The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-16
enDlfR's UPS AND DOWNS.



10y e1ssk deciphsresi IL ~ William
IloW--on the hotel register, wss "a
tounter out 10 one OF the summer
houses on the bluff ard think u
ogss..
Blu was in an awful serspe. and BIS
trip 70 the East from Denver was
taken IN the hoye OF finding better
lick He hadn's nssds decent win
ming for year. The little suns he
ND won be had been compelled to
hAnd over 10 those who had sfakssi
him before. He couldnt get ahead
and he and hts pretty little wife bad
ben compelled 70 live in a cheap
boarding house without taste OF The
pleasures III lie. BIZ thought the
world Of his wife. She v.as The 5augh-
~ Of : prosperous proprietor OF hsg
gambling house The old man had
strongly opposed her union with biii,
but had finally yielded 10 her entrez-
No. and gwen ma unwilling consent.
But when, after he had started Blu IN
, place OF his own, BAL one night took
the hank roll 30 another game and
lost IL. the old man called him q
''chump'' and monkey" and told
him and hts wife to look out for thera-
selves after that. He wouldn't help
them any more.
Bill had refenie,s Of that slip many
. time, bat repentance didn't bring
either the money or the old mans
goodwill back again. So he had seen
his little girl" want for the dresses
md pretty things he knew she liked
and had rallied against his ili-lnck.
6be never complained though. She
never even suggested that Bill so to
work and earn his living. In fact. she
never thought Of that. Neither did
Bill. She was q gamblers daughter
and Bill had been gambler all his
lie. She would say cheerily when
he would come home and tell her that
he had made another losing: Never
mind. Billy. Luck viii turn soon. !"
When he announced his intention Of
trying the East she opposed H. She
cried and didn't want him To leave
her. Bili didn't want 10 10 away
from her either. She said she wosid
try her father again, bat Bill wouldn Z
let her do that. lie vas sure TO make
. winning and then be would send for
her. and she shsuld have u good time
at the seaside.
ssl'ti never do anything here, . he
said. They've rocked me 40 that
Tim sfsa rx.xs 20 .saatt. ~rt..n.a~ .s.ak..
: bet. and no man can yin dollar
when he feels that way
He said good-by, kisses. her dozen
timca, went to a patient friend Of his.
from whom he borrowed couple al
hundred. and took the train for the
East.
Bill thought pretty hard In the sum
mcr house. lie had jnst $3.50 left ~
play with. II he lost that what would
he dot He might know a few sports
IT the Rranch, bat he doubted II he
would meet any one who would help
himsout. Anyway. he was tired 81
asking favors. There was only one
way out Of IL. He must win Or
Bill looked out al the ocean.
II guess 'm yettin 10 feel like that
mug who shot himself in the old
mans house after he bad played him
self m, he said Ia himself. This
won't do.
He stretched himself, lighted a cigar
and inquired the way o. one Of the
club houses. When be entered the
big gambling rooms he was interested
In tts gcrgconsness. lie never had
seen anything Ike II before. There
Was no such palace In woody Colo.
RADIO. But presently his needs came
back 10 him, and he walked over Ia
the faro table. There were very lev
players in the house. Ii was after.
noon and all the sports had gone 10
the races.
"Whst SYSTEM shall play" he
thought. single out or double out. or
colofs. or odds aud ey.ns. | guess | ii
copper the evens and play the odds. .
the dealer gave him casual glance
- be SAT down.
ssked.
IL don't mind, said Rill.
A young fellow who had been keep.
Ing them wrong and who had been
much abused therefor by the other
players. reluctantly handed him the
case-hox.
Bill handed the dealer $50 note ma,
asked him for stack lie was
given twenty red checks AZ a. IA
apiece. lie divided The stack equally
he placesi fhesn ON the back Of the
layout. lie put copper on one of
They copper the evens and play
the odds. You take bets that wav.
don't seuf" asked Bigl.
Yes. said the dealer laeonieally.
lie made turn IL came seven.
ten aud away went Bili's gifsy. lie
moved the battnnz in the case ex
frowned and bought another "s,ack :
and bet II the same way. The tnrn
this time was six queen and B,n
neither lost nor won. Bat a vsatnr,,t
later the FIVE lost and the eight w,,,
and BILL was down Is his last tftv lie
looked at st sadly ~ he handed IA
over, He only bet SO this time. lie
thuffiest the other cheeks in his hand
nervuusly. A ten showed AMI thwu
an ace ard Fiji ''whip<awesin khe
turn. lie let the sSl psrie ana the
queen lost and a nine wuu and R4u
whipsawed them again. That give
him $tte Things weve looking t.ettsr
He made the bets So each ana won
several. When IL came IA he lsss
turn there we're A dnee. a Ssven nnd I.
jack IN the box, ian callsSi /, ansa
jack Tor So and cupysred sAe taer inr
*iW. IL came dace sack and ts:tl am
wv lie Vas about s7'n winner a. the
end OF The deal, tie thought a ire
little girl and smiled. he stuck e.
the system and wen several hundred
dollars IN the early part Of the nex,
deal. When the ufst case showed
Hill pat $50 ON IL.
You II have la psaeh sloNn a hun.
dred, said The dealer. Tao hundred.
the limit IA eases
lie did so reluctantly. lie Was
high roller when they came has waV
and be hatct tn p;neh.
That deal be wen all the resl cheek
eut ~ The rack ard graduated lntt
blues. Al she end 81 the folio ais !
deal HUI eoanted hiss stacks over
fcstni that he hal sSso an4 ssaz<..l
them Ia the dealsr The ether rlsvee,
locked st hsm enviousis a. the ssAn IN
the iookoat char oeuaiesi aaf III,
manss,
Thirty I've hundred said ifs lssssk
ont, ~ be gave the usoney 10 Ia
DEALER
-Thsrsy-slxs huadrv6 said ~,
dealer. A. he gave the hsg waa eo RsH
ssThiFts-sive hanarrsi said nin :,
he lamnse<s the balls tnss ais gSaeAes.
ssHs r,sasesi PRETTY lgeky osssxrxvsl
the dealer - he marked desa - ~
an shs. losing Sssfs az tfts5e .A-e.rss.t
beck Tor the propgseteF 80 sso~i =
when the aee0afss wWFw @ettsesi shAi
night
Bin walked GA alT Sc he lefi "a
nom. 4 nexse hzs~et .aS - i.