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Katherine Cecil Thurston. The Gambler
The Gambler
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A NOVEL
By
KATHERINE CECIL THURSTON
Author of "The Circle," "The Masquerader," etc
With Illustrations by JOHN CAMERON
TORONTO. FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY. 1905. Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one. thousand nine hundred and five, by Fleming H. Revell Company, Toronto, Ontario, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture
THE GAMBLER
PART III
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Katherine Cecil Thurston
A Novel
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"Do you hear that, James?" he said. "We of the present generation are altogether too good for the past. A slip of a girl nowadays thinks herself vastly superior to a great-great-grandfather who was the finest horseman and the most open-handed man in Munster. That's the attitude of to-day."
He moved aside, as Burke re-entered the room and laid a decanter of port and two glasses on the shining mahogany table.
