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his mate showed themselves as great experts in 
handling cards as their savage visitor in the handling 
of his revolver; they stuck to cards until, by the 
help of them, they had regained not only their 
watches and money, but also their pipes, and, in 
addition, became the possessors of the watch, money 
and revolver, horse and saddle, of the unfortunate 
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thier. “Poor. fellow, - Mr. Evans remarked’ with 
intense compassion, “he was fairly done, and when 
he told me he had not enough money to get back 
to the nearest town, I lent him a dollar out of his 
own purse!" For some minutes profound silence 
reigned round the table, then Mr. Bernacchi, who 
had heard similar stories in the Australian bush, had 
to remark, “Come, come, Mr, Evans, you do not 
mean to say that you were mean enough to pay him 
