Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-11-08

small fortune because OF that card, -
diffidently.
"Poker?"
Yes. Why Will a man try to M
royal flush? The man next to mo
drew the ten or hearts, the very card
| needed. The sight OF it always un
nerves me. | beg your pardon.
"Oh, that's all right" said !, Won
dering how many more lies he had up
his sleeve.
And there's still another reason.
saw a man put six bullets into The
two central spots. and an hour later
the seventh bullet snutfed the CANDID
of a friend OF mine. | am from thB
west"
II can sympathi1e with YOU | u
turned. After all that trouble, the
sight OF the card must have given yOu
a shock"
Then | slowed away the fatal card
and took up my bundle and change. 2
have in my own time tried to fill royal
nushes, and the disappointment stfll
fingers with a bitter taste.
The element OF chance is the most
stranger from the west volunteered
80 it is" | recalled, suddenly 10
calling that | was soon to put my trust
In the hands of that very tickle god
dess.
He nodded and returned TO his revok
vers, while | went out OF the shop
hailed a cab, and drove up town Co
my apartments in Riverside. 1t WIS
eight o'clock by my watch. leaned
back against the cushions. Illuminating
There seemed to be something gOiIS
on that night; the ten of hearts wis
acquiring a mystifying. not 10 say sin
lister aspect. First II ha' - 1.-THE
girl in M0uquin's. and nov his
stranger in the. curio-shOp. | wa -
fident that the latter had lied ! ,
gard to his explanations. The "a d
had startled him, but his reasons W. 9
altogether of transparent thinness
man never likes to contestant ! . =
unlucky at cards; there is e. N
pride In lying about the enorI' q
stakes you have won and the won l,s,s
full draws you have made. | frow oaA.
1t was not possible for me to figure
out what his interest in the card was
II he was westerner, his buying =
pistol in pawnshop was at once dis
robed of its mystery; but the incon-
sistent elegance OF his evening clothes
doubled my suspicious. Bah! What
was the use of troubling myself with
this strangers affairs? He would never
cross my path again.
In reasonable time the cab drew I'm
In front of my apartments. dressed.
donned my Capuchin's robe and took
a look at myself In the pier glasA
Then | unwrapped the package and
put on the mask. The whole made a
capital outfit aud waa vastly pleased
with myself. This was going to tba
such an adventure as one reads about
in the ancient numbers OF Black.
woods ! slipped the robe and mask
into my suitcase and lighted my pipe.
During great moments like this. a
man gathers courage and confdeneo
from a pipeful of tobacco I dropped
into 4 comfortable Morris, touched the
gas logs, and fell into a pleasant
dream. IL was not necessary for me
to start for the Twenty-third street
Ferry tin nine; so | had something
like three-Quarters OF an hour to Idle
away. What beautiful hair
that girl had, Il was like sunshine,
the silk OF corn. the yisldYof the har-
vest. And the marvellous abundHare
of 1t! II was true that she was An
artists model; II was equally iie
that she had committed mild im''ro-
priety IN addressing me as she lat
but for all | could zee. she was iy-l
of delicate breeding, doubtless one Of
tn, many whose fumily fortunes or
misfortunes. forced them 20 earn liv-
ing. And II Is no Disgrace these days
ITO be Co1tinuedl