St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-05

STORIES OF LUCK.
Curious Experiences in the
Lives Of Amateur
Gamblers.
One Tells How He Won a
Hundred Dollars Without
Knowing 1t.
Capped by the Story of the
Man Who Won $3.50 With
out Meaning To.
A Gambling House Refused to
Cash Chips That Had Been
Won on Wind.
"a will tell YOU" said
EA "a the colonel, adjusting
SHfH q his spectacleS, 1.-THE
49, a most remarkable ex-
WI a oerience l ever had al
y $;oulette.
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1fAN Half a dozen men
I|IN\A were sitting in well
l\\ known cafe telling
IN \ \ stories about gambling.
WIN 4 n (It is subject that has
\ w 4 N Ia perennial interest for
SwS>S\%Y | al men with touch of
! !. !. !.
BY ~ sporting blood i'll their
N N veins. Every one
Y NJ pricked up his ears
m A when the colonel be-
mn Il gan, says the New
INV York world.
Ia Y sit was years ago.
iM VA was reporter on a
1M M1 newspaper at small
VA Wi salary. Coming out
VII M from lunch in small
g EI1 restaurant in the neigh
~ ~ borhood man whom |
knew hailed me, and, knowing my fond
hess for gambling, asked me If cared
to go round to new place just started. l
told him had only a couple OF dollars
with me, and, as it was then Thursday,
/ needed it to get through the balance
of the week.
"'Never mind lie said, you needn't
play; you can watch me- which l
accordingly did. He bought a stack of
50-cent chips, ami was soon winning.
His success filled me with emulation.
l felt the 81 burning hole i'll my
pocket. Finally | asked the croupier
what was the lowest price of chips.
"'Ten cents he said.
"'Give me g WORTH
HI Luck and Good.
81 played with unvarying i'll fortune,
and in ten minutes my 81 was gone.
Bidding goodbye to my friend, l re-
turned to the office. But the sound of
the roulette wheel kept whiZZing i'll my
ears. l had been drinking just enough
to unsettle my judgment. When my
work was through | clapped on my hat,
ran down to the cashier and asked him
if he wouldn't advance s. on my salary.
After some demur he did so. at once
posted around to the gambling hell. AT
the door met my friend coming out
Lie was jubiant.
"WOn $780, he said. Step in 'ere and
split a bottle with me-
1--WE walked in and had. bottle. By
this time my head was whirling. l took
my seat at the roulette table.
"'Give me So worth of chips | said,
carelessly tossing down the V.
''And with the first play | WOE. | con-
tinued winning. Soon L had large
stack of chips in front of me. Counting
out ten stacks of twenty each L laid
fhnnnhf
would be content. With the balance |
plunged coldly and reckleSSly. But M
luck had changed. | soon lost all but
the stacks l had reserved. Showing
them toward the banker l asked him to
cash them. He handed me bill, which
l thrust hastily into my pocket.
Gone ou,' | said to my friend, "I'y We
got $50. Pll set the dinner
4 Startling Surprise.
1--WE went to an uptown restaurant
with which we were quite familiar.
| When the check was rendered | pulled
the bill out from my pocket for the first
| time. | was thunder struck. There in
The palm of my hand lay a nice, crisp
800 bill. My friend. too, was sur
rised.
~ thought you had only won SIS,
he said.
II explained the situation TO him.
| He was as much mystified as l. But he
was delighted, in any event, to think
| that had done gambling hell.
For myself, l confess l didn't fee
| entirely easy III my conscience. Next
| day L went back to the gambling place
| and said to the man who was turning
| the roulette wheel:
| "'I think you made mistake in cash
| ing my chips Yesterday
''He glanced up, and replied in a
frigId tone:
1--WE can't rectify mistakes once g
| man has got on tile sidewalk
$50, if You didn't give me enough
you won't give me the balance now?'
Certainly not, he replied dryly.
livery we'll said l. ITS poor rule
that doesn't work both ways. l thought
| you had given me too much. Good
morning! and out went"
A murmur of approval went round
the table. 1t was just the sort of story
to make hit With crowd Of gambling
men.
Are you sure" asked one, "that you
didn't buy 50-cent chips instead of 10
cent chips?"
well, thought of that possibllitv,' -
returned the colonel. land 1 own that l
| was not quite myself. mightn'th have
| noticed that they gave me only ten
chips for s., instead of giving me fifty.
| And yet it hardly seems likely, does it?'
Not unless you were very full, " COM
mented another.
And, really, L don't think l was. y
returned the colonel. Jones, the we'll
known all-round sport now spoke up.
As Luck Would Have Ii.
II can cap that story with one quite
| l. 4.
in Boston. was an undergraduate at
Harvard. With fellow student | went
out to do the town. OF course we wound
up at gambling house. My chum took
out neatly folded $40 bill 10 purchase
| chips with. He threw it towards the
roulette man, who was spinning the
wheel, and didn't notice. 1t huttered
down upon the table and landed ex-
actly in the center of the number