The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-10-04

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"Why did you go to the Casino to-
light IL you did not ~patronize the ia
as a ruler
The other colored somewhat and
aughed sarcastically.
.Just a final bit of folly. / dreamt
that my luck had turned"
"Dreamt?"
Yes, last night. Three times I inn
agine that l was playing roulette and
after a certain number-whether
thirteen or twenty-three l was uncer-
up, there was a run OF
seventeen on the red. The funny thing
is that / had an impression that the
number was twenty-three, but with a
doubt that 1t might be thirteen. l re-
member during a subconscious state
in the third dream, resolving to lis
ten and look more carefully to discov-
err the exact number. But again things
got blurred. The only clear point was
that the run of seventeen on the red
commenced at once"
"Well?'
"well, l took my remaining cash.
went to the casino, became a bit i'm
| patient when neither number turned
up for quite awhile, and when thirteen
| appeared l backed the red. But four
times 1t was the black that won"
$50 | saw"
Have you been keeping guard over
me?'
"Yes, in a sort of way"
you are a queer chap. l can't help
saying that I am Obliged to you. But
it won't do any good. l am absolutely
dead broke"
Now, listen to me. | will pay you
fare back to London and give you
something to live on until I return a
week hence. Then you must come to
see me, and / will help you into some
sort of situation. But you must INC
and for all abandon this notion of sui
eide"
what about my debts?'
'Confound your debts. Tell people
to wait until you are able to pay
them"
"And-and the grip
IF she is worth having she will give
you a chance of making a living suf-
ficient to enable you to marry her. She
is of age, l suppose, and can marry
any one she likes"
Mensmore pulled his cigarette in ST
lence for fully a minute. Then he said:
you are a very decent sort, Mr.
"Bruce-Claude Bruce is my name
We'll, Mr.. Bruce, you propose to
hand me Flo for my railway fare and,
say, IS for my existence until we meet
again in London, In exchange for
which you purchase the rights in my
life indefinitely, accidents and reason
able wear and tear excepted"
Exactly"
MAKE it EGO, with 5 louis down, and
l accept"
with the stipulation
Il want to back my dream. The
number is %. 1t evidently was not 13.
l want to see that thing through. I
will back the red after twenty-three
turns up, and if l lose | shall be quite
satisfied"
What If l refuse?"
Then I don't care a bit what hap.
pens during the next eve days. Aft
er that au revoir should we happen
to meet across the divide. Please
make up your mind quickly. That
run on the red may come and go while
we are sitting here"
Bruce opened his pocketbook. Here"
he said, with a smile, II will give you
400 francs. You will reach the maxi.
mum more quickly If you are right"
Mensmore's face lit up with excite
ment. by jove, you are a brick" he
said. 80 you really trust me?'
YES"
Then give me back my revolver"
Without a word Bruce handed him
the weapon.
Mensmore extracted the cartridges
and threw them into a clump of shrubs.
Come he cried; come with me to
the Casino. You will see something.
This is not my own luck. 1t is Dor.
rowed. Come. quick"
They raced off, Bruce himself being
more fired with the zest of the thing
than he cared to admit. Within the
Casino all the tables were now crowd
ed, but Mensmore hurried to that al
which he sat during his earlier visit.
1T was here that l played in my
dream" he whispered, "soon after ]
came to it,"
He edged through the ~onlookers.
closely followed by Bruce. Neither
cared for the scowls and injured looks
cast at them by the people whom they
forced out of h way.
The Italian, the winner of half an
hour ago, had come back like a moth
to the candle. Now he was getting
his wings singed. At last, with a
groan. he hastily rose, but as a final
effort flung the maximum. 5000 francs,
on the black.
The disk whirled and slowly slack
ened pace; the ball rested in n or the
little squares, and the erouplers mo-
%notonous words came: