Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-19
"THAT FELLOW Is A YANK.n
Story OF Three Card Monte Game on
Road Out From London.

From the London Edition of the Herald.
Not long ago q tall. slimly bulit. fsir-com-
plexioned, brown-haired young man entered a
frst-class carriage on the London and South
western railway at Waterloo station. He stuck
his umbrella in the rack, opened his favorite
paper and began to fill himself with informa-
ton. He looked up as the door Was opened by
a modest-looking gentleman, who murmured
BEG pardon" as be passed TO the end OF the
carriage aud ensconced himself in a seat near
the window. The door opened again. The
newcomer looked like a country curate. he
sat himself down opposite the understanding
gentleman and looked out OF the win
dow as if he were greatly interested in the
advertisements which met his eye The door
opened again. The newcomer looked like a
well-to-do farmer. He sat down alongside the
understanding gentleman. The train started.
The understanding gentleman suggested that
be had at various periods OF ms life and under
a large variety of circumstances observed worse
weather. As he made this observation he
looked at the country curate. The latter, in
hesitatlng way, agreed that there must have
been at various periods of England's history
worse weather than he saw in his vicinity az
that particular time. The well-to-do farmer
Joined in the conversation with growl. IL
might be fine weather for people who had
nothing 10 do, but ii was death TO the crops.
4Ao iuONCsb-AOOhAh6 btudehah eStmtu
prised TO hear this and assured his audience
that he perfectly willing 10 be soaked
through and through if the discomfort attached
to such an experience would be Of any value to
the rural population
The conversation then became general, but
at the end of ten minutes tagged. Then the
understanding gentleman drew from a pocket
a pack of cards and amused himself by tossing
three Of them about IN an apparently aimless
way, talking to himself as he did so. The we'll
to-do farmer stood this sort of thing for q few
minutes and then asked what the game was
The understanding gentleman said it was .
little invention Of his own. The point was 20
guess the position of q certain one of the three
cards-the queen, for instance. The well-to-
do farmer, after noticing that il was possible
to see the faces of the cards while they were
being manipulated, said he could place the
queen Tor "quld." His offer was at once 40
copied The weil-to-do farmer won, apparently
much to the chsgrin Of the modest-lookinE
gentleman. The latter lost three sovereigns in
quick succession, and the ease with which the
weii-to-do farmer pocketed the same excited
tne curate, who finally ventared 10 wager .
sovereign that he could place the queen also.
he did 30 twice and became quite hilarious -
ne fingered his easily acquired gains
All thus time the tall, slim young man had
been reading his paper. He hadn't once looked
.. sns game. Finally the weil-se-de farmer
nudged him and whispered that there was
chance te make few sovereigns. The young
man paid no attention 20 the advice. Then the
curate suggested that il seemed hike Tying In
the lace Of Providence not 10 accept such
chance. Still the young man proved obdnrass.
The understanding gentleman then came -
the 'front.' He had lost i've pounds. he sid
but still had confidence in his invention He
was willing 10 wager any reasonable amouns
that the tall, slim young man could not placs
the queen. When the young man PAID no a.
tenton the understanding gentleman became
indignant and was supported BY the veu-eo-oe
farmer and the cursts. The train stopped ~ Put
ney. The tall, slim young man rose. and open
ing the door Of the carnage. said: This 10 my
station. I was weaned on three card monte
several years ago." The trio who remained IN
modesf- Looking gentleman broke the silencs
With the remark, THAT fellow 10 lsnk, and
probabiy chucks the cards himself"