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 Tae nearo. af tHe entrance of P SHh aUte pIauc,d guiFFlg over his -heu. dor and. =4eelHg I strange faee clap Bed f6o eetef 8u the eh1hae dish
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 The u7E=1 UaldIed Hnay. returned and offered tHe eHr4t elaSs hrun# HHs with au6er tinted Iiquid
 Fender mofggis of lobster smothered in cream and sherry piping hat; danti est p#esjHle ~affers of bread and butter embracing leates of paie lettuce. hol low stemmed glass elferveseent with liquid -Huilht of Il most excellent bouquet and then another; these sery ed not fu the leust to subdue r. Syba. rites internal i0bilation
 Finally tie house. through the medium of it's servitor insisted that he top off with a cigar
 Ten years since his teeth had grip. ped Fancy Tales of Smoke.
 Now, it mustn't be understood that r Sybarite entertained any misappre- tensions ns to the nature of the in stitntion Into which he had stumbled He had not needed the sound, some times in fuletef moments audible from upstairs. ef prolonged whir, ending In several ztaeeato clicks. to mnke him shrewdly coguzant Of it's questionable character
 So at length satiate and n Iittle w@ry= =dlawn by curiosity besides he rose. endowed Pete mNiShiy with q handful of small change. something eeer 5o ceuts all he had in the world aside from his cherished Sand slow tY a~ccudcd tu the second floor
 Here In remudcling the house for its present purposes partitions had arhi tfarily heea dispensed with Aside from that nClosing the well of the stairway. the floor was one large room wholly devoted 10 some half n dozen games of chance
 upon El the gaming tables massive electric domes concentrated their light. The walls. otherwise severely m adorned were covered with lustrous golden fabric; the windows were invis 1 le. clonked in splendid golden hang hgs. the carpet, golden brown in tone. was of velvet pile so heavy that tt completely untitled the sound of foot. steps Indeed. the room was singular ly silent for one that harbored some tYoSeore players In addition to full corps of dealers croupiers, watcher. md walters The warmth of the room was notlceable
 \ brief survey of the gathering con vinced Syhnrite that barring the servants he was a lonely exception to the rule af evening dress But this discovery di~comnted mW not at all. " it tN 1Al ~ attitf tAii tAff ttAfAAA " NhfA the twisted mouth he strutted from tahir tn tahie ostcusjhly as little ii at ease 8S press agent fin a theatet lobby
 few minutes sutieed to demon state tbat the owner of the abandoned hat was not among those present. which favt. coupled with the doorkeep ITS avermout that NIr Bailey renheld Was not. pVfsgaded r SYharite chat the former was neither more nor less than the proprietor of this gaming house
 But this conclusion perturbed him He couldn't imagine either Miss Les sing or Miss Marian rlesSington in any way involved with common or eveu proper gnmhler
 His tour brought him Hnally 10 n pause by the roulette table in the rear of the room Curious to watch the game ln being. he fingered there There were perhaps halt a dozen play CTS round the board four on one wins. two on the other or the latter one was that very young man who had been responsible for r. Syharlte'S change of mlnd with regard to gpiue home With bored air this predisai was frlterlng away five dollar notes on the tolers the columns and the dog ems his n snceesS stupend0us. hls ap. parent iudiaerenre whether he won or lost positively magnificent But in tue course of the few minutes that r Syharlte watched him he either grew weary or succeedei in emptying his