The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-24

son why his luck should not be followed
as well as another's. Remembering tina
his sole duty was to guard the zeros and
that he must have no interest, he neverthe-
less selected a square and directed a player
to bet a single check on it.
It won. That settled it. The luck was
personal, and should be followed. His
bunch was for the zeros next time and he
ordered limit bets on the line between
them.
The result justified him and apparently
proved that his theory would work in
practice, for the party won twice in sue
%cession, once on the single inc once on the
double zero. The desired $4,000 was in
hand, and stopping then was as essential
as any other part Of the plan.
The protests Of the active players were
disregarded and Wilson cashed in the
checks, added the winnings to the original
roll, put it into his inside pocket and in
sisted upon an adjournment to his house
for a night cap. a cigar and a talk.
After the party had left. Reed turned to
that aged %croupier, whose gray hair and
venerable mien were one Of the great attrao-
tons OF the establishment and said:
well, Old Serb, and what do you think
Of that? There they go with SIC, 200, good
money"
Old Sorib, with the wisdom Of a lifetime
Of experience, said respectfully:
Il think it will come back, SIR
The party at Wilson's house soon broke :
up. The admission that Wilson had APP
parently proved the correctness of ~hiAtheory
was general, but the Judge maintained
that one success could not be taken as
rpn,jnr thot tha ayatap, wo,,lJ alya W. u-;n
Anyway it was gambling pure and simple,
well enough for one experiment, but not to
be pursued. This was a poker club and he
for one would move that they return to
poker on their next meeting night.
1t was so agreed. The cash money was
left with Wilson for the night, as he had a
safe to keep it in. He would send his friends
checks for their shares in the morning.
Wilson, left to himself, got into his smok-
ing coat and slippers and sat before the fire
in his library smoking, counting over the
big roll Of bills, and revolving in his mind
the events Of the evening.
No man, not even a professional, can gam
BILE for considerable sums without some
excitement, although a few succeed in
appearing to do 30. Wilson'S heart had not
returned to its normal beat and his brain
was nOI III lJS usual Cdlm COnQltlOn.
AS he sat there he remembered that the
last winnings had been made on his own
personal LUCK. He became gradually Dos
sessed Of the idea hat it was too bad be
had not followed it further, and as zeros
and fves danced before his half closed eyes
on a red background, he reflected that it
was not too late yet.
The night was still young. The run OF
luck IN his favor would probably continue.
He had no share in the winnings OF the even
ing, lie could very we'll use a number of
new thousands in his business.
He thought like this a while, and then,
instead Of putting the evenings money
into his safe, he returned it to his pocket, |
donned his street clothes and ven out into
the night. He hesitated a moment at the
foot Of his doorstep and then started of
at a brisk walk-toward Fifteenth street.
The next morning as Wilson at his Office
drew checks to the order Of his four friends
for 1880, another to the order Of Reed a
Spencer for $4,000, and incidentally entered