Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-09-03

4 Yoring. with a sigh, pushed his hand
into the discard.
See you" said Kilgarry.
With a wry grin, the Saint faced
his hand. Kilgarry grtnned also, with
a sudden triumph, and faced his.
Yoring made q noise like q faint
Fix us another drink, Eddie" he
. said husl1iIy.
He took the pack and shuffled It,
clumsily. His fingers were like sauSages
strung together.
Yoring squinted &C the hand he had
dealt himself. It contained the six,
seven, eight and nine Of diamonds, and
the queen Of spades. Simon held two
pairs again, but the card he drew made
it full house. He watched while Yor-
ing discarded the queen Of spades, and
felt again that sensation of superna-
tural omniscience as he saw that the
| top card of the pack, the card Yoring
had 70 take, was the ten Of hearts.
YOring took 1t, ftlmbled his hand TO
! the edge Of the table, and turned up
the corners to peep at them. For q
second he sat quite still, with only his
mouth working. And then he let the
cards flatten out again with a defiant
click, and drew himself up. He began
to count off 500 chips
Mercer, with only pair Of sevens,
bluffed reckleSsly for two rounds be-
fore he fell out in response to the
Saints kick under the table.
There were 5000 in the pool before
Kilgarry. with straight, shrugged sur
renderingly and dropped his hand In
the discard.
The Saint counted two stacks Of
chips and pushed them In.
Make 1t another two grand" he
said.
yortrg looked at him waveringiy.
Then he pushed in two stacks Of his
own.
'sTnere's your two grand" he count
ed the chips he had left, swept them
with. 9 sudden splash into the pile.
And 81 300 more" he said.
Simon had twelve hundred left IN
chips. He pushed them in, opened his
wallet and added crisp new bills.
Making three thousand more than
that for you to see me-" he said cody.
Mercer sucked In his breath and
whispered: "Oh, boyi"
KElgarry said nothing, launching
tensely over the table.
Yoring blinked at him.
Len me some chips, ole man."
do you know what you're doing2"
KilgarTy asked, in a harsh, strained
voice
Yoring picked I'D his glass and half
emptied It, His hand wobbled so that
some of IL ran down his chin.
u know" he snapped
He reached out and raked KtIgarry'sl
chips into the pile.
Eighteen bunnerd," he said. Il gotta
BUY some more. III write you check"
Simon shook his head.
I'm sorry" he said quietly. I'm
playing table stakes. We agreed on
hat when we started"
Yoring groped through his pockets.
0ne by one he unkangled crumpled
bills from various hiding places until
Ne had built his bet up to $3.50. Then
ne glared at Kilgarry.
len me what you've got"
But"
can OF itl"
Reluctantly Kilgarry passed over a
OH. Yoring licked his thumb and num-
'ered It through. II produced total
Co on. he said thickIy, staring at
be Saint. RAISE that"
Simon counted out four thousand
IoElax bills. BE had one more, and he
leld It poised. Then he smiled
What's the use2" be said. ''Y0u
ouldn't meet IL. III take the change
nd see you."
Yorfng's hand went TO his mouth. he
idn't move for a moment, except for
be wild swerve OF his eyes.
Then he picked 10 his cards. With
HemhAAn9 Glowness he turned them
yew case ny one. The SIX. eevau, eight,
zza@ axad ten ok diamonds
N0@o1Y su0ke. and fn# A9Aa@ seconds
be Saint sak quite skkI1 He waa sum
laxaMAnm the wnoia scenario fer hum
III. In a1i It's inspired ingenuity and