"We'd best begin I.O.U.'s." "Glad you're going to stay," was MacDonald's cordial response.
"I ain't stayed yet.

I've got a thousand in already.

How's it stand now ?" "It'll cost you three thousand for a look in, but nobody will stop you from raising." "Raise--hell.

You must think I got a pat like yourself." Kearns looked at his hand.

"But I'll tell you what I'll do, Mac.
"I've got a hunch, and I'll just see that three thousand." He wrote the sum on a slip of paper, signed his name, and consigned it to the centre of the table.
French Louis became the focus of all eyes.