Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-07-31

B Smoke drew tle money H. anu SH"AS
slapped him on the shoulder.
Nov, that was the real goods OF a
bunch. Smoke! How'd | know 1t?
There's no tellin'. just knew you'd
win. Why, II that dollar Of yourn'd
fell on any other number it'd won just
J the same. When the bunch Is right
you Just can't help winnln'."
Suppose It had come double
naught?" Smoke queried as they made
their way to the bar
Then your dollar'd been on double
naught," was shorty's answer. "They's
no getdn away from it A bunch is a
bunch. Here's how. Come on back
to the table. got a hunch, after
pickin' you for a winner, that can
pick some few numbers myself"
"Are you playing q system" Smoke
asked at the end Of ten minutes, when
his partner had dropped 500
From idly watching Smoke became
fascinated, following closely every de-
tail Of the game from the whirling Of
the ball TO the making and the paying
Of the bets he made no plays, how.
ever, merely contendug himself with
looking on. Yet so interested was he
that Shorty, announcing that be had
had enough, with difficulty drew
Smoke away from the table.
The gamekeeper returned Shorty the
gold sack he had deposited as ere.
dental for playing and with It went a
slip Of paper on which was scrbbed
"0ut- $3.50" Shorty carried the sack
and the paper across the room and
handed them to the weigher, who sat
behind a large pair Of gold scales. Out
OF Shorty's sack he weighed $3.50,
which he poured into the Golfer OF the
house.
That bunch OF yours was another
one OF those statistics" Smoke jeered
II had to play It. didn't I, IN order
to find outi" Shorty retorted.
"Never mind, Shorty" Smoke laugh.
ed. 1--WE got hunch right now
shorty's eyes sparkled as be cried
eagerly: what is III Kick In an play
It pronto,"
"lts not that kind, Shorty. Now,
what I've got is a bunch that some
day I'll work out a system that will
beat the spots of that table"
"SystemW Shorty groaned, then sur
Veyed his partner with a vast pity.
"smoke, listen to your side kicker an
leave system alone. Systems Is sure
losers, They amt no lunches In sys.
tens"
That's why like them," Smoke an.
swered. "a system Is statistical.
When you get the right system you
can't lose, and that's the difference be-
tween It and hunch You never
know when the right bunch Is going
wrong"
But ! know lot Of systems that
went wrong, an never seen a system
win" Shorty paused and sighed.
Look here, Smoke, II you're gettin'
cracked on systems this amt no place
for you, an It's about time we hit the
trail again"
AZ last, after long hours and days
spent at watching the table, the night
came when Smoke proclaimed that he
was ready, and shorty, gum and pes
slmlsuc, accompanied his partner to
the Elkhom. Smoke bought stack
OF chips and stationed himself at the
gmeseepers end OF the table. Again
and again the ball was whIrIed and
the other players won or lost, but
Smoke did not venture chip. Shorty
waHcd impatient
Buck In, buck inr' he urged. Lets
get this funeral overt Got cold teetlo
Smoke shook his head and waited
A dozen plays went By, and then sud
denly be placed ten oue-dollar chips on
20 The number won, and the keep.
eT paid Smoke $3.50. A dozen plnys
went by, twenty plays and thirty. |
when Smoke placed $40 on "S2.n Again /
he received $3.50.
It's a hunch,' shorty whispered yo.
eiferously in his ear. Ride It; ride /
itg ~ ''0'
halt an hour went by, during which /
smoke was inactive; then he placed .
$40 on "Si' and won
"A hunchF Shorty whispered.
Nothing or the sort" smoke wbls.
perei back Its the system. lsn't
she a daudyw
smoke now altered bis play. He bet
more frequently, with single ebIns
scattered here andN;herc, and he Iost
more often than hs Won
'Quit IT," shorty adylsel. cash IN
You've rung the buIlseye three dimes
an you're ahead a thousand Yop
eant keen IL Up"
AZ thls moment the hail s,,r,,a
NalI,lns and Smoke dropped ten Chin,
on '.d" Thc ball felI ln.5 tbe s,,t ot
~ .N aud The keeper again paid blm
~ you're plumb crazy an 20, Tho
ilM'r'A' ~ einch tSt 'em the limit
Snor'y said "Put down twepfv. .gy,
next time" '--'' i've
4 quarter % an hoor PASSED. suri,,
"u,In smoke woa snl 'os, On small
scattering bets Then. With tbe ahr,o,
ness that characterized Ma ns rs, nv,
1'hs' be placed So on -uo- ana ~,
scrfcr paid him SS1S ' '''
Wakc me up smoke. IN, ,...u,
In" shorty moane1 W. u'''m
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