The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08
TAUGHT BY A LIZARD
How Lord AylssfOrd Broke the Bank
al Monte Carlo.
The Eccentric EnGiishman Won Halt
a Million Francs by Following
the Tips Given Him by a
Chameleon.
From the Chicago Mail.

From the Chicago Mail.
They were talking about ~alligators at
the Union League club the other day. A
gentleman in the party had just returned
from Florida, and had been telling some
rather acrobatic stories about shooting
the saurians from the deck of q river
steamboat. IAN alligator, /" he explained.
lis only n big lizard, anyway. All these
legged and tailed reptiles belong to the
same family, but vary in size and habits.
Why, I've seen lizards an inch long and
~alligators Il feet, yet their anatomy is
about the same"
"Speaking of lizards" said another
gentlemen, ''rcminds me of a story I'm
which one about two and onc-half inches
long played a prominent part. Did any
Of you ever know the late Lord Ayles-
ford? He died in Texas a couple of years
ago, l believe; has q ranch next to mine
down there, and i got very well ac.
quainted with him. doe was n good fell
low-one of Gods own, i'm fact, in enc
osity. cordially, and the general charac-
teristics which GO To make mp n good fell
low He was, however, considerable OF n
sport.
'"Well as ] say. I met Joe in Texas, and
later In the same season went abroad
with him. We stayed In London for n
fortnight and h ran owe To Paris Tor
a week. ! had been there before. but I'd
never seen the Town under the tutelage of
a fellow like Joe. We vent everywhere
to the Varieties, the circus and-othcr
places. Al the end OF n week we had
about enough of Paris for once, and when
Joe proposed n run down To Monte Carlo
I was ready at short notice. ! had never
been in the Riviera. Well, we got to
Monte Carlo and were out seeing the
sights. IL was during our stroll that
Joe picked up this little lizard.
He WASH dirty black when he caught him,
hut changed In a Few moments TO a dull
red. ''Chameleon,,, said doe. Think III
keep him. i laughed, but lac put the lit
tie beast into his pocket, and on the way
hack 10 the hotel stopped into a jewelry
store and had n little gold band fastened
around the lizard and hooked Ia q light
gold chain, which he pinned to his waist
coat ! thought IL n queer fancy, but Joe
said that Cubans had a habit Of carrying
il 10 n Cuban lady at the hotel.
Srhat night Joe and / went 10 the
Casino after the promenade concert and
got places at n rouge-et-noir table. !
didn't bet much, only n few rouleaux OF
flve-franc pieces and lost. doe, however.
won the first small bet he put down, and
then began doubling. He kept winning
and finally began playing higher and
higher till he reached the limit. He
stuffed the winnings NIL into an outside
pocket, and played every turn. Pretty
soon he began to attract attention even In
that absorbed crowd. People left the
other tables and came TO watch his play.
One younger fellow followed his bets and
made n number of winnings and quit.
Another, an old German, ~'coppered' him
and lost his pile. Presently ] nudged Joe
told him 10 quit. No! he was going
tn break the Drank That settled IL. Word
passed around the room that an English