The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-10

or sell al your superdous clothing. !
would here say thas kn0wn players
Who have, On The col6est days in
winter. pawned their 0vercoais 81 a
70 be able to get money to play q
number which they did not like To
drip. because, just as surely Ms they
do, it will come out. l have myself
played a 'gig" tor four or Eve months
IN stretch. and l'.ing unable tn play
il at one drawing. it would immediate.
" come out this fpund to be an
other evidence of the fraudulent way
in which the game l. carried on. fur
only the unsold numbers are ever
named except tn en,ice players.
When this money is used up. YOU
Look around at home for all the odds
and ends. such IA old gold. silver.
i'rass. newspapers. or in fact. any.
thin. on which sou ar. likely to ye,
few cents at the junk shop. all oi
which goes ior poiicv. You now find
yourself. at v"ur wits ends to raise
money. aud it occurs To yon that YOU
have not vet borrowed from youu
friends. That which Won would moi
have thought Of d"ing bef"re. nc
matter how great your needs. now
that ven have favori,e gig" To buy,
you 10 NOT hesitate to do. You begir
to borrow at everybody whom YOU csn
psssibly think If. even the p"or apple
vendor from whom you used Ia pur
Chase wheI you were more prosperous,
and all If Ibis money gees with the
rest. Though broke. nevertheless you
walk every day. rain or shine. tive oI
six miles To- Your fsvOri,e policv oflics
leach player has his favorite office. ia
| which he has been the mos, lucky
where there are about q do1en others
who, like yourself. are dead broke,
aud who pass the time in telling storie.
Of how ut such and such a time las'
year luck attended them through
| playing NUMBER which they managed
to pick mp in nil sorts "f mys,eriou.
WAYS. Bur somehow YOU never bca,
player mention what he has lost
Y"n NAV DOW ge: 80 low that Won mai
with .leiigh; any green horn" who
come, in. Him Won begin Ia fawn ou
until you get rim tn play your iies,
or "-ure thing" and he gives Won &
few shiilings I" make "a PLAY for vour.
self. This makes YOU feel happy one,
more until the drawing arrives. fcl
which YOU wait patiently. Agair
Disappointed. YOU leave for homie die
gus,ei and almo-: distracted. AM
thus yon keep on from day to dav
always with the hope that something
will t"rr nP and give Won chanc.. T.
retrieve all your losses with "ne bis
"hi," until you are brought :, ih'
verge Of sc!f-ie>lrnctieH.
] ku"w married men who have l'eei
an,l are PLAYING secretly (who have
families home i"iliny 10 make M
honest living! who. instead 1T IL. kin.
for employment. spend most q ihei
time in !: rni;-y =h"r. waiting for a,
opportunity 10 get ar bDrFrv it'll.
money 'o crafty passion which ha'
carried them heyoni their self c"ntrnl
The shove facts ran he verified b,
about nine-ien'hs "f m" rrlicv-pla-ers
I could ill a volume with all s"r's n
experiences. leading {" misery. suicide
and even murder. have myself nj
most been on ,he verge of selfdes
truction. Hut ! thank God. VII" hnl
revealed myself unto myself. and as j
were, I~-E.rmed miracle in Saving
me-snd / have now beer enabled t.
break off every tia between me ans
this nciarious traffic.
ALMOST A VICTIM"