Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-06-16

LG dC koA Alc nave 6OnC G1Nn
in value and tine value Of the real esta$e
in the centeTs has gone UP. No ohe
wants TO stag on the farm and work.
the boys all want to get In 70 the GEO.
ters whore there Is more going oa. ana
where there Is less hard work acd
better pay. And / don't blame than a
single Bit
A STREAK OF LUCK.
IL Went Way. Ws5 u. and IL Went ways
Way Down.
The story of the English dude who
walked into a Spokane. Wash, gam
bling room the other night, and, With
$500. succeeded In winning $1,000, 70
causing a great deal OF talk. The man.
ner In which the western papers are
treating the event would serve TO make
one believe that such luck was unpre-
cedented. There have been ten thov-
sand cases OF late years when bigger
fortunes than that have been made at
faro banks. In Santa Fe, N. NJ, dur.
ing the exposition in 1884. saw yellow
chips, representing $1,000 each. piled
up as high as a cats back on q single
card, writes an old sport In the Chicago
rimes-Heraid. Tom Jenison OF Mesi.
dian. Miss, was playing In Conant d
Harts one night. and when he csshe6
II, after a sitting OF two and hAla
hours, the firm handed him t45.o0o.
Jenison lost Il the following day in
Deming. witnessed the play Of
Chinaman In the same place one even
ing, and he won twonty-seven straight
bets. aRd then, without pursuing hiA
LUCK any further. pocketed $4,000. rhs
limit In those days was the ceiling. II
would be hard matter to hnd o
gambling room now that would allow
one to bet ON any siagle card exceeding
$3.50
! asked Tom Fitz, who during the
| Hopkins administration owned one OF
| the biggest gambling institutions In
Chicago, his highest winnings enA
losses in a single night at faro. Said
he: In those days I took my meals
at the Boston Oyster House. A certain
rsd-headed waiter served me. He was
kind and attentive. end bile tips were
not small ones. Besides. he received .
| fair salary. Bot as regularly az Sa&uD
| day nights Solled asoued would -
him in front OF ons VI my tables, AZ
| he never got away With cent
| watched him play for two years. aA4
finally one night i told him that I
didn't care for his money. In otAar
| words, barred him from The CANA
Well, one Saturday night, while was
busy In another part OF the building
this waiter bought q stack OF chips
from dealer. and by the time go&
back TO the table I saw him raking ia
| the chips as II there was no ceiling or
roofing to the building. and chat some
cloud from above was raining them
down. OF coarse. couldn't then OBJ
| ject. So let hica play along, expects
ing every minute to see his luch
change. But 1t didn't. He couldnt
lose The limit was 500. and be rlays
ed It. In less than an hours time I
was counting out white chips to him ae
$40 apiece. and the yellows were $500,
"At daylight I estimated that he haA
won about $1,000. fiis luch seemed so
phenomenal that / sent out for ahosher
dealer. hoping In this Eav to break HE
charm. But he won ON. sent for
another. end STILL the chtpo went his
way. dealt myself for q Hse1e while,
but he would whip-saw ne - 6seyH
turn. quit him and turosd him ever
to one OF the luckiest bank dselsre thas
could be procured In Chicago But w
couldn't beat him. He would put bib
bets down blindly. and the cards woui1
come his way. He didn't play 'eoda1
nor single outs nor double outs fI0
put chips down and they went back ~
him twice fold. He called the turn q
half dozen times for the limit. Abo44
| noon Sunday. when all ne dealers
were tagged out and II looked az II b.
would own the shop In q ltttie while
I called for his chips. ! had he'd
enough. BY that time be was fairly
drunk. He tried to count, but he
couldn't. In fumbling with bis chips
he knocked mere Than $500 on tho
floor. TO be picked up by hangers on
He was ahead OF the game $t8.7eo. I
took him aside and explained 20 him
that IL he went out Of the building with
that much money he would be robbed
He consented to lot me keep II for
him-aii but 500. gave him thiS
much In big bills, and told him thar
any time he wanted the remainder and
would come In sober no could eet 1t.
Three days elapsed and I heard
nothing of him. became alarmed,
and sent one Of my men out TO hunk
him up. His whereabouts could not
be ascertaiHed. But about closing time
on the following Wednesday night hs
walked In. or course he was brokA
He had forgot how much he had LEFT
with me. and when ! counted him out
sac. 900 he seemed daEed. He acted ~
IL sober. He got to the steps and hesa-
tated. Then he walked back. He
bought $500 In chips and commenced 70
play. At first his former luck ran with
him But In the course OF an hour he
struck a wrong streak, and before day
light had every cent OF the sac, 900 In
| the drawer and It belonged to nae. T
lie fact that outside OF whisky and
tew meals he had bought he hAda't
pr6viasd himself with naxas thing.
IN the way OF pesUonal apparel -
Mdnt bouHtt even O sfoo Atyfng. ~
he arose from the table he locked aA
me appealingly. as good as to say.
| Won't you buy me drinkr I handed
him $40 and told him to 20 home. The
following night he served me With
| oysters at the restaurant again."