The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
Woman. Invades Gambling Den.

dressed in black, and wrapped in a
heavy shawl. met him
Woman. Invades Gambling Den.
Mr. Blodgett,' she said. I have
heard much OF you, and want to know
II can come in and try my luck. NV
husband IS up at the camp and I've
got to play tonight
Biodgett did not know what to saw.
ne mad never had woman player in
tne mouse. but this little woman was
so trail and weak that he had to invite
t ier IN The rough gamblers eyed her,
put there was something about her an
pearance which excited their pity.
ME seated by the fire the woman
sad she was Mrs. Dickson and that
sns and ner husband We're prospecting.
we have had hard luck she said. and
my husband is too i'll to travel. we
nave not found anything. and some
enlng mas to be done. l dreamed last
nlgnt OF this place. had heard of it
before, and all day have been think
+ 49, ~ -, l Just want to try my luck.
1 haven't got much 10 lose. and if I
urof u L Will go back satisfied
wal, the little oman IL have to
play, mats ALL. said a big man who
mad lost fortunes and won them in his
Jay, and, lady, if ysu lose what YOU
h tase Wen make it up and let you go
back to your camp
smile crept over the woman's face
anu ner eyes sparkled. She had re-
moved the heavy shawl and the bright
color mad returned to her face. She
was d pretty woman, but she had suf-
t is from the days and months spent
IN hunting gold. and she sighed as she
talked OF her old home in the east.
Lazy, said Blodgett, you kin play
Mnen You like, an if you win an break
me L won't care extra much. fer. by
sosn' like your nerve an yer pluck
Her Luck at Roulette.
Mrs Dickson took small bag OF
soiu from her pocket and counted IL
She put half of it back. Then she walk
ca around the hall. while the eyes of
,ne people VINO were rot playing fol-
ioWeu her She watched the tables
A kind-hearted man, the same big fel-
low VINO had promised that she should
TOT go away empty-handed accom-
panied her and explained the various
modes OF play. The woman gazed long
at the roulette After time she walked
up, edged her way in with the others,
ana bought a stack of chips. She gave
a quarter of all she had for the stack.
Sne mad remembered that il was her
birthday. and she was q years of age
tHdt DAY. Fourteen years before she
hdu met and married Dickson. She did
not know anything about the game,
out the gamblers said IL took a new
hand at the business to win, so she nut
emp on the p, the number of her
years. When the little ball rolled it
stopped at IA. Then she played IA.
ana II Jumped back TO %. She held off
Tor two rolls, and put a chip on IA. and
two on "a. and the latter rolled up.
After this she decided to play only the
TWO numbers, and in cen minutes she
mad only five quarter chips left. Tween
ty-seven had not rolled up for several
tS ana she slipped the five chips on
'Twenty-seven pays" cried the ban
ker, and he counted Off the chips for
Mrs. Dickson. After that she played
widly, and had a streak of luck that
was marvellous. BlOdgett had always
mad sign about his place saying that
the sky was the limit, and the woman
gambler saw it. She would toss out a
stack OF chips without counting them
Tor the IA or the p spot, and time after
time she won A few of the PLAYERS
packed her pickings, but after a bit
everybody dropped ouu to watch the
woman. The men We're pushing and
stretching their necks for a view of the
table, and the cold perSpiration was
running down the womdn'S neck BlOd-
gett got interested. He told the banker
TO step aside. and he handled the game.
The streak of luck continued.
Fortune Won On No. ~.
We'll. that woman got TO be wild
plunger. Her chips We're changed from
the 2o-cent kind to the 81 blues. and
she played these as recklessly as if they
were free. Every turn of the wheel she
had ten chips on II or 81 and while she
lost time after time she came out far
ahead in the end. At one stage she had
been losing heavily. Twenty-seven re-
fused to show, but she played it ner-
vously. and said 70 herself that il
would show in a minute She kept los
in nd hp1 or L eirrin
wheel was turning she had been count
ing her chips off in stacks. Four stacks
represented 500, and she seemed
anxious TO play it in a bunch.
The woman put SO on the q and
lost. Then with an angry move she
showed the 800 stack on the 81. and the
wheel clicked off while the old male
plungers stood by with glaring eyes.
The ball spun for time and then rat
tied. 1t fell on the %, The woman al
most staggered when Blodgett counted
off the equivalent of s3.50O in checks.
Before he had time to take his breath
Mrs. Dickson had showed another hun
dred-dollar stack on the %. and it
came a winner again. Blodgett by this
time was sick. and he had wished a
thousand times in the minute that his
sky limit was not the rule. Once he
wanted to demur. but the crowd which
stood by the woman. raised objection,
and Blodgett had to stand and shake
while his money was going rapidly to
the player. Mrs. Dickson continued 10
play the two numbers. She had won
more than she had ever dreamed of
seeing, and luck stuck to- her like a
brother.
Her Last Grandstand Pay.
Mrs. Dickson had about decided to
quit while she was ahead. and her good
friend by her side said that il was best.
pitf SI1 u-anfad m 10 ono 81 win