Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-20

have been unintelligible, Illustrating
them by certain almost impereeptible
shtftings Of the fingers or changes in
The position OF his hand, 40 slight as
to thwart discovery. Through 1t all
tie girl stood by and followed his every
word and motion with eager attention.
tershs they used She knew them ALL
knew that the ''hsarse.dnyer" was the
rsiAn WHO kept tho cages, knew ell the
dS6s m the inside hfe.'' To her Il
waa dill "a IN cs,on pare. and she mem
oras4d nanYe quickly thEn did Toby the
signs hy whleh the Rronoo Kid prepos-
ed, 10 slgnal what card he had SNUG.
gied from the box or held back.
II faro It Is customary for tho case
keeper to sit on the opposite side OF
the table from the dealer, with de-
Vice bsfore him resembling an abaous.
OF Chinese adding.fhachine. When a
card Id removed from the faro.box by
the deaisr, the ''hearse-driver" moves
on. his little machine, In order that the
players. at q glance, may tell what
spehs have been played or are still In
the box on the last turn. Efis duties,
though simple. are important, for
should he make an error, and should
the position Of his counters not tally
with the cards In tho box on the "last
turn" all bets on tho table are de.
clared void. When honestly dealt,
faro In the fairest game Of all gambling
genes. but 1t is intricate, and may hide
much knavery. When the game Is
crooked It is fatal, for out of the In
genuity Of generations Of card sharks
there have been evolved multitude
OF devices with which to fleece the un-
suApeotinE. These are DO carefully
masked, that none but the initiated
may know them, Wills the freemason.
" Of the craft 10 strong and discovery
unusual
Instead Of using familiar arrange.
ment like the "needle-tell," wherein
an invisible needy pricks the dealers
thumb, thus signalling the presence
Of certain cards, the Bronco Kid had
determined to use the "sand-tell." In
other words he would employ a
Straight box" but q deck Of cards,
certain ones Of which had been rough.
ened Or sand-papefed slightly, SO that,
by pressing moro heavily on the top
or exposed card, the one beneath
would stick to its neighbor above, and
thus enable him to deal two With ono
motion II the occasion demanded. This
fesiAhnesp would likewise enable him
to dStnct the hidden presence az a
MARKED card BY the faintest scratching
sound when he dealt In this mani.
| pulation 1t would be necessary, also, to
shave the edges OF some Of the paste
boards tribe, 30 that. when the deck
WAS forced firmly against one side Of
the box, there would be exposed a
fraction of the small figure In the left
hand corner Of the concealed cards.
Long practice in the art Of jugglery
lends such proficiency as to battle dis
ecvery and rob the game Of Its I'M
certainty as surely as the player Is
robbed Of his money. It Is, OF course.
| vital that the confederate case-keeper
be- able to interpret the dealers signs
perfectly In order to move the sliding
ebony disks to correspond, else trou.
| Bile viii accrue at the completion of
the hand when the cases come out
wrong.
| Having completed his instructions.
the proprietor went forward, and Cher
ry wormed her way towards the roul.
ette.wheel. She wished to watch Glen
lister, but could not get near him be.
| cause Of the crowd. The men would
not make room for her. Every eye
was glued upon the table as though
salvation lurked in Its rows Of red and
black. They were packed behind it
until the croupier had barely room to
spin the ball, and although he forced
them back, shey pressed forward again
inch by Inch. drawn by the song Of