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Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

2rss, ODE San. paftpr Spnh inbs
bisbs ieaar TO me Stoler her paa
Gen. 8egge Stolerns er opfsrie At
TenS 6aunbp9rtere. Stoleprienet
paa 2Gse fan bertfter fables tiosiOas
renoe.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

Slpebruno uobrso fprleoeu Hat paa
9spersoalen | SpHore Glperum. lib
husbD9ningsn mep gageri nepbs9upte.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

aaptsin garitao par anfpgt StoT>
tinget ON 9epilsnins til llOgioelie Fl
bans biitorite Irbeios "~2aroslernss
Saga".
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

Sorleoen bar Der no1Ie W9no fra
aieben6uOn eaer oens nRrmeite Cm
egn i gsbierg % ticbte ct iterre
9runbarsuI ct Siptte uoenfpr 8ptn
pg oerfpr bstalte en- eIter SmitGnoiga
beberne gunite antugeIig Pris. SOdC
5eniigten meo bette &is5 er, oios5
life, men bet er ialfaIO ct glGoeIiqt
Segn paa. at 1iuiosn til Gsbjsrg %
bens Sremtto uoaptil 6sspnosr at
beps iig.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
Oannrdrf.

Jprmeiter 6. 9baaritp, Mssns
Gpr, er afsaaet peb Dsben.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

osrup=S rannm Soener1ao bar
b%ebtdset. at bet life bill ioranitntte
Ringnino meo airtetlofterne seo Soa
lsns Spgans % Rscsans pa Som
munen life bar Mdoo BERTH.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
tait . ~,
iilialsS eaer fineie.

Anerts'sHsRier aabsr 'GHgess 'Hinsies Tit
'ales- % 's'tsrperai,t' tp.er % Seats f9r Is Gro
i0r eesr @aE8. ca en- Geatp = Ero for aii. ION oncr.
iigsr z Gre spsrtiSsrsHi,r .z5tasgs ~ for niH.
Dr. fa5 p seats. geHss rtaa rfrapiasiig rsesfsiss
ale Sefia1Hatr let isnrsr fg tts al bOe'srz iad
ufaa Gunner
eGatesaSSttIbus tostr 75.esais 81. sink.
Sau Cgb asr e. gjats
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
Spcrige % Simlamo.

@ptebores SoltemGrgoe uogioroe
peo 4ursTiftet lbs, 961 Snooaanere.
Silp9tsten / 4arets 2eb bar p9ret
1853.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

@odrbsier Spren peberin 6olss
RIP peo 2ungdu, bar til Se~iteaolsfore
ningen / @ertpp paa @eilceencn ioIlt
en- 8 aars 6ingit for ben pene Sum af
Sr. $4,000, 5000 Str. tontant 81
5000 8r. paa 8iltaar.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

Oct er MI cpgipet, at ben / Rib.
arreitereoe 5r9~lditolyetior, 0islisn,
bar bsoraset tit Seiitab for iaIt mo-
get cper 10000 Str, ion ban bar
brugt til Defining al pripat Gj4lo
rg til at lspe FOR. 02subsn Itploer
Ran Ribe SrelaItbaHosl ca. 5000
ar., ION ban / i'm 9io Gar faaet 9as
rer for til Spfsrslie al IN 9pgning.
Hadr bet er blspsn pa1itaaet, at Ut
iietapitalen bar 10000 Sr., % at
ben BAR tabt, er bette life FORFEIT.
attietapitalen for RIDE og grdm>
minse Srataii bar oprinbelis 1000
ar.. men pa 9rdmminge IrGlagsr
br9note. blep Yrumminse sralaits
hanoeI l~itpioerst. oe til Ref blsp en-
attietupital paa 10000 ar. for Ri6e
5r9laIt6anosl. 9enne fan rimeliss
ris cgidd bstrastes ION tabt, ioet
Stliia6et bar libt andre .Eab eno Be
24.000 ar. hos RislIen.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

paftor q. 6. Sharline er afso1et
peo Ssoen | en- Nlotr at rs @dr.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

Se0ings, TIE San. QdoebNnins
gen til groprietergaarben Dimes
minoe" reo Ssainge er / 4Fteu neos
brGnnt. II Spin inbebrGnote. 81
ZEN opitob fra en- 2pgte / Statoer.
Gieren, 6r. @istpft, bapbe ~ontageIig
asiureret nogenlunbe soot.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
! SenorripHauO

gddr DIT unoerIiat til / renus 5io, ioei
0dnneoirte's 3soattsr, 6rI Wiloer.
ratbs Srdbbe li99er / Yroees meo
GanooagSmdno 9ansieusN errsme(t.
5ruen beitpIocr oenus D~ant6ecers
~troeite Mduo for at BABE forfdltet e.
grep. 6ortlsbi9 FINES ott at ie
inuat 10 for 6ru Wilcenrdtb Grao.
be, Tom iitiert ogiaa Iruge not bar
Oreoet fit Spill oerueot.
Oscar @eismur.
S%iebenhaon, 7oe Souuar.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
Odnmarfsbrep.
Set npe Narbunbreoe. &leben'
bapns ll~bpiDelie. - Anoet NDt.

Get ilpe Narbnnbreoe. &leben.
bapns l~lbpioelie. - Anoet NBt.
Der CT beopnot et mt Ndrhunorect
berbiemme, % rent u~Diltdarllgt tGns
ter man iig, at mep bet me 4urbun-
breoe bill osiaa en- pp Sie meo en- M
@ano, nps Srrfter % me Wpno OBJ
rinoe. Mun orsmmer ON en- NJ
Gulodloer / 2igbeo meo ben, Der ops
mnet prer 0anmari. oa Ndrbune
breofoIen iio'ts Sang brDeoe iis ~
EblenfhId9er lterute i'm 6drpe ION
SsrItemono / bit Distertor, iom 'ur9
fine Sunss uo ooer 0anmdrt / ferit'
Salphsl df bet leort 4drbunoreoe.
Man oremmer ON 6ornpelIe.
@aartie, me. frifte Sr9fter Der tan
brute frtrl, tofte aft BET admte ooer
Gnoe % rsife npe Slotte pdd Re
admle Somter.
man oremmer
90 madIts tommer @irtsligheoca
aIbelss lite til at ipare til oisIt
0rsmme. Moaite Teller ri netop M
@anoIrsbeOens, observation-disclosures
fori9tteoe 2dro imeoe. Wioaite
sr ben tun9e % tr9ttc Stemning, iom
M beberiter Dor qolittt. 2iterotur,
Stunt oYp.. tun ipm ct 6oripil til
2ipstratbsbens uenoeli9e 5rd9eote.
9porfra ituIoe e~gentIis 6ornptIicn
,pmme2
Spor rinpsr Siloerne9
WaaIte naI netop @drburorecitii
tet betegue Snoleonin9en til en- mat
% Hap periooe.
Mdaife.
WRtn Ri, Der er unae % iiGrie, Tan
aaigsoel lite Hippo 1roen paa, at az
M Sio mda oprinbe, Der fan Iere os
uo al Muooeret / BE- imaa 2dnalsr.
uo / bet itore, dabue oaO. Der gdar
1ere Storms, men Der er til 8iens
gjGIo mere Gip, mere Quit, iril So
luft.
vi trGuger nsmlig Iaa uIi9eli8 Il!
2uft berbismme. Def Sels er lua
imdali9t, ind benoeenoe.
: polititsns @eroen Hammer err
Resiering iia til Magten uoen at baoe
6oltets Billie bdg fla. 90 mar FAC
enOm beune Hegiering beitoo NJ
Mpno meo Iteile @ilier % pioe Spn,
Mann, Der med nogeu Wpnoi9bec
funoe qisnif0be Grep9Ibeus Sadr. iaa
tunoe man maaite tGnte ia at bsie
iig for benz. Wlen 5ilfRlbet er 10
Iige BET mobIatte. Regieriraen BE-
itoar al 9 intda 9erIorli16eoer, ion;
Blot bill Wagten for Muatens Stplb.
% meo ois'e Mpnb I Spibisn rioer
nj Der | 8anmurt bet me @urbur.
oreoe imebe,
"a MI 2iterdturen, Suritsn! CIR
pd lite Der be- Gnem9rter. bporben
ale %frtbaarne Si9k ian iege, naGr
be er blspsn trRits al 9olititens
WagtItrGp? Nt nei. Shipper peo
10, 1t ben giteraturretning, Iom me5
grunpes / SpioIen bolpt 1T
Srotpe / '70'srne, er ipiqet 5alit Idl
puteli9t. at enonu ingen bar meiot fla
for at ooertage 5alitboet. Sauot
not. d fleite al De gamIe 5orfattere
teosr eHbnu, men instn at Dem eier
lln9oommers Ersn; man berer pdc
Gang mso Generation. men
6iprtet er tolpt. 9erfor ~Ilatter fac
mango al be unge ON uoen at tuunc
finoe 6pile nogeniteos, minoit al alt
bos osrss iGorulorsnbe bl1not Gors
fattsrne. gHteliasre Std6ninser emo
5Isrtanet al banite 0igters ftdl man
lanse sftsr.
3 Sanobso! Di trGngsr til en- m
5ib % rDs M9rb.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ortales erdiis. uidr 9, IN,
r~eetlitgtF 10 Clutter. Sps Orb teaues Tor ~ 1tnis.
ffr at oret 10 Strisr r1da ted.eS ! Gent iuy
trett Cre Ntuheelaie tetalts nto 3 Geats BE-.
Srrle Scnltna uIal alto meefflpr g'cftlirler.
Batfdnt. - cerceo ttfieubtglur for Strat ca
Senner at VeOsr Rtlieu 8a''aus er a'saaet pep ~.
zen Gan esoe ben Csoe Houember 1900 saa ooiyi.
taIet semieie. WtHn.
pafpes c sggaaItde
Greubdht. @irr.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
Norge.

Sberilpitnant Sans Gbriitian
Smitb Due er afsauet Dep Sgben, 81
Iar gammel.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

Stl 8unit for Den iaatdIote On
tttoaItrift 0otinIte Snper)' itriRr en-
Snbicuber / bet oanfte 9.lo "9ort
2anb" iGroetes inotrGnssnce. !6encr
lite / Sanmart bar bisie Upper belt
trGngt igiennsm / presIen mems be /
geger blipsr mere og mere alminbeIige.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

SpDDrfcoc Tarme Cavalier
so, Noro Iafota, ~tiiiaiss.
Sea bnr ever 5000 Ners& ~ opsnrfses warm,
luhttDio,Rbe FRA loo tl so AUrtz bptr. ca 6~slidatnas
'ra y bt : Nbt ia Hi3rfgo hlidlis paa rimelias
eehuQcner, Etstr }arUls bSiiaar al oct be6te Aa.s
brnasiaHe AoIbUeftn
5pr Eerriere Cplpsuingsr btabsnbs man ia til
@uFtap @rede. Niltuu, Y. Iaf
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

aisbenbapu, She San. 6oItstin.
gets 5inansucpdlgs 8etantring oper
&egierinsens 8uo8stfOriIas pmoeItcs
ioag. Den i~nbeboloer insen 5oran
Ieouins til toRititutioneI SpnFIift.
GeoIatteIIerne poa Militerubaift,rne
er enopgiau noset minOre eno ifior.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
Nne Wala.

5 polititens 9sroen bsspnoer man
iaa imaat at m9rts 5orbereoelierne
I'll be ME SoltetinaspaIs. iom ftat
Fmoe Steo en9ans / @pril. Rapnlio
ber | Spen blipsr &dmpen fittert
baaro4 iost 9enItrs piI Isgs at fros
priite 6sire be iioits Rreois, bette
Ydrti iiooer inue mee I 6opeoitaoeu,
% Der er measn SauoiDnIigbso for,
at 8cnftre naar lit Moul. TaaIeoes
at 9icbenbaon blanot fine 10 Sole
tinasmrno life tommer til at taae
Sciremuno. Den polittt, Der /
esrre Sib orioes fra Reqierinoeas
Sice. bi9lpsr iaIfaIo aoSt I sen Ret,
ming.
Rddr Ri tommer @alQodqen nrr.
mere. ffal lea aipe en- Gosrfet ocer
Vartiernes Sorhofb Ill htr.noer.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
8rst

(@runoaGnheoen er Der CRANK aointin)
I efirpauo = 1921 ails i Mpi Tin - Gram.
nrdgl. 4 gfismertunb IS allos
/ siapunb = aiIoarem. eram.
/ Efaalpunp = u ailos / Wtats = 24Q Gram.
gram. / Bog 1s Htiogram.
1 NeD lie @rlrt.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
SdlanOorpbs Srornuelie

blep en- S~egipenbeo Der / Ais6su9dpn,
toet zen b.ep BEN fsrite. egtutlig be
otuite" sigfGrD. Der er ioycsGa5t.
Stdnocrpb babe snitsi al ps, iom
ban 1apoe Iepet. % babe oerIor fors
oret at blioe be9rdpst uosn Wieopir.s
ming al no9en Brat. GnOoiotre cns
l'eot ban at biipe brGnoi, % begge
6orldngeaoer b.ep opfD.Ott. 9tgra.
Observation-Disclosures foresit paa
S%remutoriet, boor Or. 8eorgt Bran.
oes bolot en- Yak, % en- Sang at 6ors
fatteren aatiSr blep aiiunaen. % ef.
Ter benre 6tremoni bIco 5danOorp6s
9i9 br1not.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

Rtat
Shb: /. 4 srener sftuins -scu
] pfarf eur Crt~ 50 Pre- 1 eroue - " 0sntk
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

Srobttsen oerpeo bctsuot1ieres for fra
pFrSnoe SiGH, "a Geafey. At petrtn I la . s6om
bar limtaIoi peo 7eooI Dor elfeos Eater Ni1nic
otter eiS aats au8bom az 1atisa. uun var flot 4
geTnrn g.. s9ls. 3Qte 3aH. 1870 Ga eaet zoe acc
1900. SIeO tcatavtt paa 5Jenh GREET atttsaddro
ul6er 'icr TeItG8,iie. 5reo mto eu STIR. . fluet
we're BIT @tnee. Sheriff z Srvbloeu,
Rtoer Y. 9's1blbeu.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

&rberien Rtu Hare 9abtr gbrtfian &c
ocricH d'8it ben 2Oos 9resmbcr pt6 gs5eu / 1rrrt
paa I'm 6rtlier. Gar pde irot ZEN gore rgttmeer
isfs Eeaslrup, 8reIep soaH GaHnorf eit bt-
tea nco 1aosri oeu tptoauiti aris { aareue ISIS
so "a ~ berior eaosrsmeoalr z 1851 Rt%pduortc
ban III atneriia o. hGC Ubea bost hes TN ssu. Ger
s3oe December btsrauroes ton paa Nomtuel airi,'
saaro. IN. aHosr itoy EeltaBeiie 8gcb meS bars
steo, %Deltgnet prrs bans &iaDe
Chris 8eDerisn.
eopttns 4ari. 3u.. i6ee 3annar 1901.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

@tersbofo. WH fare Bapo. CIcC gicrsi
polc. fset SeHbdt. EtieHb1l 4yrae igle. Gurlt,
oeoe ben 2eot Tcceuteg 0~ottcosR AZ yiprduasom,
60 War saEimsl. Yrs. Gle y. B~tersgolb.
St pilltre. Niuu.. 1859 31ruls l9ll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-23
NEW SCHOOL MAP Is
COMPLETED BY GOULD.

County Surveyor Gould has COM
Pleted his work on a large wall map
of Rock Island county for the use of
the superintendent of schools. The
map was drawn to facilitate compli-
ance with the amendment to the
school law adopted by the last legis-
lature.
Heretofore the school districts have
been mum bered in each township
separately. while under the provisions
of the new law the districts in the
entire county will be numbered con-
secutively, beginning with No. 1. In
Rock Island county there are total of
103 districts.
The enumeration will begin IN the
east end of the county with No. /, and
No. 103 is in the western extreme of
Drury. The new law greatly simpli-
lies the work of the state and county
superintendents in keeping track of
their work. Mr.. Gould's map shows
the congressional township lines, the
school districts with their old num-
bers and also the new number of each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-23
WHEELMEN UP AGAINST
A WARM PROPOSITION

The sun spots that are causing all
this disturbance of weather records
are ripening q harvest for bicycle re-
pair shops.
Never have punctures and blow
outs been so prevalent in the daily
life of those who ride as now. This
is due to two causes. One is the ex-
pansion of the atmosphere due to the
heat. When a wheel is given an in
lection of cool air in the morning and
taken out in the hot sun the pressure
on the tire is materially increased and
something is liable to happen.
Then rubber possesses in some
slight degree, along with that other
property of matter, elasticity, the
quality known as viscosity. That is,
its form may be changed by continued
force exerted in any particular place.
This is especially true when it is
heated to high degree. Thus the
inner tube of double tube tire will
gradually become weakened in spots
till it leaks and still there may be no
puncture found when the Vexed
wheelmen attempts to locate the
source Of the trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-23
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
To Hay Fever Sufferers.

Sufferers from hay fever and sum-
mer catarrh will be interested to
learn that there is q new, simple, in
expensive but effective home treat
ment for this obstinate and battling
disease, and that a little booklet
fully describing the treatment will be
mailed free to anyone by addressing
the F. A. Stuart company, Marshall
Mich.
Doubtless this statement of a
cure and positive preventative of
hay fever will be received with skep-
ticism by the thousands who have
found the only relief every year was
a change of climate during the sum-
mer months.
But whether skeptical or not it will
cost nothing to investigate this new
treatment. Simply send name and
address on a postal card to f. A.
Stuart company, Marshall, Mich, for
the booklet which, besides describing
the treatment, contains a concise
treatise on the cause and character OF
this peculiar disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-23
kIRALFY AT THE EXPOSITION

| Historical Spectacle, "OonstantInopIe or
ReveIs In the East"
The Teck theatre, of Buffalo, the
largest and handsomest auditorium
in that city. will have for its PAN
American exposition attraction b.
lossy Kiralfy's grand lyric and his
torical spectacle, "Constantinople. or
ReveIs in the East" pronounced in
Europe the grandest creation of the
kind and produced and directed in
person by it's famous originator, b.
lossy Kiralfy. Constantinople has
been brought to Buffalo direct from
the Olympia, London, and presents
an outlay of 800. 900 worth of radiant
costumes, traPpings, armor and spe-
cial realistic scenery. Three hundred
actors, singers, dancers, pantomim-
lists, athletes, gymnasts and other
characters. take part in this magnifi-
cent spectacle of overwhelming dis
PLAYS. marches, ballets and historic
scenes. The story which threads the
plot together is told in pantomime,
but the incidents are so forcible that
they scarcely need the dramatic mo-
tive that has been supplied. Changes
of scenery are so dextrously contrived
that the illusion is never destroyed
and we seem to be living in the classic
age of the barbaric festivals of the
orient. Scene upon scene and mar
vel succeeds marvel so that one is
lost in admiration of the masterful
generalship. the enormous labor. and
the infinite care bestowed upon de-
tails, whereby the Kaleidoscope spec
tacle revolves itself, changing every
moment, and the absence of tawdri-
ness, even in the smallest incidents,
is apparent, and no armor could be
brighter, no equipments more smart,
no silks, satins and velvets more gen
uine than the dresses of these splen-
did groups. 1t is the finest produc-
tiol Of the kind that has ever been
seen in America. and the beautiful
effect produced by the hundreds of
gorgeously dressed people who take
part in the action of the spectacle and
the festival dances is indescribable.
Constantinople will be at the Teck
theatre, in Buffalo, from June 3 until
NoVem Der l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-23
TOWN TALK.

The police have been notified of the
theft of horse and buggy in Musca-
tine yesterday.
The Moline fire department was
called by telephone yesterday to the
power station to extiDguish a car of
| slack which had taken fire as a result
of the sun beating down upon it until
com bustion generated in its depths in
three places.
A physician of La Crosse certifies
to death as being caused by "the
want of BREATH This is sufficient
for the purpose of collecting the
Woodmen death policy. and it covers
a multitude of uncertainties beside.
Staff Capt. Charles Noble and En-
voy l.. III. Guthrie. of Peoria, will lead
the meeting of the local Salvation
Army corps to be held tonight at
Garnsey square. Capt. Noble is the
new divisional officer and one of the
prominent workers of the army in
the state.
First section of the retail merchants
excursion train will leave the c., B.
& q. depot on Twentieth street at
q. m. aud the second section at $50 a.
m. Remember the date, Thursday,
July 25. $3.50 for the round trip.
Returning, the first section will leave
Aurora at p. m. and the second sec
ton at 7:S0 p. m.
The children of the late Timothy
O'Neill wish TO return their sincere
thanks to neighbors. friends and mem.
bers of the Iron Molders' union for
acts of sympathy and kindness shown
them at the death and funeral of their
beloved father.
Going and coming excursion trains
on merchants day will stop at River
view park. The park is located di-
rectly on the line of the c.. b. & O..
about four miles west of Aurora. An
electric street railway also connects
the park with the city. Remember
the date, July %. $3.50 for the round
trip.
Harry M. Isbell, of Maquoketa,
Iowa, and Miss Lena Hendricksen, of
Lost Nation, Iowa, were united in
marriage yesterday by Justice j. II.
Cleland. 1t was the first marriage at
which Justice Cleland had officiated.
Thirty-eight and one half miles is
the exact distance from Aurora to
Chicago. Retail merchants excur-
sion trains will reach Aurora in
ample time for persons desiring TO
visit the big city. You can leave
Aurora at 1850 a. m, arriving in
Chicago at 11:4S a. m. Returning,
leave Chicago at $3.50 p. m, arriving
in Aurora at $50 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-23

Summer complaint is unusually
prevalent among children this season.
A well developed case in the writer Is
family was cured last week by the
timely use of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy-one
of the best patent medicines manu-
featured and which is always kept on
hand at the home of We scribe. This
is not intended as free puff for the
company, who do not advertise with
us, but to benefit the little sufferers
who may not be within easy access of
a physician. No family should be
without bottle of this medicine in
the house. especially in summer time.
Iowa, Journal. For sale
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-23
The Daily Short Story
FATAL FORTUNE.
BY BARRY PAIN.

"What 1 maintain" said the man
who ,was still young enough to be at
work on the revision and Improvement
Ofithe IwOrld-"what l maintain is that
the point for the king at ecarte is the
ruin of the game. Here is fine intel
lectual exercise, and you ruin it by
bringing into it mere chance. 1t is all
very well to make your game by skill
; and;well enough to make it by tossing
penny, but L cannot see the sense of
mixing the two
| You think So" said the philosopher.
,"I fear can't agree with you. Ecarte
is close reflection of real life. There
lies its charm. In real life skill tells,
but chance is the capricious and insu-
perable power"
E"I know all that" said the young
man peevishly. land l agree with you
that in the perfect game one must have
the element of chance. But il is there
already in ecarte. You have to take
the cards that the 'chances of the deal
give you. To give an entire point TO
the king ais well is to make the prepon-
derance of chance outra Seous.'
p IL disagree with you in toto" said
the philosopher, But before he could
marshal and display his arguments he
was interrupted by an old man who
looked faded and shrunken and melan-
choly.
u Pardon me, gentlemen" he said,
-'but 1 could not avoid overhearing the
topic of your conversation. 1t is one of
peculiar interest to me, for it is to the
king at ecarte that owe my ruin.'
< Most interesting, sir" said the
young man. "It entirely confirms what
/ said. Skill is powerless against it,
Il don't think you quite understand"
said the old man. 81 was not ruined
because the other man held the king,
but because held 1t myself"
''Then I'm afraid can't follow you"
> "Well, it's fairly simple marked
the king In 80 successive games"
= The other men look Disguised. The
philosopher pickeki up his hat and said
coldly, yes; that sort Of thing is al
ways found out"
wait, beg of you. Don't make the
mistake that my millionaire uncle. with
whom was playing. made. He was
man from whose testamentary disposi-
tons l was to have benefited enormous
ly, man whom could not afford to
offend. the man above all others that |
wished to have a high opinion OF me.
We were playing penny points and
threepence on the rubber. My uncle
would never go beyond that. Indeed it
'sss these carese-=;l ss.abits of his IT,.
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maze MN the millionaire tnat he was
"If those were the points, don't see
why you should''-
And / wasn't. If wanted to cheat
at cards, do you suppose that L should
do such n stupid and transparent thing
as to give myself the king 81 times in
succession? Why, any one who knows
the business of swindling at cards as
know It'll mean from books, of course
would see the Stiffness of it. So far
was / from wanting the king that if l
had only had the requisite skill would
have cheated in order to give it to my
uncle. At my first deal l turned the
king, and my uncle took it calmly.
Next deal he gave me the king, and the
third deal gave it to myself. After l
had had the king six times in success
sion he said that he had never seen
such luck in his life, but he had not vet
begun to lose his temper. But after
that he got worse and worse. 1 sus-
gested that we should stop the game.
but he wouldn't hear of it,"
The old man paused and sighed. GO
on said the young man encouragingly.
1T reached point" the old man re-
sumed, when my uncle was black in
the face, and 1 should have been glad
to have exchanged the king for another
card if l had had the chance. But, as
have explained, L am not an expert in
these matters. Besides, by this time he
was watching my hands as a cat
watches a mouse. He gave scornful
and snorting laugh from time to time.
AT the thirty-second game he rose.
My opinion of your character he
said. has hitherto been so high that L
am reluctant to change it. But 1 have
no choice. If a man holds the king 80
times in succession at ecarte, that is
sufficient for me. l refuse to pay the
points that you have won by swindling
or to communicate with you in future
in any way, and am just off to my So
licitor's to get my will altered 1 pro-
tested that was merely the victim of
an extraordinary run of good luck, but
he would not listen to me. 1t was of
no use. He told every one, and 1 was
ruined man."
Extraordinary" said the young man
as, in company with the philosopher,
he rose to go.
"And in consequence" the old man
went on rapidly, Il am occasionally, as
at present, in such straits temporarily
for the small sum of shIllings that L
am compelled"-
But here he stopped abruptly, for the
young man and the philosopher had al
ready passed out-Black and White.