The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-30
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL

ceeds they send calmly to the office a notice for new funds.
 These croupiers play like intelligent machines, and they win in the long run, as that kindNof man always does, over the impetuous and excited, The indi- viduaI gets crazy with success of melancholy over loss; he tries every combination that is suggested to him | by friend or stranger, listens to all ad- vices, gets mixed up and plays like 8 | fool
 | I was immensely amused over one affair the detectives noticed at the ta7 | bles. A Russian was playing, and he evidently had taken the croupier as a model. It was Siberian meeting Sibe- rian when the two icebergs played against each other. It was regular combat of rivalry for coolness between them. The Russian played every day. Just as the clock struck five, no sooner or later, he would enter the rooms walk quietly to table and place 100 franc gold-piece on No. 36 of the roulette and wait Whether he won or lost he walk ed out of the rooms as stiff and cool as a block of ice, as if he had just com pleted his daily toll.
 Every day in the week he put 100 franc-piece on No. 36 as the clock struck five. He never played a second stake the same day. m
 | Of course, he was ahead of the bank, as usually he would win four times during the week of seven days. They always play on Sunday
 | I did one slight piece of detective l work over the tables which was inter- esting. was watching the players rather strictly, trying to spot woman whom wanted to arrest; an old maid came in and sat down at the table. She was English and very shy and alone. I turned my attention to her. fancied she was green, and watched her play with an amused interest for a moment. She pulled out her purse, and with hesitation placed a gold louis on No. 22. It was her first gamble, and the old maid looked scared out of all her sens es. I saw she thought she would never be reinstated into propriety after that louis dropped on the number. No 22 Il came out and the banker paid 56 louis. The wheel started again, and once more 22 came out The banker paid the limit, and then remarked that the sum, | being above the limit, could not remain on the carpet. No one moved. Then the dozens of hands reached out for the
 money, some carelessly, some eagerly, all with the intent of securing the money. By that time it seemed every one remembered he really had placed a gold louis on No. 22. Tn old maid hadn't moved She was looking on in < interest at the whole proceeding. quietly stepped to the table and laid | my hand over the money, at the same time calling out to the banker that No. P needed investigation. I gave my word that the English lady had put the louis on Mo- 22. The bankers inquired Of her, and she said quickly she had placed the money there but didn't un- derstand enough of the game to know
 that this heap of money belonged to her.
 She nearly went wild when she found 1t out, but, poor deluded soul she got so excited that she played the most
 impossible combinations and listened to every one's advice, and in few days had lost every cent of that gleam-
 ing pile of gold, with a good bit of her
 own small stock of money added
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