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Five Thousand an Hour

Subtitle How Johnny Gamble Won the Heiress
Categories Fiction, Romance, Pulp
Language English
Word count 53,306
Excerpt

JOHNNY ASKS HIMSELF WHAT IS A MILLION DOLLARS, ANYWAY

XXI IN WHICH CONSTANCE AVAILS HERSELF OF WOMAN'S PRIVILEGE TO CHANGE HER MIND

XXII IN WHICH PAUL GRESHAM PROPOSES A VERY PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT

XXIII IN WHICH THE BRIGHT EYES OF CONSTANCE "RAIN INFLUENCE"

XXIV IN WHICH JOHNNY DEMANDS SPOT CASH AT ONCE

XXV 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.

"Wit