The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-05-08

= three flung themselves into their ciIail
r The alacrity of their consent had u
!. nerved me for moment. D'Artagna
= I was sure. would have fought the
: all, but l consoled myself as the care
| ratified on the bare table with the r
! Election that. considering the fact tn;
had never in my life laid violer
hands on fellow being. | was col
Quoting myself with admirable assn
ance. My weight has always hun
well within 1870. and physicians hav
told me that was incapable of takin
on flesh or muscle. ANY one Of thes
men could easily toss me through tn
window | had indicated as means o
their own exit
Shallenberger caught my eye and In
Dictated with slight jerk OF the heat
that had better run before II was to,
late. The painstaking care with which
Henderson had fallen upon the cardi
was disquieting. to put it mildly. Dicl
nhdged me In the ribs and offered t.
hold my coat
1T will not be necessary" l replied
carelessly. Tender your services to
the other gentlemen. Come. gentle
men-hurry. Let US not waste time
here
III Ormsby turns up the card you're
dead man." Dick was muttering
goomily.
They're all alike to me-" replied
loudly. Mr.. Ormsby is very beauti-
full. | shall hope not to disfgure him
permanently" But as | spoke my
tongue was a wabbly dry clapper in
my mouth
was bending over now. watching
the three men pick up the cards. and
once, when | misread the jack of
spades for the Jack of clubs. shud-
der passed over me. They were down
to the last card. and Ormsbys hand
was on It.
Then looked at the floor to steady
myself. and hope leaped within me,
for there. by Ormsby's foot-a large
and heavy one-lay an upturned card.
the jack of clubs. whose lone symbol
itself enormously in my
amazed eyes.
At this moment | became conscious
that something had occurred to dis
+ract the attention of the other men.
who We're staring at some one who
lad entered noiselessly.
isGantIanap Won saar, In,
crested in the turn of those cards. |
I'M glad to have arrived at the critical
Mr.. Ormsby. will you kindly |
lit the remaining card from the
able?''
Miss Octavia stood beside me. She
vas dressed in a dark brown riding
ablt-the feather in her fedora hat
Emphasized her usual brisk air.
Ormsby turned up the card. 1t was
he ten of diamonds.
Gentlemen" l cried, pointing to the
ard. what trick is this? Can it be
ossible that you have been trif1ing
18th me In fashion for which men
ave died the world over by sword and
istolr
Kindly explain. Arnold. the nature
this difficulty" Miss Octavia com.
landed
simply this. Miss Hollister, II =
ust answer. | had offered to fight :
Iese three gentlemen In order. 1t was +
creed that the man who drew the
ok of clubs from the pack with
hich they had been playing should
} my first victim. They have shuf1ed
cir own cards and have drawn the
hole pack and there is no jack OF
abs In the pack. The only possible
PLANTATION is one to which | hesitate
apply the obvious plain Saxon
rms"
1T dropped out. that's all. Yon
MT dare pretend that we threw out
: jack to avoid drawing it," protest
Ormsby. though | saw from the
noes the trio exchanged that they
spected one another. Ormsby and
rse bent down to look for the miss
card. but before they found it
pped forward and drove my fist II
On the table with all the power I
lid put into the blow =
Stopw | cried. 81 gave you every A.
,ortunity to stand up and take Z
nncing. but I need hardly say that 3
er this contemplate knavery | re. z
e to soil my hands on your
Do you insinuate"-began Hender-
, jumping to his feet
Gentlemen" said Miss Hollister. z
ng the riding crop. 1T is perfectly
r to me that Mr. Ames has gone as z
as any gentleman need go In pro- )
ing his honor" z
18th one sweep Of her crop she )
shed to the floor the three piles Of z
Is that lay on the table as they had
l stacked when drawn. Z
Irnold." she said. with iDdescrib-
dignity. will you kindly attend Z
to my horseT &bS
To be Continued. =