The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-12

type Of . gambler. for he besssves that
luck can be ~syst.mixed and reduced IN
certain rules I; !. an old axiom among
professionals tia: when n man one.
gets this idea firmly ground in h> bead.
he viii die = paup.-r- He diacr- VERY
much from another man Vita ihis
one IL i tragic. H- Is 81 a hiShiy r
Gus temperament. = painter by prJfes-
SION, and III. head O. q family o. coz
siderable proportion. II .~erc no,
for his play. they might all 1--we in con-
fort. If 40; IN luxury. but hi. gambling
instincts keep him forever IN debt
saw him come into = gzmblng-hou~c
three year. ago. with . ori,p hundred
dollar eill. which be har jus; goi for
painting n portrait Il DID j, N thrc~
SUNDAYS" ne said: my wife thought
] was out walking. and the money Won
,ue i all ms own" tie M. in such )
hurry to get TO the faro table iha; h.
could scarcely keep from trembling
Without q moment hesitation h. tool
the most desperate 81 chances, plankrl
down hi. whole fortune on l single
card. and called the turn on the qucco
This was a high play, and the COMPANY
di.rcgarird their own bets. aud glances
toward the owner Of the one hundred
dollar bill. He won. The dealer paid
him . great deal 81 money in small
bills He swep; the pile into hi, hat
j; nearly filled it-jammed the ha; on
his head. and rushed violently out OF
the room. No more fragrant disregard
Of the rules of ~.;ique;i- among gam
blers could be- exhibited. 4 man ~bo
makes Il big winning from \ house
j, expected Ia play q li;tlc Of i; cars-
le,sly before hr leaves. or AZ beast L. .e'
up the wine and cigar, for everybody
in the and toss a few dollars To
the walters. To rush AVA a. though
he simply wanted - get the money out
Of the house, and not give the house
any chance 10 win again. stamps a
player - knowing nothing Of the rul--
that govern the Of polite
gamblers. So, when the painter
dashed out there were one or two sa;ir-
zeal ordinations. Within an hour the
PLAYER was back there. lost evcry thing
b" had won. the one hundred dollar
bill, besides, and had given hi. check
for three hundred and sixty dollars.
He said aftcrward: | shall never in NV
life forget the struggle ! had a. | hur-
ricd down Fifth avenue with tina; mon
cy in nay hat. | had made upmy mind
on the spur Of the moment. ~ ] got
IA of the clubhouse, To rush home
with il. throw it in my wifc's lap and
tell her To keep IL from me. j got O.
my door->teps. and ! couldn't get up
to the door 10 save my life. wa>drip-
ping wet from eNertion and ANXIETY.
and | walked around the block with
forced GOODNESS. hoping to come back
again more composed. In that tour
around the block every story Of great
winnings by gamblers tina; | had eve
heard flashed through my mind. The
wcll-worn tale of how Jack liaverly
went into a Buffalo faro bank with a
two-dollar bill and came out with four
teen thousand dollars in cash. went
ringing through my mind. The more
| thought Of il the faster | walked. and
l didn I come 10 my senses until ! had
jumped hurriedly ahead of Il team of
horses that had almost run me down.
That brought me To my senses. and
where do You think ! was? Fourteen
blocks from home. and at the very
door of the gambling-housc in which !
had won the money. knew just NJ
well that il was no use for me To try
and get away a. YOU know that il j.
impossible for You to defy the law Of
craviia;ion. ~. J. Cor. Boston Her
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