The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-23


The first thing appetite Bill" did when
he reached Long Branch. after he had
scratched his full naInc-tle busy clerk
d~eciphercd IL rs William Blow-on the
hotel register, was tn saunter out tai one f
the summer houses on the blum and
''think 10 over"
Bill WAS in .sn awful scrapc, and his trip
TO the east from Denver was taken i'm the
hope Of finding better luck. He hadn't
made IA decent n FOR u year. The
little sums he had won he had been COM
PEELED IN hand over tn those who had
staked him befor,. He couldn't get ahead,
and he and his pretty little wife had been
compelled Ia live i'm ~ cheap boarding
house without "a taste of the pleasures of
life. Bill thought the world of his wife.
She WINS thc daughter of n prosperous
proprietor Of IL biR gambling house. The
old man had strongly opposed her union
with Hill, hut had finally yielded to her
entrcaties and given am unwilling consent.
hut when, after hc had started Bill in a
place Of his own, Bill one night took the
bank-roll tn another game and lost il, the
old man called him - ''chump" and n
~''monkey," and told him and his wife To
look out for themselves after that. He
wouldn't help them any more.
Bill hal repcnted of that slip many n
time, hut repentance didn't bring either
the money or the old manfH goSAl will
hack again. So he had seen his little girl
knew she liked and had rallied against his
III luck. She never complained though.
She never even suggested that Bill 40 tn
never thought of that. Neither did Bill.
She was "a gamblers daughter and bill
had been z gamble all his life. b Tonid
and tell her that he had made another
losins: 'Nevcr mind, Billy. Lack will
turn soon."
When he announced his intention Of
trying the east she opposed il. She cried
and didn't want him tai leave her.. Bill
She said she would try her father again,
hut Bill wouldn't let her slo that. He was
sure to make a winning and then he would
send FOR her and she should have "a good
time at the seaside.
..I'I never do anything here he said.
They've ros.ke mo so that I'm scared To-
death whenever ! make a. bet, and mo
man can win "a dollar when he feels that
way"
He said good-by, kissed her a dozen
times. went tai "a patient friend of his,
from whom he borrowed "a couple of hum
dred. and took the train for the east.
house,. '"i II. lad sf''! Just ," SEQ o. s%s S" !" %iaS
with. II he lost that what would he do"
He might know few sports at the Branch,
who would help him out. Anyway he
was tired of asking favors. There was
only one way out of il. He must win Or
81 guess Tim gcttin' To feel like that
.nug who shot himself in the old mans
hours. after he had played himself in." he
~ssh W = III WI NID.
He stretched himself. lighted "a cigar
and inquired the way to one Of the club
When he entered the big namh-
linR-rSDOsn hc WAS interested in it's gor-
Keo,sne-s. He never had seen anything
ike IL b.fort,. Therr was no such u palace
~ ,x T"oaiS t ha.s ~ But presently his
over tai the faro table. Tilcrs. were very |
players i'm tine house. IL was after
noon and all the sports had gone to the
.What system shall 1 play he Thought,
single pat or double out. or color., or
hids and eveIs. 1 guess I'll copper the
,vens and play the odds"
The dealer gave him "a casual glance as
~ sRt down.
~ don't nlind,' sain Bill.
A young fellow who had been Keeping
he wrong and who had been much abused
hercfor d. the other players, reluctantly
handed him thc case box.
Bill handed the dealer Hfty-lollar
tote and asked him for a stack HE
,picce. He divided the stack equally. He
,laced them pa the back Of the layout.
ne f.. y c rs"pp:r tho %" s %".. 81 a Ind - %is : the
nids. Ho" take bets that way. don't you""
ssYes," aid the dealer laconically.
He made a .;turn." II came
and away went Billy's 80. He moved the
buttons i'm the cas.-box. frowned and
way. The turn this time was ~six-queen
and Bill neither lost nor won. But a mo
ment later the live lost and the eight won /
and Bill WAS down To his last 81. He |
looked at u sadly ns he handed IL over. |
He only bet $40 this time. He shuffied the |
other checks in his hand n~crvously. A ten |
showed and then an nee and Bill "whip- |
the turn. He let the $50 parle and
q queen lost and nine won, and Bill
"whip~awed" them again. That gave
him $16O. Things were looking better. He
made the bets S5O each and won several.
When itcamc To the last turn there were
q deuce, u seven and . jack I'm the box:
Bill called IL n deuce-iack for fifty and
coppered the deuce Tor = hundred. IL
came deuce-jack and Bill won 500. He
was about 500 winner at the end Of the
He thought OF the ''little girl"' and
He stuck 10 the system and won
several hundr dollars i'm the early part
Of the next deal. When the first ''case"
showed Bill put 500 ON il.
"You'u have 10 pinch down u lsundred."
said the dealer. 1.-TWO hundreds the
limit TO cases."
He did 80 reluctantly. He was "A high
roller when they came his way, and he
hated to ''pinch."
That deal he won all the red checks out
Of the rack and graduated into blues. AZ
the end of the following deal Bill counted
his stacks over, found that he had $500,
and passed them TO the dealer. The
other players looked at him obviously as
che man In the lookout chair counted out
she money.