The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
PeCk'S Bad Boy Abroad
Doings a 1onteC Carlo
GEORGE w.
GEORGE

Well, we got a suite of rooms and the
first day we looked over the place. and
ate free banqUets and saw how the peo-
pie dressed, and just looked prosper
GUS and showed our money on the
slightest prOvocation, and got the hang
OF things. Dad was to go in the big
gambling room in the afternoon with
his pockets fairly dropsical with money.
and the Dakota man was to do the
betting, and dad was to hold one of the
canvas bags. and when it WAS full we
were to take it TO our room, and quit
gambling for awhile, to give the bank
a chance to raise more money. Dad
insisted that his partner should lose
a small bet once in awhile, so the bank
should not get on to the fact that we
had a cinch.
After luncheon we entered the big
gambling room, in full dress suits, and,
Dy SoShi II was like a king 5. recep-
ton. There were hundreds of men
and women, dressed for a party, and it
did not seem like a gambling hell. eX-
cept that there were piles Of gold as
big as stoves. on all the tables, and the
guests were provided with silver
rakes, with long handles, to rake in
the money Dad said in a whisper to
the Dakota man; What is the use of
taking the trouble to run a gold mine,
and get all dirtied up digging dirty
nuggets, when you can get nice. clean
gold, all coined, ready to spend, by
betting Tight2" And then dad turned
10 me and he said: ''Hennery,~ don't
let the sight of this wealth make you
avarIcious- Don't be purse-proud when
you find that your poor father. after
years of struggle against adversely,
and the Vaccinations of designing
men, has got next to the Pierpont Nor
gan class, and has money to buy rail-
roads Don't get excited when we be-
gin TO bag the money, but just act as
lar f1ff vii
us to salt down our gold for winter,
the same as we do our pork"
a count, or a duke, gave US nice
seats, and rakes to haul in the money,
a countess. with a low-neclked dress.
winked at dad when he reached into
his pistol pocket and brought out
roll of bills and handed them TO the
Dakota man, who bought $500 worth of
red chips, and when the man looked
the roulette table over and put about
pint of chips on the red, dad choked
up so he was almost black in the face,
and began to perspiTe 50 1 had to wipe
my face with a handkerchief; the
gambler rolled the wheel and when
the ball stopped on the red, and dad
did the raking and raked in a quart of
chips, and dad shook hands with the
Dakota man and said: "Pard, we
have got 'em on the run" and reached
for his sack to put in the first INSTALL
ment of acquired wealth. and the low
necked countess smiled a ravishing
smile on dad. and dad looked as
though he owned brewery, and the
Dakota man twisted his chin whiskers
and acted like he was sorry for the
Monte Carlo bank, / just got SO faint
with joy that l almost cried.
To think that we had skinned along
as economically as possible all our lives
and never made much money, and now,
through this Dakota genius, and this
monte Carlo opportunity. we had
wealth raking in by the bushel made
me feel great and [ wondered why
more people had not found out this
far-away place where people could be
come rich and prosperous in a day, if
they had the nerve. / tell you, old man.