Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-12-05

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alers % the Age
And she borrowed a hundred and
ATTY pounds 81 you
Who told you thatf" quickly.
she did she paid you back
Yes
and she hadn't intended 10 You
| poor innocenti"
why do you call ne hiatt
TO lend money az Monte Carlo 10 q
woman whose name you aid noe know
/ az the time Green. green as a paddy /
aeldl I'll tell you who she r.. because
/ you're bound 20 learn sooner or later.
she Is ono os ths most adroit snug
glers o. the age; Jewels and rare iaces.
And never once has the secret-servics
been able 20 touch her. Her brother. /
tho Major, assists her when he isn't i
Acecing tender lambs az al known |
games 81 chance. He's a card-sharp. |
one OF the best OF them he tried 20
teach me. but ] never could cheat a
man at cards Never makes any false
moves. but waits for the quarry 10 Of
, fer Itself That poor child has always
, been wondering and wondering. but
she never succeeded IN finding out The
truth. Brother and sister have made
r up the matter by trying to beat him.
? Scruplesi Roti"
. 1t Is stealing with quiet eonvie
: ton
1t isn't, either. Listen % me. SUP.
= pose / purchase a pearl necklace ia
9 Rome. and pay nvethousand for H.
q ! Uncle Sam VIII boost up the value
. more than onc-half And what for
s. To protect infant industries7 Baliy
4 roti We don't make pearls IN the
IA States: our oysters aren't educated up
a 70 H." His hippancy found no To
IN Spouse IN her. well. suppose 7 get
Z that necklace through the customs
81 without paying the duty. I make
~ twenty-five hundred or 90. And no
az body Is hurt That's AL your mothei
al does
10 1T Is stealing she reiterated
al How wan she looked though
ID George.
10 How can you make that stealing =
10. Ryanne was provoked.
TO ~The law puts a duty upon sue
In things; n you do not pay Il. you stea
he oh. Horace. don't waste your tim
.sP IN specious arguments" She made
gesture. weariness personlned. ~lt
.eL stealing: all the arguments n %
as. world can not change Il into anythin
lite else. And how about my uncle wh
sly. heeces the lamhs az cards. and no
md about my mother who knows and Pc
IN. | mits itS''
18th Ryanne bad no plausible argumsi
ne 20 ofier against these queries
oed as not my uncle a thief. and is n
rhs my mother an a6ettorf do not kno
I'm, OF anything so vile.~ Her figure gre
an less erect To Georges eyes. dimm'
by the rejecting misery IN hers. q
hat dropped. as a fiover exposed 20 81
she den cold Il think the thief IN q
Gle, night much honester than one VI
tia cheats AZ cards A card-sharp: q
the you not call Il thatf Don't lie. III
and ace; II viii only make ne sad"
y shan't lie any more. Fortune.
gan that you believe Is true; and I woJ
90 God that Il were otherwise. A
I've been a partner IN many OF tn
,ura. exploits. But not az cards. Forum
"" not az cards. I'm not that kind Of
Z at cheat
Thank you. I should have kno-
race some time. and perhaps only half
n OF truth. Now I know all there II
used know" She held her hands out
fore her and studied them. Il al
, never go back
Ming Good Lordl Fortune. you mt
You'd Dc as helpless as = babe. W
could you DO without money and q
g." fortf"
svedL i can become q clerk IN a shop.
viii be honest Bread az Mentl
> would choke me;" and abe choke,
In little then as she spoke
tune my dear Fortune" said Ryan
Ipser. calling into life that persuaa
con, sweetness which upon occasions
'oicA could put into his tones. nave
ever sAegsAi Asv beautiful yes .