Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06
The Daily Story
Ar MONTE CARLO-BY r. A. mitchell
ron,-,,b,eo 1915 by Associated Literary Bureau

they were ms uniDtelligibIe tn ~
the living face as In the portrait M
prompted me to ask the quextos |
cannot explain. but ] said:
do you think you could ipsus.
me to do your bidding?"
II am quite sure / could.
The smile with which she sa,a q.
reminded me more than ever ~
smile on the Fps OF the Mona Ijs.s
accepted her suggestion and
over to Monte Carlo. Mrs. Tss,:..
had Informed me that. the Cav 49,.
my arrival at Nice. Roy had ehs,..,
his hotel. She did not say Why 4.
saw by Ter look she inferred ,h,,
had been called upon to paw II, :
and had not the means to do "a !.
had not yet been informed Of his -
address. / arrived at Montey -c,,s
about 0 O'Clock in the evening 81
after registering. went immedjsteJ,
the gambling pavilion. expecting n a.
Roy there. / was SURPRISED not 10 !.
him and was about to leave when ].
attendant stepped up to me. asked n.
lily anu oBOh NY Telling HI. Il
said that I was wanted at the to-
phone. On taking up the receiver s.
asking who was waiting for me- n,
said:
I'm not feeling well enough to ra,.
the pavilion tonight, and wish ,ou !.
lay stake for me. Put $40 on the M
and leave it there till send word n,
you to take it off,"
Roy" 1 said. 81 must see you :,
once. At what hotel are you stay,p,,
1 waited for a reply. but no rem,
came.
Roy" I called-"Roy. are yv
thereT'
All was as silent as the grave. I dn
not know where he was stoppins. be
resolved to go at once and search tn
hotels for him. AS was about to leavs
the pavilion the face of Mrs. T1iuiuf
came up before me, and somehow
fancied it as saying: DO as Roy Ia,
bid you. II you don't you may have
cause to regret it. If you do 1t may n.
suit in a run of luck" hesitated AMI
turned toward the room where crowd
about the roulette table listened to The
monotonous call of the croupier, sMaks
your BETS"
1 went in, stood over the table for q
few moments, looking on, then TOOK
United States gold eagle from NJ
pocket and placed it on the red. felt
that / would rather lose that amour,
than refuse Roy's request. After Il was
gone that would end the matter, and Il
was sure to go at last, because would
obey his instructions not to take 1t Of
till he sent word to do SO.
The ball spun and the red won. many
times the amount of the stake-1 have
forgotten how many, for have never
bet a cent since. And kept on win
ming; have forgotten how many times
the red won before the same attend
ant who had summoned me to the tee
phone tapped me on the arm and tod
me that Mr.. Twining had telephones
1 was to take the stake of the red and
place it somewhere else. ] remembei
moving heap of money several times
after that, but where placed It'll don't
know, though l do know that ever
time I moved it there was greater
abundance. / have lost remembrance
too, of the instructions l received or
whether / received any instructions
after the first or second. nor can
positively assert that / was not ps!
ing on my own responsibility. There
came at last a sudden awakening, ana
I seemed to realize what | had Deen
doing. | saw a heap Of money on ins
table and, gathering it up, pore
away.
On reaching my hotel went immeor
ately to my room. locked my Winnings
in a bureau drawer and went 10 DeS
Eut l did not so to sleep till Honps
Through the long hours was laun's1
by that singular face, az umes '"
"Mona Lisa" at times Mrs. iFlniu-
and finally dozed off with the two eop
fused :,
When I awoke in the morning ana
went downstairs the landlord asSes
me if I knew the American wro h's
killed himself the day before. ! asass
the name and was told thar ~ W."
Twining. ;,
This is all the statement ! nave
make except that Twining was oe.1
when / heard his voice. Hif VIZ
when 1 saw her again had tnaP saw,
"Afona Lisa" look on her race. ans M.
fapcied could see traces or the sin",
But that should naturally be reie'''e
to the imagination. ~
The money / had won was aooS'
what Twinfng had lost after ~ 80
riage. ] was obliged, literally y IVY
Mrs. Twining to take II.
There are three Hypothetical esp'a'-
tons: J
First.-Was | not In an auh
physical condition? Did ] no. !,
most of the experience ana WIZ
of money at gambling? -,
Second.-Did Twining In the sp a.
play through me in order to pro''''
his wife? N,
Third.-Did Mrs. Twining cause :"
experience? 49,. sup
If asked to which OF these tn,es -.
positions l lean I should rep'y. IA
the third" But whether or NOT ~ :, =
it unconsciously or what wa "A
.xor mo | nave -