The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02
A LONESOME WHITE CHIP.
NO. 1875 LUCK WITH Il en- UBBY- FACED
MAN At FARO
An Overnight That Influenced Two Careers
and Noarly Broke n Gambling II ouse
Keoper-StrnnRe Effects of Thirst md

| tho Harlem Club OF Former Alcoholic DeRen-
crates. rs buzlIer proposition than either
rum or DOPE 1t doveiops VIII cells within
wheels under The hat. It's a hard hug to
shake of II belongs to the ell nchlcus variety
| and it's a stayer from No Man's Land. 1t gem
crates the fever and then the cold sweat
| Pretty often IL saps u mans nerve and breaks
his heart. Take the horse bug. for example
! A man who let's the horse bug get into his lid
| Isn't nj for work He eats. drinks and dreams
| horse. had such big horse bug once that
l dreamed every night OF some skate or other
that was inevitably beaten a lap for third
money The way worked in my dreams to
get those plugs was riding over the plate
among the first three 10 bother 10 think Of
now. I was going to say. In mentioning work.
that a man with the rum bug alone can make
bluff at holding down his job 1t comes hard
work, after a swift night: yet tho practiced
rummerino goes at It and gets through with 1t
somehow. But the man with a mature.
healthy horse bug can't work at oil. He wants
to know how they are running. II his picks
are going through. He bankers to see en-
chatting to get away from the pump and the
They're'otY" shout Is the sweetest music he
knows. There are plenty OF pinheads In this
town to-day who. long ago smashed and put
out OF business through the instrumsntalty OF
tho horse hug. hang around tho poolrooms
,ar. VIZ, .h.,,, o,o,o ,, 49,. .n. 800
their fingers and root as II they stood to win
it all back. although they haven't even got n
bet down In q ten-cent handbook. The horse
bug Is lulu as long distance goer. all right.
None Of the gam bling bugs. In fact. is mere
spr!nter. They all last route.
o,r,hInotior r,ith ~. wv, hn,, -. -,
tro.,hI. md r,ontr -, Z, ,,ho 49,,
ognin.t tho o.bsr and tbsv,vo oot.ros.o.,,an
Vo,,,ro n.yar - W. ,,ot -;i 49,,
tho rur, hing bauls down IN. not W., Iooi,I.
70 sradIcot. the gam hlIns h,,e md Iat ,ha r,,r,
hu, ,Iov .oli,oir. Whar IN $50, h,,. ..,l
You GOING Won imp,.d,otoiv 40, an, % o,i,;,oto
ano,hor eom hiina mo Ava ro~,ro 800
on, two throe
80, tba dirs,.nt .,.o,.s ., o,u,,,,,,. ,,,,.
vi inc uineient species Oh the gam ping Dug
the faro clincher ii take you about. as far as
any Of EN-. It get me out to Spokane about
,-o,,. r.,rsooo II,na.d ~. lei. H..
'"e'Se YEARS ago. - lanued mere win the ias1
suit and straw hat. and 1t was pretty chilly
famine in D.nver and 70 nut all or tho neU v.r
famine IN Denver ana 10 put al OF the Denver
on both Jobs turned my face to ward the land
of the settinp am an tourist sle,ner and
pulled up In Spokane. because that was as far
as my ticket read. 1 nut the temporary
pix I'd along at a ten-cent table with the last
81 had Iran IL up to about S75 poi,ed N.Y.
for one Of the biggest limit bank, in the burg.
s,omanin, ofr so us,,i ,ha SIH ." nIoh, ,hn.
siouRnihg on as usual the slo night that
Snriua ths acrnoon , wbs, vino" rho I'n.
con,a alon, ubo n,,Iad mo TO- go. ,h.r III,
eali'e Aiohs "ao ha'iou me lor more 'han han
the banks roll and got me fired.
He was scedy. chubby faced duck from
somewhere back this way, asI Judged from
his spiel. had noticed him standing bahind
the chairs OF players for about a week of
ntebts be,ors he GOT into the yame Th. wav
he got in was by olunking white chip-the
WHITES s Were sl.o on 'he KING TO WIN no stood
Wy "al'tns lor 'n1 turn wltnou. nueh OF
show OF interest The kim won and he e, it
bun sh and called the turn r1sHt ' Nv Ionko oue
Mhn cot nun 70 aRe b me scar S c" busted player
chubby, faced shabby chap sai down. pulled
in To- play faro with the pick-up he had made
. or one white He knew the ga me and his luck
traded his i've or six tall staoks Of whites ' ior
SIS blues out or nv rack and he stiii want on
aap1ddn won; He cn4hcd, IN when he Vas about
| When he returned he had three other fellows
Along With him. ali OF them lust about Az sesIy
and down at he eli. looking ms hImseH He
| bought q twenty stack OF blucs for hi m SELF md
s,akeI each q his three friends to a bunch h "i
/ which all n
| They ali got seats and from the mnmant thev
+ sat down they began to WALTON me Thsy
| were scinntinc men M hnnt md ali f,nr ~
! them won from the iumn' They never ne u con- n.
| Dered each other 40 that the hanE did not
| teneit any from their dIiYerencos Of oniniNn
| on the turns Nhen they had Got about 81 900
Of the banks money inside of two hours iIay
| | looked around for the old man. Intending 70
| ask him TO mi in an0ihar deaiey ~ brenE tbe
TANKS hoodeo The old man WASH TI er5, t"1
| however. and 80 / went on dealing Whsn
I they had taken 5000 out of the snfe-it was
| then along toward > o'clock In the morning"i
! had a chin with the lockout ana wa denijei 70
| turn the box on them for the night MOI tnov
| inn how the old man would fssl over the malt
| ing of hall his roll 'O ''0'
It's ali Off for the night. said I to the
| chubby faced chan addressing him "a tho
| stalker OF the four Come around to.,norrow
! night and pass IL in again
| Want to dive eacn Ct us 81. 600 turn on
separate cards in fresh box for a wind-upf'
/ he asked me A dealer never turns down A
| recouping chance like that. and / nodded
| rillled the boxful and they nut markers down
! to h,dicate their respectiye 81 600 6et. xii
! four OF them won. which put tho bank a bit
| over SIP 900 to the bad
| Then they cashed in. The chubby facsd
chan ga va each Of his three pals 80 OOW and may
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