Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-23
HOW THE PICKLE MISS FLIRTS WITH
 THOSE WHO COURT HER.

fortunate-Bis Winnings from Small
 stakes-A Fly Tenderfoot Who Bet
 $5,oo0 on tho Black.
 "The caprices of chance or fortune, whichever you may call it, are singular, to say the least," remarked a we'll known gambler to a.News man, in recounting his ups and down at roulette, faro, poker and various other games. "Not long ago I made a nice little winning at faro, and was cashing my checks, when rather seedy looking fellow, with gaunt, hun gry face, asked mo to give him % cents. 1 didn't know him from a crow, but having won out pretty we'll, I tossed him a white check and told him to go and make a winning. What do you sup pose that duck done? He cashed the check, took the quarter, strode over to the tub dice game, placed it on the six ratile and won S45 the first turn of the wheel. Give me the money" he ex- claimed, and away he went to get the first square meal he had probably eaten ia 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 a fish in both hands,"
 A CONSULTATION NECESSARY.
 That reminds me-" said another knight of the cloth, '.of an incident that came under my observation last week at gambling house on Sixteenth street. A fly tenderfoot from the east, who, it is said, had won S25, ,000 on election, saun- tered Up to the wheel and asked the dealer the limit on the colors.
 "' Any amount yOu want tO stake , vas the reply.
 "'Al right; there's S5,OOO,' said the sport. putting ten $500 bills on the black Just flip the ball and see what she'll do,' coolly chirruped the fellow.
 The dealer, who had picked the ball out of the pocket, stayed his hand. He looked at the money, sized up the player to sec if he was hluiiing and had cable tied to 1t, and seeing the fellow meant business and had a big 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 tho ut most sang froid, drew a cigar from his pocket, asked the dealer for a match, carelessly scratched it on his pants, lighted the cigar and looking impatientlv at the dealer remarked:
 "'Go ahead: win or lose Give us a roll and sec what my luck is today
 Tho dealer still refused to turn, and tAc fellow was about to take up his money and leave when the proprietor came over. and after d little meditation told the dealer to roll the ball and he woull pay the bet if he lost. The little ivory ball was sent spinning around, and after making ten CT twelve circuits struck the pockets, skipped over the metal edges, and finally, after bobbing first into one and then another. dropped in three i'll the odd red. The house had won tho money. Tho stranger shook the game, bought Sl eco worth of chips and tackled faro with indifferent success.
 Another well known gambler bor- rowed SlG0 of q friend. and sat in a game Of faro on nolladay street. Before 1 o'clock he e'had won $2,400, broke the bank, and would have won the proprie- tor and dealer had they not closed up and jumped the game. Two days later this same gambler didn't have dollar. but the following night he borrowed $50 and won S3,l00."
 A CHANGE IN TIME.
 ''The funniest play I ever witnessed came up the other night" clipped in a third party. "A young fellow whose ap- pearance was suggestive of a railroad fireman or brakeman bought S10 worth of chips and tackled the wheel. In a half hour he had lost S65. He was consider ably discouraged, and was about to leave when he turned to the dealer and said: You can't beat me for $5 on the colors.' He had 30 cents worth of chips left from previous deals, and, throwing q S5 gold piece on the red. he straddled the double and single Os with the chips in order to protect himself against the percentage The ball went spinning around and had made several circuits when the fellow switched gold piece to the single 0 and transferred the chips to the rcd. In ten seconds the ball dropped and caught the single o. He lost 50 cents in chips and won Sl15 off the S5. He exercised q whole lot of sense then, for he cashed in and got away with tho money"
 However" soliloquized tho sport. gambling don't pay. In the instances stated the parties won by a scratch, Gut fifty others lost These rare winnings remind me of the freaks of fortu:.c in the gold mines of California. Every- body heard of the Floods, O'Briens, Nackoys. and a few more fortunates, but the world never stopped to think of the thousands upon thousands who lost. Most of the money which supports the ten or fifteen gambling houses in Denver is won from poor laborers, who take S10 or Sl5, the earnings of Q whole week, and try to win a fortune. The amount they draw is not enough to protect then.s They simply play their money against the thousands of the bank, and they are bound to lose i'll the end. Occasionally some fellow makes winning, but, if he stays long enough, it will break him. The only ones who make money out of gambling are the proprietors of the houses. It is q costly amusement for the players. They rustic around for week or month, earn S15 or S75, as the case may be, and lose it. They might as well march up and hand 1t over to the dealer, for he is sure to gobble it in q few hours. Den yer News.
 Pussy Paws Her Own Hoard.