New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

he chose. r:.,y made room for h,m. By md
night he was down within his last hundred dol
la-s- fo passed On a bad hand rose stretched
himself went luto faIon dressing room He
window sill SLOWLY calmly. he reviewed his
situation 90 lcs, he said after his careful,
clean eyed survey. " I'm al IN. The jig's up
He tu-nb.eG n the pocket Of ms evening waist
coat. finally took out the little bottle oi
s-rvCh1lIre he had bought. In almost anv
circumstances but Just these. he would nave
s-pl-1cd the idea as CowaTGly- In al ms rest
less. chaotic career, with is occasional UPS and
Is many savage downs he had never met "a
situation ne could not face boldly Povcrtv.
crime. peril Il liberty and HE. al the worst
storms ot life. had ragged II him. had bufteted
HIM. without breaking MS courage But this
y hat the-. - DO but die and Tree her
The doctor would smooth Z over. might per
laps even 50 contrlve that she never know
7,-st now ne happened 70 xii himself. and she
was young and would recover, and would
forget
He put the little bottle back II h.s pocket.
lie had taken = ont merely L. make sure that
II luck had uat pursued him even L. the
point 81 somehow cutting or ms one Inc 81
retreat with The remnants oi honor When
they lead me away l. -all le said 70 nm
self i make a quick s'destep, not before
VI nothing but q two-spot LETT II nay aanc
beautiful night, with the moon Just --=:ng
Her windows are On tins side of the hou-e.
he reflected The moon there is shining on
her. Well, kitten. one uo-e play
he went back 70 the game, ms long cigar
IA n the corner of his mouth his straw hat
Il q -aEish angle. but ms face waS SICK
qhastlv white ana ms ewes looked out through
heavy blue black circles. They were PLAYING
1s.cl-TDots-terl dollars 10 come IN. ten % open
lack tossed Two red chips INTO the heap. drew
Iwo cards for = flush, missed tomegys, the
COPPER millionaire. be- ten, FalIun saw Il
raised Il ten. lack looked - has hand, found
h had caught q second queen. called. Co-negvs
had opened On aces. but had gwen UP one q
them - try :or q flush, he had caught . SEC
0-ld trlav,- Delaney glanced toward ia.lon.
cd What YOU got, asked ne
"Oueens-a paIr. said fallon
Ne too, saId Jack. What's high,
H. A. said lack. He laughed that cool
pleasant unpleasant laugh ~, ms, ne laugh
that made men st him down cold propo-
Pr, time you've Won tonight" sald
Fallor with a srleer He had been losing heaT-
ilv 10 Co1negys. and was no more pleased at
being separated from his money than any
other sport professional OF otherwise.
First time 've won IN TWO weeks. replied
lack. It's the hunch from Fate I've been
waiting for. Now the Delaney family begins
II the next two hours he lost once, a pot Of
about TWO thousand dollars; but II mace
small ,-nuresSIon on the mountain 'l L49 VII I
-lings When Harper was too weary ana
Cornegvs too drunk 70 continue the game.
Lack Delaney had twelve thousand dollars
The largest sum he had ever possessed Al any |
one time n ms whole lie
Good business. Jack" congratulated Fal-
lon. as he was bidding him good night. after
:. Far" conceded Jack, dividing his win
-irgs into three great rolls Tor As many |
pockets - %
Drink, What
You crllp;ied Two quart bottles ot rEe,
D.Iancev looked IT the stained ana Uttered
table. laughed. " ! thought It w1s water,
said he
were headed straight Tor hell"
Il wa" he replied, =" went through I5i f t. -
hcsvcn runs straight through he'll. you know
The point is not 10 stop. Crowd en-, Always
.--ovd en-" And he went jauntily away
-,-,-o.7tlv 20 march with almost swag-
a,r INTO the parlor Of that expensive private
suite
But there his manner-and his heart
He stood beside his sleeping brde,
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