The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-21

What have you discovered about
them?" ! asked.
wen. practically nothing," the cap
AIN replied "Exospt that old Staple
toa the money lc~aer, declared thai
he met them OF Scot from cape TswE
70 Southampton a year ago. Ihe7
T-glinssseg- psUUpsc thsun about it''
bat they didn't gdnnh fhsi .nry had
ever been 70 the Cape.
i should think the inOpcy .e:'der's
story quite l.keiy." obsss-see Iny
frieEd from Auvergne ''1hey look as
II they and their money might come
from the Transvaal,'
How DC you get on with the,.T
asked, being aware from observation
that ne had grown a bit careless 81
late Jack DrummOnd vas tired OF
these perpei ual losses
The fact is. old fellow he an
swered. their faces have brought ms
Internally bad fortune. and I'm utter
~ sick of the whole affair I0mof-
row they are going 10 draw out the
remainder Of the half a million, ana
were going for the tables with the
maximum--win or lose.
you're desperate / laughed, add
ing. Save enough for the viatique
NOW. that's cruel he aid, with a
grim smile. well. I'll try and ar
range so that they won't have 70 give
a note-of-hand 10 Bornier TO enable
them 10 return TO London Good
night" and rising. he went jauntily
out Care and losses alike sat hgntly
on the shoulders Of that born sports
man.
Next day j saw all three sitting al
the center OF the FIRST left-hand table
1.-The one where SO many huge coups
hat r. been made from time 10 time
during the past FIVE OK six years. 1t is
a table particularly in favor with the
professional gambler, for the wheel
seems 10 run with greater regularity
there than at the others. and IL is,
therefore. known to the habitues as
the lucky corner" At this table one
afternoon zero turned up six times in
succession, followed by the number
g. which also came six times in sue
cession, the most curious run which
has ever been known during the years
the rooms have been open On that
afternoon a fortunate gambler won
.z01 francs on those twelve turns Of
tha cylinder.
pay had already opened an hour be
fore ] entered Drummond was sit
ting between the pair. and. as ] stood
watching 7 saw that Mabel had be-
meath her hand her stout leather wal
los already bulging with notes they
had won. Before Dr1Immond was a
formidable pile q notes Of ecu i value
each for 000 francs. and AT avery
invitation TO play he staked six mites,
constituting the maximum, upon the
red or the black the pair on the
impair
Time after time he won the re-
spectacle sum OF 5000 francs, his or
iginal stake always remaining on the
table although he changed lis po-
sitlon from time TO time. After nearly
half an hour he bent and consulted
Helen's card wheFeOn she was keeping
a register Of the game. then paced 80
francs en- pIein on the number a, and
"a similar amount on II.
Rein ne va plus" cried the crou-
pier sharply, q moment later adding
s.Dix-septl Noir impair et manquei'
Drummoud smiled The girls bent
and whispered 10 each other. and the
crOupier handed TO Mabel a bundle Of
5O0-franc notes. which she tried 70
push into her already filled wallet but
could not
'.Wtl you remain playing?' I heard
Helen say 10 the captain. We are
going over 10 the credit Lyonnais 70
bank this before they close We
shau't be more than ten minutes