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After dinner all four strolled across to the Casino, presenting their yellow cards of adranted to those who are approved by the se by one's appearance whether one had money to lose

Dorise soon detached herself froh, Lady Ransco

None of the to the opera which was beneath the same roof, and for which Lady Ranscomb had tickets

Suddenly Dorise exclaimed: "Look over there--at that table in the corner There's that reh started, and glancing in the direction she indicated saw the handso her counters quite unconcernedly and entirely absorbed in the gahtly low in the neck, but half-bare shoulders, with a string of reen so prized by connoisseurs

Her eyes were fixed upon the revolving wheel, for upon the number sixteen she had just thrown a couple of thousand franc counters The ball dropped with a sudden click, the croupier announced that number five had won, and at once raked in the two thousand francs aed her shoulders and saains The Administration knew that--and they also kne at the little pigeon-hole where counters were exchanged for cheques she cae for drafts upon certain banks, both in Paris and in London

Yet they never worried Her lucky play attracted others who usually lost Once, a year before, a Frenchman who occupied a seat next to her daily for a ht threw hie over the Var But on hearing of it the next day froed her shoulders, and said: "I warned him to return to Paris The fool! It is only what I expected"

Hugh looked only once across at the mysterious woman whom Dorise had indicated, and then drew her away As a matter of fact he had no intention that mademoiselle should notice him

"What do you know of her?" he asked in a casual hen they were on the other side of the great saloon

"Well, a Frenchman I met in the hotel the day before yesterday told irl "She's apparently a ood luck at the tables He said that she had won a large fortune during the last couple of years or so"