George Randolph Chester
Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble Won the Heiress
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4057664561220
Table of Contents
WHICH INTRODUCES JOHNNY GAMBLE AND HIS LAST HUNDRED DOLLARS
IN WHICH STRANGERS BECOME OLD FRIENDS
IN WHICH JOHNNY MIXES BUSINESS AND PLEASURE
IN WHICH GRESHAM FINDS JOHNNY'S OLD PARTNER ACCOMMODATING
IN WHICH JOHNNY DISPLAYS TALENT AS A TRUE PROMOTER
IN WHICH CONSTANCE DECIDES ON A FAIR GAME
IN WHICH JOHNNY DREAMS OF A MAGNIFICENT TWENTY-STORY HOTEL
IN WHICH CONSTANCE SHOWS FURTHER INTEREST IN JOHNNY'S AFFAIRS
IN WHICH JOHNNY MEETS A DEFENDER OF THE OLD ARISTOCRACY
IN WHICH JOHNNY IS SINGULARLY THRILLED BY A LITTLE CONVERSATION OVER THE TELEPHONE
IN WHICH JOHNNY EXECUTES SOME EXCEEDINGLY RAPID BUSINESS DEALS
IN WHICH JOHNNY EVEN DOES BUSINESS AT THE BABIES' FUND FAIR
IN WHICH JOHNNY BUYS A PRESENT AND HATCHES A SCHEME
IN WHICH JOHNNY TRIES TO MIX BUSINESS WITH SKAT
IN WHICH WINNIE CHAPERONS THE ENTIRE PARTY TO CONEY ISLAND
IN WHICH JOHNNY PLANS A REHEARSAL BETWEEN OLD FRIENDS
IN WHICH THE STRAW SAILOR HAT OF JOHNNY PLAYS AN EMBARRASSING ROLE
IN WHICH THE ENTIRE WOBBLES FAMILY FOR ONCE GET TOGETHER
IN WHICH THE COLONEL, MESSRS. COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME
IN WHICH JOHNNY ASKS HIMSELF WHAT IS A MILLION DOLLARS, ANYWAY
IN WHICH CONSTANCE AVAILS HERSELF OF WOMAN'S PRIVILEGE TO CHANGE HER MIND
IN WHICH PAUL GRESHAM PROPOSES A VERY PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT
IN WHICH THE BRIGHT EYES OF CONSTANCE "RAIN INFLUENCE"
IN WHICH JOHNNY DEMANDS SPOT CASH AT ONCE
IN WHICH JOHNNY KEEPS ON DOING BUSINESS TILL THE CLOCK STRIKES FOUR
FIVE THOUSAND AN HOUR
CHAPTER I
WHICH INTRODUCES JOHNNY GAMBLE AND HIS LAST HUNDRED DOLLARS
About the time the winner of the Baltimore Handicap flashed under the wire, Johnny Gamble started to tear up a bundle of nice pink tickets on Lady S. Just then Ashley Loring came by swiftly in the direction of the betting shed. Loring stopped and wheeled when he caught sight of him as did most men who knew him.
"Hello, Johnny! I didn't know you had run over. How are you picking them to-day?" he asked.
"With a dream book," answered Gamble, smiling; "but I ate lobster last night."
"I didn't know that you cared for the ponies."
"I don't; and it's mutual. Thought I'd take one more whirl, though, before the Maryland governor also closes the tracks for ever. How are you doing?"
"I'm working on a new system," stated the tall young man with elation. "With this scheme, all you have to do is to bet on the right horse. What did you have in the handicap?"
"The off bay over there," replied Gamble, indicating a team attached to a sprinkling wagon, away on the