Deadwood Dick's Big Deal; or, The Gold Brick of Oregon — page 64: what you’re looking at

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56 DEADWOOD DICK. take some of the conceit out of you. See! it is five in the - efternoon. I'll play yeu from now until twelve to-night, for a theuxsand-a side.” P | Dz. Dorking looked surprised. i “Well, I was going to speculate in stocks, but I don’t | Enea but this is as fair a chance. I will take you up at your ofier, Mr. Raymond.” “Fleve you the means to back you through until that ‘time, cir, in case of a reverse of Iuck?” “I believe when gentlemen sit down to play for a cer- tain leneth of time they generally have their cash handy!” wes the retort. “Very well, / While you order a fresh deck of cards, Pll step over to my office, and fortify myself,” Raymond answered. He had the amount received from Goid Brick in his pecket; when he returned to the Palace he had as much more zdded to it, which nae nante the whole of his cash exvital, y Stephen Raymond was a sous vain and corceited man in some things. He believed himself an expert at poker, pa think that in a long fight any man could play ; to play him until he won some of it, fer though at first Ss suspecting him’to be Deadwood Dick, he had now formed P the impression that it was none other than his partner of the Right Bower reines, Jason Farmer, in disguise. The news of the forthcoming contest between the doc- ‘aM ter end the mine-owner spread rapidly, and the Palace was = ' goon crowded, but there was little chance of getting near fa the table. 3 Gold Brick wes on hand, and kept the spectators at a _ respectable distance from the players, in order to prevent . @ny antoyance cr interruption. a - “] propose to raise it to five a side,” the doctor sug E 1 “The idea of so long playing for small stakes is ee tco slow work for me. Five thousand a side, and play until one or the other of us rises from the table, broke.” “Agrecd!” Raymond acquiesced. , then initial came was piayed. ae / = 4 QO - conmiclooOolkSse@Onn }