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Captain shook himself as though at the memory. "It was awful. He died while I was talking to him." "Don't say! How's that?" "I found him propped up in a chair. He looked bad, but said he was feeling fine " "That's the way they go. I've seen it many a time feelin' fine plumb to the last." "He'd been telling me about a bet he had with Promont. Promont was taken last week, too, you know, same time.
Menard bet him twenty dollars that he'd outlast him." "'I'm getting all right, says he, 'but poor Promont's going to die. I'll get his twenty, sure! I turned to josh with the boy a bit, an' when I spoke to Menard he didn't answer. His jaw had sagged and he'd settled in his chair. Promont saw it, too, and cackled. 'H'I 'ave win de bet! H'I 'ave win de bet! That's all. He just slid off. Gee!
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