The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-13
It, and a big smile accompanied the

shot, and a big smile accompanied the
remark.
ION the sixth throw Clint shot another
eleven, and followed his play with an
other seven. Eighth throw was four,
Little joe and a real hard point. The
game was getting little too hot for me,
and with $5l2 on the line and a four to
make I felt compelled to do something to
check suspense. Clint wasn't saying a
word. He just rolled the dice three or
four times and turned up pair of
deuces
'Hully gee says Bob Slavin. Ever
see the like? He and his pas had been on
the line several passes without taking
down a cent. But they did now. Say,
1 actually couldnt bear TO see Thompson
roll those dice for the next shot. So I
just stepped aside and pretended TO look at
the faro game. 10 about five minutes l re-
turned to the crap table and was startled
to see that Thompson had several stacks
of gold on the line, besides quite a bum
die of greenbacks. The dealer was out
of coin and had made a draft on the
state, through the proprietor, for the
money. At this stage of the game there
was a brief halt The proprietor and the
crap-table keeper were INDUCING in lit
tie whispered conference. When they
f-jshed, the latter passed the bones to
Clk He shook them and said Mr..
Dealer. how much money is there on that
line?'
9" You have made twelve passes sir.
and there is just 1872 on the line. Shoot
for it, or take it down, just as you like
It could see that Clint was doing a
power of thinking and surmised what he
was thinking about, and was right, as l
afterward learned. He turned to me and
said: What do you think of it? Shall we
shoot again, or pinch the pile?'
"'Clint said I, 1T looks like pretty
good bunch, hut we are in only dollar
apiece and you have luck to throw to the
birds Do as you like, but won't care If
you go for it once more
Gust then the house said: Gentlemen,
whatn you have? I was glad 10 hear
Clint order a big hooter of whisky, for /
thought it would do him good In his bust
ness. All hands took a drink and there
was a pretty good deal of talk going en-
over that big bundle of yellow, white and
green money on the table. When Clint
took the dice for his last throw some
body remarked that this was the thir-
tenth round So it was. We had not
thought of that This remark about the
thirteen hoodoo seemed to have some
| effect upon the star figure of this crap
| play, and it was plain to me that ne was
| very nervous indeed Nobody else would
! risk cent on the line for this throw or
the dice Clint takes them up and rubs
| them once more good and hard. Then Re
| sent them a smashing throw against the
| side of the table and sent them spinning
| in the opposite corner. One of them stop
| ped. The other continued to spin. The
! still dice showed an ace, and IL was any
! kind of a bet that it would be a craps
| 1t was moment of suspense TO the house
and player-and myself-when down goes
the spinning dice and turns over, showing
| a SKI
!" 'Kismee says Clint in a suppressed
voice.
..The man of the house flushed scarlet.
| Polls seven he said in a monotonous
tone lust as if it had been pass for 81,
and counts out from wad of money tax
en- from the safe SS,l92 more, which
Thompson scooped in and placed in va
| riOus pockets. The house announced
that business was suspended for that
! evening and the faro dealers turned over
the boxes. We went to the hotel and
divided evenly the $l6,3& won, depositlns
the money with the night clerk, who plac-
ed it in the, safe.
''About a year ago, after l had come
East and drifted into the government serv-
| ice 7 met Clint Thompson-but that was
| not his name now-on Pennsylvania ave-
me as handsome and groomed citizen
| as YOU could pick out IN DAY 5 VAIN
through the metropolis. He informed me
that he was now a successful lawyer in
New York city. He had gone to Michigan
given himself up for that shooting scrape
at college. won out on plea of seif-de-
fense married the girl over whom the row
anne about, taken a course of treatment
for that hypo habit, got cured-and never
panbled for a penny since the night ne
made thirteen passes at craps"
AS they separated, one of the bookie4
remarked, that anybody can shoot me
for my bankroll, and if he can make thir'
teen passes at craps, I'll deliver the
goods @p =.
Boxer City." answered the government
clerk "and you will get all the takers yor
want for the limit"
FIVE RACES YESTERDAY.