I'm not going. I shall try once more! MRS. HENRY B. GORDING. So shall I. MRS. WM. H. LANE. And I don't believe the woman is that man's wife after all. If she had been we wouldn't have lost our dollars! IV MME. BORTE. (_Leaning over a man's right shoulder for some gold on the table._) I beg pardon; that is my two louis! MME. LAUTRE. (_Leaning over the man's left shoulder._) But no, madame, it is mine! I put a louis down there! MME. BORTE. No, no! That is where I put mine. Give me my louis! MME. LAUTRE. But you are wrong, madame; it is my louis, and I shall keep it! MME. BORTE. But no, madame! MME. LAUTRE. But yes----! THREE WOMEN BESIDE MME. BORTE. Yes, madame is right. She certainly put a louis down there. THE SAME NUMBER OF WOMEN BESIDE MME. LAUTRE. No, it is the other madame who put the money down there. A MAN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TABLE. Ssss---- UN MONSIEUR. Oh, the women! the women!--always rowing! CROUPIER. Make your plays, gentlemen! MME. LAUTRE AND MME. BORTE. (_Together; each to her own coterie._) You know perfectly it is my louis; isn't it? Oh, never in my life! Never! never! (_The game continues, and so does the discussion._) PRINTED AT THE LAKESIDE PRESS, CHICAGO, FOR THE PUBLISHERS, HERBERT S. STONE & CO. CHICAGO, U.S.A.