The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-01-31


and IN the course Of few hours had won fifty
dollars Then he stopped He would pass II
and out : dozen times Z dag. play Z little here
and some tAere BIT always he would bring up n
from; c; the roulette table. and more often than
otherwise Lett j: winner. His luck was amazing
Re started bank account. He was saving his
money . &c. into business with, he said.
He Won 50 steadily that i made the proprietor
o. The place shiyer every time he cane il.
One day. while the ex-deaie- vas playing an
Cd man dropped IL and. glanc!ng around the room
for 2 moment, asked:
Who runs this place."
I DO" answered bevhlskered individual
who was watching his former employee rake ii
The cash
VIII you do ne the favor to tell ne where
you got that Wheel" he asked pointing to the
one that proved such Z hoodoo.
! know Ks Jonah. That fellow over there
wins al he ,ine"
SO" said the stranger.
Re walked over and watched the nan lay his
be-s.
Returning 70 the proprietor. he said as lie
passed ou- : card
7 r@Dressa, this house. which. as you see
deals il gaming devices. I take it that the nan
sitting a. tbs whee. makes killing every day?"
He does. stranger. 10 the tune Of fifty or .
hundred"
For q thousand can tell you how 70 bust his
luck and make him look the living picture Of re
morse. You would have 70 agree 10 purchase
new wheel from ne also
I: you show NE. In game"
It's bargain" said tie drummer
Walking over to the wheel he waited until the
taI dropped. stopped i. and turning 10 the PRO
pr.e-o- asked.
see aay'hins strange with that waeel:"
Wen, see. there are TWO nfnetesrs and ,zo
tTen-y-t1raes or this wheel. They are unusual
nulbers-so hat the fellow who plays them has
about The same percentage il MS favor. on those
numbers, thai you have when z man PLAYS on
regular wheel We made this wheel more than
ia.T-y years ago L vas sold TO Z house BY a
couple OF sure thing E1e-. who almost broke the
outfit Then Ne lost track c: Il"
le ex-dsale- had noticed ne double numbers.
and therein vas the secret OF his luck" How
ne numbers had escaped attention so ranv
years : one OF those mysteries OF gambling that
can never bs explained
When Seattle was the Big noise II the North.
vesr gambling world and the prirevaI <o-asrs
were closer 70 her doors some big games were
played
One night stranger stepped into one OF the
prl1ciPal houses and took : seat a. faro y be
An hour ia-sr he had lost more than I've -hop.
sand dollars The proprietor sent him ff,v.
cent cigar few moments attervard the
stranger had couple CT hundred dollars and
within Al hour had -egzined his Are thousand
TIER commenced . streak OF luck thai has sal.
dom been Witnessed IL any gambling house The
roof had been raised 70 the SKY" and Mr.
stranger 'copPe-ed- the king and doubled Be,
OF I'VE thousand He tried i again for : reUeat.
er, with ten thousand and drew hack tvvan-v al
low c1leps worth one thousand each
After -ha, he made hts Of z thousand e.c,
anc before ne had smoked the cigar he was wen.
ty-9lgA; thousand 70 the good, Then he cult.
Who Re vas where he came from where ha
went. 10 one ever knew. His coming and gof-g
were as mysterious as his winnings were sensa.
tio1al
Probably one OF the creates: stakes ever hung
Up was raked down OF mule race in Arizona
man owned hole in the ground He vss
satisfied that il was worth fortune MS
friends thought ne was crazy. He refused - %
70 other ~digginss" where the p-os7ao-s go
better He was more than rzea-y-ava mia.
from water which had 70 be carried in On the
hurricane deck OF Z mule He worked az,av
nursing his claim and sticking It out alone The,
ne went 70 settlement some distance awav. He
became excited over the performances OF ? n,uIa
owned D. another nan and in moment OF -.
uoeTance bet his claim against oze owned nv a
prosps,tor from another section that his rrrls
could o'trun the other fellows He lost
He had the privilege Of plotting the winner N
the mine aad saw hin take more than seventy
thousand dollars worth OF silver net out az a
pocket. almost CT The surface OF the ground,
Since then the property has produced millions
II all came about because one mule co5ld No,
run so fast IS another
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