To show the loose bond that binds those murderous villains : no sooner are they captured than each almost breaks his ncok trying to convict the others. It would have been a very small loss if they had robbed and billed Phil Daly ; he belongs to a class who thrive on domestic ruin and social damnation. No one knows how much he is worth — per liaps a million, but every dollar of his ill gotten gains carries with it the marks of blood and sin, that all great Neptune's ocean can never^wash away. In the present case, however, he may be regarded as a pubJio benefactor ; he has thrown the brightest of electrio lights into one of the darkest and most detestable dens of crime and sin. No decent man could afford to do it ; because to him, it would be domestic ruin and social ostraoism. Not so with Phil Daly ; hia boon companions may chaff him as they lay down their chips on the green cloth ; it may cost him now and then a bottle of ohampagne ; but his character won't suffer. Ah, no ; that is beyond the reach of harm ; it will be a good advertisement for his gambling house, and lightning seldom strikes in the same place twioe, it is safe to say that no badger will ever go hunting for unole Phil's guilders again.
