The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-04
GAMBLERS "SYSTEMS,
Account of Only One Which Ever Wor-
 ried the Bank at Monte Carlo

Account of Only One Which Ever Wor-
 ried the Bank at Monte Carlo.
 Not long ago I had very interest ing chat with the director of play upon systems, and he let me into several se- crets. Notwithstanding all that mas been written upon Monte Carlo anu combinations of sequences, there has' he declared, never been system which has given us moments anxiety save one" Quickly interested, sought further information, but the sphinx-like face of the bearded frehcn- man merely relaxed into smile. me management of Monte Carlo IS never communicative,
 well" he said at last, after much persuasion, "M'sieur is acquainted with what is generally known as the sui- cides' table-the second ory the right on entering the roulette roomY It WAS at that table. few years ago, that saw one afternoon an old lady, who, like many others here, makes her nv ing by obtaining good places at the table on the opening of play ana sell ing them to eager players an hour or two later. This old lady, whom you must know as Mme X., was well known to me, and was surprised to notice that she had a young Italian with her They were playing occasionally with dye-franc pieces, and winning. But so small were the stakes that l took very little notice save to congratulate Mad anne when she rose to go home 10 oiH- ner Then the old woman turned to me with an air of surprising defiance and asked. How much will M sleur give for the secret of an infallible sys- tenn at roulette?' Nothing respond ed, laughing; we are not buying se- crets today To this she responded: .Ah, but M'sieur will be glad to pur- chase it some day. Bon soir, And she | was gone
 | "For several days I did not see her, and the matter passed completely rom my mind. One afternoon q. week later, however. I saw her at the same table in company with three men. The 'chef 1 de partie' whispered to me that they were winning heavily, and I told the surveillants to watch and report Ar hour later one of the mon came to me and stated that Madame and her party had won 70, 900 f., and that. strangrst oi all. they only played for the maximum and scarcely ever lost.
 "rhat evening I looked on myself at their play several times, and cer' tainly they seemd to win each time they staked The curious point, how ever, was that in twenty coups or sf they would never play more thar twice, first one of the partners, anc then the others, but on each occasion they won the maximum in all com | binations-en plein, the color, the col umn. the dozens, and the transver sale. Indeed, the system certainl, seemed to bear out the prophecy O madame, and was actualy inGalADie l Now. we have heard so much abou
 systems that we are skeptical, but | must confess that on this ocacsion | became interested.
 "A week passed and their winning
 amounted to a very respectable sum
 all of which had been safely lodged
 in the Credit Lyonnais and transmit
 ted to q bank at Milan.
 | '"The matter was now growing Se
 rious, for three timse they had broker
 the bank at the table where the!
 played. and at length I telegraphed t
 M. Blanc in Paris, He asked fo
 further reports, and these being stil
 unsatisfactory he came to Mont
 Carlo to see for himself. What he say
 greatly disconnected him. The ganl