The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-04-27
ON THE ROAD TO RUIN
STORIES or THE TEMPLE or NAM
NON At MONTE CARLO.

.syveIllngton Boot System--A Talk with
Mr.. Spectator. Man who Knows
But who should this be slipping some
iced vermouth at tho marble table brt
an old friend whom / viii call Mr.
Spectator. He lives at Monte Carlo. he
has passed score OF seasons here. lio
has plenty Of money. he goes to the
Casino every day and every evening and
he never plays n cent II is his occupa-
tion in life 90 be an observer Of things
and 10 mark the ways Of man and wom-
an kind. In the summer ne viii mark
them at Aix-les- -Bains, at Lausanne or
at Trouville. he knows everything
about what is going ON just now No
Monty" what Russian princess
pawned her diamonds last week and
what Cuban sugar planter did not die of
apoplcxy nc the Hotel Carmbole. but
I poisoned himself with prussic acid
he was fool. sir. 4" quoth Mr.. Spec
/ tator. why didn't he 90 20 the admin.
I istration? Why didn't he make his dec
I laration? They know well enough tina.
be had lost 200. 600 francs in tho 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. sirl''
Mr.. Spectator went ON 70 explain that
when a cleaned ont player made a can
did admission of his impecuniosity the
administration gave him n sum of mon
ey sufficient TO defray his journey by
railway 20 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 ! )
louis apiece to take them from Monte
Carlo TO London, the sole condition 1t.
tached TO tho lnrgess being that the
recipient should not re-ontcr the Casino
unless he or she rccouped 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, rc-entered the Casino, and
backing the dOuze dernier. not forgetting
zero, won $500. You are not 10 be.
lieve, added Mr.. Spectator. "a tithe Of
the sensational stories printed about
ruined gamesters hanging themselves C
trees in the gardens. or blowing out
their brains in the reading room" " The
majority Of these canarls arc set ON FOO,
by obscure French newspapers which
have not been subvcntiCned or hriled hy
the administration 20 pud Monte Carlo.
One Uf the pleasautcst characteristics
0f my friend Mr.. Spectator Is that every
time yuu meet him hc has a fresh story
NuaNa Il ~. G
winning at roulette. and this time lac re-
galed me with a succiuct narrative o.
what l may call the Wellington bu,
system. Captain BaciEm had playct
for many years large number of sys
TENS. and by the time he was FIVE and
forty had played away a handsome for
tune. A happy thuight occurred to him
He always wore Wellington boots. Hi.
capital was just 5 louis. This D.,
changed into b franc pieces. aud ho nev
er staked more tlian one piece NJ time
and IL he won ho Withdrew his stakes aft
er the third cous His winnings he care
fully placed IN n side pocket. and when
ever he had won four picces he change,
them into n louis and slipped the coin
into one of his boots He played ~
nEhNA consecutive AAAAAAN NtAAAAE MAM NNNH-a
capital was exhausted. Then ne returne,
70 Nice. somewhat heavy Of footstep
and drawing OF his boots. found that h
had won 100 louis.
This was two years ago. " continue,
Mr.. Spectator. "and only last week
found Bacbum NJ n third class hotel n
Nice. He was in dressing gown an,
slippers and looking by no means cheer
fol. How about the Wellington boz
SYSTEM / asked Utter collapse h
replied 'COufounded run of bad luck
And the bootss' Iwent ON. The houts.
he replied. 1 pawncd them ycstcrda
afternoon. 4"
So this is Monty" in full swing
Monty" with its ups and downs. il
ctaseless whirl of gayety and dissipa
tiOn There is no rest at Monte Carlo
When you are tired u play. there ar
dramatic performances. there are con
certs, there is pigeon shooting. and Il
the spring and summer there Is plcut
Of yachting. But all these are only sid
issues. The Grand Trunk line uf - lui
Carlo leads 60 the temple q mammou
IL Is crowded night and day by peopl
lusting for money which they have NJ
earned, and II is the road 10 ruin. =
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