The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-30
GAMBLERS WHO HAVE LOST.
EFFECT OF RUN OF RAD LUCK
on THE TEMPER.
The HoodOo Who Was Having His
shoes Shined-AttractiOnS OF
heef stew 10 Hungry Men Before
and After Minning-A Gamblers
Full Meal Of Baked Beans.
From The New York SUI

J nave seen some curious effects of con-
uoaous gambling in my time" said the old
sport. but nothing to equal the affair
Witnessed last Sunday morning No one
tut man who has gambled good bit
and has experienced the same sensations
as those which led my friend TO such VIC
lHce as l will describe, will quite under
sand the frame of mind that he was m
! 7n- the old sport VIII understand il every
time. because he's been there himself
Pete and I-Pete's my friend and
rare old gamb]er-came out of a gambling
house Orwell, wen say Forty-third
street., last Sunday morning and started for
% Turkish bath. Pete he'd been playing
al night, first the wheel, then the tiger
and finally poker and he had lost a good
/ bit Of money As we reached the corner
of Sixth avenue, Pete spied a vel. dressed
Young man seated in bOotblacks chair
setting his shoes shined. Before l knew
what he was going to do. he STROBE for
ward, pasted that fellow one between the
eyes, remarkius as he did it:
You're always getting your shoes
shincd'
Yes. / know. the same thing happened
10 Sheridan. wasn't il? but that's no rea-
son why it shouldn't happen TO New
York sport, too
81 hustled Pete into a cab in a hurry
and before that young fellow had quite
recovered tiom his surprise he were well
ont Of the way. 1 never said a word I'M
nj we got TO Inc bath, and then ] looked
Pete we'll over and says;
In The name of all that's good, Pete,
tell me why YOU hit that felow?'
Why ways Pete he's always getting
his shoes shiued. | knew I'd have 10 hit
him some time. and l just couldn't wait
any longer
Pete took . long breath, and seeing
mat | was still puzzled he went on. Five
Sundays ago ! came out of that place after
an aii-uight play, a loser | drank a lot
and ] smoked lot. and | was tired.
ielj dlrty and my face was drawn. | was
sore on the world The first man struck
" this cuss getting mis- shoes shined, all
dressed up i'm his Sunday clothes a nice big
neckile on, his hair parted in the middle
and his nous lache waxed. | don't know
why, but | hated the cuss the minute lad
eyes on him. Ii was the same thing the
next Sunday and the next. and last sun
day thought I'd have 10 hit him. He al
ways looked so nice and clean that | felt
Ike dirtyins him a bit. He's been like
ghost to me, and when ] came out a
loser again this morning, / left like going
some other way for fear I'd see him there
getting his shoes shined. Well we did see
him, and | knew I'd have TO soak him be.
fore we got TO the corner. just couldn't
help IT, and ] want to tell you that | feel
a hundred per cent. better for it,
Now what do you think of that? OF
course you can't understand it, but if YOU
was a gambler like Pete. you'd see it quick
enough. Would you like TO hear a story
about the effect of winning streak on
beef stew? Yes? Wen. you know one of
the gamest old gamblers you ever hear of
is Denham Thompson, The actor. He's a
born gambler and he's at il when his peck
efs lined same as when il isn't Den ana
a friend whom Wen call Jack lost a lot
of money in Chicago a. few years ago and
for two days they were broke. II was hard
scratching for place TO sleep and as for
eating, we'll, they didn't manage TO get
any more than enough 80 keep alive on.
One night they went to Buck BIS gamb-
ing house TO see if Den could land
friend who'd stake them. They hadn't
had a bite 10 eat all day and were pretty
hungry Buck keeps a cafe on the ground
floor of his place and the first thing that
struck Den and Jack when they went in,
was the odor Of nice fresh beef stew.
Gosh amt that great says Don
Food for the gods, Jack.
Never smell anything like il before ,
says Jack. Terrapiu and champagne for
the fool, Den, but beef stew for you and
me
They stood there just snifiin the aroma
of beef stew making eyes at each other
and breaking the silence every few min
utes 10 say something about that beef
sew. Pretty soon Den spots a friend and
manages to borrow a ten spot
Come, he says wen make or break
on il
But says Jack, snfin' at the beef
stew.
No. Stree says Den, and he and Jack
went upstair. The details aren't interest
ing. so I'll only say that when Den quit
ne had $500 in his pocket. He and Jack
came downstairs together and the first
thing that struck them was that odor of
beef stew
% 'Phewr says Jack, what is that
emelI?"
" Perfectly disgusting say Den 4
should ihink Buck would be careful about
the way he scents up the place.
80 never smell anything like it. says
jack Gets leave the place at once and
those two Cd hypocrits went out arm in
arm and made a bee line for restaurant
where they had meal that reduced The
roll 10 almost 800.
"I'vc got one more if you'd like 10 hear
IT, Two friends of mine were broke and
pretty hungry. one was an interchangeable
cambler the other man who thought OF
his stomach before anything else in the
world They stood in front of Sixth
avenue beanery looking hungrily at a pot
of pork and beans from which a walter
was taking some for customer. They
hadn't q cent between them, but pretty
soon a friend of my game friend came
along and passed out a So bill on request.
Thank heavens, we can have some Of
those beans now said the hungry one.
eve can. eh?" said the other. We'll
wait while and wen see
"AIy friend made y hoe line for gam
bling house, followed by the hungry one
who pleaded with him eloauently TO get
something to cat first He was infexible
however, ana few minutes later was
seated in front Of a layout with two dol
lars worth Of checks before him. He
won a little and then he lost a little, and
every two minutes the hungry one would
whisper to him to quit and get some
beans He drew fascinating pictures Of
that smoking bean pot they had been
looking at. but the other was game to the
core. He finally had about $40 in front
of him, and then began TO plunge. The
hungry one gasped for breath and finally
s...,.to,~a hin, 10 Give him "A duarfar check