The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-15
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 Now just look at it" continued the expert, Morning, noon and night gambler thinks of nothing but how the carts come. My wife or friend talks to me at the table, but find no pleasure iii i;, for am thinking ef double out or single out or colorS. or ends, or some dashed system or other to beat the bank go Ia the theater. it's the same thing l don't see half the perform ance: l sec only the cards in the box and the dealer pulling away at them, Then look at the fool Superstitions gambler has-alwayS looking i,r si.aS or omens, or lucky days, haven tanV of course-uohody has when aSked-~hut just watch em and see how theN glvo themselves away know men that have their lucky clothes, and their lucky days and their lucky numbers. and blank knows what all Say a gam bier thinks il great luck to have a black eat come to him. What kind of a hu>i- ness is man in who iS carried away hV all such notions9 What do you think of man like Jett Hankius having a lucky monSc2 Fact Every body knows l it But that ain the worst ot it-that x only weakness. Men will to most any thing to get money to gamble with They'll borrow and beg and steal l ! know man who had blown in every thing he could raise and scrape His wife earned the money for the family and she had a tough time of IL They lost a child and the witc gave the man money to buy a coffin The child lay dead Ill tho house and the man toak the coffin money and blew 1t in against the bank The man meant all right and thought he might make a winning and probably have all the better unc- ral But he lost \ young fellow over al Fat Sheriy one night went broke Then he went Ia Pat and told him that his mother had gwen him the money to buy a coffin for his father. who had just dled and he wanted II back Fat found out the story was true aud gave the money back But there k iu~t as tough money as that played in which is not given back. You don't know who you afc elho~ins against when you are at the table Hud you don't care Pick pockets, burglars, con men are there. aHi are usually quite welcome. bccaus" they are producers producer ls a man who gets his money some other way than by gambling, and 1t don [ make a hIt of difference how. honest or dishonest
 Square? of course the game is square enough Some gamblers would just as lief be on one side of the table as the other I've been on both sides and prefer the outside There's not n gambler in town but what plays against tine bank over and over again Som" of them roll up stake in that way and then get an interest in a game The bank makes steady profit, sometimes very slow, but sure The constant player gets eaten up finally You can see plenty of brokcn-dowr gambler anywhere if you choose to look for them--men that have had plenty of money once, but are no good any more Gamblers will chip in to bury Il man, but they won't give up a cent Co stalk c him or keep him out of the state < prls- on, Broken-down gamblers exist prin. cpally on suckers hu, that fish docsn' { always bite, and 50 the living ain't very good
 It's curious how many farmers boys get to he gamblers. Farm work is pretty tough and when one hns learned to gamble and see how easy tine money comes he is apt to 70 to playing cards for living could name good many right here who were farmers sons The 1 llankinses were. So were Curt and Sobe Gunn, and there are others not 80 well known They may learn some day that farm work would have paid best in the long run.
 And say it again gambling is the meanest business on top of the earth, and know it for I'm n gambler