human
Taking any stock yourself, Johnny?
gpt
Can't afford it,
human
The property's quite worth three and a half million, announced Courtney decisively, watching the face of Morton Washer as that calm player stared at the colonel's chips.
gpt
I'm willing to take a million of the stock.
human
I'll take a million; more if need be, offered Washer.
gpt
I've been wanting in on that for some time. Colonel, what have you got?
human
Five cards,
gpt
You have threes,
human
I'm conducting my business through an agent, laughed Bouncer.
gpt
There it is,
human
You have threes, insisted Washer.
gpt
The reason I'm so particular is that I have threes myself, and I want to know which are the better.
human
There is one clever way to find out, bantered the colonel confidently.
gpt
You have a lot of chips. Why are you so stingy with them?
human
That's the way I got them, countered Washer.
gpt
I'll donate though. I'll do better than that: I'll tap you.
human
Told you the truth! he exulted.
gpt
I said I had threes, and here they are! Three tens and a king and another ten! And he gleefully spread down his cards.
human
I caught the pink one.
gpt
Had mine all the time! triumphed Colonel Bouncer, throwing down his hand and putting both big arms round the pot.
human
Four elevens! And chuckling near to the apoplexy line he scraped the chips home, while Washer inspected his excellent collection of jacks.
gpt
Now brag, you old bluffer!
human
Enjoy yourselves, granted Washer, concealing his intense chagrin with as nonchalant an air as possible.
gpt
I give you my word those chips are only loaned. Go on and laugh! You fellows make a lot of fuss over a cheap little jack-pot. Johnny, must you see us Monday?
human
Can't delay it, replied Johnny, checking his own laughter for the purpose.
gpt
I've paid five hundred thousand of the purchase price. Another million must be paid in one week and the balance in two weeks.
human
That's pretty rapid work,
gpt
The Wobbleses are in a hurry to sail. I've looked into the title. It's clear as a whistle. Can't we arrange a meeting at my office?
human
Bless my heart, Mort Washer, that's the fourth time you've turned my first card and it's always a deuce! complained the colonel.
gpt
If you do it again I shall be compelled to give you an old-time, school-day licking.
human
You can't do it and you never saw the day you could,
gpt
There's one more question I'd like to ask, Johnny interposed on this violent quarrel.
human
Will it be necessary for me to offer any stock outside this group?
gpt
I can't swing but a quarter of a million to save me; possibly only two hundred thousand,
human
If you'd like to carry a little more I'll let you have the money, Colonel,
gpt
Thanks, Mort, returned the colonel gratefully.
human
However, it is not necessary to display the fact to the entire gathering that I now have a pair of those deuces.
gpt
I think we can handle it all among us, Johnny,
human
Well, Polly, it's all over! he exulted.
gpt
Johnny has been in to see his financial backers. He has bought the Wobbles property and he has made his million dollars.
human
If Mr. Courtney hasn't any fireworks he must telephone for some right away, declared Polly in delight, and suddenly her eyes moistened.
gpt
I'm as dippy about Johnny as his own mother!
human
And in just the same way, returned Loring, secretly glad to recognize that fact.
gpt
When you can spare a little time for it, Polly, you might become dippy about me.
human
I am,
gpt
But you don't want to marry me, protested Loring, a trace of pain contracting his brows.
human
I need you, Polly!
gpt
Please don't, Ashley, she begged.
human
It's a for-sure fact that I'm never going to forget poor Billy. Don't let that stop us being pals, though, please!
gpt
Certainly not,
human
Look here, Loring, charged Val Russel, striding over with Mrs. Follison;
gpt
You'll have to do without your Polly for a minute, children, insisted that young woman.
human
She is to be the bearer of glad tidings,