The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23

count OF: and the adventurer shifted
IN his seat, reviewing the assemblage
| For some moments. through the mys
terlous working OF that sixth sense
which men are pleased vaguely to de
! nominate intuition. he had been sub
| consciously aware Of being the object
/ OF some persons fixed regard. that
/ somebody was not only watching. but
/ weighing him, lie sought the source
Of this sensation and for little time
| sought II unsurCcssfully. ANNOYED
h" persisted. He heard the croupicr's
mechanical Rein ne va plus" follow.
ed By the whirring OF the wheel. but
cared so little that he would not turn
to watch the outcome Only an ex,
clamation OF the Austrians appraised
him OF the fact that red had won. He
glanced listlcssly round to see the
money doubled. and let II rest, turn.
ms back TO his survey OF the lhrong.
A moment Inter his attention became
UHcd upon two men who stood IN the
doorway looking toward him. Again
the whe'l buzzcd. the ball clattered and
was stil! The word rouge among 9th.
"rs In the announcement told him that
again he had won this time. however,
he did not turn, but, frownlng in
speculation, stared back at the two
Stared Indeed and he did !rst
that, II 1t was impertlnent, sure and
were they not staring at him? And
who should gainsay an ORourkc the
right 10 stare at anybody. be he king
or commoner? Furthermore. who
might these men be- and what their
interest IA himself
The one was tall and slender sat.
urnine; an elegant. owing as much to
the art of his tailor and upholstorcr
as to his own indisputablc. native dis.
tnction; a FrcuChman- least O! a
type unqucstionably Gallo His face
was very pale, his fine. pointed mus
lache very precise. Jaw square. fore
head high, eyes deep and dark be.
meath hrows heavy. level and black.
manner marked by rcpose almost
threatening in its lmpassiblity.
His companion was shorter or stat.
ure. a younger man bv M least ton
years, rather stout and very nervous,
with fresh red face marrpl by hall
marks OF dissipation. British every
inch Of him.
THAT. I'm tbioRip," ,,,,,,i
ORourkc. will ,bn tho IororaI,lo
BERTHE Glynn. Faith ne IooEs the
part at>lrast. lis mat tba, Lfrl t..
bred. underlined without br,i,s or ron,
wouIJ RIM ,brorch
half.mIllloD sterling insI5. a g.
But the other
Monsieur" the little Austrian stam.
mcred cxcitedly I'm his ear FIR Won tho
red had doubled a fourth tlmn
"TbonL co., ro,,r,, n,u...,. III,
out moving. Twill turn nm saven
this run"
The system ro,r bl,r s,,t.ido, ,,.,,
fed
I'm, tho cthor9 o,pouu,,- ,a.,,,.,
IN nroho bia r,or,or, -.
tho MANI ror,or,,,,,. ="
M ~"
rh. r.. '''"'" u"
hoor noin,a,i o,, - 49,, ",'''I'''- ""u
por,e no nr,not,a, H. "I' "eo' "
scandal which naI ,.f ''O''o, "'u
Irol--o roat I,,at 1. $3.50 'u III
heon yIctorioue no ro, a...'....,
It. ontic,no,a sucb an ortoo.,a =, hia
affair NJ honor howovor. a..
Yhv ba had hoor nomod - o,pa,.,.a.
nos Troho uha, r,na ,,o No"' y"
viscom,a dos Trehos1 was = Iii,
d,sranuto "
"uonstonrn ,ha aat,a,
81 e. hia ~. 10 'o''e lu,
,natn g.. ,Lo -, 49,, ""'' w" 'e'
.I :. =, -, ~. ~
,,i" '0' '"0 ''' o'''N' iion
n,,
WY Snou'u i,eS lreooS De watch
ns n'. 81 ope"i'' So po'n'ediy! AS
~ "a'o"eu ne became aware that
nese TWO the rrehcninah and the
Ihs'ish'i,aii' we're MOI a'one. detached
housh 'hei' ATTITUDE was. they were
,''deh''y ol d party OF 'adies and gen.