Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-30
APPROPRIATENESS STORY.
The Romance of A Night in A GAM
bling Room.
A Wonderful Run Of Luck in Front OF + q,
70 Bank and the Results Which
Followed II.
Nslc York Times.

heiC FORK ltnsS'
The things that may happen to man
or the things be may dOiwhep.b e isso undei
the influence of liquor as to be on what is
generally known as a tear are go singular
as to be almost beyond belief" 1t was the
old typographer who spoke. He was sitting
with a group of friends and was slipping
from cup of hot bouillon. You know
haven't drank anything for years except
temperance drinks, and l am thoroughly
cured of the desire for liquor, which was
for many years the bane of my existence.
How ever managed to escape from being
killed on same Of my sprees is a mystery
to me. BIT OF sll ths strange experiences
| ever had none, think, equals one l had
in New York when the Grand Duke Alexis
WIS. here in 1871" .
He was a good story teller, was the old
typogrspher, and the party sitting about
him knew it, aud therefore pressed to a re-
cital Of what they knew must be a strange
story. The disciple OF Franklin didn't
sec N to be in hurry 10 tell his yarn, and
he stroked his long gray beard and ruml'
mated Finally, after continued urging,
he said:
Tide tell it only it's so much like AFRO.
nance that fine afraid you wouldn't be-
lieve it Then, thoughttully, Bot, by
Heavens, it's true, every word Of it, though
now nearly Is yesra since it happened, it
seems to me like fiction rather than fact "
BE sippsd his bouiliou in silence, seem ed
los, in thought for an instant, and then
raising himself aud leaning back IN his
chair said:
We'll, boys, here goes; I'll spin you the
yarn.
81 was on a night case lhsn, and used to
live at the old Merchants Hotel on Court
leadt street. went of duty at 4 o'clock
in tia morning, and from that time on used
to 90 down to the hotel and play poker with
the kindred spirits until 9 or 10 o'clock 10
the morning. | did this on the morning
Of Nov -. 1871. This was Monday. The
Grand Duke Alexis had arrived in the hsr
Dor on Sunday. and he was 10 be received
On Monday So We played poker longer
than usual in order to be M in the morn
ing 10 see The procession. Bat there wasn't
any procession 20 see, for it rained IN tor
rents. aud was as djssgreerble day as one
could imagine Ide been drinking oon-
siderably while | had been playing, and
finally went to bed much the worse for liq
uor, couldn't rest, though | slept after
fashion
when got up in the evening felt
very rocky Twas cold, dismal, and the
weather was enough to give man the
blues with the help of the LIQUOR | had in
me. was reckless and decided not to 60
to work had twenty dollar bill aud q
w enty.fve.cent pisce in my pocket.
put on a hssvy overcost and went up to
the corner Of Courtlandt street aud Broad
way add started up town. lpsid 10 cents
for stage fare aud had l5 centa lett best
des the twenty dollar bill, TOR which bad
special use. That WAS just the price OF a
cocktail | wanted that cocktail when |
got no to Bond.street. So got out and
got it. That warmed me up little and |
started to walk uD town Nike Murray
was running a gambling saloon on Eighth
street then. Tdrifted over there with my
twenty dollar bill, and there's where my ex.
perieuce began
1T wasn't az hard 10 getinto gambling
house then as it is now, and had no trou-
Die IN reaching the faro table by head
Was far from level, butin spirit of rock.
lessnesa threw down my twenty,dolsr Dill
and called for stack Of dollar chips
got en-, and | also got the the drink OF
whiskv | called for. | drank frequently
and played with varying luck. Whisky
and selfzsr was ms drink which was serv
ed ct the table where ! sat, Finally | or
dered a hamper, drank it, and that is tAe
last | remember"
Nothing extraordinary in that | shoule
say" remarked one Of the listeners. IL.
was simply an ordinary case Of drunk.
Hold on BIZ, and sse," resumed the
old tvpographer- 1t will be a novel before
| get through" He puffrd vigorously st
kis cigar moment and then resumed
"The next thing | knew was when WOKE
ND aud found myself in a strange room.
It was a little room, and lis furniture Of
such q character Gs to indicate that | YES
in hotel Thers was q hell pull hanging
on the wall near the bed that proved that.
Nv vest was on chair near the he'd |
reached for il, for I was terribly thirsty, and
| wanted to zee if there Was any money
there to bay drink with You can net |
was happy when fonnd Sl.75. So pull
ed the bell A bell boy responded and |
began cstechising him. for wanted, ab.
owe all things, to fad out if my room Was
paid for, and how much money l had to
the good.
What can do for you, Sir" asked the
kid who came up in answer to my ring.
"'Tell me where | am.'
"'You're in the Grand Central Hotel
"'Gooi. What time is it?'
Hslfpsat IN o'clock, Sir
"'All right. Bring NE q whisky cock
tail. He stsrtsd for It. Hold on |
shouted; don't he in such deuce Of hur.
~; make it two
"He made i two and never saw two
cocktails that ed so good in my; life,
Well, | paid the kid aud gave him 10
cents for himself That used up half
dollar That left me dollar and quar-.
ter got up, dressed, and went down
stairs 10 tackle the clerk and see il I'd
paid my bill. There was an awful croEd
in the corridors, out what brought them
there couldutimagiue. Everything that
had happened in the past wss blank.
There seemed but one thing TO be done,
and that TO take drink. took it. then
had bat 10 cents besides nv dollar. Then
I went and brscsd the clerk and found out
nv bill was paid That cheered me up.
So | went and took another drink. But
the crowd IN the hotel bothered me, ard
coulder't make out What it meant. Fius.
liz mustered up courage TO ask what wos
going on.
Why, they're receiving the Grand
Duke Alexis. answered the countrymau l
had tackled. He was sstonished at my
ignorance. and didn't blame him much,
70, then l remembered that the Grand
Dukes fleet had arrived aud thsn that be
was due in the city when | started OF my
little excursion, but the weather had pre-
| r,rtsJ tho ranept;oo vaDF nuf IN the