Gunnison news-champion., 1910-05-06
CHATTER MI
GRAY vFTIs

GRAY vEIIs
"HE fascination of Monte Carlo
Is not to he described-it must
lie seen. Vice shall be- attrac
= tive. says the mother OF Satan
At Monte Carlo it Is more than at
tractive; II is compelling subtle
hypnotism prevails. the lure ~ gold
Fool and rogue. saint and sinner her,
they meet and mingle aud change
To those who give Monte Carlo but a
trifing glance. toss a coin or two on
the tables and leave by the morrow's
train 1t has no real significance. ID is
simply one of the sights of Europe
To this latter class belonged the two
young men. They had no fortunes 10
retrieve. no dishonesty To hide NO YES
titutions 10 make. mo- dancers 10 clothe
aad house. II was hut a mild airtatioa
They had searched Nice ana Monaco
and Mentone. but the women they
sought were not to be found They
decided therefore. that the women had
gone ON 10 Paris
My system needs a tonic" said
Merrihnw.
We'll hold the funeral after to-
nights play. OF all the damfool genes
it's roulette"
And ! can prove IT," Mervihew re-
piled. 4 have just SO left" lie took
cut the gold and toyed with IT. Cant
you hear IT." he asked
"Hear what?"
THE swan song Of these tender ma
poleons."
Merrihew had played the numbers.
The fozcns. the columns. the colors
o6d a'd even. Sometimes he would
ai1 n little but a moment later the re-
le''tless rake woul1 dsag it hack 10 the
k'sk
Mature has done this worry ,,rettily.
Quite clever with her cotiss. cont you
know" he drawled. plucking the down
ON his upper lip. for he was trying 10
raise mustache. convinced that two
waxed prints of hair at each corner
OF his mouth would Impress the hotel
walters and ,ther facchini-baseborn.
Don't he jackass." Hillard was
out of sorts
You agreed with me that I was one
Why not let me make q finished pred
1ct?' good humoredly.
"Well." Merrihew finally said. 'vou
might as well let me have my letter of
credit now"
You will not set eyes upon II till
we return TO Genoa. That's final.
know you. my boy. and I know Monte
Carlo. Even with your fifty, watch
and a ring I'm afraid to trust you out
Of sight"
Il can see that yoa viii never for.
give nor forget those bad cigars Coms
On Well take a look at oar Itaip
friend. He's bad loser. I have seen
him lose his temper too. It's my ot,in-
hon that he's desperate man"
They usually are when they come
to Monte Carlo"
SO they walked round To the en-
trance to the gaming halls. where the
lights, the gowns. the jewels. the spar
king eyes. the natural beauty ana the
beauty of enamel. the vague perfumes.
the low murmur of voices, the ssft
rustic II silks. the music of ringing
gold. all combine 10 produce a picture
as beautiful as mirage and as false
They Joined the never ending proces-
sion which paseee in and out of IT,
swinging doors day after day. yeaf
after year
THERE'S the chap With tie scnr IA
b q handsome legg.f" Hfliara admlt-
ted. 4 wonder what sert ef blaekleg
~ b. Hes No ordinary one. I'm CT
tain. ] hegin 70 reccGnisP the face q
the man with him Hes Distinguish
- AipicDat"
fhe Italian played like nm old hasA.
. nsmher cece in awhile. but maknne
n point - stake cn the coi"rs Nd
began "a repeat itself he aeubse6
and doub'cd- On the SIKH ,~ns~~s-