The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-20
ON THE R0ADTO RUIN
STORIES or the TEMPLE or MAN.
NON AT MONTE CARLO.

some of Them True. asGny FaIss. bua All
Highly IniersstinE-B Baekum and the
.sweiiInzton boot sySterl--A Talk win
Mr.. Spectator. . ATAn who Knows
But who should this DO slipping some
iced vermouth nc the marble table brit
an old friend whom / viii call Dir.
Spectator. he lives nc Monte Carlo. he
has passed a score Of seasons here. no
has plenty Of money. he gocs TO tho
Casino every day and every evening and
he never plays q cent II Is his occupa-
tion in life 70 be an observer Of things
and to mark the ways of man and wom-
an kind In the summer he viii mark
them nc Aix-les- Bains. at Lausanne OF
at TrUuville. 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
apOplexy 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
istration7 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 10
Paris, OF back TO Brazil, for the matter
Of that he was fool. sir
Mr.. Spectator went on 20 explain that
when a cleaned out player made n can
did admission Of his impecuniosity the
administration gave him n sum Of mon-
ey sufficient TO defray his journey by
-. L
and his incidental expenses en- route.
He mentioned one case in which whole
family Of five persons We're allowed 5
louis apiece to take them from Monte
Carlo to London. the sole .conditiOn at
tached to the largeSs being that The
reci- ut should not re-enter the Casino
unless OF 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 a hand
some remittance from England She
went back blithely 70 Monty" repaid
the IS louis. re-entered the Casino. and
backing the douze dernier, not forgetting
zero. won $500. You are not 10 be-
heTe, p" added Mr.. Spectator. "a tithe u
the sensational stories printed about
ruined gamesters hanging themselves tc
trees IN the gardens. OF blowing cut
their brains in the reading room. The
majority Of these canartls ara set ON foot
by obscure French newspapers which
have not been subvcntiuned ur brited by
the administration To puff Monte Carlo
One Of the pleasantest characteristics
uf my friend Mr.. Spectator is that every
time you meet him lac has y fresh story
60 tell you about an infallihle system fur
winning at roulette. and this time hr re-
giled me with succinct narrative ~
what / may call the Wellington lsuut
system Captain Bgckum had PLAYED
for many years large number of sys-
,ems. and by the time he was five and
forty had played away a handsome for
tune. 4 happy thought occurred 10 him
He always wore Wellington bOUts. Ills
capital was just luuis. This be-
changed into franc pieccs. and hc nev.
er staked more than one piece at a time.
and II he won hs withdrew his stakes aft.
CT the third cuus His winnings he care
fully placed in side pocket. and when.
ever he had wUu four pieces ne changed
them into louis and slipped the cuin
into one Of his boots He PLAYED ful
seven consecutive hours befure his stock
capital was exhausted. Then he retu med
to Nice, sumewha heavy VI 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 Bacsum at third class hotel at
Nice. he was in a dressing gown and
slippers and looking by no means cheer.
fol How about the Wellington boot
system.' l asked. Utter collapse, he
replied 'Confuunded run Of bad luck.
And the boots.' Invent ON. The bootss
he replied. Il pawned them yesterday
afternoon.
80 this is Monty" in full swing
Monty. with its ups and downs. itt
c,aseless whirl u gayety nd dissipa-
tiOn. There Is no rest at Monte Carlo.
When you are tired Of play. there arr
dramatic performances. there are con.
certs, there Is pigeon shooting. and il
the spring and summer there Is plenty
Of yachting. But all these are only side
issues. The Grand Trunk line IL Monte
Carlo leads 70 the temple of mammon.
IL Is crowded night and day by people
lusting for money which they have not
earned. and il is the road To ruin
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