The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-20
CHAPTER XVII. (Contlnued,.

E. AR from excited. Daylight had all the seeming
of being stunned. He felt absently in his pocket
for a match. lighted it and discovered that he
had no cigarette. The three men watched him
with the tense closeness Of cats. Now that it
had come, they knew that they had nasty few min.
utes before them.
do you-all mind saying that over agan?' Daylight
said Seems to me amt got 1t just exactly right
You-an saId"-
lie hung with painful expectancy Nathaniel Let
tons utterance
Il said you under Misrepresentation, Mr.. Har
nish that was all You have been stock gambling
end you have been hard hit But neither Ward Valley
nor I nor my associates feel that we owe you any
thing"
Daylight pointed at the heap of receipts and stubs
on the table.
'"Thatan represents ten million, twenty-seven thou
sand and forty-two dollars and sxtyeight cents hard
cash. Amt it good for anything here?"
Letton smiled and shrugged his shoulders
Daylight looked at Dowsett and murmured-
u guess that story of mine had meaning after
ALL" He laughed in a sickly fashion ut your
deal all right and you-aI dole them right too Well
amt kicking I'm like the player in that poker
game It was your DEAL and youall had a right to
do your best. And you done it-ceaned
sieker'n a whistle"
He gaZed at the heap on the table with an air OF
stupefaction.
"And thatall amt worth the paper it's written on!
Col dast It. youall deal EN- round when you
get chance! Oh, no. amt a-kckng. 1t was your
DEAL and youan certainly done me- and a man amt
half a that squeals on another mans deal. And
now the hand is played out and the cards are on the
table and the deals over but
His hand dipping swiftly into his inside breast
nocyaf anDaarad with fhe Colt'S autonoafic
"As I saying, the old deals finished. Now It's
my DEAL and I'm agong to see if ] can hold them
four aces.
Take your hand away you whited sepulchre" he
cried sharply.
Nathaniel Lotions hand, creeping toward the push.
button the desk, was abruptly arrested
Change cars" Daylight commanded. "Take that
chair over there. you gangrenelfvered skunk Jump
by God! or III make you leak till folks Il think your
father was a water hydrant and your mother a sprink
ling cart Youall your chair alongside Hammer
smith; and you-an Dowsett sit right there while
Just irrelevanty explain the virtues of this here auto
matte. She's loaded for big game and she goes off eight
times. She's sure hummer when she gets started
preliminary remarks being over now proceed to
deal. Remember, I amt making no remarks about
your deal. You done your darndest, and It was all
right. But this IS my deal and it's up to me to do my
uarndeSt IN the nrst place, you-aI know me. I'm
Burning Dayhght-savvee? Amt afraid Of God, devil.
death. nor destruction. Thems my four aces, and
they copper your bets Look at that there living
skeleton! Letton, you're sure afraid to die. Your
bones is all rafting together you're that scared And
look at that fat there This little weapons sure
10 put the fear of God in his heart He's yellow as
sick persimmon. Dowsett, you're a cool one. You-al
amt batted an eye nor turned hair That's because
you're great on arithmetic And that makes you-all
dead easy in this deal of mine You're sitting there