Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-15

0LANCED AT his EXCITED FACE.
handsome and we'll to do. She was
liked by all who knew her, and we de-
cried her sudden marriage to the hand
some stranger who had appeared among
us only short time before. However,
we hoped all would turn out well, con-
trary to our fcrebodings. He seemed to
love her, and she plainly worshiped
him.
"All went well for few months, and
we were ready to acknowledge having
misjudged the man when he left as
suddenly as he had come, and with
him disappeared practically all her
wealth, which, it seems. she had turned
over to him to carry on his business on
a larger scale He was hunted for ev-
erywhere. but had left no trace, and
after nearly a year of fruitless effort
on the part of her friends and the DO
lice the search was given up. The poor
little woman was Frustrated with grief,
and her life was despaited Of But she
was brave, recovered and was at the
time of my story earning a living by
writing for the magazines. She en-
d~ared herself the more to her friends
by her fortitude. and there were some
among these that never gave up hope
If finding the man who had SO foully
deceived her. was especially incensed
against him, for she was so close and
deHr friend of my family that we al
most felt her to be one of us. and when
ever a clew to his whereabouts had
hod Fol =
lentlessly, and more than once. as
arterward found, nearly had him. but
he had always succeeded in slipping
through my fingers. However. he had
learned one thing-he had determined
enemy who would never let him rest
till he found him.
"And here he was at last 1t was a
wonder to me that, after hearing my
friends account of 'Hargrave. | did
not recognize him Immediately in spite
of his false name and the changes he
had made in his appearance. Should |
denounce him then and there? There
would perhaps be some difficulty in es-
tablishing his identity. | glanced at
my four kings. No; | would wreak !
vengeance upon him in a subtler way.
avoiding scandal, yet none the less
surely righting the wrongs my friend |
had sustained at his hand To beat the |
cards l held he must have either a
straight flush or four aces. | reason |
ed that since he had drawn two cards |
the former was out of the question. |
and for both four kings and four aces !
to appear on the same deal seemed IN
likely In the extreme. Such things oc-
cur only in stories. He had probably
held three of a kind and had drawn a
pair thus completing a full house.
Since l had asked for three cards he
felt sure he had me beaten: hence the
supreme confidence that caused his re-
quest. l had him at my mercy
would ruin him. Would take off the
limitf Rather!
"He raised me $40. I went him $25
better. He replied with 500 more.
was by this time nearly as excited as
he and was bent on running him. In
order to accomplish this had, of
course, to get him to wager on his hand
all he possessed, which should have
bern In the neighborhood OF $4,000.
Ii was time we had reached higher fig
ures. raised him $500 amid the prot
estations of my friends.
"He looked at me- and there was on
his face the fiendish joy felt by man
hen he has hated victim by the
throat A glance of mutual recognition
passed between us. 1t was evident
that neither would give in while he
had Collar left. had G.fscu.tI in re-