"I wish you'd give up playing, Molly." "Oh, I couldn't!" coaxingly.

"We play for very small stakes--as a rule.

But it _is_ amusing, Sara.

And, you know this place is as dull as ditchwater unless one does _something_.

But I won't get into debt again--I really won't." Molly had all the caressing charm of a nice kitten, and now that the pressing matter of her indebtedness to Lester Kent was settled, she relapsed into her usual tranquil, happy-go-lucky self.