The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-06-21
ON THE ROAD TO RUIN
STORIES OF THE TEMPLE OF NAM
MON AT MONTE CARLO.

Same az Them True, Many False, bus All I
H,rhly Interesting and the 1
swslIlngton Boot Systsm--A Talk With /
MIR. Spectator, m Man Who Knows.
But who should this be slipping some /
iced vermouth at the marble table but /.
ar old friend whom 1 will call Mr..
Spectator. He lives at Monte Carlo, he
has passed a score of seasons here, ne
has plenty of money, he goes to the
Casino every day and every evening and
ha never plays a cent. 1t is his occupa-
ticn 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
nj Trouville. He 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
aDoplexv at the Hotel CarmbOle, but
poisoned himself with prussic acid
''He was a fool, sir" Quoth Mr.. Spec
tator "Why didn't 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 u fool, sir!
Mr.. Spectator went ON to explain that
when a cleaned out player made can
did admission of his impecuniosity 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 were 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, 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-entered the Casino, and
backing the douze dernier, not forgetting
zero, won $500. 'You are not to be-
lieve," added Mr.. Spectator, "a tithe Of
the sensational stories printed about
ruined gamesters hanging themselves tC
trees in 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 characteristic
Of my friend Mr.. Spectator is that ever!
time you meet him he has Il flesh Stor,
to tell you about an infallible system fo
winning at roulette, and this time he re
Raled me with II succinct narrative q
what l may call the Wellington boo
system" Captain Bachum had playe'
for many years large number of syS
TENS, and by the time he was five ant
forty had played away handsome for
tune. A happy thought occurred to him
He always wore Wellington boots. Hi
capital was just . louis. This h
changed into 8 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 side pocket, and when
ever he had won four pieces he change
them into a louis and slipped the col
into one Of his boots. He played fo
seven consecutive hours before his Stoc
capital was exhausted. Then he returne
to Nice, somewhat heavy of footsteI
and drawing off his boots, found that b
had won 100 louis.
This was two years ago" continue
Mr.. Spectator. land only last week
found Backum at q third class hotel {
Nice. He was i'll dressing gown an
slippers aud looking by no means cheel
full. How about the Wellington bo,
system:' l asked. Utter collapse,
replied COMPOUNDED run of bad luck
And the bOots:' Invent ON. The boots
he replied. L pawned item yesterda
afternoon
So this is Monty" III full swing
Monty" with its ups and downs, i
ceaselesS whirl Of gayety and dissip
tion. There is no rest ut Monte Carl
When you are tired Of play, there a
dramatic performances, there are col
certs, there is pigeon shooting. and
the spring and summer there is plent
of yachting But all these are only sic
issues The Grand Trunk line of Mon
Carlo leads to the temple of mammo
It is crowded night and day by peop
lusting for money which they have IL
earned, and it is the road to ruin
London Telegraph.
The BARRIERS Little Joke.
II see you wear Grand Army bu