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woman, with dirnples In her cheeks,
rushed for him and held out her hand.
'You-mani" she exclaimed, viva
ciously, you were to come to see me
last night about those bonds. And you
never, never came. To think, too, that
you would disappoint me so'
Constitutional Smith had some diff
Guilty in maintaining his equilibrium.
But he did it, He motioned his visitor
to a seat near the window. Then he
warily seated himself at prudent dis
tance.
I'll tell you,'' he began easily. Il
couldn't come around to see you, and
for good reason. was laid up
His visitor assumed an expression OF
deep concern. Laid up" she said in a
commissioning tone; you poor man.
Too bad. Was it serious 2" she added.
Tt was not Serious returned Smith,
"but very painful 1t was my finger.
smashed it, as you see" He held up
the bandaged member. 81 was com
PEELED to sit up until an early hour
this morning" he continued, truthful
ly; finally, however, sank into a
peaceful slumber. 1t feels much better
now"
Mrs. Charles ]. Hanowen was eff
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he was weak, and so Henderson raised
again, evidently haying|no confidence
in Hanlin. 1t was ferocious play, but
they were all playing desperately by
this time.
Other Two Stayed
The other two stayed, though Ali
son. having, as 1t proved, the best hand
up to that point, hesitated. He really
credited Hamlin with three fyes, or at
least feared it.
"On the next round no one bettered.
Hanlin bet so and the others stayed.
"On the last round Hamlin had tens
and hyes showing, Allison had two
mines. an ace, and seven, and Hender-
son had six, king, and two Fights.
..Hamlin bet five hundred and Allison
called, whereupon Henderson threw
down his cards in a rage. cursing the
luck in holding kings UP and having
them beaten.
After Allison had taken in the pot
with his aces up. for Hanlin had really
been bluffin, Will Hamlin looked ma
hciously at Henderson, who was still
cursing under his breath, and said:
Why don't you damn the dealer 7?
1t was the most tantalizing thing he
could have said to man who had al
ready shown that he had lost control of
himself, and we all realized it. I'm
doubtedly Hamlin realized it himself,
but the insult he had received had been
ranking, and his eyes cleaned when
Henderson looked up angrily.
He actually seemed TO choke as he
tried to speak, but it was from rage,
not for the lack of words
Because the dealer happens to be a
square player this time he said, as
soon as he could command his voice.
And he put vicious emphasis on the
word this.
"Hamlin looked at him curiously for
a moment, and then he said, very slow
~ and distinctly:
You seem to have some difficulty In
bringing yourself to say the thing you
went to- I'll help you out. I said
awhile ago that ANYBODY who called me
dishonest was a liar. Now 1 say that
anybody who calls You honest is a liar
He sprans to His Feet
'sHe sprang to his feet as he finished
the sentence. It was well that he did,
and It was necessary that he should,
for Henderson, whose rage had been
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connection with any other one was
simply amazing.
I'VE all looked at one another dumb
ly for few moments. and then VIII
Hamlin said very quietly:
If anybody In the game undertakes
about the last deal-the one that was
just made. mean-he lies in his
throat
Then there was another pause. OF
course, it was up to Henderson to say
something decent about not meaning
any such thing, or, If he were not
prepared to do the graceful thing, it
was distinctly incumbent on him ac-
cording to the way things went at that
time to resent VIII Hamlins words.
What he did was to pick up the
deck, shuttle Ii and offer 1t to VIII
Hamlin for a cut. Somewhat to my
surprise Hamlin cut. and the game
went on.
Whether the bond of friendship was
elastic enough to cover the outrageous
talk, or whether they were all so in
fatuated with the game thar they were
willing to pass it over, ] can't say, but
George Hamlin, before a card was
dealt, made 1t SIS to play, and they all,
with the exception OF Ingham, came in
on their buried cards.
Twenty in the Pot
That made $50 in the pot, and as
Allison's nine spot was the highest card
showing on the next round he bet $40.
VIII Ranlin dropped, Henderson raised
it $40, and George Hanllin stayed.
Then Allison made 1t $50 more.
Henderson stayed with six spot show
ing and Hanlin with a five. Again II
looked like some buried aces or some
small pairs. They were not likely, or
I thought they were not, to stay for any
such money on any less hands.
ION the next round, however, some
better cards showed. Hamlin caught
another five, Allison an ace, and Hen
| derson king. Hamlin bet $50 on his
! pair of ffves showing, Allison raised It
$50. and Henderson stayed.
.sThen Hamlin raised 1t hundred
and set us guessing whether he really
! had three hves or whether he thought
the others were bIuffing or whether he
| himself was bluffing. It was a diff
cult question, but Allison stayed.
He hesitated just long enough how
ever. to give Henderson the idea that
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tlresome, and the game came to be an
all day business.
About the third day the betting
came to be heavy enough to make me
seriously uneasy II was not that /
was losing, for was, In fact, a trifie
ahead; but hadn't a great lot of
money with me, and did not care to ask
for accommodation. though I knew I
could get 1t. It was, therefore, a re-
lief to me when Davis said.
I'm getting enough of this. If
there was anything else to do I'd pull
out
L offered to play chess with him,
and We both quit the poker game. He
told me afterward that he felt that
trouble was coming and did not want
70 De In 1t, but at the time there was
nothing Of the sort suggested.
The chess. however, was only pre-
text, and, though we played a couple
OF games, lasting, perhaps, an hour,
we were soon watching the poker
game, which by the time we turned
back to 1t had become serious thing.
A Quarter Limit
We had begun playing a quarter
limit game the first day, and 1t had
gone up to dollar limit in the course
OF two days play. Then we had pfay-
ed table stakes for a day, and on the
day pulled out they had set aside
the table stake limit, three or four
bets being offered and called In excess
OF the amount the players had in sight
1t was this that had sent me out OF
the game. as had no fancy for game
OF that sort with limited capital.
When Davis and / went back 10
look on at the game, however, we found
that even this form of poker had come
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nick OF tfme.n The check was a check
upon the Monroe National bank 10 the
order Of Ellington O'Keefe, signed by
Alice Hallowell. It was for the sum of
$1,000. -.
It was intended for the purchase Of
bonds. Mr.. Smith was, to some extent,
held in bondage. There were bonds
about him. These were held by No.
S9s and No. 400. These bonds it was
highly important that he should pur-
chase.
Il don't know OF any better Invest
ment, he conffded to himself; there's
none better in the world Nor safer,
either" he added, soto vece
Forthwith he paid four thousand OF
the five to the two young toughs
There still remained a thousand.
Every broker" commented Mr..
Smith, is entitled to his earned COM
mission I am no exception to the rule
The other thousand, therefore he APP
propriated to himself "a widow, said
Constitutional Smith, is sometimes a
blamed good thing to have around
He whistled to himself for a short
space Of time. Then he sadly shook
his head.
II rather imagine he remarked,
solemniy, Judging from the picture
and the letter, and the widow, that
our mutual friend Ellington O'Keefe is
somewhat matrfmonially Inclined
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ace. II one of them had the buried ace,
he now had, of course, pair of them
and strong hand.
HanaIin Bet $40
"Hamlin bet $50 and Henderson rails
ed him fifty. Hamlin smiled and said:
You couldn't have done that better
If you'd had the case ace buried. Sup
pose you make 1t hundred moref
Now, that was either powerful
bluff or Hamlin had the winning hand,
since his queen was the deciding card,
supposing they both had aces. At ali
events, it was strong enough to stop
Henderson, though he saw the hun
dred.
"On the next round Henderson caught
a king and Hanfin a four spot, thus
turning the tables and giving Hender-
son the strongest hand fIA sight, and,
OF course, the winning hand, If they
both really had aces. 1t gave him the
bet, too, OF course and in a matter Of
fact way he bet $780,
1T was the largest single bet had
seen, and was made with an L O. q,
for quite naturally they were not carry
ing cash in quantities sufficient for
such game. Their checks were all
perfectly good, however, and there was
no question Of credit.
.Hanalin hesitated. Assuming that
Henderson had aces, ne (Hamiin)
would have to beat king or make a
second pair in the last draw to win,
and the pot was not large enough to
warrant putting up five hundred on
such a chance looked to see him
| turn down his cards, but I reckon he
must have thought Henderson was
blufhng, for he called the bet and they
took their final cards.
Henderson got seven and Hamlin
| another four spot. He leaned back and
laughed, though 1t was a disagreeable
laugh. and said:
Not for Cent
don't suppose your case ace
! looks as big to you now as it did, but
I'll let you look at mine for another
| hundred.
Not far a cent, said Henderson.
I ought to have remembered where
| the deal was
IF mine had exploded under the
I, house We could net have been more
/ surprised. The very idea that any one
in the party could inlpute foul play ia
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to be looked on by the five men who
still played as too slow. and they had
changed 1t to stud poker. and were
paying 1t without limit.
NOW there may be some other form
OF gambling that Is fiercer and faster
tnan stud poker, no limit, among pIay-
ers VINO are thoroughgoing sports and
VINO are Wei warmed up, but If there
De any such have never come across
til saw ina moment py the tense
ATTITUDES, the keen attention. and the
nervous. movements OF the five players
mat they were keyed up to pitch of
excitement that made almost ANYTHING
possible. s-..' inns
Had No Thought of Trouble
I had no thought Of trouble. how
ever, Tor1 knew how strong the friend
snip was among them. and even after
things we're said that among strangers
would have meant fight, I did not thint
OF bad blood.
1t was remark Of Doc Henderson's
that first startled me. Allison was
oealng and VIII Hamilton, sitting next,
MADE II dollar to play, So as no one
came IN. there was a dollar Jack Dot.
WI Hamilton took the cards. and
on the hrst round OF exposed cards his
brother George had a queen that was
the best showing. He opened it for IS.
Dick Ingham stayed
Allison and VIII Hamlin dropped
and Doc Henderson, with a ten spot in
sight, raised it i've. George went back
to him with ten more and Ingham Drop
ped, leaving the contest between the
two; Tor Henderson, while ne naturaI-
~ made no further raise at that poinr,
saw the ten.
"On the next round each man caught
an ace, which, of course, introduced a
strong element OF doubt, since either
! one OF them was liable to have made
his previous play on a pair or buried
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fusive and effective. She took Consti-
tutional Smith by storm, and much
against his will.
And now" she said finally, about
those bonds. brought check around
You know rely entirely upon your
advice. You are sure they are good
bonds ?"
Constitutional shook his head impress
sively. II don't know of any better
he assured her.
She drew long sigh. Dear me-.
she said. looking down at the floor, al
must rely upon some one. It is SO hard
for me. I was always used to relying
upon Hallowell. His advice was so
good, when 1 had him to advise me"
constitutional for an instant had for
gotten the name of his Eir visitor. He
was bit fustered HallowelIi. he
exclaimed. 1I should think so. His
advice is always good-he never makes
mistake"
But-but,' returned his visitor.
"you-you never knew him.
smith waved his hand. "Of course
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
When Stud Poker Went Out
OF Fashion ait the Club

NnH9EN I was q good bit younger
w than l am now" said the gray
w haired, young looking man In the
club smoking room, ait wasn't SO
easy to take a flying trip from some
Western village over to Europe and
back as 1t is now. One result was that
well to do people found vacation re-
sorts near by, or, If they couldn't find
them, they made them I remember
learning lot about this in the time I
spent in Detroit.
The second summer / was there I
was invited to visit clubhouse on one
OF the prettiest Islands in Lake st.
Clair, and while 1 was a guest there /
Eaw one of the poker games that re-
fuse to be forgotten. There were only
seven members in the club, all fairly
wealthy young business men, baehe-
lors and thorough sports. They had
bought the island and built comfort
able house with one big living room and
ten sleeping rooms, three for guests.
THE cook and general utility man
lived the year round in another house.
but the members seldom visited the
island excepting in summer, or in the
early fall for the duck shooting. At
the time Of the game there were only
seven Of US IN the house, Doc Hender-
son, the druggist; Harry Allison. the
horse dealer; Dick Ingham, the sur
Neyor; George and Will Hamlin, the
contractors; Jim Davis, the stationer,
and myself.
Weather Was Bad
1.-The weather was yillafnousIy bad
for three or four days after we got
there. and we stayed in the house most
Of the time till the monotony became
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street, between Fifth and Sixth, there
stood a little one-story building with
peaked roof-a sort Of superannuated
affair set in the midst of much taller
structures. Over the door of this
building there hung assign on which
appeared the words: John Lorimer,
Consulting Chemist" It seemed TO
be quaint, oId-fashioned place. In
the small window that faced the street
ranged rows of jars, filed and half fill
ed with liquids, solids and anonymous
substances, as sort of evidence of
Of good faith. That shop is there no
longer. 1t was there so long only for
the reason that it was part of an en-
tailed estate. The life tenant is now
dead, and the remainderman, keeping
march with the times, has built sub
stantial building upon the site But
John Lorimer, consulting chemist, did
not wait for the little building to be
torn down; he moved from there some
time before the happening of that
event. He is. nevertheless, still in the
land of the living.
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growing In intensity for considerable
time, and who had been putting as
much restraint on himself as he was
capable Of threw all self-control to the
winds and leaped at Hamlin with a
roar like wild animal, not striking,
but reaching out and grasping with
his hands as If he would tear him to
pieces.
4Hamlin stood well on the defensive
and met the others rush with two good
blows. either one of which seemed
enough to knock down an OK, but Hen
derson was a powerful man, and IN
some way his impetus seemed to coun-
teract the blows. The impact was
sickeningly violent, but only for an In
slant did Hamlin check him.
THE next instant he had clinched,
and the two were struggling together,
snarling and grunting like beasts In a
death grip, both of them stark mad
with the fury of their anger
"Of course, we all sprang up and in
a moment we were trying to separate
them. Had they been lighting with
fists, I think we would have stood by
and let them settle 1t as they would,
for a fight was inevitable, but 1t SEEM
ed horrible to see them trying to tear
and choke each other.
"Hanlin's brother was naturally one
of the first 10 interfere. especially as
Henderson seemed to have the advan-
tage, but Immediately we saw that he
was trying to choke Henderson. and the
American instinct of fair play prompted
US to pull him of.
Then, before we could succeed In
pulling the two combantants apart.
they crashed through big French win
dow that opened on a piazza and stag
gered across that. still locked in each
others arms, till they fell against the
flimsy railing. That gave way and
they fell some ten feet to the ground
below.
when we picked them up they were
both insensible, but Hamlin was the
less injured. His leg was broken and
his wrist badly sprained, SO that ne was
in bed for month or more, but Hen
derson had received some injury to the
spine that crippled him for life.
Their friendship was patched up
after they had recovered from the mad
ness of their gambling fever, but stud
poker no limit. was never played in
that club again.
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"You-you spoke about IA check"
he suggested politely.
Dear me. how forgetful," she pro-
tested. She hastily opened a small let
ter bag and took from 1t a long crisp
piece Of paper. She handed it to Con-
stitutional Smith. He seized 1t gently,
but firmly.
Il am SO forgetfu1," she concluded,
once more holding out her hand to be
squeezed. But he did not squeeze 1t
this time. There was no necessity. He
had the check
Shall send the bonds to you?" he
asked.
You keep them" she answered.
You have a safe and you can keep
them for me. That viii be best" She
smiled sweetly and lingeringfy upon
him and disappeared. Constitutional
Smith stood in the doorway until she
had gone. Then he went back into
the room and looked at the check.
Then he threw himself into a chair
and kicked up his heels for very JOY.
"Saved!' he cried. Saved, and in the
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CHAPTER +,

John Loriner, the Chemist
In the city of Monroe. on Nal
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WOMAN IS STRUCK
 BY BURLY NEGRO
MISS WoMAcK OF GADsDEN FINDS A NEGRO IN THE OFFICE WHEN SHE RETURNS TO WORK AFTER DINNER.

Gadsden, July s.-(Special)-M Octie Womack, stenographer for Goodhue & Blackwood, lawyers, was renedered un- conscious by vicious blows in the breast by bury black negro at o'clock. Miss Womack had just returned from dinner and was entering the office, located on Broad street in the heart of the business portion. and found a negro with J. b. Blackwoods coat and gold watch.
 She grabbed the coat and screamed and the negro struck her in the breast, knock ing her down. In falling she struck her head, cutting a gash, rendering her un- conscious. The negro escaped. Miss Wo- mack lay unconscious for half an hour before she was discovered by Lawyer Blackwood Physicians soon restored her.
 The negro is described as being about % years old, large mole under left eye and wearing black hat and blue shirt Blood hounds have been placed on his track. Great excitement exists and swift yengance is threatened.
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long years of controversy you turn and follow him now when victory awaits us in November.
 We appeal 10 New England's faithful sentiment among her historic hills. in the name of all her unfaltering and brilliant democrats. living and dead. to join us in our labor for success.
 Appeal to All Democrats.
 We appeal to every democrat from everywhere to forget the bitter warfare of the past; forget the strife and anger of the older, other days; abandon all the grudge and rancor of party discontent. and recalling with ever-increasing pride the triumphs of our fifty years of con stitutional government of liberty and peace-here and now resolve to make the future record that resplendent reach of time in which liberty and peace are up and down the nations of the earth. build ing their kingdom in the hearts of men and gathering the harvest of genius and toil; in which reason struck from the hand of force the swor of hate and pluck ed from the heart of war the germ of greed; in which conscience smote the thoughts of wrong and filled the mind with mercy's sweet restraint; in which power grew in the human brain, but re- fused the shelter Of a glittering erown in which the people of all lands and tongues, awakened to hope by the inspira- tion of our example. followed with the march of years the luminous pathway leading to a destiny beyond the reach of vision and within the providence of God Tn this spirit New York nominates for President of the United States Alton B. Parker"
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BOND ISSUE CARRIES.
Part of Money WIIl Be Used to Ir1- prove CoIumou5 Fire Department.

Columbus Ga, July s.--(Special.) )-Co- lumbus is happy tonight over the fact that in the election today on the question of issuing $40000 of per cent improve ment bonds the bond issue was author ized by a majority of ninety votes over the constitutional two-thirds majority re- quired. The vote was; For bonds 779 against bonds A. Half this money will be used in improving the fire department. making the improvements and extentions desired by the Southeastern Tariff asso- citation. When these Improvements are made the city will be restored to first class rating. Recently 1t was re-rated. and along with Birmingham and Knoxville was reduced from first to second class
 Tobe Reese. the man who drew two pistols in q first avenue saloon Wednes-
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Aiken Gets Leave of Absence.

Washington, July S-First Lient. William B. Aiken of the Twenty infantry, stationed at San Francisco, who was convicted by courtmartial of various violations of the army regula- tions, including breach of arrest, and vas sentenced to be dismissed, has been granted two months leave of absence, with the understanding that his resignation shall take effect on the expiration of the leave. He is a na. tive of Tennessee, and entered the army during the Spanish war as a pri- vate.
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JURY TAKES CASE.
B. 3. Lewis on Trial, Charged With
 Killing Fletcher Clark.

Meridian, Miss, July 8.-(Special.) The case of B. B. Lewis, charged with the killing of Fletcher Clark at Nee han Junction, last summer, was con cluded this afternoon and given into the hands of the jury.
 The Sam Brown murder case will probably be continued until next term of court, owing to the absence of inn portant witnesses.
 The grand jury has returned an in dictment against William H. Souser, in jail here on the charges of obtaining goods under false pretenses.
 Prof. J. H. Woodward, who has been principal of the Meridian high school for the past year, has been elected principal of the Grenada schools.
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