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A Supper Party

           Itwasgoodforhernowandthen;butLyndewasafooltomakeashowofhimselfandrisksomuchmoney.

           "Tableclosed!"calledthecroupier,andinstantlythelittleballbegantospin.Alleyesfollowedit.RoundandrounditwentAileenaskeenanobserverasany.Herfacewasflushed,hereyesbright.

           "Ifwelosethis,"saidLynde,"wewillmakeonemorebetdouble,andthenifwedon’twinthatwe’llquit."Hewasalreadyoutnearlythreethousanddollars.

           "Ohyes,indeed!OnlyIthinkweoughttoquitnow.Heregoestwothousandifwedon’twin.Don’tyouthinkthat’squiteenough?Ihaven’tbroughtyoumuchluck,haveI?"

           "Youareluck,"hewhispered."AlltheluckIwant.Onemore.Standbymeforonemoretry,willyou?IfwewinI’llquit."

           Thelittleballclickedevenasshenodded,andthecroupier,payingoutonafewsmallstackshereandthere,rakedalltherestsolemnlyintothereceivingorifice,whilemurmursofsympatheticdissatisfactionwentuphereandthere.

           "Howmuchdidtheyhaveontheboard?"askedMissLanmanofMcKibben,insurprise."Itmusthavebeenagreatdeal,wasn’tit?"

           "Oh,twothousanddollars,perhaps.Thatisn’tsohighhere,though.Peopledoplungeforasmuchaseightortenthousand.Italldepends."McKibbenwasinabelittling,depreciatingmood.

           "Ohyes,butnotoften,surely.

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