St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-03
How Gamblers Interpret Little Events that
Occur Every Day, as Harbingers
of Good or Evil.
Superstitions That Are Most Common
Among the Members of the Knights
of the Green.
The Imperfect Lacing OF Ones Shoes
Deemed n Sure Sign OF Coming
Misfortune.
A Beggar's Appeal To n Player, with
out Money, Taken as an Indica-
ton OF Good Fortune.

front of cigar store on Third street. One
man carried flashy umbrella. His over
coat, of a Newmarket pattern, was thrown
back. His undercoat was likewise unbut-
toned. Twining i'm and out of his vest but
tonholes was large and long watch-chaln,
evidently curled about his neck. His COM
panion was cripple. One leg appeared to
be paralyzed. His cane, large and strong.
was for use and not for ornamentation. A
large cluster diamond pin sparkled from
the center of the large expanse of shirt
front exposed TO view.
Its funny" remarked the cripple, "but
L knew just as well as could be the morning
before we were raided that some hard luck
was in store for me. l laced up my shoes
and skipped one of the holes that morning.
Its q bad sign. Sure enough that night the
police closed us up. / never like to deal
when any of those bad signs come along, as
there Is sure to be run on the bank"
WE'RE ALL sUPERsTITIoUs,"
remarked his companion. II never knew
a sporting man that wasn't. It's not con-
lined 10 the straight-out gamblers. These
base ball players are as bad as we are. IL
they pass funeral in going TO the grounds,
that's a sure defeat. Babies could
beat them after that. They like to
have small boy tool with the
bats, as they think they can bat
butter. If any of them breaks a mirror in
the dressing room wouldn't bet on 'em for
cent that's bad sign, and if you want to
win anything bet on the other side. be-
lieve that everybody is superstitious only
they won't 'fess up like us fellows. l don't
think anybody likes to look over his
Inff GhAr. II,
dog howl at night They kinder think
OF something that's going TO happen. No
body likes 10 sail on ship after the rats
begin leaving her. 1t looks bad to see the
rats skip over the ropes and on shore
Then this thirteen at table business gets
the most of them. People can't help but
feel little shakey and don't blame en-"
WHAT BREAKS ME UP MOST"
chimed in the cripple, lis to dream Of the
wedding of a man or woman who is dead.
I'm just no good after that It's sure
sign to me that something is going to hap
pen. l had dream Of that kind
once and the very next day this game leg of
mine was paralyZed. / dreamed something
like it and the next night they made run
against my bank and busted me. I've been
dealing for somebody else ever since"
Il don't want nothing worse" continued
bis companion, than 10 have a black cat
run through my room. Something will
happen. But then the hard luck following
that cat business amt marker TO breaking
looking glass. That's a sure run of hard
lnck for seven years. i never broke q
mirror, and don't want TO, but Schimmel
you know him in Chicago, he let one drop
and it went all to pieces. So did he. His
wife run OF and left him; he got busted MP
in business. got run in as a vagrant, and
the seven years amt near up. believe
I'd kill myself.
Are you ticklish about funeral? So
am /. 1 wouldn't pass through funeral
for good deal of money. / don't care il
they have white horses on the hearse,
don't want to pass through. don't think
any good comes Of il, and il faint natural
and what amt natural amt lucky. If
was playing in terrible hard luck and wanted
TO change 1t / might risk going in front of
the last carriage at child's funeral, but I'd
try everything else before tackled that"
FOR DOWNRIGHT GOOD LUCK"
continued the cripple, as he moved himself
nearer a hitching- post against which he
supported himself and traced little figures
with the end of his heavy cane on the dirt
begrimed sidewalk, 'just let a beggar
Il i
just as we'll after that that Pm going 10
make big stake as can be. I'd sooner be
broke and have beggar hit me for money
than to have hundred dollars in my pocket
any day. ! don't believe in giving beg
gar money before you begin TO play.
take it that good luck only comes when YOU
drop onto snap like falling on horse
shoe, and not when you 20 round and look
for somebody 10 start the luck
'Now l like to play with a croSs-eyed
man at the table. That is a sure sign that
Pm going to win. A red-headed man Queers
my luck and when one of them sorrel top
knots is playing don't want to take any
bets. l. sooner stay on the outside and
queer that fellows luck"
"a FORTUNE TELLER
is good enough for me-" remarked the hale
and hearty sporting man, ''when want
tips for good luck. l was going out of ST.
Louis one night and before lett / dropped
down TO fortune teller. She told me
right off that l was going away and adj
vised me not TO think of eros
sing river, as / would meet
with a fearful accident if l did.
Well, give up my trip, The next morning
l read in the papers about a bridge disaster
at ST. Charles, how the bridge went down
with my train on il, and number of passen-
gers were drowned. She give me many
tips on races, and put me ON TO Cleye-
lands election. l back her tips with all
my money, and never went broke but once.
She give me a false pointer then. l went
to her on a rainy Friday. after seeing
funeral. so of course l 'queerred' her luck
and mine. too. She told me TO bet on a
certain horse in a race. and did. / went
to bed hungry that night, as backed that
horse for all was worth. The horse ran
away the first heat, so lost the race and my
money"