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Yet Naseby told me himself that on none of these plays was he venturing a sou marqué of his own money—that it had all been handed over to him, the initial stakes for each big play, that is, by Ralston, the millionaire San Francisco banker, who committed suicide.

Beaten and without a sou marque in his pockets, his trail was likely to be crowded without the assistance of any newspaper publicity.