The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-06-20
ON THE ROAD TO RUIN
STORIES OF TIE TEMPLE OF NAM
NON AT MONTE CARLO.


Highly InterestinG-Da Daekum and the
"WelIngton Root System"-A Talk with
MT. Spectator. "a Man Who Knows.
But who should this be slipping some
iced vermouth mt the marble table but
an old friend whom l Will call Mr.
Spectator. He lives at Monte Carlo, he
has passed a score of seasons here, he
has plenty of money. he goes to the
Casino every day and every evening and
he never plays a cent. 1t is his occupa-
tion 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
at Trouville. be knows everything
about what is going on just now at
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 fool, sir, quoth Mr.. Spec
tator. "Why didn' t he go to the admin
istration2 Why didn't he make his dec
laration? They knew we'll enough that
he had lost 200, 900 francs i'll 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 a can
did admission of his impccuniosity the
administration gave him a sum Of mon
ey sufficient to defray his journey by
railway to the place whence he came
and his incidental expenses en- route.
He mentioned one case in which 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 she recouped the admins
tration for their outlay. In the case
which he cited, one of the party, a 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, Te-entered the Casino, and
backing the duuze dernier, not forgetting
zero, won $500. "You are not 70 be-
heve, added Mr.. Spectator, "a tithe Of
the sensational stories printed about
ruined gamesters hanging themselves To
trees i'll the gardens. or blowing out
their brains i'll the reading room " The
majority Of these canards are set On foot
by obscure French newspapers which
have not been subventioned or bribed by
the administration to puff Monte Carlo.
One of the pleasantest characteristics
of my friend Mr. Spectator is that every
time you meet him he has fresh story
to tell you about an infallible system fuI
winning at roulette, and this time he re-
galed Inc with Il succinct narrative ot
what l may call the Wellington. boot
system. Captain BacLum had played
for many years Il large number of sys-
tens, and by the time he w;ts five 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 ht
changed into frame pieces, and he new
or 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 a side pocket, and when
ever he had won four pieces he changed
them into a louis and slipped the coli
into one of his boots. He played fO
seven consecutive hours before his stocl
capital was exhausted. Then he returned
to Nice, somewhat heavy of foOtstep
and drawing off his boots, found that n
had won 100 louis.
This was two years ago" continue;
Mr.. Spectator, land only last week
found Backum at u third class hotel Il
Nice. He was i'll dressing gown ant
slippers and looking by no means cheer
ful. How about the Wellington boo
system?' / asked. Utter collapse, h
replied 'Confounded run of bad luck
And the boots:' went ON. The boots:
he replied. 1 pawned them yesterda
afternoon.
So this is Monty" i'll full swing
Monty" with its ups and downs, il
ceaseless whirl of gayety and dissipa
tion. There is no rest at Monte Carlo
When You are tired of play, there III
dramatic performances, there are con
certs, there is pigeon shooting, and j
the spring and summer there is plent
of yachting. But all these are only sid
issues The Grand Trunk line of Mont
Carlo leads to the temple of mammor
1t is crowded night and day by peopl
lusting for money which they have nC
earned, and it is the road to ruin. =
London Telegraph.
The BARRIERS Little Joke.
81 see you wear Grand Army bui