Tom,
I'll stand it no longer; you and I will separate."
"Hold on, Sarah, do not talk that way."
"Yes, I will talk that way, and I will act. I can make plenty of money.
No need for me to stay here and play wife to a man who only cares for
himself and who hasn't the courage to start in and make a good haul and
give me the comforts I've been accustomed to enjoy; and as you can't do
it I'll start out and win them for myself, and I will not furnish you
money to gamble while I starve here in these rooms without food, fire or
clothing. I tell you I am through."
The man Tom was thoughtful a moment and then said:
"Sarah, all you say is true, but I've had no money."
"And you never will have."
"Yes, I will."
"Never."
"Why do you say so?"
"You haven't the courage; you are a coward."
"Hold, Sarah, I took a big chance this very afternoon to make a big
stake. I showed all the courage, but got the worst of it. I ran up
against a cyclone disguised as a gentle sea breeze, but I am going to
have a big stake, and all you need is just a little patience and you
shall have an elegant home, horses and carriages, and diamonds and
servants."
"Oh, come off, Tom; no more fairy stories for me."
"It's no fairy story, Sarah. I tell you there is no one on earth that I
love as I do you.
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