Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-04-28
WOMAN GAMBLERS
fypes OF Players Who Crowd Around ii
Table, ut Monte Carlo.

tered around her in such confusion
that you wonder how she knows which
ere hers and which her neishbors?
She wears The biggest diamonds in
the room and plays the most reckless
y. unSaunied BY evil eyes or any
other eres- She IS a pcchcss. who
LIST yesr lost l7.oo0 francs in one
night This rear she will lose as
much or = and next year como
sEa!a. s2d keep on coming NJ long as
she has any roouey left or can borrow
Eny OF her friends
Tha; lady n: the table near the cea-
Ter O: the room. az y HON the c-oupiers
! look disspp-ovingly, as II afraid she
will break the bank" must now have
s piece Of the hangman's rope around
her neck. although IL is said that last
yea- she lost 5000; but she Is rich.
and j; does cot matter Us much TO her
IS 10 the CIR! beyond. who risks her
81 scS loses. rad thea with = look sad
70 see upon so young 2 face searches
Tai-ly il her purse for another FIVE
franc p:ece-with which 10 try again.
VIII she learn wisdom from her de-
feat Q! to-day? Not q; all. She bar
tasted the poison which is working
like n-dness in her brain. and IL she
can rot borrow she viii perhaps p7wn
som" o! her icwc!-y or dress and come
zgain tomorrow. hoping 70 60 better
than today. We're she 2 man she
might - last when i~Treirievably
ruined. possibly kill herself But she
I Il . ra---- 81 a. s,..h lz1su - fgE.
more sacred. Down q; the end OF the
table j. Il vo-aan 80 old or blind or
both that she does no: kco. when she
has LOST or WOE. and has 10 bs
| prompted By her friend. who tells her
where - put her money and when TO
take !. up Fiiiaole spectacle Of
~vcl-ahooi. with blearcd eye and
shaking Lands, which scarce c.n hold
the god she IS sguande-iag 50 wan
to.ly.
But 70 ne she IS MT so p!:iahle rs
thLi fair Young English .!-! whom |
watched for = week and By whom I
stood when she made he- first venture
With = Sye-!aAc piece rad lost, But
there were more II her parsr and with
the exclamation: - rausI win" She
pu. them down = AFR another until
she si-ccE Z fortunate number and got
ba-k all she had lost while J could no.
help thinking Iha: /: would hare been
!a- better Tor her II every drop o! tho
ba.! had been against h@r. She wzs
50 pretty and swee; 70 look g.. and az
parent! 50 fresh and innocent that:
fe.t !-res-siioly dram toward her.
sad watched day G:."- day as she BE-
/ IL more aIi more accustomed 70
lie place. a.i. al2s. more accustomed
70 the unhealthy moral atmosphere
she wsS breathing. il seemed 10 lake
the freshness from her face. whica
became flushed and red with excite
ueat, while her eyes lost their shy.
modest looE- Hnd met the eyes o! those
around Ecr unhesitaiingly. How
piled her. for ! knew that no girl could
81: q: Z gambling table. side By aide
and shoulder 10 shoulder with some
OF the worst men and woncn in tku
world. and leave the place a. nv-e -:
she entered.
Beside her vas her mother. with n
face more like a Madonna than a
gambler e: Monte Carlo And there
they were day after day. ard nigh!
alter night losing and winning. win.
Ming md losing. aud when Sunda ,
came there vas no: in church Il more
deTout w~orshipe- than that young eiri
whom for GAYS twelve O'Clock in TIE
morning and eleven O'Clock a. night
had found NJ She gaming table. md,
saddest OF all. ! heard she vas there
again on Sunday afternoon. almost be.
fore the prayer she had said in the
morning had died 0 ho- lips
~ Monte Carlo there ! no Sunday a.
far a. the Casino is concerned. Ihc
concerts. which are free, and the r!ay
60 on Ia usual. The trains CONT
loaded from Nice and Montonc. arG
the tables sre iust NJ crowded will
.r5ious. feyerish, excited people as |
there wert no God and no command,
n"n. 10 keep His Sabbnth holy
Springfield (Siass.) Republican.
4 Rabbit That Whips Dogs.
There is n large white male Ango-r
rabbit thu. hops about the Rambe
House stable yard hat excite. consid-
cradle attention from the fact that ir-
stead OF seeking safety upon the ap.
pcarance OF any strange dog In thc
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