The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-23
HAD BIG RUN OF LUCK
TOOK LONG CHANCE on a SLOT
MACHINE.
It Yielded Up the Coin IN Surprising
Shape and the Lucky Man invest
ed His Dollars at the Crap Table
Again Found Fortune Casting
Larger Smiles at Him.
Chicago Inter orean.l

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which was being run wide open, be-
cause the mayor belonged to The green
cloth himself. The man at the head of
the police department kept swell
poker room and made good money. 1t
was no secret in the town. this gam
bling of the officials, but the people
never kicked so long as the games We're
square. And they We're. They had to
be- and the regular business of the
place was carried on in the day, while
sports from points far and near drifted
in for the festivities which started at
ter the work Of the day was closed.
Under these bright conditions the gam
bling was fine-fof the gamblers. They
had no licenses to pay, no fines or fear
of Imprisonment, and everything rocked
along happily regardless of the way
the dice might fall.
But while telling of this town, the
name of which is withheld for reasons
best known to myself, am getting
away from my story. You have doubt
less heard of gamblers starting in with
a handful of small coin and coming
out with a fortune. WE'LL this incident
1 can vouch for, as l was there and
saw it. 1t was a cold night and the
snow was coming down at a steady
pace. Everybody hunted warm rooms,
and SO, naturally, the people from the
streets were in the bars and gambling
places. A friend living in the town
offered to take me out to see the sights.
arh very early we drifted into a bar
with gambling departments attached. A
wide door led from the bar to the
room where four or five games We're
in progress. / was sitting with my
friend, who had just ordered hot drinks,
when a thin man, shivering and minus
an overcoat, came in and shook the
s-1or f1.1I- h &c ,A11ll Ji1
face and ears looked frost-bitten, and
ne glanced around the room like
frightened hare. He got near the stove
to thaw and improved his time by using
his eTeS.
Tries the Slot Machine.
THE man was a stranger, / was told,
and he got more than passing atten-
ton from the loungers and the buyers.
When he had grown comfortable, the
stranger unbuttoned his coat, walked
near the door and began inspecting a
new slot machine that had just been
put in. Some people had played it with
bad luck, and when they quit. the
stranger got by the wheel. A negro
boy, who had a spare moment, was
standing by.
Well I've been UP against it late
ly, said the stranger, and I have just
one-half dime left. / am going to drop
that in here for a drink.
1.-The boy suggested that he should
play a number which made a small
payment, as he would then have a bet
ter show to win.
g" No, he said, 4 want the whole hog
or none
with that he dropped in the nickel
to win SO, the largest payment, or go
broke. The boy showed back a bar and
the stranger turned the crank. The
wheel went spinning, and then came
to a slow stop.
" Purple lady wins cried the boy,
and with that the nickels came shell
ing out into the cup fastened near the
floor. The stranger gave a. smile of
delight. I'll just repeat that once for
luck he said, and another scent piece
went into the same slot. The wheel
spun again, and, sure enough, the pur
pie lady, worth S., showed. The coin
was snapped to the harkeepers for
larger money, and the crowd was asked
to take a drink.
THE stranger introduced himself as
Brown from New York, as he said.
and his identity was not questioned
further. With the Sc to his credit,
Brown went down stairs and had q
beefsteak On top of three stiff drinks, |
and then came back to buck the gam
blers. He had even 81 left after buying
two good cigars and another drink, and
he felt like a prince.
Gets Into the Crap Game.
This must be my night he said to
a man who watched him, and 1 think
I'll risk three of these simoleons on this |
wiry crap game
There was a crowd at the table at
the time, though instinct seemed to
make everybody give room to Brown.
Chips were not used, and a man simply
had to put uD his own coin and shoot |
for it. Brown waited until his turn
came, and them tossed out two silver
dollars. He took the dice and rubbed
them we'll, and they scampered out to
show an ace and a Six making the |
money double. The banker showed two |
bright dollars, and Brown shot again !
without taking down. He made eleven. !
Then he said he would try for his third |
lucky pass. leaving the IS before him |
all the while. He rolled the dice, and |
the banker smiled as he counted four. |
1t was a. hard point to make, though |
Brown chuckled and said he had never |
failed to make his Little Joe on the |
third pass. And, sure enough, he took |
the bones, and in four rifles had turned |
his point. The fever had ccursed |
through his veins by this time, so he |
quickly took the dice and tossed them |
again when the banl-er had placed SIS /
beside the IS on the table. On the first /
dash Brown made the sic S32, so he |
raked down his winnings and played !
on close margins like the others. But |
he was 49,. Ting fine streak of luck for l
on stay bets made on throws by others /
at the table he would win. while in the +
long run the others We're losing. Brown +
said to himself that it was his system,
and it was working like charm. The +
luck continued, and in an hour Brown
had more money than the banker, and !
was still winning. One man who had
lost heavily offered to sell his oyercoat I
to Brown, and the latter was. quick to
take it at $50. The. $50, however. was
soon lost, and the man went home in
the cold without his coat.
Beats the Roulette Table.
After time the luck at the crap Ia
picked up his money and walked away.
He was then several hundred dollars \
ahead and still in the hurnor to play 1
At the roulette table he found heavy
betting, though he knew the games-had /
run one, in fact, and so he played. The /
same winning streak was with him and |
the dollars rolled his way. His stake /
had passed the thousand mark, but he
felt clammy about the feet and stopped
off short when he saw that they were
not coming his way. BY this time the /
crowd had caught on to The strangeTi
and his fine run of luck; and every \
body watched him play. The owner
of the house, the mayor during the day. /
got worried and showed it, notwith- I
standing the fact that he had more L
nerve than any twenty gamblers in f
town. The owner said that It was not
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