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"Hey! is that him?" whispered one of the visitors, indicating Larry. "That's Red," replied Hough. "I hope he's not looking for one of you gentlemen." They laughed, but not spontaneously. "I've seen his like in Dodge City," said one. "Ask him to sit in the game," said another. "No. Red's a card-sharp," replied Hough. "And I'd hate to see him catch one of you pulling a crooked deal."
Wiley must have learned there what I did, that Gentleman Geoff's last name was known to be Abercrombie, but Wiley didn't investigate deeply enough. "I did. I found that Gentleman Geoff Abercrombie had a most unsavory name there as a crooked gambler and card-sharp No, Miss Murdaugh, please don't protest!" Willa had turned upon him with flashing eyes.
If I give ye that twenty thousand you'll throw it away in the first skin game in 'Frisco, and hand it over to the first short card-sharp you'll meet. There's a thousand enough for you to fling away take it and get! Suppose what I'd said to you was the frozen truth, and you knowed it, would that have been the square thing to play on you?"
There was a pause, and Gilmore resumed his chair, turning to the window to hide his emotion; then slowly his scowling glance came back to Langham. "He said I was a common card-sharp, eh?" Langham knew that he spoke of North. "Damn him! What does he call himself?" He threw the stub of his cigar from him across the room. "Marsh, what does your wife know about me?"
He was just beginning to see into the different phases of this wild exciting life. "Good!" he exclaimed, warmly. "I have much to thank you for. Did I kill that card-sharp?" "No; you simply perforated him in the right side. This way." They had been running straight up the main street. Now they turned a corner and darted down one that was dark and deserted.
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