Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-01-12
: CAPRICI0US FORTUNE.
HOW THE TICKLE MISS FLlRTs WITH
THOSE WHO COURT HER.

fOrtunate-Dlg Winnings from Small
stakss-A Fly Tenderfoot who net
5000 on tho BLACK.
"The capriccs of chance or fortune,
whichever you may call It, are singular,
to say the lenst," !" remarkcdn n well known
gambler to a News man, In rccounting his
ups and down at roulette, faro, poker
and various other games. "Not long ago
Imadc nice little winning Mt faro, and
was cashing my checks, when n rather
seedy looking fellow, with gaunt, hun
cry fnce, nsked mo to give him % cents.
/ didn't know him from crow, but
having won out pretty well, tossed
him White check and told hinN to go
and make winning. What do you sup
posc that duck done? He casbel tho
check, took the quarter, strobe over TO
the tub dice gam9, placed IL ON the e,x
rattle md won ei5 the first turn OF the
wheel. "Givo mo tho money" no cx-
claimed, and away no went 10 get the
first square meal he had probably eaten
in n week. Hc might havo made that
same play hundred times again and
lost every bet, but somo people can fall
into the river and they'll come up with
fish In both hands"
A CONSULTATION NECESSARY.
lnht IeiIilIlIb IIlc, btiu uIlOtfNT
knight OF the cloth, "of nm incident that
came under my observation last week at
a gambling house on Sixteenth street.
A fly tenderfoot from tho east, who, IL is
said, had won S25 900 on election, saun-
tered up to tho wheel and asked tho
dealer the limit on the colors.
"'Any amount you want 10 stake
".Ail 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 tho fellow.
"Tho dealer, who had picked tho ball
out Of tho pocket, stayed his hand. He
looked mt the money, sized up tho player
TO see IL no was blufiing and had cable
tied TO 1t, and seeing the fellow meant
business and had big wad left, wilted
and refused TO roll. by this timo fifty
people had gathered around the table,
those on tho outside craning their necks
over tho shoulders Of those In front Of
tho daring stranger, who, with tho ut
most sang froid, drew cigar from his
pocket, asked tho dealer for n match,
carelessly scratched IL ON his pants,
lighted the cigar and looking impatiently
at the dealer, remarked:
600 ahead; win or lose. Give us n
roll and see what my luck is stoday.'
"Thc dealer still refused 10 turn, and
the fellow was about to tako up his
money and leave when tho proprietor
came over, and after little meditation
told the dealer To roll the ball and he
would pay tho bet IL he lost. The littlo
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 ono and then another, dropped
in three In the odd rcd. Tho house had
won the money. The stranger shook the
game, bought 81 900 worth of chips and
tackled faro with Indifferent success.
"Anothcr well known gambler bor-
of faro on Holladay street. Before 1
o'clock he had won S2,d00, broke tho
bank, and would havc won the propric-
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 50, 100"
A CHANGE IN TINE.
"Thc funniest play l ever witnessed
camc up the other night" chipped in n
third party. "a young fellow whose ap-
pearance was suggestive OF u railroad
fireman or brakeman bought $40 worth
Of chips and tackled the wheel. In half
hour ho had lost 500. Ho was consider
ably discouraged, and was about to leave
when no turned to tho dealer and said:
you cant beat me for $5 on the colors.'
He had so cents worth Of chips left from
previous deals, and, throwing IS gold
piece on the red, he straddled the double
md single Os with tho chips in order to
protect himself against the percentage.
Vhn hnlI want sp.tnnin,r ,,I lao
made several circuits when the fellow
switched gold piece to the single o and
transferred the chips TO the red. In ten
seconds tho ball dropped and caught the
single .. llo lost 80 cents in chips and
won Sl75 OIL the IS. IIo exercised n
whole lot Of sense then, for he cashed in
and got away with the money"
However" soliloquized tho sport,
gambling don't pay. In the instances
stated tho parties won by scratch, but
fifty others lost. These rare winnings
remind mo Of tho freaks of fortune In
tho gold mines Of California. Every
body heard of tho Floods, O'Briens,
Mackeys, and n few more fortunates, but
the world never stopped to think of tho
thousands upon thousands who lost.
Most OF the money which supports
the ten or fifteen gambling houses
in Denver Ia won from poor laborers,
who take $40 or Sl5, tho earnings
of n whole week, and try to win a
fortune. Tho amount they draw IL not
enough TO protect them. They simply
play their money against the thousands
of the bank, and they arc bound to lose
in tho end. Occasionally some fellow
makes winning, but, II no stays long
enough, 1t will break him. The only
ones who mako money out of gambling
arc tne proprietors OF tle houses. IL IL
They rustic around for week or month,
earn $40 or $40, as the case may be, and
lose 1t. They might as well march up
and hand it over to tho dealer, for no il
sure TO gobble it in few hours. Den