Evening star., 1898-12-10

This strange confidence amused her en-
| ployer
Are you going to win this afternoon"
she laughed at last
Yes. certainly" the girl replied, with
| seriousness.
Then just put on this fifty francs for
| me- remarked the novelist.
How much shall / win with it?' asked
! the good little clerk.
! 'Oh. win a thousand francs" and every
! body laughed again. But they were struck
! dumb with admiration when she came
hack with a sheaf of notes. Again and
again they sent her out for money. When
| ever she went out for it she came back
| with roll. They were Delighted. The
nOEellSt even went so far as To max her
present of a hundred-franc lOte for her
| self. THANKS; l DO not need L., the girl
said. as she smiled strangely. Il have
learned that ii is easy 10 win bank
/ notes as fye-franc pieces. | have begun to
Win them on my own account" the novel;
Ist was now alarmed. But you viii still
play for r1e?" she pleaded. No, l will not
play for anybody but myself"
Since this memorable hour the girl has
been a stenographer no longer. She con-
suits kind of luck barometer within her
breast and plays or does not play. accord
one can do it.
only wait she says. until gou knew
Within your heart that you will yin" But
Ihe great mass of people will not wait.
IA.
want to gamble. They even sit down at
the table. fearing they may lose" is or of
her expressions. The first week OF her Sc
rious playing she sent home to London
I'Vo francs. One night she won 10 600
francs She is good and modest, but not
very pretty.
Specializing Luck.
For those who cannot feel the luck ba-
r. meter vibrating in their bosoms, the leav-
ing of the money to win three times Just
now appears to be the surest road to for
tune You put your money down on any
thing Then. If 1t wins. You have twice as
much as You risked Leave 1t alone If it
wins again, you have four times as much as
you risked. Leave it alone And if it
wins the third time you will have eight
times as much as You put down originally
Now, while the mathematician can see moth
ing valuable in this device experience seems
to have great deal to say for it. Every
body knows. they say, that 1t is Just as
easy to win twice in succession as to win
single time. Luck does not divide itself
with any regularity. Every poker player
knows that luck comes in streaks The
great thing is to realize the streak before
1t gets away from you. Now they seem
10 think that three bets is the limit for
streak hunting. This was the system of the
celebrated Mr. Wells whose exploits are
now being duplicated by young German,
who, they say, has won $lGn,uuo within the
last three months at the Belgian spas and
here at Monte Carlo,
He comes invariably every afternoon at 1
O'Clock and plays two hours. He always
bets upon the columns that pay two for
one. The other afternoon | saw him start
out losing. He bet I1 francs and lost. He
bet 80 francs and won. He let it lie Ii
lost Again he won and lost. Then he won
twice. but lost the third time. Then he lost
bo francs twice in succession. So he con-
unued for three-quarters of an hour, until
h. had got rid of something like 5000. He
got and left The afternoon | "
him win, and it was extraordinary. His
winnings always seemed to come in little
runs of threes, and one bank note would
multiply itself into twenty-seven in three
turns of he wheel He took away S,UJ
francs.
In general the tendency is to believe in
the little stenographer's faith game, and
two girls / have met so so far as never to
bring any money with them to the tables,
They simply tell some acquaintance that
they feel lucky. III you only knew how
lucky feel they Will protest, you would
hand me over a few louis Instantly The
minute they get the gold pieces they say:
Don't you see that I am lucky?"
One of these girls, who is an American
obtained a hundred francs in this way and
proceeded to invest it In novel manner.
Winning by Doing Partner.
Il am going out to count the sails upon
the sea-" she said, she walked to the
terrace. She saw seven sails. So when she
advanced the cash. Il have seen seven
sails. and so / shah bet on the odd and
manque." But how could she bet on both?
You bet a hundred francs odd" she
said, and | will bet on manque.' Instead
of that. she bet ON even just as he was bet
ting on the odd. He lost-she won. He did
not know that she had really won his
money
You see that 1 am lucky" she said
gayly; now | am going out to ask some
little boy his age" She met a boy who said
that he was nine years old. When she
came back she said: THE boy was nine
years old We will bet on the odd and
maudUe again" This time she had TO bet
a she had promised, for her partner was
so near her. She lost q hundred-franc note
on tine odd, while he won on the manque.
Now we have 300 francs capital" she
said; Il Will go out and buy a small bunch
Of chrysanthemums.' When she came
back she said that there were twenty in
the bunch.
That means even, red and manque /
Will try two notes and play on red and
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