The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-27

He stopped anil looked NJ the jar lntereste lly.
and then enid. IN much my man IN ihs
crowd i2r this" H. was immsra ,t,y taken
match and Kept /, up until they Ind bought sio
or ~ worth Of Iood Of various sorts. They
salm,n S various '% E'in'!s d ii";nl. nrcssrveI
fruit "a bottle Of blncshcrry brandy, some,enn.
n No. an1 o21 sAlraSj 81 SSsi mhis
young clerk carefully took down the goods that
were TrEHtGfd for na rnt them s on the "pp Ia
pocket. took tho names md addresses. and
ssalsc,sd the money from til. unfortunate ones;
Then he went Quietly, back To his desk and
went on figuring at hi1 books. ,,,
IT, there much Of that sort Of thing done
Oh. ~ no W." end iN' Of it," he replied briskly.
Every day gentlemen come III hero and
match ay|y for .hGs ' rmIGh Their ,yss
it, he added vi grin. ,-l-...,. -
IN a wel-known and famous hotol w town.
One On Of them ANNOUNCED that ne had been on
Vine ThrSo o Of Mr friends cams and joined
the two who already stood at tho bar The
man who had struck q winner on wheat, order
i. Then he tossed u ten-dollnr, bin 70 the bnr-
keeper. The barkeeper, handed, him ,somo
The man picked up the silver dollar and dis
pnrhengly tossed 1t bnck
Can t you give me bill ~ he asked.
Sorry, sir. but there is not another bill left
IN the drawer sa the bartender. :" have
Just sent boy out to the of1ico to get some"
careiessiy. Keep II anu match somebody"
Tho barkeeper smiled his thanks. looked
s as the bsy
a t Sss to "a hr this s S.
diyed down in their pockets and brought forth
the Sarkosper - tII likewiss' I'm match yoa
oil. gentlemen" he said. They removed their
winnings into his Jacket. grinned again. and
turned t? another customer. Tho .aacrity
men shows how we'll used to gambling with
coins i the three mon were;
who Jonsls of tho TACT that he has not Maid to
have his boots BACKED but twice in two weeks.
He matches the boy every day whether ho shall
has been having u hard run OF luck it is BY
no means uncommon to see men match who
Tho theatre wSoat tsstns Their luck 70 10 soc
who shall pRy for the seats
:, shortly after the gambling places in Ann and
Barclay streets were closed last summer tho
writer stepped into Park row restaurant for
some luncheon Mt or o'clock in the after
noon. 1t was warm day and tho windows Of
the restaurant were open. At the next table to
the window. and facing the street. sat two men
who had been determined an, and heavy gamblers
card in his hand, and zach had q pencil Their
luncheon was untouched. and the negro waiter
Slb''u Dy anu Wulcutu tIlbIn WIFI luTkB-eyeu
wonder. With short intervals ono Of them
would look out Of the window and announce
monOtoneuSly:
That's five more you owe me. Billy" or
That makes five ] owe YOU"
They were betting on the numbers OF the
Third avenue cars as they came down town.
Each chose u number. it being stipulated that
the numbers should not be over fifty apart and
the next car that came down was n winner OF IS
for tho man whose figures had most closely ap-
proachod the. number. They had been Mt II for
some time. Finally ono OF them said the luck
,s,Ss aatN la h..n., l.,an
tossed half n dollar to the waiter. and got up
and loft his luncheon untasted on the table.
Tho other man had the table cleared away, or
dcred Il bottle Of wine and an elaborate lunch
con- and rartook in moasuieless content.