The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-19
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N 1th boxers and pr1Ze HSnLeLS, aAu he soon became known as a great little j s.tryout- man. He folioVTed this game I for several years, never smoked, never drnnlz. read q good deal studied and 1racticed an known games of chance and corrected his spealxing Esnglish D, 1 learning in some odd way that the well l spoken man went farthest At twenty blond as viking, Of beantifuI body. anfable, winnings he made his first sn1oheroom trip The intellectual veneer hoodwinked all the women aboard and nearly all the men, 1t was. profitable trip, as smoke rooms go He became the most expert shin enmbaeF in the business because he worked alone, which seems rather an impossible feat to the lay1nan He took infinite dcaight 1n playing the gull to hls kind and Rlnrking them
 He vas tventyforr when he put slp Dis nrst gambling estab lis heaert If It made money from the stRxt- And with rare foresight he never visited ths place at night during the play He woulh seneral3y drop into the cashier's Iofz1ee early in the aftermcon, balance fhs accounts and leave
 1zhus he vEas unlSnpsv1 to all sHre his uez1r,aoyses and the polsee who black
 
 M41n Af7nnkfc trips now became few and lar betweezL
 He began 10 smoke ard drink cir 1sctf7s for nome knex lsstrer than. he 1TEsaxA good zyaz1nass asset a clean Ehen7t11x skin wazL He became mem M1er af two CT tfres fa5xay ? decent clubs He was sefzznE 0n- The street urch- nn ana the tryonE- nan were for gotten
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 s She WAS the dauxhEzr of a r1ch man rwa0ne forbea1s had beea rich when l1zew Yoask was knOmn by another name The father strenuonsIy object ed ts the n1steh W1Ei Che blind ob- stinacy Of her SEX st1e ran away with Smaad and was pr0nEpdJy diainherited. Perna1n tie posz wvInsas n arHasw two or or 4iaree 1aanr1tzfs of hapGfn sa
 sead had TIza1x3es ! CT with an eye 4o the fature 1aflkpns and upon see ing thenn fazze Wmgs fne veneer crack ed He ensarsed hzg gambling enter prMaea, took mp ship gambling again, arsatod into the faM& se.4 of the citw, let h5s long sxa0ahennd desires run riot. An the evn ia haxn dex azeEed with the stn5stnt rsz1fdzty of Hig1fasade-
 His mems Azd n1es becsme mu1tffari qua He txzsd his hazsd @t szauggaing, not &nw the pefuniNzy g aims 90 uEucA as tor the sporting chance ft offered He beeanae AS eloeeAg Wsstesed as any man zn the werad but time after time he slipped through the cts toms
 s0ekea he Hsa4 not sn1zeglinE at all ]; 3aast pune aeKltry to keep the inspec torn and the secret service on 1lae jump. They believed he stood alone, never euBpec&fng that he was the brain and heart of a c61Q9an1 oaEs ntzatzen
 The poor. foolish Woman who mar ried him died of As broken heart, for women die of that as Sureay as they breathe.
 Here you have him a picturesque villain under his tha4ch of gray, of a type common enough hz cities
 Petty rascsy1Ey- On the race tracks and i'm hiB 8a1ntaEng esta b1ishmsents he was called square, q sporting term for any one nok found out Oh, he was generous and free landed ou4gide of his henae
 And the<s yea have the gfst of yfls 1ainys IL ls at his 6reside that man is proved. Nsss who meet him omtsxde at the cfubs in the hotel IobbIes, we vote him ,1 first rate clap. but before we give R=k eoazf1enee let us see the wife who waits and witches st home.
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 sGosag along finely, said the doctor psKou are nafuralIy robas1f
 How Long before I'll be able to Ehrow tha cane out of the window 2
 eFexlallps two weeks. if you are care. 1uL No Mhssky. I donst think tobacco kNt1ll h1rS you Good morning.
 No whisky
 snead grlnned at the hghted end of Dis cfge<. They little knew him. He Aransz because hs liked it. not because aE had any hold on him.
 Give hixn credit for that much he eculd sEop t. he had done so many 2 lime. For two weekzs then nothing stronger than coffee should pass his lips He scowled down into the brii- liant, sunsh1ny street.
 The only man who had ever brought him up with jolt: club loafer, a SO ciety tea drinkez, a fellow who bought his clothes h London and wore spats goveEnnaent sneak who had spoiled his sport Be would make Cranford regret the day hs had naeddIsd with 1afm.
 He looked at his watch,
 Eleven 6se5ock Be ought te be here now, unless the lake was too rougB He peered HD at the sky, Blne as a xobin's egs,
 And then tie dDaF opened
 ssaaF, said SRaaad with satisfaction
 "Hows the leg2
 Better I've cut out whisky for two weeks
 q told you to, Wei. everything on my side runs like cloclzay erk. I'll have tiranferd ont Of the way in night or two. Now whatss your Rews7,,
 The steamer makes Quebec day after tomorrow perhaps tomorrow might You trust that agent of yours ?''
 The SOB la4ghed Not an inch E0uaathtzg better than that Fear He Knows me; faasa Haere means pfison- :.
 enead nQadea appze gfng1y.