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they got me to put up some money,—just to make it interestin', they said. They let me win a little at first, and then they got me to put up more and more, and then they cheated me and wiped me out!"
"And how much did they get from you?" asked Dick.
"Thy got nearly all my savings—eighty dollars!" answered Dan Murdock, grimly.
