The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-30


turning q hair. began TO think OF home
and the dear old flag. and all thar
ic started the pcrspira tfon. but A was
IN anu couldn't get out so made up my
mlnd 10 stay long enough 10 lose about a
hundred dollars. and then suddenly grow
~ ana extract myself. IL wouldn't Do TO
nave stomach ache, which was "A CON
fouhdedly plebeian ailment, and d.
| piored the fact that WAS not subject 10
| hts, put thought I might ring fn n pain
OF some Kind. or perhaps fall hnck on
colo ieet Perhaps the prince had been
OCCASIONALLY troubled In that way, and
would synpathize with me
As We sat down. however no things
.appened To disturb ms dream OF cold
| ieet. Schenck was 10 bank and the first
| thing his royal highness said was,
| Give me $1,000 worth or chips Ana no
said II with no more emphasis than II IL
had been: Pass the pie"
| To add TO my grief the RothschiId chan
placed at his elbow book of signed
checks. with blank space for him To
write In the amount. which he aid with
pencil, I'm careless way. as II ne wore
Keeping count OF hams. The only glIm-
mer OF hope on the horizon wns tho con-
duct OF the duke OF Marlborough he act
ed like perfect gentleman and only
bought $1,000 worth OF checks
steered by him. and also brought
sspO0 worth. Schenck gave mo an approv-
ing smile. and | learned afterward that
! did the proper thing. 1t would not have
been etiquette 20 buy as much as the
prince. j WAS mighty glad OF that.
thought since that I would have been in
fine fix if etiquette had required me 10
stack up with the prince. / am afraid
that would have stuck our minister for
!. years salary. and he would never
nave spoken TO me again.
The horrors OF that eventful night 7
can never recall without shudder. The
ante was two pounds-ten dolars--but
that was a mere detail. The prince would
look az his cards In careless waV and
rensrk' II raise that a hundred pounds
The bloated villain Rothschild would
nip the pasteboards I'm an Indifferent man
ner and observe, with the same indifrer-
ence to my feelings: "I'll see that and 20
$50 better"
oh. how wished ] was q copper king
OF Montana, or a coal baron OF Pennsyl-
vania or any other fellow rolling In
wealth, so that could have socked n 10
them ! laid down hand after hand be-
cause couldn't stand the strain. I'd pick
up two stout pair. ger hnlsted "A couple OF
hundred before the draw and thcn ret
Knocked out with bet or two thousand.
and sit back and see the prince or
kothschiid pun I'm the pot on a pair of
nincs
That's the sort OF company ! was I'm.
BIZ. Lots of times I felt morally certain
that they were bluflng. but | couldn't
risk 5000 on my opinion. and | had 10
let IL go. 1t wasn't poker after all: AZ was
more Ike highway robbery II was last
possible that they might have good
hand aud | run up agaiust unr my
frfend Schenck would be ruined Cashlng
my losses
Al the end OF an hour was ont sle00:
simply anted IL away. 40 To speak and
didn have bit Of fun. Then all of "A
Sudden. | got hold OF three aces Il hap.
pened To be a jack pot verylfat AZ YOU
may be eve. and I had them before the
Draw. said 10 myself that Il was now. or
never, and | run my face FOR ali sorts nf
raises Talk about cold feet, NNher toll
ny children about that ag0nizlnr Ten min
ices never refer - my feeiings aud lct
hem understand that their dad wSs cool
INA collected.
But | wasn't The prince and IN. duke
md that Rothschild let me down pretty
'asy-I suppose they took pity on me-. az
{ Was the first hand had really played
u any rate there was a call and won
lO0W on the hand Tseu. Oh. how I
Wished that ! could get up and make my
'scapo. but than would not have bcen
Etiquette, 80 played on and kept on fool
ng away my chips as before
The end OF IL was that the game broke
~ AZ midnight. and was as happy as Ar
had won prize In "A LOTTERY When |
ound that ] was out only $500 The cxpe-
ionce was worth the money, and have
ad lofs OF FUN talking about ~. but
wouldn't go through IL again until / get
be about ten times a millionaire.