The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-24

Still cheerfuy playing tho red and the red AS
he gathered up his chips he rose
" That S the only system, - he said simply.
But 20 on, so on, came the chorus from about
sNo," said Kennedy quietly ''tbat is part of the
system too--to gut when you have won back your
you in for thousands-you wouldp' quit.
If You had real sporting blood you wouldn't quit
Kennedy calmly passed over the open insult letting
1T be understood that he ignored this beardess youth
There is way you can beat the game in the long
run il You keep at it, he answered simply. at is
automatically impossible 1t is not game of chance
for the bankah, it is exact mathematical-c est
question d arthmetque, settlement, est-ce pas mes
''Perhaps, f" admitted DeLoug "but it doesn't cx-
plain why, am losing tonight while every one else is
''We arc not winning persisted Craig "After
have had bite to eat will demonstrate how TO lose
by w G on Se G waS leave Ss
for refreshments, Now aud then | saw hlm bcckon
to attendant, who brought him stiff drink Of
whslley For a moment his play seemed little bet
ter then he would drop back into his hopeless losing,
for some reason or other his systen failed abso'
you see, he is hopeless, mused Kennedy over our
offers the player the odds far better than horse
racing, for instance Our method has usually been to
outlaw roulette permit horse racing in other
suppress the favorable and permit the less favor
able. However we re dong better now; we re sup,
roulette when it is honestly played-beLoug would
I started at Kennedy tone and whispered hastily:
crookcd?'
tone ''That of ~ might happcn-yes But it
is improbable They let me win because was new
payer-new players always win at first, 1t is proverb-
al, but the man who is running this game has made
it look like patitude. To satisfy myself on that
point am going TO play again--until bave lost my
! reach the point that l am convinced that some
crooked work is going on ! am going to try little
50 that no one sec. what ] am doing. Do just
/ viii indicate TO you. y
The gambling room was now fast filling up with the
first of the theater crowd. DeLon2s table was the
center of attraction owing TO the high play. group
of Young of his set were commiseratng with him
his luck and discussing il with his finished air Of
roues of double their ages He was doggedly following
his system.
Kennedy and | approached.
'Ah, here is the philosophical stranger again De
Long exclaimed catching sight of Kennedy. ''Per-
haps he eulghtcn us on how to win at roulette by
playing his system. y
~ Au contraire, monsieur let demonstrate how to
lose, answered Craig with a smile that showed
of faultess teeth beneath his black moustache,
decidedly foreign.
Kennedy played and lost aud lost again; then he
large loss felt his arm on mine drawing closely
to him, DeLong had taken sort Of grim pleasure
in the fact that Kennedy too. losing. | found
that Craig had paused iu his play al moment when
DeLong had staked large sum that number below
b.s TGd g9 nS e Pay SroS SS nq9sTS % bee s had
Craig was doing, looked cautiously down between
us. All eyes were fixed on the wheel. Kennedy
holding an ordinary compass in toe crooked,up palm
Of his hand. The needle pointed at me, happened
be standing north of IT.
The wheel spun Suddenly the needle swung around
10 point between the north and south poles, quivered
a moment and came TO rest IN that position Then it
swung back TO the north
II Was some seconds before realized the significance
Of it. It had pointed at the table-and DeLong had
lost again. There was some electric attachment at
work
Kennedy and I exchanged glanccs, and he showed
the compass into my hand quickly; You watch it,
Walter, while play, - he whispered.
Carefully concealing it. as he bad done vet holding
II close to the table as dared tried TO follow two