The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-08
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Mr. Dooley on Gambling
Copyright, 1903. by Robert Howard Russell.
BY F. P. DUNE.

Whats a gamblin' system?" asked
Mr.. Hennessy.
"A gamblin system said Mr.. Zoo
ley, like alienation iv affections is wan
way Nv maxim a livelihood among tn
British arrystocracy. A young jock in
New. York has the best wan l liver
heerd iv. He's been tellin' about it, ON
january twinty- eighth he says, I
held a meetin' iv me syndicate. I'm
fOrchnitely sivral iv tn mos enthusy-
astic an incurable was absent, it bein'
busy day in tn insane coort, but at
nightfall l was able to speed with tin
thousan' dollars in tn swaziland iv
me ~coronet to tn altar where tn God
desS iv Fortune, riprisintin' a syndi-
cate ~ biniVolent Jews, presides,' he
says, over tn exercises iv her votaries,'
he says. In other wurruds, l whit to
play tn foolish Wheel he says. will
read firm me dry: Thursday: Played
yon'y tn twinty-siven on tn three, FIR
I'm thirty years OF today, an three
: fir M thirty laves tWinty-siv TIL
system wurruks splindidly. 1 dhropped
on'ytWo thousan', whereas tn man on
wan side iv me, that was playin' a
dhream his wife had los twinty five
hundherd, an tn man on tn other side
iv me who was asleep los three thou
san an Masonic imblim. A good day.
F'ridah: Today / play tn four, tn siv-
SenSan tn thirteen, twice four bein'
siven an thirteen TIL regular F'ridah
number. Almost won twinty thousan'.
Lost six thousan'.
Saturdah: Play tn color system. am
!, determined to win. TIL bank is wi
dintly afraid iv me, fr tn crooper has
gus toP me in a voice croopy with
emotion that he will accept on'y money
FIR chips. 1t is too aisy. [ play tn
fred. TIL crooper is white with fear.
Il can hear him move his foot narvous-
. lY nndher tn table like a man wurruk-
IN a SEWN machine. TIL wheel stops
Suddenly. 1t is black. How sthrange!
Sundah: It is my day. TIL. betther tn
: day TIL betther I'll do thin. But they
ARE frightened. They. rayfuse to
sturzrn f'r a pair iv cuff buttons an a
solid gun metal cigareet case. / lave
: tn room an as go out, tn crooper to
concale his fear whistles "Ar-re they
amy more at home like you!" 1 will
lake me system to America an have 1t
Financed. Me SYSTEM he. says, needs
nouFishment,' he says.
It's q surprise to me, HinniSSy,
that TIL men r-runnin' gamblin' houses
amt broke. Maybe they ARE broke.
Maybe they're broke an JUS KEEP up tn
game because it's a thradition in tn
family an they're proud an they don't
want tn OF folks at home to hear
they've quit an they need occupation to
amuse thin, like ROCKEFELLER But it's
a shame to take their money firm thin
in this undetermined way. TIL jock iv
Rosen will niver have no luck with
that kind Nv money. I warn him now
A curse will hang over tn illgotten
gains wrenched firm tn poor, ign'rant
gambler be means iv a lead pencil an
primry arith- metic. He may die
rich but his conscience will afffict him
to tn end an his name VIII be spoken
with scorn be future gfn'rations to
come. TIL law ought to shtep in an
INTERFERE. Nanny a gambler who has
snipt tn bes years iv his life dalin'
two at a time an haulin' In sleepers,
isin fear Nv his life that tn jock Nv
Rosen will dayscind on him, slug him
with his system an take tn bread an
luther out ~ tn mouth iv his childher
an tn di'monds out Nv tn ears iv his
wife. Wan Nv our naytional indus
thries is threatened. II this sign Nv