The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-10
sCHwAB AT MONTE CARLO.
How He EnIivened Two of It's Few
Dull Days.
From the New York Journal

How He EnIivened Two of It's Few
Dull Days.
From the New York Journal.
Monte Carlo is grateful to young
Schwab, of the steel combine, for liven.
ing up two of its few dull days.
1t was at the flag end of the season
last spring. MIR. Schwab, drifting about
Europe on a short vacation, went TO
Monte Carlo. and. after dining at the
Hotel de Paris, strolled over to the gam
bling house.
lie made no stir as he came In. ina
croupiers were rather contemptuouslv
serving the little groups of obscure
tourists and other nobodies who were
gathered about the several tables. Young
Schwab had only one popularity He
wore q frock coat. 1t was hot It was
evening. But Mr.. Schwab wore his most
clerical-looking attire That, with his
smooth young face. boyish eyes and in
genious smile, made him look like
Western preacher spirited from home bv
the industrious Mr.. Cook
He stood at a roulette table and watch
ed the play. Queer-looking old ladies and
their queer-looking daughters" glanced
at him. as they did at every new male,
then looked away. They thought that
Mr.. Schwab looked poor
Presently Mr.. Schwab took a seat va
Gated by one of the players. He reached
into the inside breast pocket of that aw-
full, hot and sombre coat. His hand re-
appeared with 1,000-franc note (s20O) He
tossed 1t carelessly toward the croupier
That PERSONS duh eyes lighted up. He
looked again at Mr.. Schwab's face-this
time more closely. He saw through the
boyish, rather firm expression, smiled
m Cd 10 alt.
c.ousness.
Schwab tossed them about on many
numbers-like man who knows the rou-
lette table well but cares little for gamb-
ling and less for money lie lost
Again his hand disappeared into that
hot pocket of that hot coat. Again II re-
appeared with 1,OOO-franc note. In a few
minutes his purchases were gone once
more. He thrust his hand into the pocket
and look of annoyance came over his
race The outside of the coat was agi-
tated. His hand seemed to be fumbling
ana fubling in vain. The croupier and
the queer-looking ladies-"mothers" and
daughters"-watched him anxiously.
Gradually the expression of ANNOYANCE
faded from his face and his arm began to
reappear from the depths of that mystic
rlous pocket. That side of the coat coll
lapsed; the hand reappeared. In 1t was
a huge bundle of 1,0OO-franc notes-a small
fortune. Mr.. Schwab had disentagled
his roll and was ready for business.
The croupier beamed, the mothers"
ana daughters" exchanged glances and
began to circle slowly, like yultures. TO-
ward young Schwab's chair. He invest
TED 1000 francs and absorbed himself in
the table
The mothers stood as a rear guard
ard the daughters" advanced to the at
tack
He did not observe what was going on
until he suddenly found himself unable
to move either arms or shoulders Then
he glanced around. He started up in
amazement and alarm. The daughters"
IN their enthusiasm had so pressed in
upon him that he was reposing upon
sea Of chiffon and lace. Their faces were
close to his. Their hands rested upon
his shoulders
As he rose one of them, as if yielding
to an uncomfortable impulse of alteration,
pinned great red flower upon the lapel
OF that now splendid coat-the home OF
that mighty roll
A look of annoyance came into young
Schwabs frank, open, sunny face, then
vanished. And his beautiful smile re-
turned-the smile of the jayhawker who
gratefully accepts a gold brick from 9
SOhAiNSASO the Smile OF the nay
seed with the bag full of green goods"
'Thank you" he said in English.
"Merci," he said in French. And he
bowed like a prince dismissing an am
bassador. Then he sat down again and
paid no more attention to the "daugh-
ters," although they caressed his hair,
patted his shoulders and poured into each
of his ears a flood of compliments IN
French and broken English.
Ia uia hao -
year. Soon the stacks of colored ivory
began to multiply. He was looking at the
croupier over "a perfect breastwork OF
ivory. When excitement in the neighbor-
hood was at its hight and fifty at least
were backing his play, and mothers
and daughters" were on the verge OK
nervous prostration, the young man emit
ted mighty yawn and pushed his mass
of disks toward the croupier. With
glance Of the eye the cropier made the
estimate and counted upon the table
well, it was a good many 1,000-franc notes.
Schwab shuffied them together, rolled
them up and the coat engulfed them ne
rose and buttoned ID carefully, his eyes
dancing merrily from one eager face 20
another of the women who pressed aoou.
him. When the last button was secured
he bowed and pushed his way through
the throng. He was apparently blind anu
deaf-but. oh. how childlike his smile! II
was impossible for the women to behe.e,
that he wouldn't invite them to supper Il
only they could make him see and near;
Young Schwab evidently played as lSoiu
Chesterfield advises young men to plaS
for amusement. 1t was perfectly Apparel
that he had no passion for gambling bus
II was also clear that he knew now
win, how to follow up his luck a''N
when to stop.
They say that he came out good many
thousands ahead on his two-days' pi@s
or was II three? They say that pc az
cepted an invitation 10 that secluded
side room" where the play Is much NE
or than In the main rooms They say ~
had no reason to regret going. But t',s y,
may or may not be true. Certain
that after that first evening the NO..
ors" and "dauRhters'' looked lonsN1
and admiringly al him, but kept al
eance.
AiF. schwabs smile Il q thing o. peaIs,l
He brought n with him from tpe s"~