Deadwood Dick's Big Deal; or, The Gold Brick of Oregon — page 71: what you’re looking at

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itneernw. 2 e - DEADWOOD DICK. 3 ! ' . “Never!” PP fifty, then. You surely are not afraid to risk { “lf you lose will you give me the child?” “I will. Dll take you to it to-night, and give you posses- sion of it.’ “How do I know that I can trust you?” “You cen depend on my word. That is good yet, if 5 am broke.” “Well, it’s settled, then.” The doctor posted his wager, and once more the paste- boards were brought into requisition. The game was played very slowly and carefully, both men fully intent upon winning. But it was the same old story. The doctor won and gathered back his stakes without a word. ‘ For a few moments the two men sat eyeing each other, Raymond’s face corpse-like in it’s aspect. “Are you man or are you devil?” he finally demanded, “for there is something infernal about your luck.” “So it may seem to you, but I assure you I am perfectly kuman. When will we start after the child?” _ Raymond glanced out of the window. It was getting dusk outside, and would soon be dark, for there was no moon and it was raining in a drizzling sort of way. “I will be ready in half an hour, and meet you on horse-_ back in front of the hotel,” he’ said, rising and leaving the room. if “Scheming knave, what evil plot have you formed in your mind to werk me harm?” Dick muttered, when he was alone. “Some plan, I'll guarantee, that means me no good is hidden beyond my present vision. Ha! ha! you don’t mean to yield that child so readily and I know it. I'll be on my guard, you can bet.” Taking his money from about his person, he did it up in a neat package and took it down to the hotel office and left it in the proprietor’s care, to be placed in the safe. . If Raymond’s object was robbery, oe oe ee would baffle him. © Had he had the time, Dick would have taken ee to a more secure hiding place of his own; but he had not, ————————— comic XOOKS.COLn *