Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16


phrase runs, in order to acquire
what? Habit, GOODNESS and sureness
of hand? 1t would hardly take that
long" smiles the old habitue. mo. it
is to acquire the ability to throw the
ball into any compartment desired"
Then followed story after story OF
wonderful feats performed by indis-
Greet croupiers. One man told OF
something he had seen with his own
eyes. The hero was a young croupier
who one sleepy afternoon in the dead
season summer time, took advantage
of the absence of the chief de partie to
boast to his friends of his skill. To
prove his words he began throwing
the BALL He brought out in succession,
without error, the numbers 1, 2. 8, 4, 5.
6 and Z before the arrival of "the boss"
caused him to desist.
Here is conspiracy not against the
bank but against the public. Another
man told this story: 'One day, sitting
- table No. Of the roulette, OBJ
-Srved the chief de partie carefully.
sie was interesting. A real Partisan,
talkative, restless, busy, unquiet, he
gave himself away to me, for knew
the type. Several times had already
observed him giving the signal to the
>croupier. / think he knew l was
watching him and it increased his en-
barrassed bravado. All at once, when
the dropping of coin on the floor at
tracted the attention of the players,
my chief de partie took advantage Of
it to give the inattentive croupier a
plain out-and-out order to bring the
zero. saw his lips move, forming the
words. l called the attention of a
friend to the fact and begged him to
play the zero with me, but he called
me visionary and argued--something
which might have been true-that as
zero had just come out the chefs pro-
nouncing Of the word might only be
TO call the croupier's attention to the
fact. During this dispute the ball be-
gan rolling, and before could get my
money out I heard the sacramental:
Rein ne va plus!' What number won?
Why, zero!"
The natural question Of everyone
will be-as it was the other evening
Then why not go on profting by such
knowledge? You have only to play the
banks game"
A syndicate was formed on the spot
to do that thing. l happen to know
this fact. Four men, of whom two
were Americans, put up each $50, to be
played only when all four were pres
ent; to be played only on the banks
game. e., on black when there
should be a disproportionally large
amount staked on red, and so on; to
be retired and the profits to be divided
when the capital should be first
doubled, and to be replayed in the
same manner until the capital, this
time quardrupled, the bets to increase
with the capital after the first divi-
sion.
There was syndicate prudently
hedged around with conditions A first
difficulty presented itself the moment
the four sat down to play. They want
ed to play the banks game. 1t sep,-
ed as if everybody around the table
was wanting to play exactly the same
game. When black seemed to be over
charged there was a rush TO red; when
manque looked fat they fastened to
punt on passe. Zero won them $40
after having lost them $40. Now and
again the scheme really seemed to
work. Once "odd" was neglected
They bet on it and won $25. They
made four wins in an hour and a
quarter, waiting patiently. Twice
when they put money on even" they
won. It is remarkable how little they
lost. To sum up the first days's play
they had won $3.50, which they
divided. They are beginning again
to-day. Was it mere luck and did
the syndicate's conditions prevent
them from "plunging' hotheadedly?
In any case they earned their money.
Don't call that play" one of the syn
dictate remarked afterward, the same
amount Of patience and self-control
ought to bring its reward in any
legitimate business"
One thing is certain. If the croupier
ut Monte Carlo can bring out the
numbers he pleases, it must come
close to turning his brain to decide
Nearly every compartment is piled
with money. If he makes red win
for the bank he may cause the bank
to lose on odd or even. If he makes
nanque win for the bank he may
cause lot Of players to win on the
columns, dozens or colors. And so on.
The American Beauty.
All this brings back to mind the sad
case Of beautiful American girl,
Miss A., who in 1893 came to Nice,
tan s1ardar heaI,tify1l with onIv n