The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-01

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HE WOULD REACH OUT TO DAD FOR
MORE MONEY, AND DAD WOULD
REACH INTO ANOTHER POCKET
AND DID UP ANOTHER ROLL.
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 cinch
After luncheon We entered the big
gambling room. in full-dress suits,
and. by gosh! it was like kings re-
ception. There were hundreds of men
and women, dressed for a party. ana it
did, not seem like gambling hell, ex-
ccpt 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 whisper to the
Dakota man: What is the use of
taking the trouble to run gold mine.
and get all dirtied up digging dirty
nuggets, when you can get nice, clean
gold. all coined, ready to spend, by
betting right?" And then dad turned
to 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 Morgan class.
and has money to buy railroads. Don't
get excited when We begin to bag the
money, but just act rs though it was
u regular thing with us to salt down
our gold for winter, the same as wa do
our pork"
A count. or a duke. gave us nice
seats, arsl rakes to haul in the money,
a countess, with low-necked 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 tho
roulette table over and put about pint
of chips on the red, dad chaked nm %,
he was almost black in tn face. and
began to perspire SO had to wipe my
face with handkerchief; the gambler
rolled the wheel and when the ball
stopped on the red, and dad did the
raking and raked in quart OF chips.
and dad shook hands with the Dakota
man and said: ,"Pard, we have got em
ON the rum" and reached for his sack
to put in the first installnent OF ac-
quired 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, 1 Just got SO faint with joy that
almost cried.
To think we had skinned along az
economically as possible all our lives.
and never made much money, and now;
through this Dakota genius. rand this
Monte Carlo opportunity, we had
wealth raking in by the bushe!, made
me feel great. and l wondered why
more people had not found out this far
away place. where people could become
rich and prosperous in day, If they
had the nerve. tell you, old man, 1t
was great. and was going to cabla
you to sell out your grocery for what
you could get at forced sale and come
here with the money, gamble and be-
come a millionaire.
Monte Carlo (the next day).-My
Dear Uncle Ezra: do not know how
TO write you the sequel to this tragedy.
After our Dakota partner, with the
Black Hills system of beating q rou-t
lette game, had won the first bet, he
never guessed the right color again.
and dad had no more use for the rake.
Every time he bet and lost. he would
reach out to dad for more money, and
dad would reach into another pocket
and dig up another roll, and the coun-
tess would laugh and dad had to act
as though he enjoyed losing money.
1t was about dark when dad had
fished up the last hundred dollars and
1t was gone before dad could wink back
to the countess, then the Dakota man
looked at dad for more. and dad shook
his head and said it was all OH, and
IuSy NOhCO ~ cdCu OL1lSI m1uUIce9.
and then We all three got up and went
out in the, park to see the people wh0t
had gone broke commit suicide, but
there was not a'revolver shot and dad
and the Dakota man sat down on "
seat and looked at the moon. 81
Dad looked at the Dakota mar and
said: you started me in all right
What happened to your systeml. The
Dakota man was silent for moment.
and then he pointed to me ana saia:
That imp Of yours crossed his fingers
every time bet, except the first ume. 4. g
Dad called me to him. and 10 Gid 81
8 Hennery. let this be . lesson to you. &
Never to Cross your fingers. Yon have
ruined your dad" and he turned Mn
pockets inside ont, and hadn't chanxss
for a dollar note, and he EaYe me- tho
empty sack to carry, and Ne went tosss
our suite OF rooms. knowing Nesw0nld
be fred out into the cold world.
1t will take nj week To set money
f.o1n the states. and Ne may y sent
to the work HOUSE, % Ne are hrOEas
ard haven't got the means even
commit suicide. DON. tell ma