand reached over
the fringe of the crowd and placed a
modest number of chips on the same
cards. The ace won; the king lost.
Like all of his superstitious fraternity
he was quick to notice the slightest in.
cident connected with a change of luck,
and now waited for the hand before
making his next venture. Again il
came over the heads of the crowd, and
this time played a combination of the
live, six, seven, eight and nine to win, |
and the queen and jack to lose. In.
stantly Jose had 5000 on the same bets. |
Once more he was successful. WhenItI
came to call 1.-THE turn" the party be.
| hind him bet 'tray-deuce." Jose did
the same. The tray and deuce came
out in the order named. Then he cashed
in his chips a winner, and getting up
from the table, pushed through the
crowd to see who it was he had SO luck.
lily followed.
The man was in distant corner of
the room by himself. Jose's dark face
became instantly livid, for he found
himself looking into the eyes of Jim
Sanders. The eyes were in the head of
a tall, heavily-built and smooth-faced a
man. r
"Who-are--you?" weakly gasped f
Jose, backing away. v
who am II" replied the other. in a p
ocular way, although his eyes belied a
it. Who am l? Why, don't you know I
me?" \
"Not-not-Jim ?'' same Jose's hoarse Il
whisper, as he gazed in incredulous Il
right. But the blood was slowly com 81
ng back into his face. The voice was 81
if the eyes were not. &
mo, I'm Tom-Jim's brother. Jim's
lead, we know" o.
Yes, I-I-know; but your eyes?
Damn youl Whered you get those
yes?" The other advanced a step. FL
My God! 1t is Jiml" he almost an
'reamed, as he cringed in abJect ter. ha
Or against the wall. an
Say, what kind of Teller are We
nyhow, to be so skeart about feller's wi
rother? S'pose l hev got Jim's eyes ? val
int they good enough? Jim he'd a G
tile the best o me-he was a half Sh
our older. jest KEN from Virginny BILE
verybody thought Jim left stake. of
1t he didn't, pore feller-leastway tai
me that | could find. How long since spe
u been thar?" he
Some of Jose's confidence was re- I
rning. He muttered an unintelligi- the
E reply. cid,
How much money you got?" box
The colossal impudence of the ques- the
N would have astounded any stran. att
r. Jose looked angrily amazed He nua
irted to reply with an oath, when to
ddenly his face changed. sidr
Don't look at me like that" he and
ined. of I
How much money you got?" re- turn
tied the big man, calmly but re- of Il
rselessly.
ose struggled with himself to keep
mt; but the cold, deliberate and
ging eyes compelled him to speak III
tell the truth. tori,
Four-thousand-dollars," he fall sorb
I'd, barely above a whisper. in S
so you've got four thousand dollars &c
W. echoed the other, in tones of nam
at satisfaction. show
bJect fright again swept into Jose's that
=. -Four thousand? Why, that was beini
city the amount he A
he thought was not even finished evidf
IS mind. He saw that the eyes read bird,
i III MS own by an almost super them
iah eHort ne broke the hypnotic rors
of the dreaded gaze and looked III
riedly about him for help. He tried baap
ry out, but his throat was dry. Then state
hand shifted nervosly behind him vaar,
Us us ~ T, o 4,I, 1000,
captor, warningly. I've got my -
: ewes Won cau 80 gu f,o,. ~ US IS stepr
I've got his eyes in my head, and os =
see with EN-, too. kin see you're
iy-guilty o stealing four thousand
ms good money. / want that four wu
sand We got" -AE
Sc, blanched and terror-stricken. Va,
e gesture Of denial. GO. :,
10 use o denyin' it." resumed his
esis, coldly and sternly, "for A.
tin Nirginny for nothin'. Iyeard ,-'e "
u thar. was in that drift as well mas
'urself. Ye left a wide-open trail II
.on't think been follerin' We for a war
in, do ye? Ye don't think I've gfoes
keepin' my eyes--Jim's eyes Neg
to let We git away from me now? gettiu
outside and give me that money. powd'
z on, now!" If a
tn his face toward Jose he opened with I
ioor and stallSed out. And Jose he Wi
rless to resist, followed him into point
light. luck.
Wht
harrison, the mine superintendent and Y,
Thompson, the san Francisco for hi
broker, sat talking over their COT make
nd cigars in Virginia's best res spit o
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