Deadwood Dick's Big Deal; or, The Gold Brick of Oregon — page 40: what you’re looking at

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”p 2EADWOOD DICK. He also heard the name, Chet Rossitur, mentioned on every hand, and he concluded that the miners grave had been discovered. No attempt was made to attack him, however, and he reached the Palace in, saisty, where he found many of the crowd of the previous. evening. Gold Brick sat in her accustomed place at the table, and wes playing with Raipht Chester and another man, whose appearance was that of a wealthy gentlemaa from the Hast. He wore a full beard: and a number of diamonds were displayed about his: person. Gold Brick nodded, as she saw St. Cecil, but Ralph Chester scowled, and set his teeth hard together. “Good-evening, Mr. St. Cecil,” Gold Brick said, so pleasantly cs to cause the receiver to wonder at the strik- ing change in her demeanor. “Do you propose to buck the tiger, to-night?” “Possibly, providing the tiger isn’t afraid of my claws,” St. Cecil replied. “Oh! I guess there’s no danger, in your nails. My bank. is in easy circumstances, and it might as. well be decided to-night, whether you are destined to break it, or not!” “If that crowd comes into the game, I go out!” Chester growled, savagely. “You'll do nothing of the sort!” the Eastern gentleman, said. “I agreed to back you, didn’t 1?” “S’pose you did! I don’t know you, and I opine you.ain’t no Vanderbilt!” —— Se ‘ “It matters not who I am, so long as I back our stay- ing in the game!” w23 the tart answer. “I may infer that it will be harder to break the bank,’ to-night, than last,” St. Cecil said, as he took a seat, “es- pecially if the bank has one or more backers.” “The hank has no other backers than myself,” Gold Brick replied. “I am backed by neither Mr. Chester nor the stranger, ncr am I backing them. The full extent of my wealth is ready for business, “and the man who wing, it, breaks my bank, you bet.” “Very well, You will deal with no combination box2” “Certainly not. Please examine it and satisfy your- self. fy Spa pda COmmicloOolkkS.conn ) |