The Red Cloud chief., 1907-12-27

your checks to tbc rOOi poe. lie I'
ran TO shuttle.
within the crowded circle the air
was hot and fetid with the breath OF
mon. The sweat tric'.lel down Glen
istcr's brown skin. dripping from his
Jaw uuno,cat. lie arose and r,ppcl
OF h. coat. white those standing be.
hind shifted and soungl their feet
patiently. Eo..d dos Roy. there w."' l"t
three men playing. They w"rr the
ones who hal won heaviest ~ first.
Nov that llc'; vas against them they
were lpJth to quit.
Chcrry was annoyed 10y ste.;1rou3
breathing at her shoulder, and glanced
back TO find the l'ttlc man wED had
been 50 excited earlier in the evening.
His mouth was agaGc, his eyes wide.
the muscles about his lips tWitching.
He had lost back, long since. the ha'.
drcds n" had won and more lie iL,'.
She searched the firures Wllling her
about and saw no women. They had
been crowded out long since. II
seemed IA though the table formed the
bottom of Il sloping pit of human faces
eager. tense. staring. It was well
she was hero. she Thought. else this
task mial,t fail. She would help to
blast Glcnistcr, dcsolltc him, humilinte
him. All. but wouldn't shC!
Roy bet 500 on the popular card.
on Tie third turn he lost. lie bet 5000
ncNt'and lot. lie set ont Il stack of
500 and lost for the third time. For
tune had turned her face. lie ground
his teeth AMI doubled until The stakes
grow enormous. While IN" dealer dealt
m~unotOnouslr. The spots flashed and
disappeared. taking with them wa"or
after wager. GlcniStcr became con
scious of II racing. red fury which hc
had hard shift TO master. /, was not
his money what If he did lose? lie
would stay until he won. lie would
win. This luck would not. could not.
la>t-and yet with diaholir persistence
he continued Ia choose the losing cards.
The other mon Jared better till he
yielded to their Judgment. when the
dealer took their money also.
Strange to say. thr iickl" goddess had
really shifted her banner ul last, and
the BruucJ Kid Wls dealing straight
faro now. lie Nias too good Il player
20 force a winning hand. aud Clients
tors III fortune lc"aWc ~ phenomenal
~ his winning had been. The girl who
figured in this drama was kCycd 10 tlr
higllCs. tension. her eyes now on her
counters, now searching tie profile OF
her victim. Glcnietcr continued to lose
and lose ANA lose. while th" girl glO3t-
-... =. -.se. .,.s,- ,,,, Nt"I--.
at long Intervals he won ~ bet. Sh'
sirauk and ,hiVcrrd Cor fear hc might
ESCAPE. II only hc would risk it all
everything he had. He would have to
come to- her then,
The ED was closer than She realized
The til1us hung hrrathlcS~ upon each
move VI the players. while there was no
sound hut the noise Of shifting chips
lud tie distant iuu@l" OF the orchestra.
The lockout sat far forward upon his
perch, lis hands upon his knees. lt-
eyes frozen to the board. a dead Ci@l,
s .linchcd between his teeth. Crowded
upon his platform were miners tens,
and moticnIcss n, STATUES. When .
man smoke or cuu"llcd. n S"Or" of eyes
stared at him uccusiugiy, then droppc,
70 he table AGAIN.
G5cuistnr took from his clothes Il bun
; die Of h~aukuptcS 50 tl'ick li1r it -
uUirrl his two hands To- compass il
OulDakyr, saw that the bills Wrr,
uniu'y ycll1V. so one spoke while h,
counted them rapidly. glanced at tlD
. dealer. vino nodded. then slid then