River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-28
five chins on 900" and won.

forehead. go on" he said; I'VE got
ten thousand in this bank"
At the end Of an hour and a half
the ten thousand was Smokes.
Got enough?" Smoke asked
The game owners looked at one an
other. They were awed They. the
fatted proteges of the laws of chance,
were undone.
We quit" Moran said. "Ain't that
right. Burke?"
Big Burke who owned the games in
the NJ and G saloon. nodded The
Impossible has happened be said.
This Smoke here has got system all
r:cht. If We let him 20 Oh well all
bust All ! can see. If were going to
keep our tables running, is TO cut down
the limit to 81 or 10 cents or cent.
He won't win much in a night with
such stakes
All looked at Smoke. Ie shrugged
his shoulders.
I'm that case. gentlemen. III have
to hire gang of men to play at all
your tables | can pay them SO for a
four hour shift and make money"
Then we'll shut down our tables"
Big Burke replied, unless" he hest
tated ana ran his eye over his fellows
to see that they were with him-"un-
less you're willing to talk business
What will you sell the system for?"
Thirty thousand dollars " Smoke an
swered. That's tax Of $1,000 apiece"
They debated and nodded And
you'll tell us your systemY'
Surely"
And you'll promise not to play rou-
ette in Dawson ever again?"
No, sir" Smoke said positively. iii
promise not to play this system again"
Great Scott" Moran exploded. You
haven't got other systems, have you?'
Hold on! Shorty cried Il want to
talk to my partner Come over here.
Smoke, on the side
Smoke followed into a quiet corner
Of the room, while hundreds Of curious
eyes centered on him and Shorty.
Look here. Smoke Shorty whisper
ed hoarsely, "mebbe it amt dream.
in which case you're sellin out al
mighty cheap. You've sure got the
world by the slack Of its pants They's
millions in it, Shake it. Shake it
hard! If you sell out for thirty thou
san III never forgive you"
when l sell out for thirty thousand
you'll fall on my neck an wake up to
find out that you haven't been dream
ing at all. This is no dream, Shorty
In about two minutes you'll see you
have been wide awake all the time
Let me tel YOU that when | sell out
it's because I've got to sell out"
Back at the table Smoke informed the
game owners that his offer still held
They proffered him their paper to the
extent of three thousand each.
Il was about to intimate that I'd
take the money weighed out" Smoke
said.
The owner of the Elkhorn cashed
their paper and Shorty took possession
Of the gold dust
Now | don't want to wake up" he
chortled as he hefted the various sacks
'Toted up, it's a seventy thousan
dream It'll be too blamed expensive
to open my eyes, roll out of the blan-
ket an start breakfast"
Whats your system?" Big Burke
demanded We've paid for it. and we
want it,
Smoke led the way to the table
Now, gentlemen, bear with me mo
ment This isn't an ordinary system
1t can scarcely be called legitimate.
but its one great virtue is that it
works I've got my suspicious but I'm
not saying anything You watch MI
Keeper, be ready with the ball Wait
am going to pick '26. Consider I've
bet on it. Be ready. Mr.. Keeper
Nowr
The ball whirled around
You observe" Smoke went on, that
81 was directly opposite"
The ball finished in 90
Big Burke swore deep in his chest
md all waited
For Co to win II must be oppo
site Try it yourself and see"
nut TIC ~ SIGIu N1OIdu ucmdDuoO
impatiently I'VE know you can pick
winning numbers. and we know what
those numbers are, but how do you
DO it?"
''By observed sequences By acct
lent | CHANGED twice to notice the
Dall whired when g was opposite
Both times % won After that
saw it happen again Then | looked
for other sequences and found them
Double naught' opposite fetches 80
and II fetches 90 1t doesn't always
happen, but it usually happens. You
notice l say usually. AS | said be-
fore, | have my suspicious, but I'm
not saying anything"
Big Burke. with a sudden fash of
comprehension. reached over, stopped
the wheel and examined it carefully.
The heads of the nine other game
owners bqnt over and iOinnd in tho