Books on Gambling

Books on Gambling Let them come on; there would be more blood than mine to flow, for no "Yes," agreed Wilson, "I guess maybe he is. But, Deacon, I don't know what their game is; wish I did.",“Awfully hard, Billy. Some of them had ‘grief swimming in their eyes.’”,At this Mr. Rodney moves a shade closer to her.,"You bet. The wind's south. Have you got the worms dug?",Oh, dear! Aunt Grenertsen wasn’t comfortable to deal with—not a bit easy in fact—and never had been.，Howard rode his chestnut saddle-horse “The Kid,” while Nell had “Ladybird.” Moses was not so pious by nature as his mother, and he had flatly refused to have his pinto’s disposition spoiled by giving her such a name as “Hephzibah” his mother’s choice.，He saw no letter—nothing like it. He went on board the Minorca, and seeing the[Pg 155] mate at the main-hatch, asked in an off-hand way if a copy of a letter had been found in the cabin, or any other part of the ship that morning.，"You would have been her henchman,—is that right, Nicholas?—or her varlet," says Dorothy, with conviction, "And you would have had to stain your skin, and go round with a cross-bow, and with your mouth widened from ear to ear to give you the correct look. All æsthetic people have wide mouths, have they not, Nicholas?""Still, in case," she insinuated with a giggle. "I don't think it would be such a bad sort of thing, do you, Norn?"

At this Geoffrey says something under his breath about Paul Rodney that he ought not to say, looking the while at Nicholas with a certain light in his blue eyes that means not only admiration but affection.,"Well, just as you please," he said, raising his eyebrows, "but you are as mysterious as David.",Billy drew himself up and lied like a gentleman. "I guess that's all there is about it," he said with dignity. "Ann's my girl, an' she said I could cut my 'nitials under hers if I wanted to take the chance.","Well, I wasn't exactly born so," explains Mr. Darling, frankly; "Oliver is my name. I rather fancy my own name, do you know; it is uncommon, at all events. One don't hear it called round every corner, and it reminds one of that 'bold bad man' the Protector. But they shouldn't have left out the Cromwell. That would have been a finishing stroke. To hear one's self announced as Oliver Cromwell Darling in a public room would have been as good as a small fortune.",Disturbed by the unexpected appearance of David, and seeing from his expression that he was bent upon making himself disagreeable, Jen hastily interposed to prevent a quarrel between the two young men.,"I shall tell it to you," replied Jen, with some hesitation; "but I am afraid I shall give you pain.",“I’ll take all the blame Mosey.”,“Well, I don’t know whether your uncle is well enough to see you today. I will find out.”,"I can't undertake to answer all that at once, Miss Pat," he said. "Let's go find what Elinor thinks about it.","And the pup-pup-pergola, too," added Patricia mischievously.,What would Trigger Finger do if placed in his position? Billy asked himself. There was only one answer to that. He took a long breath and, picking up a heavy club, swung the door open. The feeble rays of the lantern probed the gloom and something animate, between the cages, stirred and sat up.,Judith twined her arms about her and kissed her fondly..