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The thousands of incandescent lights on the Dreamland tower went out the signal that the barkers might cease from barking and the spielers spiel no more until the morrow brought its fresh crowd of amusement seekers, and the Proprietor led the way into the Arena.
You may be the smartest man in the force at catching city burglars and spielers, but you are out of your element in the bush. There's only one thing to be done track them down." "How many are there?" "Well, two for certain probably more." "Probably more exactly. And most probably one or other of the remainder is in the town acting as a spy for the others.
'Now, look here, he said; 'you've allowed gamblin' in this bar your boss has. You've got no right to let spielers gamble away a man's dog. Is a customer to lose his dog every time he has a doze to suit your boss? I'll go straight across to the police camp and put you away, and I don't care if you lose your licence. I ain't goin' to lose my dog.
The spielers among the hens were announcing that the day's business was off to a good start, with prospects never brighter, dogs barked, calves bawled, cow-bells jangled there was even a murmur of talking. "They are not dead," said Pearl, as she listened, bareheaded, at the gate, "not dead, except to me but they are not going to let the children come! "They have turned me down!"
As he joined the Proprietor the sound of hammering mingled with the noise of the blatant brass band and the cries of the ballyhoo spielers for the other Dreamland attractions, which came in through the open windows, and he saw that Stevenson, the mild eyed quiet man who is always on hand to rescue imperiled trainers and keepers when their own carelessness, or unexpected revolt on the part of the animals, leads to a fight, was rapidly nailing boards over the ventilating spaces above the cages.
With his other winnings Chook had over fifteen pounds in his pocket, and he decided to go, although the night was young. As he went to the stairs, the boxer cried out, "No one to leave for five minutes!" following the custom when a big winner left the room, to prevent a swarm of cadgers, lug-biters, and spielers begging a tram fare, a bed, a cup of coffee from the winner.
Bill was mostly a quiet young chap, from Sydney, except when he got drunk which was seldom and then he was a customer, from all round. He was cracked on the subject of spielers. He held that the population of the world was divided into two classes one was spielers and the other was the mugs. He reckoned that he wasn't a mug.
There's a fair crowd, and if it is all money it's a good house. But it doesn't look to me like a money house. The people in the audience appear to be too well acquainted. They act as if they came to a picnic." "Can you blame them?" replied Smith, who had a very low estimate of amateur actors. "I guess I'll ring in the spielers. Time's up." Suiting the action to the word, he pressed the button.
What with the music, the stamp of the dancers, the clink of glasses and the ice in pitchers, the rattle of dice, the slap of cards and currency, the announcements of the dealers, the clap-trap of barkers and monte spielers, the general chatter of voices, one such as I, a newcomer, scarcely knew which way to turn.
It was McIntyre who called a meeting to pray for Fay Mills, and in proposing the meeting McIntyre made the unblushing announcement that he had never met Mills nor heard him speak, nor had he read one of his books. Chapman and McIntyre represent the modern types of Phariseeism spielers and spouters for churchianity, and such are the men who make superstition of so long life.
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