The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-04
HOW FARO NELL DEALT BANK:

FOR II SUNDAY SEEoH
.Riches." remarked the old cattleman'
"riches. says voul Neither you-all nor any
other gent is competent to stats whether
In the footQre he amasses wealth or not
The question Is plumb beyond the throw
Of his rope"
NV friends tone breathea n note Of strong
contradiction. while his glance was the
sapient glance Of much experience. I had
said that I carried no hope of becoming
r,c5. that tbs members Of my tribe were
horn with their hands open and had SUCH
hold o. money as a riddle has of water. 1t
u,as this which moved him to expostulatofy
denial.
which this yero matter Of wealth. that
away" he continued. lis a mighty sight
question Of luck. shcre, a gent has to
have capacity to grasp a chance an savoy
sufficient to get his chips down right But
this yere chance. an whether It offers itse'f
to any specific sport, Is frequent accident;
an its comm or failure to come depends on
conditions over which the party about to
be enriched ain't got no control. That's
straight. sonI You-all backtrack any big
fortune to its b~eginnin', an some'ers along
the trail or at the farthest end. youn come
I'D on the fact tina It took a accident or
two, what veal 6arkened mortals calls
luck to make good the play. It's Ike
gettin' shot gettin' rich is; all you has to
do is 20 be present e whole lot at the time
an the bullets does tho rest
You distrusts these doctrines You
shore won't # you sets down hard an
thinks. Suppose twenty gents has made a
surround an is huntin' q. bar. Only one
IS goin' to down him. An in his clumsy
blunderin's. the bar is goin' TO select that
execuioner hlmse'f. That's a fact; the
party WHO downs that bar, final, amt goin'
to pick the bar out; the bar IL goin' 10
pick him out An IT'S the SAINT about
wealth: one gent gets the bar an the other
nineteen-an' they're Jest as cunnin' an In
dustr Gus as the lucky ~party-don't get
n~othing-don't' even get a shot I repeats.
therfore, that you-aIl settin' yere this even
In, firm off aimless observations, dom
KNOW WleIlcT you II uull AON.
At the close of his dissertation. my talk
alive companion puffed a dense cloud which
seemed to hang above his venerable head in
a fashion of heavy blue approval. 1 paused
n respectful moment and as one impressed
bv the uttered wisdom of the old gentlemen.
Then I took another tack.
Speaking of wealth." I said, tell me
concerning the largest money you ever
knew to be won or lost at faro-tell me a
gambling story.P
Tell you-alI q gamblin' tale" he repeat
cd, and then unused az If lost in RETROSPECT
ton. "Ir 1 hesitate it's because of a multi
toode Of Incidents from which to draw. I've
rehele some mighty curious doin's at t!ls
gamblin' tables. once l knows a party who
sinks his hopeless head on the layout an
die, as he loses his last chip. This don't
happen in wolfville none. No. / don't say
folks amt cashed in at farobank In that
excellent hamlet an gone singin' to their
home above, but it amt heart disease, that
away Usual It's guns; the same bein' in
voked by sech inadvertencies as pickin' up
some other gents bet.
'TeI you-all a story about gamblin': Now
] reckons the time Faro Neil rescoos Cher
okee Hall from room is when I sees the
NEST dinero changed in at one play. You
all can gamble that's a thrillin' eepisode,
when Faro Nell steps in between Cherokee
an the destroyer. It's the gossip of the
camp for days, an when Wolfville discusses
anything for two days. tina outfits plumb
moved. '
This yere gent who crowds Cherokee 20
the wal performs the feat deliberate. He
organizes a sort o. campaign ag'in Chero-
kee; h you-all might term a fiscal dooel.
An at the finish he has Cherokee corraled
for his last peso. It's at that pint Nell cuts
in on the play an redeems the sityooation
a heep. It's all on the squar': this invaGin'
sport simply outlucks the bank. That an
the egreegious limit Cherokee gives him is
what does the trick
In Wolfville we-an recalls that sharp
set gent who comes after Cherokee with
respect. In fact he wins our ecomiums be-
fore he sets in ag'in Observation-Disclosures ever
he gets his second drink at the Red Light
bar. He comes ramblin' over with Old
Monte from Tucson one e%venin'; that's the
first glimpse VIC has of him An for a
hour mebby. followin' his sad advent. SEE
In tho gen'ral herd is busy with the mail. |
ne has the Red Light to himse'f.
"on this yere OCCASION, thar, ukev,s. |