The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-06-23

goes nowadays. ! am not very rich
man. and l cannot afford TO jeopar'
die the welfare Of my children for
the sake Of proving my point. Again.
sub, consider It would be taking an
unfair advantage Of yoh"-
Come. Yoh statements dent agree.
Mr.. Randall" laughed the other.
what do yoh jeopardize. sub. II yoh
consider the advantage entirely with
yohself? However" he finished, with
some GOODNESS: this Is but game.
sub, and had no idea that yoh were
at all imperiling yoh welfare
THE Randalls. sub. never incur an
obligation which they cannot meet
hotly interrupted the other. the drink
showing In his eyes. ''Yoh pardon.
sub. il 1 have touched on personal
matters. 1t Is not my custom. as
sure yoh. to do 20 with strangers'-
Now. now. Mr.. Randall. subj" In
terrupted the other. patting the plant
er's arm. "Yoh pardon. sub. II have
offended. am an old soldier" twirl-
Ing his mustaches. land perhaps own
an exaggerated and touchy sense OF
honor. When yoh mentioned imperil-
ing yoh welfare II seemed as n we
were no longer INDUCING In gentle
mems game merely fob the sake Of
passing the time. ! have = very DELI
cate sense Of honor. sub. and perhaps
I am too ready to back my opinions
with sums which consider mere tri-
nes. ! hope this difference Of opinion
viii not impair our but newly formed
friendship. Mr.. Randall"
II was too hasty. colonel" replied
the other. 'foh reckon my pride Is a.
touchy as yoh own. Come. oil up yoh
glass. sub. Yoh're . good fellow. and
I'm 4 good fellow. Were both. good
fellows. sub. A Randall never yet re-
fused to back his opinion. and ten
thousand Is as much picayune affair
to me as to yoh. II yoh persist IN go
ing broke. III take yoh bet. sub. The
best two out Of three. Ny cards.
reckon. There's my money. SUBJ"
And be thumped buckskin bag on
the table.
Covered. sub" replied Moreau. care
Iessly peellng OF ten $1,000 bills.
By now the unconcern which Mr..
Randall displayed was entirely au-
thenfic. for his incessant attention 10
his glass had lent him bibulous cour-
age and defiance Of the future. In
which lurked no wholesome heaven OF
caution. Moreover. his pride had been
delicately touched to the quick. and
rather than appear q -piker' before
this magnificent acquaintance be-
would readily have hazsrded his en-
tire estate. Pride Of family was his
fetch. and a Randall. be considered.
was an Admirable Crichton. who could
be beaten at nothing. All this was
quite aside from bis desire to uphold
bis self bestowed reputation Of man OF
the world and the ,immutable convic-
ton that his luck had turned. There
was no doubt that II he had not sold
his sugar crop for such an unexpecf-
edly high figure be would not have
embarked on bis subsequent gesfle
carouse. nor. although Of a jovial ma.
ture. SO quickly formed a friendship
with the magnificent and highly esti.
mable Colonel MORGAN. owner Of the
very delicate sense Of honor. Although
In that period. decade or 20 before
the war which severed the country.
but TO ultimately knit IL the more frm-
~ together. the punch bowl was an
Institution IN every southern house
hold. Mr.. Randall was not what i
termed a drinking man. and II was