Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-12

with emphasis. mo gambler who has
that subject with college graduates and
all sorts Of people. The gambler be-
lieves that the pack is always fixed.
Whether he fixes it himself, as / did in
this case, or some other fellow puts
it UP or the thing is merely left to cir
cumstances doesn't matter in the least.
Every pack is always cold. The top
card has to be the top card. 1t can't
stand anywhere else. 1t doesn't have
any choice. It's the player that has
the choice. The trouble with your ia
talist is that he doesn't know the diff
ference between the pack and the play
err
81 didn't have much choice with your
pack" said Warren grimly.
Didn't your retorted Honest Dan"
as he gathered the cards with prac
ticed hand and turned them face down
ward 'Draw another one."
'Thank you. / don't care to-" said
the DOCTOR with his hands in his peck
cts.
THAT'S all the choice anybody
needs" responded Farley, sinking back
comfortably into corner of the divan.
"You had it in the first place. The ia
talist says you lacked freedom. l say
you lacked wisdom. If it had been me-"
he added, carefully striking match
on the side of the box, I'D have turned
over a few of those cards right at the
start, just to see what they looked
like. You'll do it another time. Speak
ing philosophically again, this shows
how man grows; how he gets wiser
and better"
DR.. Warren was not conscious of any
betterment. He had wild desire to
swear, which proved that, upon the
whole, he was growing worse.
Honest Dan" bowed, with wave Of
the hand.
II think I'll have bite Of dinner"
said he, rising. "Will you gentlemen
join me?"
Archer promptly accepted the invita-
ton, but DR.. Warren declined it and
remained where he was, absorbed i'll
bitter and resentful meditation. He
was angry with Farley for his success
full trickery and with himself much
more for being so easily deceived. 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 Shout
dered, dark visaged fellow dressed all
in black. He sat down in corner and
seemed to sink into doze almost i'm
mediately. The other man was tall,
pale and carewOrn. His forehead was
deeply wrinkled for one so young, and
there were dark circles under his eyes.
He took seat opposite DR.. Warren
and wrote a telegram, and the learned
professor, who was in sort of trance,
read every word of it without the
slightest intention of doing SO. Doubly
cigar until Farley and Archer returned.
The other two men had left the COM
partment while the train stopped at
Albany, but presently the fellow in
black came back and resumed his in
terrupted nap.
'Mr. Farley" said the professor aft
er a 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 upon
a man and not upon card"
IT 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 to
suggest?'
Would it not be possible to elimi-
nate the card altogether?' urged War
rem. "For instance, suppose we make
a bet upon the action of one of our fell
low passengers, stranger to us all
shall we not secure a perfectly fair
appeal to chancew
"We'd be more likely to secure put
up job, should say" responded Far
ley. However, as I remarked before,
among gentlemen
stake that man there" said Warren
in low tone as he pointed to the tall,
pale stranger who was visible through
the door Of the compartment. Twill
he go north, south, east or west when
we reach New York? Where will he
be half an hour after we arrive?"
t'Honest DAM rolled his cigar round
and round between his lips, while he
closed his left eye very tightly.
I'D be inclined to come into that"
said he at last.
The professors palms were sweating
profusely.
Suppose" said he, shat we should
choose the man outside. He is un-
known to us all, suppose"
4'Bully!" cried Harold Archer. I'll
hot Tho LIMIT yUa oon fn1Iaxv him in q