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And he was steadily winning Occasionally soold and bank notes, but not often enough to offset

those continued gains that began to heap up in such an alluring pile

upon his portion of the table The watchers began to observe this, and

gathered more closely about his chair, fascinated by the luck with

which the cards cament of his

critical plays, the reckless abandon hich he forced success The

little room was foul with tobacco smoke and electric with ill-repressed

excite nothing,

seeing nothing, his entire personality concentrated on his play

Suddenly he forced the fight to a finish The opportunity caan with a cool

thousand Then Ha face doard before him on the board, his calm features as

immovable as the Sphinx, he quietly pushed his whole accumulated pile

to the centre, named the sum, and leaned back in his chair, his eyes

cold, i face

with his handkerchief; Willis counted his reain at the faces of his cards, flung aside two, drawing to

fill, and called loudly for a shon, his eyes protruding Slavin,

cursing fiercely under his red beard, having drawn one card, his