The Holly chieftain., 1902-09-26

q ssrite s1t, tut. u sksex .xeys,
Watched every dslibsfass. SBo1Jueex
Of Joass. 1ps 4 was 4 cisis in the LII
tory of - great rssort--if the sSeAs
Of tho previous night was to Be re-
psated, alas for the future Of Mpats
Carlo. ~ ]
He won . second time.
Intense excitement held every one
spsllboand. and 1t began to look -
though tho doom d gay Monte Carlo
was written upon the wall.
Thsa ~ unexpected happensd-
Jones lost!
A crest wavs of astonishment went
over The tnronE. tongpesi were loos-
ensd aG61n. and their elatter after 10
long . spell OF silence was dreadful.
One man was quite unmoved, sven
when tho grim croupier smiled ssr.
donicaHy. -.
This vas Jones' ~
He made smother stake ~ toolly as
before. with = rouleauof gold covered
the fun limit ON . single number. and
again voa.
Confidence In Jones, which had
been scattered by his break, limit. n 1
covey OF partridge might. when fred
into, returned again.
Again he lost. Z. =
sCohfusipu!
Why, ths sinai after all. was play
ing . hit-and-miss game, just nike the
rest Of them.
Many Of them breathed great sixh
Of relisf, f-r-with Monte Carlo SMASH
ed their desire to live would have
been reduced to zero. ~
About this time attention began to
be directed to ths other end OF the
table.
The croupier's rake showed little
piles Of filthy lucre in that quarter
with astonishing regularity, and sell
dom dragged any back. -
Another Richmond In the field!
The excitement burst out greater
than ever. ~
Aud, 4dsrrick played on with Just
the faintest sign Of smile upon his
resolute face. played on and won four
times where he lost only once. ~,
ZONES had managed to reach the
elbow OF his friend-no one else, even
royalty itself, could have had q pas
Sage opened to him through the dense.
ly packed audience, but they SEEM
ed to recognize = superior being in
Jones, the master wizard Of it ali. and
that he had . right to be near his com
rsde. s.5
To Merrick the experience was one
he would never in:all his life forget
Its novelty alone was enough to stamp
1t indelibly ON his mind. ssl.-.ss.
Between deals. he occasionally look
ed up calmly and the faces along the
table were not the blur one might rea-
sonably expect under the circum.
stances. with his heart BEATING like 1
trip hammer. and his mind devoted
to following the line Of play marked
down In DarrAgh's brilliant system.
A few more moves must complete
the play for this night.
Realizing that they were up against
the very toughest argument that. had
ever fallen upon Monte Carlo, the
daslers were not u III anxious to CON
tnue playing indeAAitSly.
The sooner they admitted the grave
fact that . third time the famous bank
must cry quits. the better fpE, them.
MsFrtck had dons vel. -
Not . single. slip or mistake had.
been made. There was but . unani.
nous. opinion among the nerve-racked
spectators that these two men reaily,
held the game by the throat.
Il they could be bought off, the
future Of Monte Carlo sNss. assured. .
since despairing pleyers, would take
new lease OF life in The kowlsdRe that
after an It was possibls to '1ternally
win II one but knsN the wonderfuI
plan BY which 80 carefully arrang-
- move wss n 1ydhads.
The scenes oe the pfevicas night
were, repeated. though upon . larger
scale. 6
when the sdealsf stood snd .raised
his hand 70 announ1e that TIE; bank
bad asain gone under. I deathly IL
lsacs ltnG ovar he .dsnss crowd.
Then ons manpA hirvoiced Ameri-
can congressman. Awho had been.
haunting the dragons den for, 1: month
or more, against the prayers Of, his
prstty little wife, threw his silk hat
intp. the ait sxcitediy. jumped on 1t
when AZ landed md rcassd out: 4 :
"Hurrah for Jcnss-L pays the.
It would b nszt 70 Impossible to