Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-01-16

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-e"t5 player facing
him he recog-
Sudocniy he care nized-itwas the
S"'o"or'a cru rector himselfl
He bent forward. gazing with a tense
and horrided curiosity.
Five times. ten times. the cards had
changed hands. ana with every deal
Harry lost The gold disks had slip
ped steadily across the table But ne
had seemed 90 be looking beyond the
ebb and dow OF the lotions and the
pale face opposite him that gloatod
over its yellow pile. Though that pile
grow larger and larger. Uarry's face
had never changed Hurh's was tho
shaking hand when hc discarded. the
couvulscd features when he scanned
his draw, the desperate anxiety when
for moment fortune seemed 90 wa
yer. lie had never in his life had such
lucki lie swept bis winnings into his
pockets with a discordant laugh as he
noted that OF the contents OF the
opened bag Harry had hut one double
eagle remaining
Harry paused an instant lie snap
ped the little gold cross he wore from
It's silSen tether and SGT 10 upright by
him on the table
His hand won, and the next aud the
next Hugh boarded hls gold: he
staked the red wafcrs-cach one n davl
Tie had won almost Thousand dollars.
but the second bag had not yet been
opened and the vampire INVESTIGATION
was running molten bot m his veins.
The untouched bag drew him as tae
magnet mountain drew Che advcntt,r.
GUS Sindhad-hc could have snatchcd
80 in his eag"rncss.
But the luck had changed. His rcd
rounters diminished. melted lie would
room have 20 draw on his real win
uings. Cold heads OF sweat broke on
his forehead
Neither saw the face pressed against
the aperture Neither guessed the Wild
and terrible thoughts that were raging
through tho mind OF the solitary
watcher as he peered and neered.
Scarce knowing what he did. he clos
ed the panel softly and ran across the
chapel lawn on the pavement outside
ne met man approaching 10 was the
bishop. The excited evangelist did not
know the man. but his eye caught the
ministerial dress. the plain. sturdy pi-
ETY. or the face In his zeal he saw an
instrument 10 his hand. He grasped
the bishops arm.
"Quicki Quickr' he gasped. There's
devil work doing in there. Come and
seer He fairly pulled him inside the
gate.
The puzzled bishop saw the intense
excitement OF the others demeanor.
He saw the faint glow in tie corner OF
the rose window Were there thieves
after the altar plate?
He shook OF the eager hand that was
drawing him toward the window.
''Not there. Come this way" he said
and hurried toward the porch. He
sried the chapel door. II was fast. He
had key TO this in his pocket. He In
serted IL with caution. opened the door
noiselessly and went in. the street
preacher at his heels.
What the bishop saw vas photo
graphed instantaneouSly on his mind
IN fiery. indelible cOlors. 1t ate into his
soul like hot iron into quivering flesh.
soaring itself upon his memory. The
evangelist OF the pave had been horri-
fed, shocked to word and action; the
bishop was frozen, inarticulate, Inn
paled. For any evl in HCgh Stires he
was prepared-since the forgery. But
Hugh's companion now was the man
whom be himself had ordained and
anointed by the laying on OF hands
with the chrism of his holy ministry
An irrepressibie exclamation burst
from his lips.
With the sound both men at the Ia
BILE started TO their feet Hugh, with
a single glance behind him, utterlng a
wild laugh. leaped the railing. dashed
through the study and vanished into
the night Harry. as though suddenly
turned TO stone. stood staring at the
accusatory figure. with the eager form
OF the evangelist behind It.
To the bishop It seemed the attitude
OF guilt detected
What was Harry Sanderson thinking
as under that speechless regard he
mechanically gathered the scattered
cards and lifted the little cross and the
unopened bag OF double eagles from
the table? Where was the odd excite
NEXT. The strange exaltation. that had
possessed him? The spindses IN his
brain had stilled. and an Cgid calm
had succeeded as abrupt as the quiet,
deadly assurance with which his rnind