The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-12
"Thea he has a good chance" said

cried as the uproar arose. Il told you
he'd lose" AT the voice of the multi
tude he wavered as though affected by
some powerful magnet.
But he won again." said Mexico
mo. Did he? Lord. l quit too
soon!'
He scampered back into the other
room, only to return, hesitating, his
money tightly clutched
do you s'pose it's safe? l never
saw man bet SO reckless. 1 guess
I'd better quit. ell: - He noted the sheer
on the woman's face, and without wait
ing a reply dashed off, again. They
saw him DANGEROUSLY fight his way in
toward a post at the roulette table.
Let me through! I've got money, and
| want TO play it,
"Pah!" said Mullins disgustedly
Hes one of them Vermont despera-
does that never laid bet till he was
thirty. IF Glenister loses he'll hate
him for life
There are plenty of his sort here"
the girl remarked His soul would fit
in a flea track" She spied the Bronco
Kid sauntering back toward her and
joined him. He leaned against the
wall watching the gossamer thread OF
smoke twist upward from his ciga-
rette seemingly obliyious to the sur
roundines and showing no hint of the
emotion be had displayed two hours
before.
This is big killing, isn't it," said
the girl.
The gambler nodded, murmuring in
differently
why aren't you dealing bank? Isn't
this your shift"
Il quit last night
Lucky for you"
Eyes: own the place now. Bought
it yesterday
Good heavensi Then it's your mon
ey he's winning-'
'Sure, at the rate of thousand q
| minute
She glanced at the long trail Of dew
| astated tables behind Glenster and
| his followers. At that instant the
sound told that the miner had won
again, and it dawned upon Cherry that
the gambler beside her stood too quiet
ly, that his hand and voice were too
steady, his glance too cold TO be nat
ural The next moment approved her
instinct.
The musicians, grown tired of their
endeavors to lure back the dancers,
determined to join the excitement and
ceased playing. The leader laid down
| his violin. the pianist trailed up the key
| board with departing twitter and
| quit his stool. They all crossed the
hal dad hn of
| them making ready to bet. As they
approached the Bronco Kid his lips
| thinned and slid apart slightly, while
| out of his heavy lidded eyes there far
| ed unreasoning rage. Stepping for
ward. he seized the foremost man and
| spun him about violently.
| Where are you goingT'
| why, nobody wants to dance, so
| we thought we'd go out front for a
! Bit
| Get back, all of you.' 1t was his
| first chance to vent the passion within
| him. glance at his maddened fea-
| lures was sufficient for the musicians,
and they did not delay. BY the time
| they had resumed their duties. howev-
| err the curtains OF composure had
| closed upon the Kid, masking his emo
| ton again. but from her brief glimpse
| Cherry Maiotte knew that this man
was not OF ice. as some supposed. He
| turned to her and said "Do you mean
what you said upstairs?"
Il don't understand"
lyon said you could Kill Glenister."
| Il could"
Don't you love-
Il hate him." she interrupted hoarse-
", He gave her a mirthly smile and.
spying the crap dealer leaving bis
bankrupt table. called him over and
said:
toby. I want you to drive the
heerse when Gienister begins to play
faro. I'll deal. Understand -
Sure. Going to give him a little
work eh ?"
camp" exclaimed the Kid, but I'll
lay that man tonight or I'll kill him
I'll use a 'sand-tell.' see? And want
to explain my signals to you. II you
miss the signs you'll queer us both and
put the house on the blink"
He rapidly rehearsed his signals in q
jargon which to a iayman would have
been unintelliglble. illustrating them
by certain Sinlost imperceptible shift
ings of the fingers or changes In the
position OF his hand so slight as to
thwart discovery. Through it ell the
girl stood by and followed his every
word and motion with eager attention
She needed no explanation Of the terms
they used She knew them all: knew
that the sshearse driver" was the mar
who kept the cases: knew all the code