The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-12
on TIE ROAD no RUIN
STORIES OF THE TEMPLE or MAN.
NON AT MONTE CARLO. -

some Of Them True. Many raise. but III .
Highly Interesting Rackuin and the &
"weIIinstou Roos sy-ie.n'1 4 talk with
Mr.. Spectator, = Af..n who Izu5Sss.
But who should this be slipping some 7.
iced vermouth 1T tho marble table brit F.
an old friend whom I viii call Mr..
Spectator He lives at Monte Carlo, he T
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 Il cent. IL Is his occupa- +
ton in life to he an observer Of things
and to mark the ways Of man and wum-
an kind. In the summer he viii mark
| them az Aix-les -Bains, at Lausanne OF
ut Trouville lie 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
/ ;poplexy ut the Hotel Carmbole, but
/ poisoned himself with prGssic acid.
| He was a fool. sir. " quoth Mr.. Spec
+ tator why didn t he - 10 the admin
! istratiun? Why didn't lie make his dec
/ laration? They knew well enough that
/ he had lost 200. 900 francs in the course
1 of ten days They would have paid his
travelling and hotel expenses back to
/ Paris. or back to Brazil, for tho matter
/ of that. He was fool, sir!'
Mr.. Spectator went on to explain that
when a cleaned ont player made a cam
did admission Of his imaecunioaity the
administration gave him Il sum Of muli-
ey sufficient To defray his journey by
railway to the place whence he came
and his incidental expenses Ell route.
He mentioned one case III which Il whole
family If five persons were allowed )
louis apiece 10 take them from Monte
Carlo to London, the sole condition at
tached To the largess being that the
recipient should not re-cntcr the Casino
unless lie or shc recouped the adminis-
trutian for their outlay. In the case
which he cited, one of the party, i lady,
who had not gone futher than Nice,
received some weeks aiterward a hand
some remittance from England She
went back blithely to Monty. repaid
the - louis. re-entercd the Casino. and
backing the douze dclnier, not forgetting
zero. N,un $500. You are not To be
lievc, added Mr.. Spectator, "a tithe Of
the sensational stories printed about
ruined gme>ters hanging themselves 10
trees IN the gardens. or blowing ont
their brains in the reading room. The
majority Of these c,lIards are set on foot
by obscure French newspapers which
have not been subvcutiunca ur bribgd In
the administration 70 puff Monte Carlo.
One If the plc.,-.:n1c>t characteristics
6 r.- = IL
time yuu meet him he has Il fresh story
! to tell yuu uEaut an infalliblc system for
winning al roulette, and this time hc rc-
g..lcd me afith Il succiuct narrative IF
WHIT j i..,y call the Wellington hu.t
system. Captain Backum hId played
for many years q large number Of >yS-
c.F'.~. ai.i hy tie time he was five and
forty had played away handsome for
tune A happy Thought occurred 10 him.
He always wore wellington boots His
] capital was just luuiS. This lie
changed into ) franc pieces, and lac new
ct siaked more than one piece at Il time.
and if he won he withdrew his stakes aft
? or the third coup. His winnings lie care
fully placed III a side pocket, and when
: ever he had won four pieces he changed
2 them into u louis and slipped the coin
into one of his boots He played for
seven consecutive hours before his stock
2 capital was exhausted Then hc returned
to Nice, somewhat heavy Of footstep.
and drawing OF his boots, found that he
had Won 100 louis.
This WAS two years ago " continued
Mr.. Spectator, 'and only last week
found Backum al third class hotel al
Nice. He was in a dressing gown and
slippers and looking by no means cheer
: fpl. How about the Wellington boot
: sy>tem:' / asked Utter collapse, IA,
. replied. COMPOUNDED run OF bad Luck
And the boutS:' Iwcut on The boots:
, he replied. i pawncd them yesterday
afternoon. "
e 50 this is = Monty in full swing
+ +" Monty, with its ups and downs, it.
a ceasele>s whirl of gayety and dissipa
t tiun. There is no rest at Monte Carlo
Il When you are tired Of play, there ar,
a dramatic performances, there are con
G ccrtS, there is pigeon shooting, and il
7 the spring and summer there j. PLENTY
+ of yachting. But all these are only sid,
issues. The Grand Trunk line uf Mont,
: Carlo leads to the temple Of mainmon
# 1t Is crowded night and day by peupl,
@ lusting for money which they have no
|, earned, ind it is the road To ruin. -
London Telegraph.
g The BARRIERS Little Joke.
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