Putnam patriot., 1914-06-26

tasep ne was conscious that he touched il with uuul and uitie~S fiH gers. .haHieaH3 pushing it npon the red dl-aoId
 Eu-urd anothpr -wfut sonl sirten ing mHafe of ausftilse
 "4 arnfs-6ee red
 $ se.u4d 4tnyH .h.p appeared mag lealIg m lap af the Gest f Sglnrite re-frflcu ffem sffrfdiy. Afraid n fouzb lbeui his brain communicated to ti@ baH1 the impulse to remgfc the ahiHs ere B na- fe9 iate. b8i tHe hand huHs move.ezs iu H~tte-- mHuHy.
 Thirty fuaf rea.
 Two more chips were added to his staek
 And this time his brain sulsed If his body wouldn't heed it's plain and sagaeious admouition very wei. It just wouldn't bother itself to signal any further advice
 But quitr in~tiuctlrely his hand moved oat. tenderly embraced the fonl brown etiu- aHd transferred them te fbe erern ar,.i duHluatp6 by tue black dIJWaud
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 Forty dollars a3~ represented b5 thi ~tm..u pillar of brown vFfcrs' r. sxlH4 70 eetcf8eu rd au effect of coming 10 his scHzt~ after m abbre Iutrd and. ta tel fine truth. someN hat Hls#tm4i4h a#H AriHs the manner of oHe oF Two other players whom Ire Lad observed before this madness pos =e-=ea AlH He th5a1=i tl5e chips out oi -tbe charmed eirele nl chance aud nod ded aeIta uith what 2 seasoned air!l 10 thr roHpIfF
 eCasH ef eaifs.@ inquired that fune. touaf4 "Oh cash. thank you The chlns gathered into the company of their 6re;hHen Two twenty dollar bills replaeed them SHfHue thcSe iast into his Eorket P Stblrite turned aad straIled iHdi1er eutIy toWard the door. eEetfcr gel away before it's too late." Intelligence eoupseled sElebt sou are" he admitted fairly "1H ee heur now before anybody 1 takes this away from me"
 .SeHsibIe of yon intelligence ap proved
 Sd1" suggested the small but clear ! taioe ef gfeed before he could gain the | bead af the stairs you've got your !, original Sa vel to lase. Be sport l Don't ee away without turning in n cent to the hoHse 1t wouldn't look l pretty
 There's something in that" admit led r. SybafIte
 Nevertheless he never quite under ! stood how il WAS that his feet carried | him to the other roulette table at the | end Of the room opposite that at which | he had been playing or how it was | that his fingers produced one of the | twenty dollar notes rather than the | modest five he had meant to risk and l coolly handed 1T over the board.
 .HoW many9" asked the new cron l pier pleasantly.
 Before he could make up his mind i exactly twenty white counters were meted ont to him.
 What are these worth?" he demand l ed inefedulously. dropping into chair 1 "Oue dollar each" he was informed | "Indeedfs he replied politely smoth ering T slight yawn
 To save his face now he'd have to ge through his twenty But after that .eNtt
 He made this promise to himself
 Frying q single chip apart from ifs fellows. he tossed fl heedlesSly upon the numbered squares II landed upon it's rim. rolled toward the wheel and faiutcd gracefully upon tl.e green com partment numered o0
 The croupier cooked an eyebrow at him. as M questouh=. u1, iprution at the instant the ivory Bali began to sing its one long sustained note. Abruptly It wus ehattering. in another instant II was still
 ,The double O." announced voice. A player next r. Sybarite swore soul fully.
 Thirty five white chips were stacked alongside the winning stake. With un- becoming haste r. Sybarite removed them
 Well" he sighed privately. there's  | don't like to seem a piker I'll just make sure of this one. It can't win And at that I'm sl5 in" Deliberately he shifted the nineteen remaining of his original stack to keep company with his winning chip on the double o
 X minute or SD later the man at his elbow said eNcitedly "l'tl be hanged If 1t didn't repeat! Can you beat thatT
 r. Sybarite stared stupidly.
 "Huw's that:' he said
 "poublc o" the eroupier answered the sccoud time"
 '.rhjs k becoming uneauny.s r. Syb arlte observed to himself. and Cash said he. witt cold derjsion
 Seven new hundred dollar certificates were placed in his hand In daze he counted. folded and pocketed them While thus engaged he heard the ball spin aguin His original S2o remained upon the douhle 0 Ten turned up His stake WAS gathered in
 You've had enough. intelligence ad- vised
 .rerfectly true" P sybarite ad mitted
 This time his anatomy proved per fectly docile He found himself at the foot of the steps. fatuouSly smiling at the doorkeeper
 He aiut come in yet" said the Int ter. vhut he's liable to he here any minute now"