The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-09-08

at Ill lHllcEii!hS SOH Ne!!dit
"The Rauda!,s. sub. never incur ~
obligation which they cannvt meet.
hHt!y interrupted the other. the drink
showing in his eyes. "IOh pardon.
suh if l have touched 60 personal
matters. II is not n" custom. | as
sure yoh. TO do so with strangers
Now. now. Mr. Randall. suh.' in
terrupted the other. patting the plant
; er's arm. "Yoh pardon. sub. if lave
offended. am an old soldier" twirl-
Ing his mustaches. land perhaps own
an exaggerated and touchy sense OF
honor. When yoh mentionedkimperii
ing yoh welfare 1t seemed as II we
were no longer INDUCING in a gentle
mems game merely foh the sake OF
passing the time. ! have very deli
! cate sense of honor. sub. and perhaps
am too ready to back my opinions
with sums which ! consider mere tri-
ties. hope this difference Of opinion
; will not impair our but newly formed
friendship. Mr.. Randall
81 was too hasty. colonr!. r"p.ia1
the other. fob reckon mr. pride Is as
touchy ae yob own. Come. f!l up yoh
glass, sub. Yoh're good fellow. ana
I'm a good fellow. We're both good
fellows. sub. A Randall never yet re-
fused to back his opinion. and ten
thousand is as much picayurT affair
to me as to yoIl. II yoh persist in 60
ing broke. TT take yon bet. sub The
best two out Of three. Ny cards. l
reckon. There's my money. suh.'
And he thumped a buckskin bag on
the table.
Covered suh." replied Moreau. care
lessly peeling off ten $1,000 bills.
By now the unconcern which Mr.
Randall displayed was entirely au-
tfentic. for his incessant attention to
his glass had lent him bibulous cour-
age and defiance Of the future. in
which lurked no wholesome leaven OF
caution. Moreover, his pride had been
deIicately touched to the quick. and
rather than appear ''piker" before
this magnificent acquaintance he
would readily have hazarded bis en-
tire estate. Pride of family was his;
fetch. and a Randall. he considered.
was an Admirable Crichton. who could
be beaten at nothing. All this was
quite aside from his desire to uphold
his self bestowed reputation OF man OF
the world and the immutable convie-
ton that his luck had turned. There
was no doubt that II he had not sold
his sugar crop for such an unexpect-
! edly high figure he would not have
embarked on his subsequent gentle
! carouse. nor. although Of jovial ma
ture, so quickly formed friendship
with the magnificent and highly esti-
mable Colonel Morrau. owner OF the
very delicate sense OF honor. Although
| In that ppriCd. Il de, AIDE or so before
| the war which severed the country.
but to ultimately knit II the more firm
" together. the punch bowl was an
institution in every southern house
hold, Mr.. Randall was not what Is
termed drinking man. and 1t was
solely on his yearly business trips to
the Crescent City that he permitted
himself any latitude in that direction.
Meanwhile Mr.. Randall had shut
fled. dealt and lost the first showdown.
The next. however. he won. only to
lose the third and last. t,
Il calculate" observed Moreau, care
lessly sweeping toward him the buck
skin bag. that have proved my the
ory, sub Yoh tide has mol turned. ex-
cept fob the worse. An even bet that
yoh lose the best out Of the next six
hands. Well make 1t that number In
order to give yoL Randall luck a
chance to come in. fob 1t really seems
as If 1t was very bashful. subj Do yoh
take me? OF co'se yoh are the doctor.
sub, as | ain the winner"
The bird beipg plucked. the vulture
was no longer scrupulously careful re-
garding it's department. and. in fact.
II Mr., Randall had been himself be
could not but have noted the contempt
and derision In the estimable colonel's
voice and eyes.
"Yes. | am the doctor, subj" replied
the planter thickly. land Randall,
never quits. Never. sub! take yoh.
and raise yoh bet. Fifty thousand
that beat yoh fob out Of six. That's
the way play. sub. Now. do you take
me. Colonel Moreau?"
A momentary astonishment 6ickered
in the others eyes. for 1t seemed as if
the bird had not been picked so clean
ly as he had supposed. Il reckoned
yoh cleaned out, suh." be said eau
!, tiously. III yoh're serious. Of co'se
take yoh."
Mr.. Randall, swaying uusteadily.
promptly slammed green morocco
waller on the table. That and deed
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