The Marshall republican., 1907-07-12
WI.

An old gambler whose life had been
spent listening to the rattle of the
drop-in.bound-ou little roulette ball.
was told by a fellow victim. az his
last dollar went to the relentless
tigers nav, that the keepers foot vas
upon an electric button which enabled
him to make the ball drop where his
stake was not. He simply said:
THANK God. thought that prince
OF cheats, Fate, who all through life
has had his foot on the button OF my
game, was the one who did the trick"
Long suffering had driven the old
gambler to the losers bible. Philoso-
phyi Cheated by mans device. he
knew he had some chance Of get
ting even; but Fate he could not
combat.
Bob BROMLEY had thought himself
In hard luck when his eyes opened
10 the fact that he had been robbed
by means of dice loaded by man. but
when Fate pressed the button he saw
that his man.made hell was but a
feeble imitation. and-was Satisfied,
a. whoever knows the game OF life
10 satisfied, because-he must be.
Bob's strong head bowed. his iron will
bent, and meekly his soul murmured:
Thy will be done"
That night he married Beulah
Sands. The minister who united the
grown-up man and the woman who
was as a newborn babe saw nothing
extraordinary In the match. He
murmured 10 me. who acted as best
man to the groom, maid OF honor to
the bride, and father and mother TO
both: we 10 strange sights. we
ministers Of the great city, Mr.. Ran.
doiph. The sweet little lady appears
TO be q triie scared" My oxplana.
ton that she and Mr.. Brownley were
the awful survivors OF the awful
tragedies Of the day wac sufficient.
He was satisfied when he got no other
response 20 his question: DO you
take this man TO be your welded hus-
bandT" than q sweet childish smile
a. she snuggled closer 10 Bob.
Bob and his bride went south 10
his mother and sisters the next day.
He left to me the settlement OF his
trades. He instructed me to set
aside 100000 profits for Bculah
Sands. Brownley. and insisted that I
pay from the balance the notes he had
given me q few weeks before. There
remained something Over $1,000 900
for himself.
The leading Wall street paper, In
its preaching on the panic, wound nv
with:
"wail street has lived through many
black Fridays. Some OF them a v been
Observation-Disclosures Fridays. but no
Friday yet marked from the calendar. no
Saturday. Monday. Tuesday. wednesday
or Thursday yet sarnered 10 the store
house OF the past was ever more jubilant'
~ welcomed by his Satanic Majesty than
yesterday. We pray Heaven no com.
Ing day may be ordained 10 20 against
yesterdays record for userish cruelty and
awful destruction. II Ia rumored tina
Mr.. Drownley OF Randolph & Randolph,
either for himself or his clients cleared
N. 900. 900 OF profit. We believe thst thit
estimate In low. The losses coming
through Robert ~Browniey's terrible on
slaught must ave run over $500. oco, 900
Wall street and the country win 90 wei
70 take the moral of yesterdays market
20 their heart. II Is this; The concen'
tration Of wealth In the lands OF a Few
Americans IL n menace TO our nnnncih
structurs. II In the unanimous opinion
81 the Street thai Robert Browniey coul'
never have succeeded In battering dow
the price of sugar In the very teeth o
the Camsmsyer n Standard OIL suppor