The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-10
IIAaaersoH gnteMigeutsr.
THE END THAT CONES.
Two Stories Which Ten OF Tragedies In
- Gambling Hells.
AAan.ta Constitutions.

which enabled him to overiccE tne ooatu,
and his companion sat with the ragged
edge of an old straw hat drawn down
sover his eyes, taking cards from E silver
sbox. 81
is The dozen men were playing faro, and,
save for: the sharp click. Of the ivory
Chips, not sound broke the stiffness Of
& the room. -. s.5 E. ,s.3:s.z
turned from watching the. cards fall
Son the two little piles In front ofths'
dealer to look atthe gamblers.
All the expressions Of human agony
were depicted on those faces. Despair,
hope, anxiety wild ,impatienee to see
the desired card come from Che box, were,
alI plainly written. on, the white, hungry
looking cofphtenances.
Finally my eyes rested on man
younger than his fellows, and evidently
more desperate in his determination to
conquer fate than all the Others.
knew this young mans history. /
had met him when he first came to the
4 town and i had been told that he had
money TO invest, and would probably
become a leading business man. For
weeks : had not seen him, until by acci.
dent { met him there sitting at the gam.
ling table, with the imprint Of q confirm
ed gambler rlainly stamped upon his.
features. E
One by oi the bets he had spread on
the diasren ards Of the clay out" were
! 3 swept ava, intilhia last chip was gone.
Withc; aking his eyes off the board,
his hand echanically sought his pock.
8 et, andh, irew. out q long chamois akin
bag. Still. with his eyes fixed on the,
carda BE allowed the contents of the bag
to fall on the card Immediately In front
him.
There were only two twenty dollar
# gold pieces, but if the queen on which
they Ian, CHANGED to turn up, then there
might be 8 hope Of regainipg what he
had lost.
Slowly the cards fell from the box until
finally the queen appeared. It fell in
The wrong pile, however, and with 9
"a dextrious sweep Of the dealers hand,
the two twenties joined the great majori.
ty in the cash drawer.
Still the young man sat there watch
ing the;cards until the box was empty
and the deal was over. : ..z..i
Then he; rose, and, apparently uncon-,j
scious of what he was doing, he passed
Into the front room, where's sideboard
was kept we'll supplied with Liquors for
the thirsty gamblers. While shufaing
the cards the dealer in the chair said to
the lookout:
ssssst guess he's broke,
couldn't wonder" !" replied he in the
high chair. Hes been losiug every day
for the last: month. I" ~ $; I.8:.
Suddenly tho stiffness Of the room mas.
8 broken. A loud report shook. the walls,
aud . heavy fail madestbe chandeliers
Yiibrate -.s-s.. ,sass5 -
With one accord the gamblers rose;
81 from the table and rushed intothe front
I: room. s.
Stretched on the floor lay the body Of
the young msn who had "gone broke"
IN his temple MAS an ugly hole and he
twas dead.
The suicide caused the gambling house
3 to close its doors for q fewdays. Within
fa few hours, however, the same men who
had witnessed .the young; mans death
were sitting at the other faro tables, and
sSin the all.absorbing passion for play the
example of the morning was forgotten. &.
;s;:E-sssa:s s.sssss9; ss.sss!s9
There is net q; professional gambler ain
:the country, who, if he we're SO disposed,
conld not tell of edies, Of the ruin Of
young: men, and even of the murders
which have been caused simply and pure,
by the gaming table.
an old man who, for many years, was.
8 known to the sporting fraternity Of the
west as Daniels, passed through Atlanta
8 astWesk. Three years ago. by q lucky
eculation, he acquired q comfortable
fortune, and now he is. living. g.at bis eaae,
taking no risks Of any kind.
81 am out Of the business now" he
said, $50 I don't mind telling you frankly
that the player hasn't ghost of a chance
against the dealer in any game. You
B hear sometimes of q big winning made
BY q lucky player, but in the long run
4 the money always finds its way back to
] the bank roll. Ifit wasn't an open and
shut thing there wouldn't be SO many
q gambling houses, and the police wouldn't
be kept on the alert to suppress them"
Old Daniels had dealt faro for forty
years, and be knew whereof he spoke.
4 The glitter and apparent luxury of the
9 gamblers life may seem attractive. But
5the outside public does not know of the
s days Of want and semistarvation, of the
desperate longing for stake with which
Ito tempt fortune once more, or of the
dangers from men made desperate which
! surround the professional gamester.
Only q few months ago q terrible trag.
/ sedy startled one of our southern towns.
a young man arrived in the city with
. large sum Of money belonging to his
widowed neither and young sisters.
It had been given to him to invest, and
with it he intended to secure the comfort
of his family, and then go ont into the
world and conquer fortune for himself.
The first night he wasin the town, he
met q well.dressed, pleasant stranger.
Together they went TO the theater, and
when it WAS over the stranger proposed
visit to the gambling house, Never hav.
sino, heen tennnted he failed tn rea1ize>fhe