Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-23
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a strange ssery Of hew . Tounx Girl
wea Q Fortune n o Camfna Table.

SIZE pLavEO TmE aED To WIZ.
A sfrange story Of hsw . Toun4 Girl
wsa . Fortune ~ . CaminG fable.
The Longer OF the Washington
Sunday Hsrald relates tie following
story: There il trite bat true saying,
that truth IL stranger than fiction In
all the range of romance I have never
read Of a more wonderful story than
that shall try 10 tell as IL was told 10
me by one Of the greatest singers the
world has ever known. 'Fonr years
ago. said the lady relating tbs story.
there Was younQ American girl IN 40
italian city vino was studying music.
She eame from a quie; New England
village, and with her mother located IN
place ceisbrated for its masters. 10
undergo complete musical training.
Her master was a thorou ybly con-
scientious itsiisn, whose voice had
broken down inst as he began 10 be
farnsus as a tenor. and so he had ia give
up his life Ions aspirations, and train
Others ~ gather in the golden fortune
that by hrs art he himself hoped 10 win.
the elrl who had been given the sweet
old Puritan name of Faith, studied dill
gently. and Was in her second year
course when an Illness attacked her
mother. The small sum set aside for
Faiths musical studies was well-nigh
spent in the s.other's sickness. What
10 do the daughter did not know. They
were without friends. and the future
was without hope.
One night before retiring the girl
knelt by her bedside aud fervently
prayed to God to help her. She arose
from her prayer comforted, for in her
simple way she believed In God, and
that He always heard the prayers Of
His children, who prayed believing IN
Him. That night she dreamed curl
Gus dream. She saw her dead father
as he had appeared in life. He said to
her, " Believe in God. He will help
you" The next night the dreaIa was
repeated. The third night she dreamed
she was at Monaco that she had gone
iRto the great Kursaal. where they were
playing. She sat down at a table, and
put a sum of money on the red squares
and let il stay until the red bad won
thirteen tines. Her father stood be-
hind her chair as she sat, and when she
finished he put his hands on her head
and gave her bis blessing, aud then she
awoke.
The dream puzzled her. She had
never seen the gambling hall, and yet
the whole place had appeared so wildly
in her dream. When her teacher @ me
that day she told him of her dream
and those that had proceeded it. He
listened attentively. Like all Italians
he was superstitious. He thought of it
all day. When he saw her again he
t,xv krp I<xa I.al oil
in his own mysterious way That night
her father came again and said, Go.
That decided her. She told her mother
that she thought a little recreation
would help her, and said her teacher
and his daughter, who were taking q
little excursion, had asked her to joiR
saem. Might she GO! The mother
thought for a moment and could see no
harm in it toher child. She would only be
away one night, and she had her favor
ite servant to keep her company during
her daughters absence.
The next morning they (the teacher.
his daughter and FAITH took their de-
parture. They looked about the beau
tiful garden of Monaco, as Lively as the
Garden of Eden before the fall. At 8
the three entered the great Kursaal. 1t
was just as the girl had seen it all in
her dream. The place was full of we'll
dressed people, ladies and gentlemen,
and a band was playing beautiful music.
In corner she recognized the table she
had seen in her dreams. With SWELL
ing heart and emotions that cannot be
described she sat down, and the Italian
stood up behind her. During the day
she had determined what to do.
''She drew from her portemounaie
two notes, each for one English poand
and the Italian showed her how to pui
them on a red spot. What if it were all
a superstitious folly? What if she was
simply wasting in wicked gambling
house the little money they had between
them and starvation? She dared moi
think. She must do what her father
had hidden her in her dream. 'Ma'am-
selle has won,' she heard the croupiel
say. Let it stay she replied. What
IL the limitr asked the Italian. we
have no limit the weil-dressed, cold
blOoded man with the suave voice said
| She won again and again. The rec
had come up three times in succession
She had won ZIG, or $50 of our money
Will not the lady take up her money ?
said the crOupier. No. she answered
let 1t alone. l am going to play the
red to win thirteen times He shrugged
his shoulders imperceptibly The game
went on. At tie sixth play her win
nings we're $640. She sat like woman
in trance. When the red had won fol
the eighth time she had $3.50. On
what should she do? Before her there
was a small fortune. Ought she not t.
take it and go?
by this time Il crowd had gathered
Something new was going on. A woman
with u face like the dead had won eight
times in succession on the red. A few
old gamblers began to back the red tc
lose. 1t was impossible that it should
come up again. The game continued
Nothing was heard but the click Of the
ivory and the voice of the cro1pier say
| ing: The red wins again. At thx
tenth play she hao $10,24O. Her excite
/ ment was uncomfortable. Here before
her was more money than she had ever
seen in all her life before. It was hers
Should she take it and 90? NO. she
managed to whisper, i will play il all
lose or win, till have played the red
thirteen timesr
| The red came up again at the eleventh
play. She had sc, 43O. For moment
she hesitated. She would take God's
gift-for it was His, she said-and 90
Something said to her. Play the thir-
teen times She did. At the twelfth
turn she had SIC, 1850. She gasped like
one fainting. Give her air, said one
just behind her. Once more, once
more : she whispered. Thirteen came,
and the red won. She had $Sl. $40,
| There was q soft sigh. Give her air
she has tainted. said the croupier.
The excitement had communicated il
self to the crowd who had gathered and
watched. No more, she managed e
utter. II was over. The croupier gave
her her money in English bills, flOO
each. and calling a carriage, she and
her friend left with An enormous for
tune made in half an hour. At the next
turn the red lost"
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