The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-01
ON THE ROAD TO RUIN
STORIES OF THE TEMPLE OF NAM
NON AT MONTE CARLO.

some OF Ihem IEues many EAise' Dot All
Highly Interesting-Ea Eackum aud the
"welIInStOn Boot System"-A Talk with
Mr.. Spectator, Man Who Knows.
But who should this be slipping some
iced vermouth at the marble table but
an old friend whom l will call Mr..
Spectator. He lives at Monte Carlo, he
has passed Il score of seasons here, he
has plenty of money, lie goes to the
Casino every day and every evening and
he never plays cent 1t is his occupa-
ton in life to be an observer of things
and to mark the ways of man and wom-
an kind. In the summer he will mark
them at Aix-les- -Bains, at Lausanne or
ut 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 a fool, sir, quoth Mr.. Spec
tator. why didn he go to the admin
istration? Why didn't he make his dec
laration? They knew well enough that
he had lost 200, 900 francs in the 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. sir -
Mr. Spectator went ON to explain that
when cleaned out player made Il can
did admission of his impecuniO>ity the
administration gave him Il sum of mon
ey sufficient to defray his journey by
railway to the place whence he came
and his incidental expenses en- route.
Ha mentioned one case in which whole
family of five persons We're allowed -
louis apiece TO take them from Nome
Carlo to London. the sole condition at
tache. to the largess being that the
/ recipient should not re-enter the Casino
uu ;-.- he or she TaCounCd the 3dmiuiS-
u..tion fur their l,v. la the ...>c
which he ,.il-I ,nt ~ ti.r pattv. 3 laiv.
viI" hai not -e,rv farther Ihnu \ir,.
rec wed ,,i.c :, cs-Es ;,iietN, .,id :. hand
some remittance from England. She
went back bIithely 10 Monty repaid
the 10 louis. re-entered the Casino, and
backing the tlOuze deTnier, not forgetting
zero. won $500. "YOu are not TO be-
ieve, : added Mr.. Spectator, "a tithe of
the sensational stories printed about
ruined gamesters hanging themselves to
trees i'll the gardens. or blowing ont
their brains in the reading room. " The
majority of these canartls are set on foot
by obscure French newspapers which
have not been sGbvemtiCncd or bribed bv
the administration 70 puff Monte Carlo.
One Of the pleasanteSt characteristics
Of Iny friend AIr. Spectator is that every
time you meet him he has fresh story
To tell You about AN infallible system for
winning at roulette and this time he re-
galed me with a succlnct narrative of
what l may call the Wellington boot
system Captain Baci1um had PLAYED
for many years 4 large number of sys-
TENS, and by the time he was i've and
forty had played away handsome for
tune. A happy thought occurred to him.
He always wore wellington boots His
capital was just ) louis. This lie
changed irto franc pieces, and he new
er staked more than one piece at time,
and if he won he Withdrew his stakes aft
er the third coup. His winnings he care
fully placed in u side pocket, and when
ever he had Won four pieces he changed
them into Il louis and slipped the coin
into one OF his boots. He played for
seven consecutive hours before his stock
capital was exhausted Then he returned
to Nice, somewhat heavy of footstep.
and drawing off his boots, found that he
had won 100 louis
This was two years ago" continued
Mr.. Spectator, and only last week
found Baclium at - third class hotel at
Nice. He was in dressing gown and
slippers and looking by no means cheer
ful. How about the Wellington boot
SYSTEM | asked. Utter collapse, he
replied. COMPOUNDED run of bad luck. >
And the boots:' Iwent ON. The boots?'
he replied. l pawncd them yesterday
afternoon. >
So this is Monty" i'll full swing
Monty" with its ups and downs, it's
ceaseless whirl of gayety and dissipa-
tion. There is no rest at Monte Carlo.
When you are tired of play, there are
dramatic performances, there are CON
eerts, 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 of Monte
Carlo leads to the temple of mammon
1t is crowded night and day by people
lusting for money which they have not
earned, and it is the road TO ruin. -
London Telegraph.