Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
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and heeled. They looked very funny to
Haggerty. marshaled as they were alongside
mummy perhaps three thousand years old.
Funny idea.
"What IS. Siro'
"Toting round oil shoes like that"
CHAPTER TX.
7 NEVER saw you play such poor poker in
I all my life" cried Iillson, as Forbes asked
for his fifth hundred. A ten-dollar limit,
with deuces wild, and you open on two
pair!'
Il keep forgetting. replied Forbes, scowl-
ing. You'll never get me into one OF these
dashed deuces wild again.
"You always say that retorted Jillson.
well, mean it this time. Besides. YOU
fellows begin with two-call-four, and you
swear it won't go any higher; and yet you
boost her on the first straight flush And
here's Gravity holding five of a kind-five
of kind. Gentlemen.-four times in the
last half hour"
whats on your mind, AIort?" asked
Crawford. you play good hand; but
you're off in judgment tonight.
ats my confounded artistic tempera-
ment." Forbes smiled lamely. 1.-TWO cards,
please
Only five minutes to play-only five min
over, to make some plan. Old Gravity 1t
simply wasn't possible. Yet there was that
unforgetable cut across the knuckles. To
warn him without alarming him! Old Craw-
fv the lovablest man alive-a crook!
what? Oh, you start her, Carlyle?
Well, Just for change III boost her another
blue one
"Call."
@Four aces" cried Forbes triumphantly.
3And what do | get for EN-? The ante and
one lonesome bet. My luck.'
decks to the floor. aCash in. Chips for
money, money for chips grooming the call
of the professional gambler. He produced
tab and pencil and jotted down the losses
and the winnings, taking particular care that
these tailed with the advances from the
bank Crawford, you old smooth guy, you
win nine hundred and four dollars. | win
ninetv-six; just enough to pay for the whis
ky and tobacco and grub. never yet heard
of a host coming out on top OF the game.
The five losers got out their checkbooks
and made preparations to settle. Craw-
fords face seemed to grow old and care
worn.
I'LL" he said. got any cash? I'm sailing
for Italy in the morning, and won't have
time to bother with checks
Sailing for Italy! Forbes tore up three
blanks before he succeeded in getting one
filled out properly Italy! Here was so
luton to the whole dark business. He
would write letter to Crawford in Naples,
telling him what he knew and that he must
return the jewels at once. They would
never be traceable if sent by foreign parcels
post Arrnitage and HOLSTER and Morris
might have to pay duty again; but he doubt
ed if they would make any trouble over that.
SO long as they received the jewels intact
And all that comedy at safe opening had
been mask; behind it had lain tragedy!
The evidence of his own eyes-nothing else
could have made him believe it.
He heard Jillson saving, Il believe can
fix you out" He saw his host go to his safe
and return with seven hundred you al
ways carry roll, Wheedon. Let me have
two hundred. and I'll give you my check
. for it.
The matter was arranged, and Crawford
put away the money 1t hit Forbes like
blow between the eyes. Crawford asking
for cash,--a man whose income couldn't be
the short side of two hundred thousand
year.
GOING along. Mort? Got my electric
- outside, and it won't be any trouble to
drop you at the studio Crawford put his
arm across the younger mans shoulders.