The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-10-01
Something like so.

these perpetual losses.
The fact is. old fellow" he an
swered. their faces have brought me
Internally bad fortune, and I'm utterly |
sick of the whole affair Tomorrow !
they are going to draw out the re.
mainder of the half million, and |
we're going for the tables with the |
maximum-win or lose
You're desperate laughed, add
ing: save enough for the viatique'
Nov. that's cruel" he said. with a
grim smile, We'll. I'll try and arrange
so that they won't have to give note
of.hand to Bornier to enable them to re
turn to London. Goodnight" and
rising. he went jauntily out. Care
and losses alike sat lightly on the
shoulders of that born sportsman.
Next day saw all three sitting at
the center of the first left-hand table
the one where so many huge coups
have been made from time to time
during the past Ave or six years. 1t is
u table particularly in favor with the
professional gambler, for the wheel
seems to run with greater regularity
I
therefore known to the habltues as
the lucky corner" At this table one
afternoon zero turned up six times In
succession. followed by the number
six. 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 fortunate gambler won
, $4,000 francs on those 10 turns of the
! cylinder.
Play had already opened an hour
before | entered Drummond was sit
ting between the pair, and, as | stood
watching, saw that Mabel had be.
meath her hand her stout leather wal
let already bullying with notes they
y had won. Before Drummond was n
formidable pile of notes of equal value
each for 1000 francs, and at every
invitation to play he staked six notes
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 orig
inal stake always remaining on the
table, although he changed its position
from time to time. After nearly hall
an hour he bent and consulted Helen''
! card, wherein she was keeping reg
| lister of the game, then placed 15l
| francs en- plen on the number "a
4 and similar amount on II.
A Rein ne va plus!" cried the crou
pier sharply, a moment later adding
A "Dix-sept! Noir, impair ct manque!
A Drummond smiled. The girls ben
and whispered to each other, and tn
"A croupier handed to Mabel bundle O
A 500-franc notes, which she tried t
4 push into her already filed wallet bu
could not.
"A "Will you remain playing?" hear
a Helen say to the captain. I'VE ar
a going over to the Credit Lyonnals [
"a bank this before they close. We shan
a be more than ten minutes"
"A How much have we won today?
"a he inquired.
II One hundred and eighty-nine tho'
a | sand francs" she answered, glancin
IA at her book, as her sister and herse
I rose and left the table.
|
by two men, and Drummond, who sti
had before him a pile of notes II
about 10000 francs, continued playir
with the maximum upon the red
black, losing once or twice, but vel
| often winning He certainly had Il
usual luck, for when one is desperat
Il as the two sisters were, one Is seldo
I able to make coup.
u About an hour had elapsed. | WI
VA busy In my room writing a repo
n when an attendant entered breathles
w ly with scared face summoning me
the Office of M. Bornier, the direct
general, where. to my surprise, foul
II Drummond standing before him, pa
and agitated, together with the Oh
de partie and two of the croupie
Upon the directors table lay pile
1,000-franc notes.
1t appeared shat ten minutes befo
the croupier, in handling one OF I
notes which Drummond had lost, W
attracted by the strange harshness
the paper, and examined 1t, only
find it spurious, but so we'll done as
most to defy detection. Play "
instantly stopped. and, by the ord
of the chef de partie, the captain v
conducted to M. Bornier. In reply
his interrogation, he explained Il
the notes were those given him Il
asst morning by the elder Miss Treher
rec and it was possible that she had be
imposed upon Such, however, Y
hot certainly not the case, for messai
80 sent to the Metropole and to
:, Credit Lyonnais brought back dis
-, pointing information. At the he
u nothing had been seen of them si
ten o'clock that morning, and at
ing bank it was stated that they had ne
re- had half a million deposited thu
Within the past week they had del
heir tied 100000 francs, their winnings,
ate, had drawn this out early that mornl
ME succeeded in tracing the pair
ana the Italian frontier at Ventmille.
anne after that nothing appears to h
nan Z beon seen of them