The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-25
ON THE ROAD TO RUIN
STORIES or THE TEMPLE OF MAN
NON At MONTE csaLo.

NON At MONTE CARLO.
some OF Them True. Many false. bua Al
Highly InterestIns naekum and the
"welIInEton loot sy.tstn"-A Talk with
Mr. Spectator. n Man who Knows.
Rut who should this be slipping some
iced vermOuth mt the murblc table bi {
an old friend whom / will call Mr..
Spectator. he lives at Monte Carlo. ho
has passed score of seasons here. he
has plenty OF money. he gOcs to the
Casino every day and every evening and
he never plays cent. II Is his occupa-
ton in life 10 be an observer of things
and to mark the ways Of man and wuIn-
an kind. In the summer he will mark
them at Aix-les- -Bains, at Lausanne or
at Trouville. He knows everything
about what is going on just now ut
Monty" what Russian princess
pawned her diamonds last week and
what Cuban sugar planter did not die Of
apOplexy at the Hotel Carmbole. but
poisoned himself with prussic acid
HE was n fool. sir. quoth Mr.. Spcc.
tator. why didn't hc 90 to the admin
istration? Why didn't he make his dec.
laration? They knew well enough that
he had lost 200. 900 francs in tho course
Of ten days. They would have paid his
travelling and hotel expenses back to
Paris. or back to Brazil. for the matter
of that He was fool, siri'
Mr.. Spectator went ON to explain that
when cleaned out player made can
did admission Of his impecuniuSity the
administration gave him a sum. OF mun-
ey sufficient to defray his journey by
railway To the place whence he came
and his incidental expenses en- route
be mentioned one case in which a whole
family Of five persons We're allowed 10
louis apiece to take them from Monte
Carlo TO London, the sole condition At
tached TO the largeSs being that the
recipient should not re-enter the Casino
unless he or sla -ecouped the admins
tration for their outlay. In the case
which he cited. one Of the party. lady,
who had not gone farther than Nice,
received some weeks afterward hand
some remittance from England. She
went back blithely to Monty" repaid
the 10 louis, re-eutered the Casino. and
backing the douze dernier. not forgetting
zero. won $500 You are not 10 be-
heve, added Mr.. Spectator. "a tithe Of
the sensational stories printed about
ruined gamesters hanging themselves 70
trees in the gardens. or blowing cut
their brains in the reading room. +" The
majority OF these c.tnards are set ON foot
by obscure French newspapers which
have not been Subvcntioned or bribed bv
the administration TO puff Monte Carlo.
One uf the pleasantest characteristics
Of my friend Mr.. Spectator il that every
time You meet him he has fresh story
to tell you about an infallihle system FOR
winning at roulette. ard this time he re-
glled me with succinct narrative ii
what l may call the Wellington boat
system. " Captain Backum had pllv,l
for many years a large number Of sys-
tenis, and by the time he WA five and
forty had played away n handsome for.
tune. A happy thUaght occurred To linn
He always wore wellington boots. His
capital was Just > louis This lie
changed into franc pieccs, and he nev.
er staked more than one piece ut a time.
and II lac won lac Withdrew his stakes aft. I
er the third coup. His winnings he care
fully placed in n side pocket. and when
ever he had won four pieces he changed
them into a louis and slipped the coin
into ono uf his boots. He played for
seven consecutive hours before his stock
capital was exhausted. Then he returned !
70 Nice, somewhat heavy of fO0tstcp.
and drawing OF his boots. found that he I
had Won 100 louis
This was two years ago. " continued I.
Mr.. Spectator. ''And only last week ] I.
found Backum at n third class hotel NJ ]
Nice. He was in dressing gown and /
slippers and looking by no means cheer
fol How about the Wellington boot 1
SYSTEM l asked. Utter collapse. H. /
replied COMPOUNDED run Of bad luck. /
And the bOOts:' Invent ON. The boutSs /
he replied. 1 pawncd them yesterday |
afternoon.
so this is Monty" in full swing
Monty, with its ups and downs. its 1
whirl Of gayety and dissipa.
tiun. There ~ no rest at Monte Carlo. 4
When you are tired II play, there are
dramatic performances. there are Gun.
certs. there Is pigeon shooting. and IN
the spring and summer there is plenty
Of yachting. But all these are only side
issues. The Grand Trunk line II Moclte
Carlo leads 90 the temple Of mainmun.
Ii Is crowded night and day by people
lusting for money which they have not
earned, and II Is the road To ruin