The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17


many as 500 newspapers and magazines
writing paper, envelopes, etc, all TO be
had free and for the asking, and so long
as you behave yourself you VIII not be
sent away or refused anything, no matter
whether you enter the "salles des jeux" or
not. The brilliant surroundings. the sweet
music the library, will cost you nothing,
out pass into the gambling halls, and ev-
cry man, be he a royal prince or a mere
plebeian, must off with his hat and re-
main uncovered. and all women, be they
of the best or of the worst society, FASH
ionable or fast, moral or immoral, grandes
danes or cocottes. are, during good be-
haNior, treated precisely alike by ices.
messieurs," who preside over and manage
that fool trap Of a place called Monte
Carlo, and where "Sa Majestic FArgent
is the generous monarch.
Harry Resented of Chicago went down
from London to Monaco with a vast para
phernala of notes and gold pieces, and
commenced business on a large scale, with
confident air of superb disdain, as OF
assured success The story of the hussar
ofiicer's downfall was not yet forgotten,
however, and plenty of persons predicted
but short run of this new fox over the
green fields OF Edmond Blanc's gambling
grounds. In 1887 the gallant captain, who
had months leave of absence from his
regiment, had a great stroke of luck the
second day of his arrival 1t lasted for
eight or nine days and In that time he
had won as much as 1,23O,O0O francs.
Smith, the banker. with whom the young
officer deposited his winnings, told us so
at the time. Then the captain took al
most the whole first floor of the Grand ho-
tel an awfully expensive house. but the
best one in Europe. and went steady"
for few days. During an entire week
he never played once; but he gave some
fine dinners and twice had a party of
friends as his guests in to Nice to hear
Patti.
That life was too lazy and unexciting.
and week had hardly elapsed when he
slipped into the fool trap again and tack
led trente ct quarante once more. But.
alas! within another week he was done
for. The ebb was as sudden as the flow,
and Fortunatus was other mortals.
Aye. he was worse off than we were, for
he had lost his return railway ticket and
was forced to borrow enough to get home
with on his l. O. U. as a British Off
Ger. Smith loaned him the money, and
most obligingly charged him only the
small commission of what the Jew called
'shent per shent" for this favor Smith
was dear old chap, whom we all liked
amazingly, when forced to borrow, ana
whom we unreservedly detested and
damned when the bit of paper had TO be
taken UP.
Rosenfeld of Chicago and London chose
No. II as his object Of attack, and began
TO pour gold on and about 1t as with 70
ladle, not only zen pein," but "a cheval"
and "carre" and all three up to the limit
There are four "chevals' and four cares"
to No. H. and these, added to the one zen
plein" and multiplied properly to win tho
maximum, called for a deposit of 240 louis
each time the ball went spinning. He
won occasionally and lost frequently, but
not often enough to overcome the enor-
nous gain of nine maximums when he
hit It" as he did now and then, besides
which the "chevals" and the Cares
used to protect him some on other num-
bers. But there was no system whatever
in his play; 1t was only fellow trying
to make his gold win the banks gold, and
yet 1t was "a dead sure thing for the
latter In the long run.
He was never ill-tempered, and If for
tune was sulky AMI lost him all he had
with him, he went gayy back to Nice. to
return next day with more money and 10
rise to the proud position of hero of the
hour, to be pointed at with whispers, and
to be spoken to by celebrated beauties or
world -renowned songstresses or English
Duchesses, who, passing through on their
way south, you know" dropped into the
fool trap for a little fun, but lost their
money and their tempers, and now wanted
to borrow 50 or 100 louis Just until my
maid gets back" Poor girl, II must have
been a weary jog she went on for she Is
not back yet, and that was four or FIVE
years ago.
In course of time the Chicagoan had act
ually won over a million and a half of
francs; that is to say, he was that much
ahead of the bank and as meanwhile his
remarkable deeds" were printed I'm the
newspapers more attractively and more
frequently than were any good actions, no
matter where or by whom performed, the
American became an International, as well
as a roulette hero, not to speak OF tho
pride which the Windy City periodically
had for her son, "the man who broke the
bank at Monte Carlo
1t ended, however with Harry as it did
with the captain, only his good luck lasted
longer than did that of the latter, and,
like Roland Reed In the Man OF Ideas"
he was good loser. When luck turned
and he began 10 lose heavily, so swiftly
too, that in less than n week he was
CLEANED OUT completely, he "died game
as the saying goes. The accommodations of
a gamblers season began suddenly to melt
into space, and when he had lost II all In
what seemed TO be an incredibly brief pc
Rod of time he smiled, said Bon jour" to
the croupiers, and, turning, calmly went
not TO make an end on't'--but straight
way to London, whence he could dare
venture to cable home for much-needed
funds.
There was one game" which Harry
played-this was before the run of Ill luck
set in-that / DO not think was ever re-
ported to the press. He had already been
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