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"Spade!" That made eight straight. Even Shari succumbed to the ghastly fascination of it. SPADE THAT MADE EIGHT STRAIGHT EVEN SHERRY SUCCUMBED TO THE GHASTLY FASCINATION OF IT
in his swivel chair and wasn't within four feet of the pasteboards. If there was any hanky-panky, I couldn't see how he planned to work it. "Heart," I said. "Why don't you turn it over, Dr. King?" Wally suggested. "Remove any possible chance of manipulation." It was the two of hearts that Shari turned over. I was a thousand dollars richer. I won the next. And the next. My stomach tightened up. Every thousand dollars drove another nail into my coffin--went that much farther to prove I was a snake. Well, I wasn't! I missed the fourth one. "Cut that out!" Wally snapped at me. I jumped a foot. I _had_ tried to miss it. With a sickening realization of doom, I called the next four right. "Stop it!" Shari screeched, grabbing at the cards. "I'll shuffle!" she announced. She hid the pasteboards from me with her body, and took care, in putting them before me on the desk, that I didn't see the face of the bottom card. Her eyes were violet pools of hate and rage and she spoke to me: "_Now_ try it! K OF THE CARD ON THE DESK WALLEY WAS LEANING BACK IN HIS SWIVEL CHAIR AND WASN'T WITHIN FOUR FEET OF THE PASTEBOARDS IF THERE WAS ANY HANKEY PANKY I COULDN'T SEE HOW HE PLANNED TO WORK IT HART I SAID WHY DON'T YOU TURN IT OVER DOCTOR KING WALLY SUGGESTED REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE CHANCE OF MANIPULATION IT WAS THE TWO OF HEARTS THAT SHERRY TURNED OVER I WAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS RICHER I WON THE NEXT AND THE NEXT MY STOMACH TIGHTENED UP EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS DROVE ANOTHER NAIL INTO MY COFFIN WENT THAT MUCH FARTHER TO PROVE I WAS A SNAKE WELL I WASN'T I MISSED THE FOURTH ONE GOT THAT OUT WALLY SNAPPED AT ME I JUMPED AFOOT I HAD TRIED TO MISS IT WITH A SICKENING REALIZATION OF DOOM I CALLED THE NEXT FOUR RIGHT STOP IT SHERRY SCREECHED GRABBING AT THE CARDS I'LL SHUFFLE SHE ANNOUNCED SHE HID THE PASTEBOARDS FROM ME WITH HER BODY AND TOOK CARE IN PUTTING THEM BEFORE ME ON THE DESK THAT I DIDN'T SEE THE FACE OF THE BOTTOM CARD HER EYES WERE VIOLET POOLS OF HATE AND RAGE AS SHE SPOKE TO ME NOW TRY IT
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