The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
DREAM TIPS COSTLY.
Tive Gases Where Those Who Got
Them Lost Heavily.

Tive Gases Where Those Who Got
Them Lost Heavily.
One of the most remarkable in
stances in which large sum of money
was lost through putting too much
faith in dream occurred to a Colonel
Booker, who related the facts himself
to the present writer In 1899 Colonel
Booker was in Mexico City, and while
there played roulette regularly in the
casino. One night, after winning
fair amount, he retired TO rest and
had a curious dream. He thought he
was coming out of the theater with a
lady ON his arm, when cabman came
up to him and asked him If he wanted
cab. The colonel turned TO the lady
and inquired If she would ride, but
she declined, whereupon the cabman
took a piece of chalk from his pocket
and marked the coloneps sleeve with
the number II. Then Colonel Booker
awoke, and was so much impressed by
his dream that he believed he had re-
ceived a bona fide "tip" to put his
money on that number
That evening he followed the noe
turnal advice and lost, but so great
hold had the dream taken upon him
that he continued to play the same
number, and, though he lost nineteen
times out of twenty, be persevered for
several days, at the end of which time
he found his losses amounted to 10000.
Then, like wise man recovered from
his foolshness, the colonel decided to
quit" and since then he has put very
little faith in dreams as an aid to sue
cessful gambling.
But Colonel Booker's experience with
nocturnal tips was by no means as
young man at Monte Carlo some few
years ago. This young fellow, whom
we will call Smith, was a member of
a well known and highly respectable
Devonshire family. lie had gone the,
pace" and had lost considerable
amount in horse racing ani gambling,
when one night he had cream which
greatly impressed itself urCn him and
which was the direct means of his los
ing the remainder of his fortune.
He thought he was standing In the
Avenue de rOpera Paris, when a po-
lice officer came along with squad
of gendarmes and halted V thin hun
dred feet of him. lie watched them
idly and soon experienced an uncon-
trollable desire to find out how many
there were, but just as he began to
count the officer issued peremptory
commands, which were so promptly
obeyed that the dreamer had no chance
of satisfying his curiosity. Finally,
however, the men stood in single file
facing their officer, and Mr.. Smith was
Just able to make out that there were
twenty seven in all when he awoke
Being superstitious, like all gam
blers, he at once saw In his dream the
finger of fate silently pointing to twen-
ty-seven as the lucky number, and the
following day he was early at the
tables and staked large sum on 1t.
Curiously enough, twenty-seven won
twice in succession, and then the luck
changed and he began to lose steadily.
Most Of that day he played his favorite
number without success, and when the
casino closed that night he had lost a
considerable amount Of money.
The next day he continued to play
the same number, with the same re-
suit, and, to cut a long story short,
that fatal twenty-seven ran away with
every penny he possessed, and he was
only prevented from shooting himself
by an interested spectator who fol-
lowed him out of the casino and by
tact and the loan of a small sum in
duced him to face his misfortune like
man. Those to whom Mr.. Smith
aftsrward related the circumstances Of
the dream declared that he had made
mistake In not counting the officer as
well as the gendarmes.-London Tit
Bits.