The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

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An, enterta tale Of the gamb4
ling srooms was related recently by Col.
Cole Martin. according to one OF the
washington pa pers. It has to Sdo with
the phenomenal luck Of Henry II Rice,
who was fst .aenat tor iron Mime
sofa, after the territory was admitted
as state. Martin story IS as fol-
lows: Being "a resident OF st. Paul
when Rice was elected by the legisla-
ture and having taken hand in the
fight, u conclud led to come on with
Rice to- Washingto as in those days,
1858, Washing ton was Wide-open
town, and faro was as free then as
q beer lunch IS now. OF course, j had
an acquaintance among the sports,
and shortly after u erected my tepee
il the capital the senator invited me
to visit him: While making the rounds
one afternoo we got hungry and + in
vited him into Pringle' Pringle's at
that time was the finest gambling
house in Washing on. The proprietor
served y three elegant meals ia day to
his guests and patrons without charge.
It was a rendezvous for ali manner
and kinds Of men with money. You
could meet there in groups a foreign
ambassador, a United States senator,
Judges, generals, and, OF course, men
like myself, who followed / the green
cloth as a profession. I was then in
or about my Both year, and thought no
more ofatWin or lose 5000 than l
would now Of, a single SIS bill. There
were nos 10s or Is cent chips in those
days. The whites cost 81, the very
lowest price for them. 81 Nobody
Thought of buying a stack Of chips
under $50, and play was high. 7 was
as high a roller asfsthe best Of them,
for just previous, to my arrival in
Washington had lost as. banker in
two nights over $50, 900. 81 ETs47iS3 ~
! ssss ell, u Senator Rice and myself en-
joyed Pringle's fine spread. intro
duced the senator, and NJ as he y had
never played "a card, like old Matt
Carpenter; he knew#all the boys and
was gracious and democratic in his
associations with them; he felt EN-
barrassed oyer eating such an elegant
meal and not having to pay for it.
Passing "a faro. layout IN IN the / next
room, she threw down "a SIS gold piece
on card, expec citing to lose it.. TO his
surprise and ss4chagrin,f however, she
Won This made the matter worse
than ever, as he didanot want to win,
but to lose the s5sas an indirect pay
ment for the meal he hads eaten.
While he was in a quandary I bought
a stack of chips and soon became alb
sorbed in the game. The senator was
trying to lose what he had won, but,
in spite Of himself. his winnings lin
creased. His bets were placed hap
hazard, he not knowing whether they
were placed right ortnot, and not car
ing, except that, he wanted toglose, and
get out of the place. \ But lose he
couldn't, and soon dropped out, be-
ing broke, to watch his. play and mar
vel at his Iever-increasing pile. He
soon had crowd around him, which
added to his embarrassment, and he
appealed to me to. help him get broke.
as he wanted to get, out and did not
want to take any Of. the banks money
with him. : Well, this was the fun
1iest snap I have ever experienced in
nay life of over 20 years. There sat
q the, senator and myself playing for all
we were worth to reduce his winnings,
and play any way. We chose the piles
of chips increased. I, who had been so
unlucky, caught the fever Of the. sen
ator's good luck, and !, won in "a
streak ,.s ~. y 10 ,. a +5* e CT
i - The senator's face was as white as
his shirt, 4andehe was as scared a man
as ever Issaw in my life. But the play
went on, and owing to the. fact that
at that time there was no. limit at
Pringle's, the bets were So high, that
the modern 25-cent chip layer would
get the grip It i should nention&the
size Of bets. S. So AZ ii ,$ : ssess PED
Finally Mr. Pringle. called me to
one side, and told me that his partners
objected to. the game limit;
He was willing himself to play the
bank with out it; but he was compelled
togdefer to the wishes d his partners,
and would place. the limit at $3.50 a
bet. $500 = S$ a. h; vi 4.
s@ssH He said 1t was allarightato have me
play on, as he liked me and all that,
but ! was the first man who ever forced
Sh ,. put a limit On the game. When
i Returned to the table 81 quietly in-
formed the senator and he looked dis
stressed, as he saw no chance, from his
point OF view in. getting rid Of his
winnings at q $3.50 limit. We played
until midnight and the senator at last
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