The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-20
ErHE ROAD TO RUIN
|,.es OF THE TEMPLE OF NAM
|oNsv .ou AT MONTE CARLO.

MON -
:, Them True, Many False out a"
." ,0teresting-B ackum ana the
' darlington Boot system"-A Talk win
-.,.tor Man Who Knows
- sbould this be slipping some
But VIZ at the marble table but
d yerin p.and whom / will call Mr..
OLD i He lives at Monte Carlo, he
ecIa' ssed a score of seasons here ne
pass 'tv Of money, he goes to the
ps very day and every evening and
slno e'oi i9vs a cent. 1t is his occupa-
Des' ne to be an observer OF things
= - q mark the ways OF man ana WON WON.
pa ~. ~ In the summer he Will mark
KIN Aix.les- Bains, at Lausanne or
pen, allie He knows everything
llO chat is going on just now at
pCus what Russian princess
NUM- ber diamonds last week and
nvle Cuban sugar planter did not die OF
nav at the Hotel Carmbole' bat
op, "oS himself with prussic acid.
g m mas a fool, SIR" quoth Mr.. Spec
~ ?. "Wby didn't he go to the admin
luton. 'U,t Why didn't he make his dec
'.;Ong They knew well enough that
had lost 200, 1000 francs in the course
,an DAVIS. They would have paid his
cling and hotel expenses back to
p'ris or back to Brazil, for the matter
! that He was a fool, sirV'
Mr. Spectator went ON to explain that
hon cleaned out player made can
"a admission Of his impecuniosity the
SSministration gave him a sum OF mon
Sufficient to defray his journey by
rsilway to the place whence he came
and his incidental expenses Ell route.
- mentioned one case in which awhole
t.milv of five persons were allowed 10
,0r;o aniece to take them from Monte
|rarlo 70 London, the sole condition at
tacbed TO tie largess being that the
,ocinient shculd not re-enter the Casino
rulesS he or she recouped the admins
ration for their outlay. In the case
which he cited, one Of the party, a 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 ID louis, re-entered the Casino, and
hacking the douze dernier, not forgetting
zero. won $500. "You are not to be-
lieye," added Mr.. Spectator, "a 1.-THE OF
| the sensational stories printed about
ruined gamesters hanging themselves TO
trees in the gardens, or blowing out
| their brains III the reading room. The
majority of these canards are set on foot
| BY obscure French newspapers which
have not been snbventioned or bribed by
the administration to puff Monte Carlo.
One of the pleasantest characteristics
Of my friend Mr.. Spectator is that every
time you meet him he has fresh story
to tell you about an infallible system fol
winning at roulette, and this time he re-
called me with q succinct narrative OF
what | may call the Wellington boot
system" Captain Backum had played
for many years large number of sys
tens, and by tho time he was five and
forty had played away a handsome for
tune. A happy thought occurred to him
He always wore Wellington boots. Hi'
capital was just louis. This III
changed into 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 changed
them into louis and slipped the coil
into one of his boots. He played TO
seven consecutive hours before his stool
capital was exhausted. Then he returned
to Nice, somewhat heavy of footstep
and drawing off his boots, found that h
had won 100 louis.
This was two years ago." continue
Mr. Spectator, land only last week
found Backum at third class hotel a
Nice. He was i'll dressing gown an
slippers and looking by no means cheer
ful. How about the Wellington boo
system? l asked. Utter collapse, h
replied. COMPOUNDED run Of bad luck.
And the boots?' went on THE boots,
he replied. L pawned them yesterda
afternoon "
80 this is Monty" in full swing
Monty, " with its ups and downs, il
ceaseless whirl of gayety and dissipa
non, There is no rest at Monte Carlo
when you are tired Of play, there al
dramatic performances, there are col
certs, there is pigeon shooting, and !
'ae spring and summer there is plent
VI yachting. But all these are only sid
issues. The Grand Trunk line of Mont
carlo leads to the temple of mammol
~ Is crowded night and day by Peep.
iustlng for money which they have NJ
earned, and it is the road to ruin
London Telegraph.
The Barber's Little joke.