The evening world., 1913-10-30
WORD WENT ABOUT HE IVA:
PLAYING THE WHEEL"

| at Moss's."
This was the cry that ran down Main
street and up Rawhide avenue. II
smpted every saloon and stopped the
pianos In Stingarec Gulch. II broke up
conversations in offices; 1t sent the mob
hurrying to the corner. The big bar
room was damned. Against the bar
there leaned men Of all descriptions.
Men In business suits and white collars;
men With soft shirts. no coats and their
trousers meeting their buckled boots at
the knee Men with big sombreros and
flowing ties crowded around the tah,e
stood on poker tables. stood on the win
dow stills. Groups peercd through the
windows from the porch outside the
saloon. George Moss stood up on a
chair. endeavorlng TO get a glimpse OF
the dealers face to see how the tide
OF fortune was going.
At the roulette table, Charley Gates
was In the centre. surrounded by his
! friends He wore a light suit and a
cap. He had soft shirt and wor. no
waIstcoat. The gambler of the "pit"
was the limel!ght Of the saloon. When
the ball spun there was q hush OF the
|
dropped there was a murmur II Gates
won. Not a sound II he lost. The kshit
~ bet on number was Ave dollars
Gates lost for awhile. Then he looked
around at the crowd. and for the frs.
| time realized the size OF his audience.
GIVE everybody In the house a drink"
he said across the table TO the dealer.
Theword was passed, and ir a few
minutes the voice OF George Ross was
heard all over the room:
INVITED THE WHOLE CROWD TO
DRINK.
| Gentlemen" sounded In clarion
tones. 'Mr. Gates wants everybody
In teh house 10 take a drlng IN him."
Gates heard II ami looked ANNOYED
for a moment. Then he smiled In an
amused manner.
Raise the limit to ten dollars" ne
suggested 10 the dealer.
| This was up to George Moss Three
bartenders wer busy as compressed air
drillers behind the bar. Fire and fall
back. was the order. and The drinks,
mostly beer ana straight liquor. were
served with remarkable celebrity.
| give me lemonade said a man
who had arrived In the camp the day
before. Here were some of the remarks
that greeted him from behind and in
front Of the bar
Give You what"
| Give you hell
| when did you hit the cimp?"
| "fou'll take il straight. or nothing"
| "Oh. Clara
Give me a Queen Charlotte. George q"
What do YOU think this is--a
church,"
TRY little OF our oat mca, mush"
"Will you have some cake with taht
lemonade?"
THREW THE DEALER \ $500 BILL.
Gates threw hundred dollar BIZ to
the dealer and told him to keep the
change. Then he put $40 on II" in
the black and so on the middle col
umn,
Seventeen in tn. black" called the
dealer. solemnly, He counted out IN
and passed the money across the Ia ple
The gentleman wins; the gambler
loses" cries the croupier. cheerfuIly.
The Oates luck had come. The PLAYER
rolled them high. lie played no num-
Der for less than the limit lie had
from 500 to sp. S+O and 800 on the
columns. The crowd fingered. Women
from Srngares Gulch edged in. They
wanted to get look at the Eas stern
Croesus. They would have gone broke
to get down q bet on ono OF his num-
bers But they couldn't get near the
roulette table. Gates broke tho bank,
and there was ten thousand dollars due
him.
George Moss looked blue. His bank
was broke. MS saloon was gone
Every gambler In Rawhids had been
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