Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22

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in by a blue-blooded British peer who wants
TO do morality a good turn, and who Incl
dentally wants the Monte Carlo millionsl
There can be no doubt about the impending
fate of the radiantly beautiful Riviera resort
that usually is mentioned by the pulpit
orators as the worlds greatest plague spot,
for the noble earl of Rosslyu, brother of the
duchess Of Sutherland and the countess of
Warwick gives his word that he is going to
annihilate it. His plan of action is to out
devil the devil Other people have under
taken to do this, with a system for breaking
the bank at Monte Carlo as a means of
grace but they didn't know the tremendous
secret that Lord Rosslyn has acquired. The
noble earl announced his plans some time
ago but 1t was supposed then that he was
only jesting, for even a British peer jests
now and then. Later on he invited the
public to buy shares in company he was
organizing to make use of his system for
breaking the bank Now he asserts that
practically all of the funds needed have
been subscribed that the system has been
tested to the satisfaction Of the stockholders
on private table and with a professional
crouDier. Six players have been initiated
into the secret and trained in its use under
the expert hand of Lord Rosslyn, and it is
officially stated that the memorable expedi-
tion will set forth for the conquest the
present month.
Lord Rosslyn says it will be no simple
matter of a week or two for his secret is
not the kind that enables one to take in
millions in a night II will take the hard
est kind of hard work aud the returns viii
be comparatively slow. The strain on the
players, on account of the intricate mental
calculations required will be something
tremendous and that is why six experts
will be needed. AS soon as one man is ex-
hausted after a few hours Of play he will be
replaced by another, and so on in relays
throughout each day. Besides the strain Of
the mental exertion. there is the danger of
trouble with the Monte Carlo authorities.
81 shall be followed by crowds as the result
of this publicity" said Lord Rosslyn, and
the officials at tIe casino may attempt to
put diffculties in our way" One of his as
sociaees who is to assist in driving Monte
carlo to destruction. speaks more strongly
on this point Il arm rather nervous abou
going down there, said he to an inter
viewer as we all might be shot OF pois-
oned. The success of the system is not at
all exaggerated; l stand 20 win thousands
without risking a half penny" The Monte
Carlo people say this is not fair Lord
Rosslyu's enterprise has attracted great
deal of attention at Monaco but long ex-
perieuce with system leads NJ. Blanc, who
leases the gaming privileges from the
prince of Monaco, to hope that he may yer
escape ruin. AT any rate, he says that Lord
Rosslyn may be absolutely sure Of fair
play, and that the bank will do business
with his lordship just as long as the money
holds out According to present plans, the
play will be confined to the tables devoted
70 treute-et-quarante, and as soon as Monte
Carlo is wiped out the casinos at Ostend
and Nice will be tackled unless they close
their doors in self-protectiou. Lord Ross
lyu says he got his secret some years ago
from man who had made life study of
trente- -et-quarante, aud that the system is
absolutely infallible. The only reason that
it has not been tried before is that no one
man can manage it. and that it also takes a
good deal Of capital
Whether Lord Rosslyus undertaking
amounts to anything or not he is the most
picturesque not to say lurid, lord Of his gen
Grafton If only some Boswell would arise
from him the resulting biography would
have points Of interest that would cave Dr.
Johnsons life far in the shade. Perpetual
want Of money has been the minor chord in
Money-lenders have bothered him His
bankruptcy FIVE years ago was for some
thing like sI5o,ooo and from which sum he
has been discharged There are not many
kinds of enterprise in which he has not
been engaged He has been raucher in
Australia, sugar planter in the United
States, tea grower in China and commefcia
traveller as we'll as soldier, war correspond
ent, editor, author, partner in tailoring
establishment and finally actor It was
through his connection with the more am
bilious Of these varied cailngs combined
with horse racing and cutting a swath" in
different parts of the world that his in
herited fortune was reduced to the sum of
three cents, which the earl says was all he
had in his pocket at the most straightened
period Of his existence
So long as his turf operations we're con-
fined to entering aud backing his own
horses--and he had a magnificent stud
Lord Rosslyn kept ahead q the game he
he came to grief only when he began back
ing other folks horses. When he could no
longer afford to keep horses himself his
lordship undertook the calling Of racing
commission agent, " but his selections were
painfully liable to gang aft aglee, and
the happy-go-lucky nobleman came another
crOppcr lie lost more money IN his news
paper experience, founding society
journal" called Scottish Lie, which had a
brief and glorious career. II was while
editing this valuable periodical that Lord
Rosslyn won new celebrity by correcting
his proofs in the most swagger region Of
Hyde Park His fashionable friends bow
ling along Rotten Row, beheld him there,
occupying a penny seat aud busy over long
white slips Of paper secured against the
attacks OF the wind by having small stones
placed on them
Having a little money left after the
Scottish Life" was gathered to its fathers,
Lord Rosslyn invested it IN a perfumery
shop Il was after this enterprise had
failed that the one-hme millionaire found
himself in most embarrassing circumstances
in which the source Of his next meal was a
subject Of considerable interest TO him
Lazness, however, has never been one Of
this lords many failings. He determined
10 60 to work as an ordinary clerk and
actually offered himself to a city clothing
dealer, only TO hnd that be did not possess