a half to two
returned Loring . `` I thought you 'd saved a good deal more than that out of the wreck . '' `` I did ; but my brother was broke , '' replied Gamble carelessly , and stopped in front of a blackboard . The price on Nautchautauk was one and a half to two . `` I do n't want a bet , '' he remarked , shaking his head at the board ; `` I need an accident . I wonder if that goat Angora has horns and a beard ? '' `` People try fifty-to-one shots just before they cut their throats , '' warned Loring .