The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27

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Now continued the Colonel. III YOU
tnow anything about roulette vosl know
mat when the ball hits ono Of then little
and rattles around until Il hops mao q
nnnber 80 quick you csa't see IL 20 down.
making lot % hins about Ia
lhata right. agreed the harkeepor.
nate the time those fellows praas q
s.ltton aud close uD all tho reds or all the
Ones; lnsi a. the banker wants u 10. I've
Sc that kind
"There want none 90 them kind of
whseAa % Mike biossing's.- remarked the
Colooel hOtly. -but To set back 20 where
we ". vas ~ yoa know u the ball don't hil
between 'sm quate quisa and gentle like
and adde's along down "a the edae Of the
wheel and dnUdlea along with u for Q bat.
kind Of hesitaling where 90 drop. That's
what they call a Cat roll and you can
tell the difference without looking al u.
on account % its being 50 quiet AllOut IL.
Now. when the ball was thrown 20
ths lett and the wheel went to the right
and it coSne nat roll in that nnaksd wheel
a. the Bay Horse that little brass division
bning just a trtae higher than the 0ahers
kind o. caught the ball ON the side and
wiped q gently into eighteen and the red.
when the wheel was going the other way
70 dropped into thirteen and the black.
-StaFtinG olt with his s7s stack % hlales
Donovan piked around With a fsw dollar
and quarter bets on singles and on coloss.
always appearing To hesitate. bat never
once locking at the whsel itssslf until the
hall dropped. The nrst time he heard q
nai roll no hacked three numbsss. eight.
eighteen and eagle bird. and caught eign-
teen. twsnty-siE for one and ths red for
He naturally held his breath hard
when young Messing went to pick oat
the ball Tor the next fall. cause then IVES
the time he would tumble 20 the turned
brass and the snake would he all Oh; bat
young Blessing didn't catch o..
Some other fellows bought stacks and
started In, 80 Donovan didn't attract 10
much attention when he caught eightSen
and the red for twenty-six times g and
Twenty-Five Eat on the color and the even.
when he won he always bet Eve on u
to repeat and then followed II up with
ten jpst for blIR and then hs would pike
around again until he heard another nAi
roll. when he would be On tWO OF three
number. for %. one % 'sm being . sure
winner for him
rs thsm side be,A the bluigs you started
~ tell aIDo,st1- asked the baTkeeper. ~
u he did not think much of thsm. There
amt nothing new noe wonderful in betting
a few chips srosInd just to cover your
just you wait . minute sCirnonished
he Colonel. u little impatientlv. We
Amt got to the real bluH vet Al I was
sayiae. Donovan wss hitting 10 pretty
good right along and there was others
getting in the game with him.
Young Blessing. smiling kind 81 more
cordial than usual to some one behind
Donovan. made him turn round inst tn
see who 1t was. and he found II was
Butchins. which gsve him bit of 4 hill.
- he. knowed right on that Hutchins
must have PLAYED there bsfoe.
h.
Huichins under his br~sth nodCiiug his
head toward DOnovan'a pile ~ cnips.
-'AbosIt twelve hundred saws Dsno-
van. smiling ell over himself. The
gtIv never sta0ged
! We'll ca h IN and L., = get out Of here.
says Hutchins. Z heard som- talk
ldownstsirs nbout the plsv. and II you'n
come "ut ~ this III explain something
10 YOU
-'Hs1vens aud earth" SsvS Donovan.
You don't wasn't inc 20 quit in tl,s middle
20 atrcsk ~ htck like thi~. dN your
You csn come hack rnd Dllv - long
"a YOU like with your abs re- srys
HutchiTA I've had enough. seeing
he meant IL. Donovan o. hed in and thew
went over ~ = SRloOn IN the 0pDositS
side 20 the street o. settle IN When
Donovan hzbsd ont all the ills, there
We "rettv n. = ~ sO 90 'h~ hle
WOW saws Huchins taking "ut N.
written agreement. according 20 this m
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,y 49,. ""n. s1cin co,sn,
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,hs, he s,arted IN 10 make two niles 81
!, ,,,ss;ng ON. over 20 R,,,chinS
-sIot - fa.t avs Uutchir. vary
o,,;st and s,ssdv xitb b;s VOICE .He-e's
shs ,,r;,ssn sgyscrrent ard !, cav. hat
~, - hsye bslg ana yo,,'re n hsvs hsIf
~ ,h.s ynonsy thai Nike BLESSING Io.es
-.TbasS rigb, s.vs Donoyan Tettine
, .nroysd a. the wssts az time .Yo,,' v.s
-. -, hsN "a $500 min. lao, 80
-, 49, - re, sa,p. -,h;l" h. go;nS
.61s roinusa Says Hutchins n,5ttinv
~. hsnJ o~Sr Donaysn's shsys ~ ~.
-, ~hich IS stIIl on ~. ,.hi~
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. Ia, -;s,.t
s.S,,re H.. rirht .avs Donovan hat
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