The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-26

II had a curious experience when first
struck seattle said a weli-ynown gambler
10 a Seattle CNyash) Press Times reporter s
he stood IN front Of the Delcho saloon on
Nesler avenue, near south second street
That was one time when / WASH very
glad to meet a friend and when HIS hello 70
me probably cost me several hundred dollars
OF q good bankers money
u had been playing pretty lucky down in
Denver and up in the Cripple Creek country,
and came upto the sound by way OF Port
land. DON know why came, but just came.
didnt find many Of the boys whom [ knew,
but soon got acquainted, and was moving
around having a good time, but not playing
any. had a good deal Of money, and was
enjoying few days Of leisure. One evening
! sat down IN front of faro layout. and was
keeping cases myself. 1 didn't know the
dealer from Adams orphan and didn't pay
much attention to the game. l was simply
chipping along waiting for cases, keeping
about even and seldom making more than one
bet at the start of u deal
After while my attention was called to
one player. In fact. about all Of them had
dropped out but US two. and as 1 was noticing
my own play only enough to see that bets
were properly paid. had TO notice him. he
seemed to have plenty of money, and was
dropping good deal OF il 10y placing 1t on the
high card.
Now. there are a good many things about
faro box that every one is not on to, but
with a fellow who makes his bread and but
ter on the green cloth. as have for years, II s
an old acquaintance. 1 own a little one that
/ got from Clifford down in San Diego year
ago, and 1 practice with it enthusiastically
up in my room when ! haven anything else
TO do and nothing particular TO think about.
When noticed the fellow lose his money
] turned my attention to the dealer he
man with the money must have been greenor
than the cloth in front of him, for he didn
tumble to the dealer, who was working very
raw. He was putting up more than half the
deck for the high card to lose. He didn't pay
a bit of attention to me. and so did to him.
| have "A OrpttV good memory bpc1uSe need
1t in my business. It was no trouble for me
to watch him shuttle and remember eight or
ten turns from the top, and OF course l could
catch the last turn He was putting up for
the other fellow. and thought was just play
ing lucky for didn't play many cards open
but had my chips leading over from some out
of-the-way card to the card | knew was going
to win, and was, of course apparently as
much surprised as the dealer when IL was
seen that my chips led right
THE dealer was busy and was accomplish
ing what he was striving for l was busy too
and equally successful. The result was that
in two or three deals the moneyed gentleman
had dropped close on to $1,000, while l was
fnlly that much to the good, and the dealer
was apparently not noticing that this hard
work was accomplishing very little toward
increasing the bank roll.
About that time Riclxebaugh of Los Ange-
les walked into the room, and stopping near
me, in surprise said Hello Lem. what are
you doing in this country? Thought you'd
gone into mines in Colorado and quit faro.
looked up, and was of course surprised to
see him, but / knew the little game in which
was not taking much interest was up
THE dealer looked at me moment and
said: Say, Rick do you know this gentle
man? He's been playing mighty lucky
"Rickebaugh glanced at the great stack of
chips in front of me and sarcastically re-
marked: Lucky, HI
The dealer looked sold, and at the end of
that deal quietly turned down the box and
cashed the chips
"Of course didn't have the heart TO call
his last turn, though knew it from the time
the cards were hoXed.n