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They have that fanatical love of San Francisco that every one out here has who doesn't hate it, and they find it more exciting to stay here and gamble for big stakes than to watch their wives spend money in New York, and console them for snubs. Another point they are far more enterprising than the rich men's sons that preceded this generation or set, rather.
And it is thus, more importantly, that whole regiments of neurotic wives have been convinced that their children are monuments, not to a co-operation in which their own share was innocent and cordial, but to the solitary libidinousness of their swinish and unconscionable husbands. Dr. Gamble, of course, is speaking of the lower fauna in the time of Noah.
"Thank you so much," said Sylla, in her most dulcet tones. "And now, Captain Braybrooke, I want you to do me a great favour. It's of no use denying it, but I am an arrant gambler at heart; I must and will have a gamble on this. Will you please put five pounds for me on Captain Bloxam?" and as she spoke Sylla saw with infinite satisfaction that she had Lady Mary for an auditor.
Prospecting for minerals is at once an art and a gamble. Skill, acquired by long experience or instinctive and there are men who seem to possess the latter counts for much, but chance plays a leading part. Provisions, tents and packhorses are expensive, and though a placer mine may be worked by two partners, a reef or lode can be disposed of only to men with means sufficient to develop it.
"'It's about twenty miles to the next wickeyup, says the soopercilious gent. "'Which I can't make it none to-night, then, says Bill. "'Not on that hoss, says the soopercilious gent, for Bill's pony that a-way is plenty played. "'Mebby, then, says Bill, ` I'd better bunk in yere. "'You can gamble you-all don't sleep yere, says the soopercilious gent; 'none whatever!
And I could see no possible risk. Did not Roebuck's statement make it certain as sunrise that, as soon as the reorganization was announced, all coal stocks would rise? Yes, I should be risking nothing; I could with absolute safety stake my credit; to make contracts to buy coal stocks at present prices for future delivery was no more of a gamble than depositing cash in the United States Treasury.
"Well, you might give me credit for hanging to it, even if I was scared." "I'll give you a lot of credit for that, old man. But if the average New York boy has nerves like yours, I'm glad many of them don't come to the Canyon, that's all. Your nerves would disgrace a girl." "The guys I gamble with never complained of my lack of nerves," cried Nucky, angrily. "Gambling! Thunder!
Gresham, what will you want for the property if Gamble, or WHEN Gamble doesn't take it up?" "Fifty thousand," said Gresham, and glanced darkly at Gamble. Miss Joy interrupted with a laugh. Gresham looked at her inquiringly, but he did not ask her the joke. She volunteered an explanation, however.
"The officer of the watch must be required to visit every room during the first watch at least," said the principal. "But those who are disposed to gamble will find abundant opportunities to do so," suggested the doctor. "A couple of them up in the maintop, or even in the cross-trees, could shake props, 'odd or even, and play other games of chance, without being seen.
Hardships only add zest to the game. Another reason is that it is all a fine big gamble to them. They have everything to gain and nothing to lose. It's the same spirit that drives young New Englanders out west to try their luck, to preëmpt homesteads in the Northwest, to till the prairies. Another reason is that they come over here free unbound by conventions.
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