New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-23
A GAMBLERS GRATITUDE.

It is now some thirty years since Mr.. Evasio
Radici, son of the WE'LL known banker Sir Eyaslo
Radci. of st. JameS's square, went to llOmburs
for the short annual holiday which his father
allowed him from the routine of business. ne
was merely salaricd clerk III his fathers BANK,
and was only accorded precisely the same amount
of freedom that the other clerks enjoyed Hence
hc looked forward to his holiday WIZ great Zes,,
and he therefore rather annoyed 10 INA th"V
on the present occasion. even during ina, sloI.
period of enjoyment, he was not to lie Wh"lN irc
from the cares of business The DAY peloic hV
started his father-who never talked business ouC
of business hOurs-caled him into his private ioon
Evasio' as Won are going 10 IIomburs for your
holiday, You may well supcrintchd the sue oi
property of mine there. which a'h 9Iihs 10
dispose of. Mr.. Watson. my manager. Will give
you full instructions and necessary uocumeh's,
and when YOU have received the money, YOU mao
better pay it straight into M@ssrS rc,suGr" 4
Guelph. our agents at llOmpurg lhat Is an
Now 90 and get your Instructions from MI wat
son STAY a moment, thouSh-hcreS go 10Y
yourself That will find You III niue spare
The Young man. whose face frightened up lit
lie toward the end of the conversation thanked
his father and Tockctcd the 50 notes which the
latter had placed on the table Then ne went.
as requested. TO receive his instructions
from the manager about the sale OF the
Uomburc property. These. not being very intrl-
cate. were soon mastered and Mr.. Evasio started
for the famous German spa. with the consollng
reflection that the business involved by the sale
would not occupy him very long.
Arrived al his destination he made up his
mind TO get the troublesome part of his visit over
as soon as possible; and he pushed forward ne
arrangements for the sale so quickly. that at the
end of the fourth day the property haG been dis
posed of. and the purchasc-money. about ten thou,
sand forms, had been safely paid into the agents
hands.
That same evening ne visited. by way Of amusc-
mcnt. one of the numerous gambling saloons wi'h
which Ilomburg then aboundcd lie dld NOT
enter il with the intention OF playing. pl' as ne
stood looking ON az one oil me 9 3ia
tables. and watching the changing fortunes oil me
gamblers. especially Of one man VINO was whl1in nv
largely an irrcsisth bic impulse came upon nm
TO stake something himself He accordingly
laid down five forms. which he lost then ten
more which he also lost. Next time he a'alh
likewise swept away. lie began 20 crow IN
patient Surely next time hc must win, He
would therefore. stake more snoNr nv ~ sup
so he laid down Eundrei forms fes'c' II
was surely no beginners luck. The hundred
forms vanished al,o! Biting his lip 10 check
any outward expression Of yeXalion. lc r'solncI
his time for winnif- never came. lie conilnuc'i
10 stake wildly and lose each time whom AZ
last. on putting his hand into his purSr 70 draw
out fresh supply Of money. he found II empty.
And il had contained all the cash re had brought
with him Ia iIomburg. Here. then. was pretty
state of things! Not slXpence Iefl ana an
nothing of the hotel bill which lc lad already
incurred and his fare back L. England: Yet.
if the truth must be told. lie was not troubled so
much by this consideration. as By tie f,ct that
while he stood and continued 10 watch tie
gambling he determined inw2rdly how he should
have sta,led. if lie had had money left and al
most every time the color came mp in his
favor. 1t was maddcning, He only
needed triainr sum TO win at least
10000 FORMS and that trfng sum was not
forthcoming Shortly before midnight lie re-
turned 10 his hotel. chatting and respondent, and
when he went 10 bed. il was not 10 sleep lie
could do nothing hut toss rcstlcs,ly from side 10
side and brood over his losses. and the chances
of rougc-ct-noir What pity that he had not
large sum of money with him If only he had
enough 10 weather n few rcvcrses at the outset,
lie was certain $50 he told himself TO WIN huge
fortune. And lc had q considerable sum 10
hand True, il was his fathers money; but
then he would only borrow II, and repay It from
his winnings For that he must win. If he went
on long enough, he had not the smallest doubt.
Besides he was bound 70 raise some cash from
somewhere. if only TO pay his hotel bill And
what better way than to borrow from lis father
Having thus quite made up his mind what
course he would adopt, he went down the next
day 70 the agents and drew ont 5000 forms
Of the purchase-money. 1t would DE foolish
lhc told himself if he were going 10
borrow this money at all, not to borrow enough 70
insure success. -
Wien the evening came. he betooh himself
again 10 the same gambling saloon. flushed ana
eager with the prospect OF winning fortune.
But alas his luck was even more dinbohcal than
IL had been on the previous evening; and inc more
he lost. the more wildly lie sakcd. until. IN less
than an hour. every penny OF the three Thousand
forms had been swept away by the crouDler'
Having now borrowed and lost 80 large part
Of his fathers money. only one course remained
70 him, namely. 10 borrow some more and gamble
with IL. in order 10 make the deficit good BY his
winnings So the next day he drew ont six
thousand forms more from the agents, being
determined that lie would not fail from lack %,
means 10 90 on. But even a long purse can't stand
against determined spell O, nl-inck. backed
bv wild and reckless speculation. In quite short
time the 5000 forms had gone the way Of all the
other money. TO say that the NoIrg Gambler
was frantic scarcely Describes his fran" Of mind.
Could he not raise little more cash somewhere
20 continue with? For surely fortune must turn
Il fI.tfA al H.~I INC LOT -
The agents hut they could not be- obtained al
this hour Of tie night And lie had no friends
from whom he cOGld borrow. suddenly desrI-
ate and unlikely notion occurred 70 HIM lie
would seek out the proprietor of ~" saloon, state
lis case 70 him. and ask him :" advance Tn"
whole or part Of the thousand iioIins a draft
upon Poisdorif ~ Guelph. How Improbable II
was that the proprietor would do ths. for a per
feet stranger scarcely struck him IN us f1li force
lie was frantic 10 obtain the money, and measured
his chance of doing 80 rather by ms wishes IMAM hy
the probabilities Of the case
y" sooner had he formed the plan than he acted
upon il by re- lucsing one Of the WALTERS 10 con-
duct him 10 the proprietor OF the establishment
The waiter al once pointed "u' ]" mi" sh"rl
Ncli-drcssrd man. with dark hair and Il Jewish
cast of face. who Sat near III" door. sm"kin-
cigar and looking about him Win an AR 81 SEEN
inu Indifference Though IN reality j." kept q
,Satchful eye upon all that went on IN The saloon
Evasio approached him. and said IN English
This German was too broken TO be- easily iniclli-
giblc-"Nou are tie proprietor Of tins saloon,
understand -
The other rose and bowed, answering in the
same language:
am sir. Can serve you in any way
"Can You grant me few minutes private con
versation?"
With pleasure, sir. Follow me this way
please
The proprietor ushcrod Evasio into small
apartmcni which led out of the saloon. and
closing the door. requested him 10 be sealed
He himself sat down opposite and waited for the
young man 10 begin.
In confused and nervous sentences Evasio rushed
straight 10 the point.
The fact is" lie said, II have lost al
vour tables all The money that /
hroucht with ne tonight But ! have Il
considerable sun. living r. my credit NJ Posdorn
4 Guclph's and | thought that pcrhaps-that
isl mcan-could you possibly see your way 10
cashing n draft them for me ,?
Tic proprietor raised his eyebrows, and replied