The Evils of Betting

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Elsa Norton is engaged to Herbert Darrell, a man of excellent disposition, but with a fatal propensity to gamble. He receives a reliable tip to put all he has on a horse, Alma II, that runs that afternoon. He is tempted to enter Mrs. Norton's home unseen, and to take a roll of bills from her desk thinking that he can repay it after the race. Alma II is beaten, and the theft discovered. Darrell had dropped his pocketbook when entering the house, and confronted with it, he cannot but confess his guilt. Bitter, indeed, for he knows that from henceforth he and Elsa must be strangers.