Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-02-23
THE CAPRICE OF CHANCE.
Interesting Instances Which Have
Come Under an Old Gamblers
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Come Under an Old Gamblers
Notice.
1.-The caprice or chance OF fortune,
whichever you may call it,are singular,
to say the least remarked well
known gambler yesterday, in recount
ing his many ups and downs Mt roulette,
faro, poker and various other games TO
a reporter of the Denver Daily News.
s.Not long ago | made nice little win
ming at faro, and was cashing my
checks when rather seedy looking
fellow, with gaunt, hungry face, asked
me to give him % cents i didn't know
him from crow, but having won out
pretty we'll, tossed him white check
and told him to so and make winning.
What do you suppose that duck donee
He cashed the check, took the quarter,
strobe over to the tub dice game, placed
it on the six rattle and won $45 the first
turn of the wheel. Give me the money,
he exclaimed, and away he went to get
the first square meal he he'd eaten in
week. He might have made that same
play hundred times again and lost
every bet, but some people can fall into
the river and they'll come up with fish
in both hands,"
"That reminds me, said another
knight of the cloth, ''of an incident
that came under my observation last
week at a gambling house on Sixteenth
street, A fly tenderfoot from the east,
who, it was said, had won S25, 900 on
election, sauntered up to the wheel and
asked the dealer the limit on the colors.
ANY amount you want to stake"
was the reply.
',All right; there's 5000. said the
sport, putting ten $500 bills on the
black. just flip the ball and see what
she'll do, coolly chirruped the fellow.
1.-The dealer, who had picked the
bill out Of the pocket, stayed his hand.
He looked at the money, sized up the
player to see if he was blufIing ana
had cable tied to it, and seeing the
fellow meant business and had a wad
left, wilted and refused to roll. BY
this time fifty people had gathered
around the table, those on the outside
craning their necks over the shoulders
of those in front of the daring stranger,
who, with the utmost sang froid, drew
q cigar from his pocket, asked the
dealer for q match, carelessly scratched
it on his pants, lighted the cigar. and,
looking impatieutly at the dealer, re-
marked:
$50 ahead; win or loose. Give us
a roll and see what my luck is to-day
The dealer still refused to turn and
the fellow was about to take up his
money and leave when the proprietor
came over and after little meditation
told the dealer to roll the ball and he
would pay the bet if he lost. The lit
tie ivory ball was sent spinning around,
and after making ten or twelve circuits
struck the pockets, skipped over the
metal edges, and finally after bobbing
first into one and then another, dropp-
ed in three in the odd red. The house
had won the money. The stranger
shook the game, bought 81 900 worth
of chips and tackled faro with indiffer-
ent success.
Another well known gambler bor-
rowed 500 of friend and sat in a
game Of faro on Holiday street. Be-
fore o'clock he had won g, 400, broke
the bank, and would have won the
proprietor and dealer had they not
closed up and jumped the game. Two
days later this gambler didn't have a
dollar, but the following night he Dor
rowed $50 and won SO, 100"
".The funniest play | ever witnessed
came up on the other night" Clipped
in third party. "a young fellow,
whose appearance was suggestive OF
railroad fireman or brakeman, bought
$40 worth of chips and tackled the
wheel. In half an hour he had lost
sos. He was considerably discouraged
and was about to leave when he turned
to the dealer and said: You can't beat
A4AC III ~ Oh tlIJ fCOlOIos III udl ~
cents worth of chips left from previous
deals and, throwing So gold piece on
the red, he straddled the double and
single O's with the chips in order to pro-
tect himself against the percentage. The
ball went spinning around and had
made several circuits when the fellow
switched the gold piece to the single o
and transferred the chips to the red.
In ten seconds the ball dropped and
caught the single O. He lost so cents
in chips and won $175,off the S.. He
exercised whole lot of sense then for
he cashed in and got away with the
money"
Harrison to a Little Girl.