The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-30


the gamest loser ! ever saw. said q
travelling passenger agent Tor one Of me
Western railroads, according 70 the WASH
lng,on Post. was sheep aeroer wac
d.an't look 10 have enough cnaraeter 60
him 10 STUFF a enat petit lie was bunch
ing sheep on Inc Idaho saEe ranges Tor -
usouth and bis grub. when en- aunt d.
Connecticut. whom he had scarcely ever
heard Of. much less seen died and .eft
hlm slkea he d4dn nave % come EAst
70 get the money A lawyer handed y %
hin ln a bundle in rolateLo, He went 20
Jim Granstoras faro bank AMI told Jim
that he wanted 10 make few tlodsana-
dollar bets. Grarstord tod him that De Il
better hang Oh 20 his dough The herder
.old Jim ~. the money was or4y good
@ nim for the acton be could get on ~
AID that II be don't set action al Grams
ford e layout. Why there were others s.
Gransford aeAl. taem from the box him
SELF with q s. ps limit ! saw the Whose
rioy. Il lasted oD.y for,y-nVe minutes.
The aerder wasut in it a. any stage ~
the route. Coppcred or open, he couda'
land right. II WAS me hercest run Of eNs.
luck ever saw man have AZ faro BANS
When the herdcr asd .Qst $500. Gram
ford s8id 10 him
You'd better pinch out that rema.r.as
s. con. son give yourself chance
lou hand me Gus another hoxtul re-
piled the aerder. 'Waen ! set through j
quit
'Tne man was perfectly cool ara col
lected and he laid down his las. i've 81 .oo3
t.Is without a tremor he picked four
straight losers. By that time che box was
out aud Gransford rfed en- aud started
Z EFHH har al f4.H. a . 5 Is
cards SLIP out FOR a moment, and then ne
put ms ast 5000 BIN on the king The
king lost ana he was trimmed. There
Wasn't particle % contraction 20 his
features as he coo.y struck a match and
it cigar. tank those VINO saw the
pay felt good deal scrg.er for him than
hs'i ii Tor himself
Bud. said Grsnsford to the herder
I N 10 hog. III just split The difference
with you. ara he negan 10 count out nat
the money he had won from the sheep
man
No. you won't replied the herder.
eoolly' but you can give me a drink and a
bottle 70 put in my pocket
Better take couple OF thousand and
run 10 Denver or Frisco and have a whirl
out Of IT, anyhow. persisted Gansford
I've had my whiri' was the mans re-
ply He wasn't sulky at oil and he
all man and al game
Where are you bound for now" ask
ed Gansford after putting 70 the drinks
and handing the herder a quart bottle Of
old private stock.
Back 70 the cd k-6' replied the herd
er and he started for the ranch an hour
later lie had bought three blue flannel
shirts, a pair OF sop-ooots. and p0ncho.
and that's ail he got out OF his $500"
ate committee clerk who halls from the
Pacific coast was George Melrose who
~ the ate 1os ran the two biggest gam
bling houses on the Slope, one in san
Francisco and the other In Portland lie
4 died rich in Melbourne Australia. about
five years ago. Melrose's rival in san
Francisco Was Puck Stuart who had
big faro layout on Kearney street The
Two men didn't particular fancy each
other Stuart went up 10 Portland in the
summer 81 IS and bucked Melrose's bank
there 20 a standstill Me.rose closed the
Portland place Then Stuart brought his
winnings down 20 Melrose's Frisco bank
and with an almost Unprecedented run OF
luck. lasting more than a week he closed
Alelrose out Melrose realized about So. :
90 on his California investment and took
the bunch 40 stuarts Kearney street
p.a-e. Stuart himself dealt Melfoso =
luck seemed to have deserted him. and
De .ost every dollar OF hts So GO. lie was
broke
3" Aielrose said Puck Stuart 10 him
after the last turn QUE OF the box III
give you so coo a year and a percentage
h YOU viii run No. game here for
me
Much obliged stuart replied Mel
rose but I've worked too long for my
self 20 be tractable IN another mans en-
. enl "a a. Lrs.