Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-11

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huw man Erows. how be- sets wiser
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Iir Warren WIS not cUnsciuus ~ any
bettermeut lie had a Wild desire u
swear. whirh proved that. upon the
/ whole. he was growing worse
Honest Ian" bowed. with a wave of
/ the hand
Il think III have bite VI dinner,
said he rising. "Will you gentlemen
| join met
Archer promptly accepted the invita-
ton. but DR. Warren declined il aud
remained where he was, absorbed in
| bitter aud resentful meditation. lie
was angry with Farley for his success
full trickery and with himself much
more for being so easily decely ed. a
vast intellectual gulf yawned between
him and Honest Dan" and from the
high side of this abyss he looked down
upon the gambler and despised him.
Surely he should be Farley's superior
at any game, honest or dishonest. The
fact was demonstrable to him, and he
yearned to prove it to Farley. In plain
terms, he wanted to get square"
While he was thus unpleasantly en-
gagged two men entered the compart-
ment One of them was heavy shoul-
dered, dark visaged fellow dressed all
in black. He sat down in "A corner and
seemed to sink into a doze almost i'm
mediately The other man was tall
pale and careworn. His forehead was
deeply wrinkled for one 50 young, and
there were dark circles under his eyes
He took seat opposite DR.. Warren
and wrote telegram, and the learned
professor, who was in sort of trance
read every word of it without the
slightest intention of doing so. Doubly
chagrined, he sat biting an unlighted
cigar until Farley and Archer returned
The other two men had left the com
partment while the train stopped al
Albany, but presently the fellow in
black came back and resumed his in
terrupted nap.
"NIr. Farley" said the professor aft
er long silence, "if the destinies OF
inanimate things are fixed while the
acts of men are undetermined it would
seem to me that you ought to bet upol
a man and not upon card"
81 always do" responded Farley. "a
card can't deal itself, and it's all in the
deal. However, among gentlemen
He paused, and the professor WINGED
slightly. what were you going tC
suggest?'
Would 1t not be possible to eimi
nate the card altogether?" urged War
ren. For instance, suppose we max,
a bet UPON the action of one of our fel
low passengers, stranger to us all
shall we not secure perfectly fai
appeal to chance?'
"Wed be more likely to secure pu
up job, l should say" responded Far
ley. However, as remarked before
among gentlemen"-
Take that man there" said Warrel
in q low tone as he pointed to the tall
pale stranger who was visible through
the door of the compartment. 'Wil
he go north, south, east or west whel
we reach New York? Where will HI
be half an hour after we arrive"
"Honest Dan" rolled his cigar rount
and round between his lips, while 1t
closed his left eye very tightly.
I'D be inclined to come into that,
said he at last.
2 The professors palms were sweatin;
!, profusely.
r Suppose" said he "that we shoul'
t choose the man outside. He is un
known to us all, suppose"
' "Bullyw cried Harold Archer. "I'l
;. bet the limit. We can follow him in
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