New Britain herald., 1929-06-12

I00 oIlp Un tH0 NAUIcs Aclcl0VA Nos CTS with a transfer of the Two Brothers mine-they show their hands. Peterson has four queens the aces are divided-only four kings or . straight flush can beat him-Lundy shows straight flush. CHAPTER 8
 AGAlN-AlARKED CARDS
 Jerry fell silent. found myself stAring into his tragic eyes.
 I mumbled huskily. Poor An drew! I don't wonder at the chang. in him!"
 Jerry ran his hand gently over Lucy's dark head and she drew closer to him. pressing her cheek ! against. his knee. He then resumed.
 The mind'll take in only so much 7 and at first dad didn't get the full import of Lundy's straight flush Lundy grinning up at him and be- ginning to draw in the pot drove the thing home. Himself bank rupted and Jerry as deep in the ne1 as ever.
 AA0uVy UC8AH " AAu8u o&"hA. Dad said if he'd stayed within sound of 1t he'd have killed the man. Half the town had forced its way into the building. He rammed Ais way. through them-they let him pass when they saw the look i h his eyes. % Outside he dropped on a bench = which stoeA at one end of the; ye. !, randa that fronted the building. ? He satd he couldn't get away from Uncle Jerry's eyes. And in five hours 1t would be sun-up. .a. ~ 'Fitch and Webb and Burke came . cut. They saw lad and nodded to one another. Burke crossed the street. Webb lounsed over to the rail at the other end of the veranda. and Fitch rat on the step.
 Dad couldn't go, on like this 1erry's precious five hours drib- bling sway. He said he had q feel ing of defect somewhere. Some thing wrong. He began to Erope around in his mind. but he couldn'; ret 1t. And all the time he was thinking of Uncle Jerry. There mpst be some way out.
 "Lundy's Place began to come to life again. Dad tried to shut his ears against the din. but it grew louder and louder. Some one shout. ed., Drinks on Joe Lundy.' Free drinks meant that Lundy was talk u ing the easicst way of making him. eelf solid with the miners. r. Dad hadn't got rid of that sense . of something wrong There was something wrong. Of this he wa. positive. Something wrong witf that game. Why couldn't he rin il : down?
 ''8ome one was standing nca, him. He saw 1t was old Pat Furie . prospector. Furie stuck his thumt in dads ribs.
 "'What do you want?' dae growled.
 "Lundy cleaned ye. huh;' h. chuckled. 50 low that dad scarcel, heard him.
 !, Dad told him to take himsel off and mind his own affairs. Furi' 'he-he-he'd' and stayed where h. was. Plumbing dad again. h. nodded significantly towards Fitcl and Webb. Something in his atti tIde cautioned dad.
 Whats wrong with you'' h mnttered.
 "Furie he he-he'd again. Lund cleaned ye. Ten-to-O One. knowe, : he would, He's been a-layin' fo ye an now he's got ye.'
 Dad held his tongue with diff cu'ty.
 "Lundy's slick hombre.' Furi ramhled on. 'Yes-sirree. An SO old Pat Furic. I sure fingered O ye bein' sinarter'n to let Joe Lund make fool O we. Ten-to One. Tor fer'ble disappointment to me-
 "The racket inside was deafenin by this time. dad said. and as Furi had spoken scarcely above whis per Fitch couldn't possibly hay heard him.
 "'Out with il. desert rat Ia growleh
 'He-he-he.' Furie cacklet Them cards ye played with "'Yesr'
 : They was marked They weren't. ] looked
 With the nekked eye. ye did FAvic uhisperd. Not throug I.undy's magrifying glasses - h other pair. cotched loo through 'em once. Reg'lar maEg fvir' glasses. He-he-he. Pat Fur atnf noh' bdy's fool! No-sirree!' Had had to grip the rail har to hold himself down. The bacl of the cards SO faintiy marked ths the markings were invisible will cut the aid of nagnjfyinR gasse which i.urdv had worn in the guis ~Y gsaNeee! Dad was crazy mad fe q Qjnute-he'd always prided hin sfs5-- -s-s ss-ssS