The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-21

servation upon her for these last
three months. She has no money and
has come to Monte Carlo TO replcnish
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 here
this afternoon"
Scarcely had this handsome woman,
whose passport gave her immunity
from arrest throughout the cars en-.
plrc, uttered these words when we
saw the pair approaching, and moved
away TO escape observation.
They walked on to the right.hand
trente-etquarautc table, whore Pas.
quac was already seated, and stood
Tor some time iutcntly watching the
game. Madame SCyorne 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 rs any other gam
bier, But her manner was perfect
a seat at last becoming vacant
next to Cruel, the taillour. the ugly
little Austrian In an instant marked
1t by tinging down louis Then
leisurcly seating himself, with his
companion standing behind his chair
he commenced playing with precision
and care.
Suddenly, just as two clustering
mcn-one Of whom was the fairhaircd
player, who had previously expressed
lmpaticnCc-dCmanded gold In OK.
change for notca, Madame de Gouricff
drew from her pocket a paper con.
timing 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 n 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
tcnd"nts might collect the fallen
money, while madame, rcd and con
fused, uttered a thousand pardons.
The hunchback uttered a word OF
apology to Cruel that his fair com.
pauion 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 Gourieff, with a gamblers
fear lest her gold, once fallen, should
bring her ill.luck, took some notes
from her pocket and placed IL, the
maximum, on the noire, while, strange.
ly enough, the deformed man acted
In a similar manner.
"Rien ne va plus!" cried the tail.
leur. and he dealt the cards swiftly in
two ranges.
"Dcux, six, rouge perd ct couleur
gagne!" Cruel exclaimed loudly 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
eharacteri2es the fulfillment OF the oh.
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 10000 francs upon
the couleur.
'Quatre, cinq, rouge perd ct couleur
gagne'" was CruZel's announcement
a few seconds later, the excitement at
the table becoming intense when II
was noticed that all three had won the
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 |
Iourieff rose quickly, gathered up her |
and left
The cards were at once counted, and |
I was discovered that there were 30 |
ards In addition to those supplied to
he table that morning!
According TO Madame Severines
statement 1t appeared that the con.
piracy had been very carefully
vorksd out, and that Nina de Courier
md her two confederates. having ere.
tied confusion, Remenyi had at that
instant slipped unnoticed into Cruzers
and pack of prepared cards. Then,
when all became again tranquil the
layers had placed down the max.
num- confident of success.
The hunchback was arrested down in
he Condzmine half an hour later, and
9th were, In due course, tried before
he Tribunal at Monaco. sentences OF
wo years Imprisonment being passed
pom them. Against Pasquale nothing
Inclusive could be proved while
lima de Gourieff ingenious always,
ucceeded In getting clear away with
er winnings, together with the two
,ud-voiced men who had demanded
hange for thousand francs at the
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