The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-17

sort oI invisible Knockout drops:
Say there are six colorS. They
put money down on a color, but therg
is a booster who goes with them, see,
and puts down on the colors not COW
cred. Five or six people can play this
game.
Nov. if dime calls a color, he IS
supposed to get a dollar umbrella,
and he has the privilege Of selling 1t
back to me for 81. \ two-blt color
called brings a $3.50 umbrella. which
/ buy back at that figure.
THE umbrellas are just stall to
evade the law. They cost wholesale
81 dozen. If a man wins a $3.50 um-
brella he receives the same umbrella
as he does for 81; for, with slight va
riations in the handles, the umbrellas
are all alike. The limit Of wins is ten
umbrellas. or $25 for the best, or $40
for the supposedly poorer umbrellas.
We take them all back Of course.
1.-THE man that works the squeeze
always stops it on the color that has
the lowest bet. If there is 81 on the
blue. $ on the red. 81 on the black,
10 cents on the green and $40 on the
yellow. he stops it on the green. The
percentage is six to one. so strong
that the PLAYER has no chance to win.
1.-The cloth is a variation of the
spindle. A green cloth. with twelve
miniature pins like bowling alley pins,
comprises the outfit. The pins are cut
square with four number, one on each
side. There is a board on the order
of a blackboard, with numbers on 1t,
for prizes. Then, there are several
numbers that mean JP and DU, or
double up if you wish to retain your
interest.
1.-THE idea is for the bube to knock
down pins, and with lightning rapid
ity the CRATER counts the numbers IN
view. or miscountS them. He 'has pecu-
liar combinations, uses rather mystic
rious language.
''Here is the way Of it: 'Ah, ha,
ah. ha. , and , is p, and 3 is p.
And then the player says. Whats
that and the CRATER takes a stick
and goes over it again, with show OF
fairness. but keeps miscountlng.
why, my neighbor, look, ,, +, 6, s,
10 and y is ii. and s is 2S,' and to
distract attention, adds in a loud tcl-
umphant voice, 'Ha ha! Look on the
board. neighbor, and see where % ISL
1t means DU again, and he must dou-
bic to stay. Holy Moses!'
"And the CRATER chuckled in spite
of himself; it was very real to him.
"Well, stick 'em up again, and
again the player knocks them down
He says, by gee, neighbor, this time
:you win. Yes, you win! Do you hear
it? Are you alive? Are you gamey?
3. 6. 9, II, and IA, Is, p and you win!
Look on the board and see where u
is?' And he looks up delighted to
find, with surprise, that it is the
cursed JP.
"Holy Moses! how he roars! Well.
if he can't double to protect his IN
terest he drops out, and that means
that he is cleaned as slick as a whls-
tie and the booster takes his default
ed interest, plays it and with sur
prising ease wins the pot.'
but, my friend," the tourist IN
teriected, chow do You watch the
boosters from getting away with the
dough?'
Are you a bube, too?' And he
elared at the tourist. "Didn't you
ever notice at camel back affairs and
other doings in the mining country
that there is mysterious guy on the
outside? He's also in my pay ana
he is called the cleaner.
He cleans the boosters for me as
soon as they get it. He costs me big
money, for he must be reliable man.
His pay is usually $40 day and ex-
penses. He knows the game as we'll as
I do, only he hasn't the capital to be
in for himself. Savvy?'
"I've heard some mighty queer
slang around fat joints,' the tourist
put in, trying to put the best face on
it that he could after his error.
Eyes, the talk is all but ineompre-
hensible to the layman,' asserted the
man with tho lilac gloves. >"Here are