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The gah the

throng of perspiring huh

elelanced at hi as he elbowed thear frohted between his teeth The

large front rooame in full

operation and surrounded by crowds of devotees Tobacco s, and many of the players were noisy

and profane, while the various calls of faro, roulette, keno, and

high-ball added to the confusion and to the din of shuffling feet and

excited excla

his shoulders in open contempt--all this was far too coarse, too small,

to awaken his interest He observed the various faces at the tables--a

habit one naturally forms who has desperate enemies in plenty--and then

walked directly toward the rear of the roo there; he held back its heavy folds and stepped within the

sle table, cards in hand, and Hampton

involuntarily whistled softly behind his teeth at the first glimpse of

the money openly displayed before them This was apparently not so bad