The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-24
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How do you get on with them ?'f l I asked, being aware from observation that he had grown bit careless of | late. Jack Drummond was tired of these perpetual losses.
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 Their seats were quickly occupied by two men, and Drummond who still had before him pile of notes for about 10000 francs continued playing with the maximum upon the red or black losing once or twice, but very often winning He certainly had un- usual luck, for when one is desperate, as the two sisters were, one is seldom able to make a coup. About an hour had elapsed I was busy in my room writing report ! when an attendant entered breathless- ly with scared face summoning me to the office of NJ Bornier, the director general, where. to my surprise l found | Drummond standing before him, pale l and agitated. together with the chef | de partie and two of the croupiers. Upon the directors table lay a pile of ! 1,000-franc notes
 It appeared that ten minutes before | the croupier, in handling one of the notes which Drummond had lost, was attracted by the strange harshness of | the paper, and examined 1t, only to find it spurious. but so well done as al- most to defy detection. Play was instantly stopped, and, by the orders of the chef de partie, the captain was conducted to M. Bornier. In reply to | his interrogation, he explained that the notes were those given him that morning by the elder Miss Treherne. and it was possible that she had been imposed upon. Such, however, was certainly not the case, for messages sent to the Metropole and to the Credit Lyonnais brought back disap. pointing information. At the hotel mo Ia nf,Nrr LaI