The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
mn SENITOR'S ITCk.
Wanted to Lose 40 in Return for His Meal,
but Had to Win Thousands.

from IHS " Eh'Ngl"H RON,
81 came here with lie first Senator IRON Mime
sofa after the l~errtory was admitted AZ u STATE, "
sand Col Cole Martin to a group Of listener, o'e
eNe!lnE the past wees.
"Henry y. Rice served one term rs United
States senator, ami |, le,ug a resident OF ST Paul
vucn ne was ee led by The leg stature. and tax
ing part IN the fight, c%nncluued 10 rome on lo
Washington. ~ m those days 1865, " ashlngion
WAS a wldeoren town, al d FER, was A. tree then
Il Il tter lunrn Is now ul course, | had an nc
qualntanre among the sports, and shortly after |
erected my te &c IN the capital the Senator invited
me To visit HIM. While making the rounds one
afternoon We got hungry, ana / invited him into
rrng.e'r Fringe : at this lime was the hHr,t
gaalllng hOuE II N,lshlngtpl Tie ~ rr:ct r
served three reGdut meals a day t. his guests
aud patrons without charge. II Was "A rend"1
vpuS fr AL manner and kinds II men with money
\ "a could meet t,trr IN gTDuIS II I, rclgn Am
la >,atpr, a nE"d states Senat 7, Judges, t,s.-
erals, and, II Cour 50, u'erllke myself whofllluWcd
tie green cloth rs a profession, ! va, then IN ,r
ahpIt my lHirueth year, and thought no n, r. 81
win r lose $4,000 tunn ! would noH Of a single
fy, tul = hl,. There were no ten TT TIVE ~
fly" cent chips n those days. Tie
, E"nF' >"3S"ly though, i buying a stack
O! chips under $50, AID play WAS high was
a, hiFh e roller A. ,e t.:t Of item 'pr luit re
yIous t. my aHiya! m MaN9inr'.n ! had lost as
""vuN'i g. S,ro and my,o,f eri,,.od p,i,
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MN get nt IKE aS ne "a'.'n y, Ir, 'n', a.u ,mI
u I VAIL "a tht =" W "''h y hi'L'H WIN
hln. N''i, lNl' wa ~ 'u''l'S. N"'l,i NV wi
EXPERIENCED N III, W" @, "T' SrNrni Hrnls
mere "l tUr N'iinl't INV 10y 'I I'nI M ~ IA We
were ""fUi To- I'uu'e rs "'t"l'EN' N'u i'"N an;
way ,"r, chose me Ile7 81 'r,H 'Itr'e,fd H.
Wh" ma l'e'' 50 ullU'hE C"uEn' we l'Ntt "i 'e
Srlat' z II Iu'k' ana ! N"' ~ a Hlrra'.
ne "'le'"t : l"'' Ms a. NulE ~ ~ -n1r,,
ana Nc wa "H CARO- u 90 ~ '''' "a" W
~" lu' IT," play "cht ON, ana n"lmE '1 We
iaci MAJ ~ mar hniir ,n'tr va, no illll AT Inn
gle'S' IN" bets "rI"N" mEl' lnHttne modern 'Nen'N,
should r%lrnji,o.n ne Si1r "' ne nc'S.
iilAuN, lr tnlFle 'fH'l ne 10 one sac
aud told me thht hlS partners ,l!'Cic' o ,ne game
without "A INIT ne was "lilns HlllSeli 10 plhy
the bank without IT, but Ir was CONFERRED 70 deer
TO- ne "i.nrs ~ ms partners ara ""'"H place 'h'