Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-01-31

ana IN the course Oh u loW uOuAS A@d WA A+NS
dollars Then he stopped He would pass in
and out dozen times day, play little here
and some there but always he would bring up in
front Of the roulette table, and more often than
otherwise left 1t winner. His luck was amazing
He started bank account He was saving his
money to get into business with, he said.
He won so steadily that 1t made the proprietor
of the place SILVER every time he came in
One day, while the ex-dealer was playing. an
old man dropped in and, glancing around the room
for moment, asked:
who runs this placer"
Il do" answered bewhiskered individual
who was watching his former employe rake in
the cash
viii you do me the favor to tell me where
you got that wheel?" he asked, pointing to the
one that proved such hoodoo
4 know it's Jonah That fellow over there
wins all the time
"SoF' said the stranger,
He walked over and watched the man lay his
bets.
Returning to the proprietor, he said, as he
passed out card;
Il represent this house, which, as you see
deals in gaming devices. take 1t that the man
sitting at the wheel makes killing every day."
He does, stranger. to the tune Of fifty or
hundred"
For thousand can tell you how to bust his
luck and make him look the living picture Of re-
morse. You would have to agree to purchase .
new wheel from me, also"
III you show me, I'm game"
It's bargain" said the drummer
Walking over to the Wheel he waited until the
ball dropped, stopped it, and turning to the pro
prietor asked
See anything strange with that wheel?'
No"
Well, see there are two nineteens and two
twenty-threes on this wheel They are unusual
numbers-so that the fellow who plays them has
about the same percentage In his favor, on those
numbers, that you have when a man plays on
regular wheel We made this wheel more than
thirty years ago. 1t was sold to a house by a
couple OF sure thing men, who almost broke the
outfit. Then we lost track OF IT,"
The exdealer had noticed the double numbers.
and therein was the secret Of his luck" How
the numbers had escaped attention so many
years is one Of those mysteries OF gambling that
can never be explained
When Seattle was the big noise in the North.
west gambling world, and the primeval forests
were closer to her doors. some big games were
played.
One night a stranger stepped into one Of the
principal houses and took seat at faro tabIe.
An hour later he had lost more than Ave thou-
sand dollars The proprietor sent him hfty.
cent cigar. A few moments afterward tha
stranger had q couple Of hundred dollars. and
within an hour had regained his five thousand
Then commenced a streak OF luck that has sci.
dom been witnessed In any gambling house. The
roof" had been raised TO the sky" and Mr..
Stranger "coppered" the king and doubled a bet
Of i've Thousand. He tried 1t again for repeat
oN ntfh kAU 40
low chteps. worth one thousand each
After that he made bets OF thousand aacr
and before he had smoked the cigar be was TWEEN.
ty-eight thousand to the good Then he quit.
Who he was, where he came from. where ha
went no one ever knew His coming and going
were as mysterious as his winnings were sepsa.
tional
Probably one OF the greatest stakes ever hung
up was raked down on a mule race IN Ar,vnrs
man owned hole In the ground" He was
satisfied that 1t was worth a fortune. ais
friends thought he was crazy. He refused 10 ID
to other "diggings" where the prospects were
better He was more than twenty-five miles
from water, which had to be carried IN on ina
hurricane deck Of mule. He worked away
nursing his claim and sticking 1t out alone Then
he went to settlement some distance away IL
became excited over the performances Of 4 muIa
owned by another man. and in a moment Of -.
uberance bet his claim against one owned nv :
prospector from another section that his rnnIa
could outrun the other fellows. He lost.
He had the privilege Of plotting the winner "a
the mine" and saw him take more than seyentv
thousand dollars worth Of silver. net, out Of !
pocket almost on the surface OF the groundl
Since then the property has produced millions
It all came about because one mule could Dof
run SO fast as another.