Money Magic: A Novel
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Garland Hamlin. Money Magic: A Novel
CHAPTER I. THE CLERK OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE
CHAPTER II. MARSHALL HANEY CHANGES HEART
CHAPTER III. BERTHA YIELDS TO TEMPTATION
CHAPTER IV. HANEY MEETS AN AVENGER
CHAPTER V. BERTHA'S UPWARD FLIGHT
CHAPTER VI. THE HANEY PALACE
CHAPTER VII. BERTHA REPULSES AN ENEMY
CHAPTER VIII. BERTHA RECEIVES AN INVITATION
CHAPTER IX. BERTHA MEETS BEN FORDYCE
CHAPTER X. BEN FORDYCE CALLS ON HORSEBACK
CHAPTER XI. BEN BECOMES ADVISER TO MRS. HANEY
CHAPTER XII. ALICE HEATH HAS A VISION
CHAPTER XIII. BERTHA'S YELLOW CART
CHAPTER XIV. THE JOLLY SEND-OFF
CHAPTER XV. MART'S VISIT TO HIS SISTER
CHAPTER XVI. A DINNER AND A PLAY
CHAPTER XVII. BERTHA BECOMES A PATRON OF ART
CHAPTER XVIII. BERTHA'S PORTRAIT IS DISCUSSED
CHAPTER XIX. THE FARTHER EAST
CHAPTER XX. BERTHA MEETS MANHATTAN
CHAPTER XXI. BERTHA MAKES A PROMISE
CHAPTER XXII. THE SERPENT'S COIL
CHAPTER XXIII. BERTHA'S FLIGHT
CHAPTER XXIV. THE HANEYS RETURN TO THE PEAKS
CHAPTER XXV. BERTHA'S DECISION
CHAPTER XXVI. ALICE VISITS HANEY
CHAPTER XXVII. MARSHALL HANEY'S SENTENCE
CHAPTER XXVIII. VIRTUE TRIUMPHS
CHAPTER XXIX. MARSHALL HANEY'S LAST TRAIL
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It was well for Haney that Bertie did not see him as he sat above his gambling boards, watchful, keen-eyed, grim of visage, for she would have trembled in fear of him. "Haney's" was both saloon and gambling hall. In the front, on the right, ran the long bar with its shining brass and polished mahogany (he prided himself on having the best bar west of Denver), and in the rear, occupying both sides of the room, stood two long rows of faro and roulette outfits, together with card-tables and dice-boards. It was the largest and most prosperous gambling hall in the camps, and always of an evening was crowded with gamesters and those who came as lookers-on.
On the right side, in a raised seat about midway of the hall, Haney usually sat, a handsome figure, in broad white hat, immaculate linen, and well-cut frock-coat, his face as pale as that of a priest in the glare of the big electric light. On the other side, and directly opposite, Williams kept corresponding "lookout" over the dealers and the crowd. He was a bold man who attempted any shenanigan with Mart Haney, and the games of his halls were reported honest.
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"Yes, if mother is no worse."
Haney had the smartest "rig" in town waiting for her as she came out, but as he looked at her white dress and pretty hat of flowers and tulle he apologized for its shortcomings – "'Tis lined with cream-colored satin it should be."
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