CHAPTER II 

MARSHALL HANEY CHANGES HEART 

It was well for Haney that Bertie did not see him as he sat above his gambling boards, watchful, keen-eyed, grim of visage, for she would have trembled in fear of him. "Haney's" was both saloon and gambling hall. In the front, on the right, ran the long bar with its shining brass and polished mahogany (he prided himself on having the best bar west of Denver), and in the rear, occupying both sides of the room, stood two long rows of faro and roulette outfits, together with card-tables and dice-boards. It was the largest and most prosperous gambling hall in the camps, and always of an evening was crowded with gamesters and those who came as lookers-on. 

On the right side, in a raised seat about midway of the hall, Haney usually sat, a handsome figure, in broad white hat, immaculate linen, and well-cut frock-coat, his face as pale as that of a priest in the glare of the big electric light. On the other side, and directly opposite, Williams kept corresponding "lookout" over the dealers and the crowd. He was a bold man who attempted any shenanigan with Mart Haney, and the games of his halls were reported honest. 

To think of a young and innocent girl married to this remorseless gambler, scarred with the gun and the knife, was a profanation of maidenhood--and yet, as he fell now and then into a dream, he took on a kind of savage beauty which might allure and destroy a woman. Whatever else he was, he was neither commonplace nor mean. The visitors to whom he was pointed out as "a type of our modern Western desperado" invariably acknowledged that he looked the part. His smile was of singular sweetness--all the more alluring because of its rarity--and the warm clasp of his big, soft hand had made him sheriff in San Juan County, and his bravery and his love of fair play were well known and admired among the miners. 
Where was Haney?
Was she scared of him?
Whar was in this place?
Did this place have a saloon in it?
Anything else?
Where was this located?
Was it a nice bar?
What did it look like?
what was in the rear?
anything else?
Was it a small place?
Was it a busy place?
Who would be there?
anyone else?
Who sat in the raised seat?
Was he good looking?
What color was his hat?
And what was his clothes made out of?
What type of coat?
How was his face?
sitting above his gambling boards
sat above his gambling boards
she would have been
she would have trembled in fear
unknown
unknown
it did
"Haney's" was both saloon and gambling hall
and a gambling hall.
 and gambling hall.
west of Denver
 bar west of Denver
it was great
having the best bar
shining brass and polished mahogany
shining brass and polished mahogany
faro and roulette
faro and roulette outfits
card-tables and dice-boards
card-tables and dice-boards
negative
 It was the largest and most prosperous gambling hall
definitely
 was crowded with gamesters 
gamesters
gamesters
onlookers
who came as lookers-on. 
Haney did
 in a raised seat about midway of the hall, Haney 
devastatingly
 a handsome figure
white
broad white hat
spotless linen
immaculate linen,
a well-cut frock-coat
well-cut frock-coat
very pale
 his face as pale