New Britain herald., 1929-06-11
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE II, bod

up shoulasrs almost paralleied tho sides of his head and he bltnked owlishly at dad. who was trying fathom- his expression. Lnndy nut. tered something 10 himself. then he suddenly raised AacCoye . stack oi ciueA
 "Richey skinned his cards, hesi- tated. { made .. rapid calculation. and neasured Lundy's four stacks with five. Dad saw the bet and raised 1t two stacks of blues. Mac. Coy dropped out.
 ''Lundy blinked at dad. peered at his cards gogsied at dad agatl'. then showed forward every chip. blue, red, and white he had left. Richey measured Lundy's bet stack for stack. and raised it by another. The bet was dads again.
 ''He knew instinctively that this was to be the final hand and for the first time since he had picked up the fourth queen he felt afraid. He wouldn't have minded if oniy the half million or 50 he was worth were at stake-but this wAs differ- ent. .Jerry-his own flesh and blood waiting with moose hang ing over his head-the living stake = it was 4hastly, But what elsa could he do? This was the only way and he had taken it. His head was buzxing like | mill saw. The room stank of those desert rats at the door! He got himself in hand again. Sit tight! That was it.
 Dad then pushed forward all his chips, topping Richey's bet by some 5000.
 "Lundy's eyes were like points oe frozen light, dad said. He grabbed q writing pad off the desk and scribbled an LOU for @10.00O. Richey reached for the pad. Then he stopped. No he muttered. I'm out
 "Lundy looked at dad. Every body looked at him. Dad thought he caught a gleam of mockery in Lundy's eyes. Dad said he'd have given s100 for drink of cold wa ter. Lundy was sliding the pad 10 and fro on the table. blinking at dad like some beastly- prowlink thing. All at once, dad seized the pad, wrote an LOU for $2o,o00 and showed it on top of the other.
 '.Lundy grunted. calculated. or pretended to, and wrote again. The LOU was for $4o.000.
 Dad wrote another for $60,000.
 You couldn't hear the drawing of . breath now, dad said. The room was like a death house. Lun- dy wrote an lou for $100,0O0.
 Dad said he forgot the stinking heat. Richey. MacCoy. the jam at the door. He only saw Lundy'a fist, the backs of his five cardl, the blinking eyes behind them |. and beyond, white-faced boy in a dark tunnel He was asking himself if the devil or chance had given Lundy the four kings or the rare straight flush. He pulled him self up. Lundy was probably bet. ting on full house. He'd stick by his queens.
 '1here was quarter of mill lion in the pot. A $1bO.000 or 50 Of it was Lundys, and $90.0oo dads: the remained had been MacCoy's or Richey's. Dad calculated swift ly At that time he had available about $500. .0oo, 50 he could bet an- other s.10.0o0. He thought about it for. a moment longer, then he wrote . check on his Los Angeles bank for $500. .OO0. payable tv Jos. Lundy. Tearing up his lOC's. he slid the check under one of the stacks of blues.
 ''Lundy breathed gustily, took off his glasses. and wiped his face with a dirty handkerchief. Putting his glasses on again, he whipped out a checkbook and scribbled a check for $500, 900. payable to dad, then he burned his 1OU's and scribblei on the pad. Tearing off the sheet. he pushed it. with the check. under one of the stacks of btnes. but in such a position that Dad read it easily. Lundy had written:
 Jerry Peterson goes free.
 & JOE LUNDY.
 "'It'll cost yuh the Two Brothers to call me- Lundy whispered.
 Dad said he had ,~ known 1t vas coming. just as he had known il !; was Lundy's mad ambition to ruin him that had driven him to pro- pose this crazy game. He won. dered if the thing were real if he weren't going mad. And then he saw that dark tunnel again and Ia white-faced kid listening and waiting. and he knew 1t was real.
 Had Lundy the four kings oI the straight flush? The possibilit.