The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
The Female Gambler.

In the meanwhile Monte Carlo, like
the mosquitoes, Is having high good
time. Night and day the tables are
crowded, beginning briskly ut IL In
the morning and closing YEARLY OH
the stroke of midnight. There are a
good many English here, but they do
not contribute largely to the funds of
the amiable and enterprising admin.
istrati0n. English girls, favored by
an indulgent father or gOOd.natured
brother, put down their 6ve.franc
pieces, and, having lost 1t, go away
smiling. Sometimes the father or
the brother may he discovered seated
ut the tables later In the day, looking
little flushed. and poorer by some
sOvereigns. But Great Britain and
Ireland chiefly contribute spectators
to the melancholy and mOnOtonous
scene. As usual, women are among
the most reckless players. Looking
in at 2 o'clock this afternoon I saw
ut one of the tables u well.dressed
lady Of about 80, with a purse full of
gold before here and bundle of
notes under her elbow. She was
playing furiously. disdaining the mild
excitement of the five-franc piece,
and always stalking gold. She was
winning, and boldly played on with
an apparent composure belied by her
flushed cheeks and flashing eyes. |
saw her again at 10 O'Clock In the
evening. She was playing at another
table, having prObbly tried to retrieve
her luck ut each In succession. The
banknotes were gone. and she had
put away here purse. for il was easy
to hold in her prettily gloved hand
her remaining store Of gold, 1t was
only eight hours since had last seen
her. but in the meantime she had
aged by ut least ten years. She sat
looking fxedly on the table. from
time to time moistening her hot dry
lips with her scarcely less dry tongue.
Her face wore a look of infinite sad
ness. which might have been relieved
by burst of tears. But her eyes
were ~ dry as her lips. and she stared
stonily on, stalking her NepoleOns till
the last was gone. This ac-
complished, she rose with All evident
intent to leave the room, but catch.
ing sight of friend at another table.
she borrowed handful of NapoleOns,
and finding another table, played on
as recklessly as before. In ten
minutes she hac lost all but Il single
gold piece. Leaving the table again
she held this up between her finger
and thumb. and showed it to her
friend with hysterical little laugh.
1t was her last coin, and she evident.
~ devised it for some such matter-of.
fact purpose as paying her hotel bill.
II she had turned her back to the
table and walked straight, ont she
might have kept her purpose; but the
ball was still rolling, and there re-
manned II chance, She threw down
the Napoleon. and the croupier raked
it in amid heap of coin that might
he better or even worse spared
Monaco Correspondence IF Lo"don
News.
Uncle Sam Is rich enough To give |
us all farm" and this happy idea
seems to be generally known in all
lands, which explains how the immi- |
grafton Is so large. The chief of the
bureau of statistics furnishes the fol. |
lowing information in regard to i'm.
into the United States:
There arrived in the customs districts |
of Baltimore, Detroit, Huron. Mime
sofa, New Bedford, New Orleans,
New York, Passamaquoddy, Phila.
delphia. and San Francisco. during |
the month ending Oct. 81. 1880, 3d. |
S08 passengers, of whom 1912 were |
5.905 citizens Of the |
United States returned from abroad,
and 1891 aliens not intending to re.
side in the United States. OF this
total number of immigrants there ar.
rived from England. 6,565; Wales,
ITO; Scotland. 1888; Ireland, sos;
Germany, II 80: Austria, l55; Sweden
3 ,4S5; Norway, l,453; Denmark. $50;
France, ssh: Switzerland, 922; Spain,
70; Holland $50; Belgium, l4l; Italy,
,65l Russia, 1852: Poland 1874: Hun.
gary, 4ls; Finland. IA; Dominion Of
Canada, ll,5l7; China, 474; Austria.
lians,Sl: Mexico, SO; Portugal, SO;
Azores, 70: and from all other coun.
tries 10.