The Ordway new era., 1908-08-21

my husband, ! have been keeping OBJ.
seivation upon her for these last
three months. She has no money, and
has come to Monte Carlo to replenish
her funds"
"And this Austrian. Remenyi, what
OF him?"
She has only lately made his ac.
quaintance. From what | have OBJ.
served, there is some compact be-
tween them. She is to meet him hero
this afternoon"
Scarcely had this handsome woman,
whose passport gave her immunity
from arrest throughout the czar's EN-.
pire, uttered these words when we
saw the pair approaching, and moved
away to escape observation.
They walked on to the right-hand
trente-etquarante table. where Pas.
quale was already seated, and stood
for some time intently watching the
game. Madame Severine left me to
wander about alone, having agreed
that we would both keep the pair un-
der observation. ! saw her later on
seated at the old Italians side, playing
quite as eagerly as any other gam
bier. But her manner was perfect
seat at last becoming vacant
next to CRUEL, the tailleur. the ugly
little Austrian in an instant marked"
1t by fiinging down a louis Then,
leisurely seating himself with his
companion standing behind his chair
he commenced playing with precision
and care.
Suddenly. just as two clustering
men-one of whom was the fairhaired
player, who had previously expressed
impatience-demanded gold in ex-
change for notes. Madame de Gourieff
drew from her pocket paper con-
tanning about a thousand francs in
, gold. and. in her haste to stake a
louis upon the table. the paper broke.
and the gold fell to the floor In a per-
feet cascade, the louis rolling away
beneath the feet of the players. under
the chairs and under the table. This
created hopeless confusion. for nearly
everybody rose in order that the at.
tendants might collect the fallen
money. while madame. red and con-
fused. uttered a thousand pardons.
The hunchback uttered word of
apology to Cruel that his fair COM
panion should have caused any such
interruption In the game: but soon
afterwards all settled again. and there
sounded the well.known invitation
"Messieurs. faites vos jeux"
Nina de Courier, with a gamblers
fear lest her gold. once fallen. should
hrtpU hnr .lnrk
| from her pocket and placed IL. the
maximum. on the noire. while. strange.
ly enough. the deformed man acted
In n similar manner.
"Rien ne va plus!" cried the tail
leur, and he dealt the cards swiftly in
two ranges.
"Deux, six. rouge perd ct couleur
gagne!" Cruel exclaimed loudly a mo-
ment later. raking in the stakes upon
the red.
Both the man and the woman had
| won the maximum, and were paid with
the swiftness and precision which
characterizes the fulfillment OF the OBJ
| legations OF the bank.
Again came the invitation to play.
| and both staked upon the black. while
Pasquale. noticing his friends good
fortune. also threw $4,000 francs upon
the couleur.
"Quatre, cinq, rouge perd ct couleur
gagne!" was Cruzers announcement
a few seconds later. the excitement at
the table becoming intense when It
was noticed that all three had won the
maximum.
Cruel was playing swiftly, when
Madame Severine approached me
hastily. saying
There is some mystery here. Have
those cards counted"
Again the game was made. and a
third time the trio won; then, as the
chef bent over to Cruel. Madame de
Gourieff rose quickly. gathered up her
winnings. and left.
The cards were at once counted, and
1t was discovered that there were 80
cards in addition to those supplied to
the table that morning!
According to Madame Severine's
statement it appeared that the con-
spiracy had been very carefully
worked out, and that Nina de Courier
anu neT IWO CouleueIdteS, having CTe-
ated confusion, Remenyi had at that
instant slipped unnoticed into CruzeIs
hand pack of prepared cards. Then,
when all became again tranquil. tho
players had placed down the max
imum, confident of success.
The hunchback was arrested down in
the Condamine half an hour later, and
both were, in due course, tried before
the Tribunal at Monaco, sentences Of
two years Imprisonment being passed
upon them. Against Pasquale nothing
conclusive could be proved; while
Nina de Courier, ingenious always,
succeeded in getting clear away with
her winnings, together with the two