Gunnison news-champion., 1918-04-12
CHAPTER XXX.
On His Own.


or cuUrS- Tommy cannot always be
producing plays under fire but while
In rest hIll"ts ne has numerous other
Why's Or nmuslnG himself He is IA
greir gambler. but never plays for
lHrTe stakes. Generally. in each com
puuy. you will find d regular Garfield
This man banks nearly all the games
Of chance and is an uudIsputed author
ity on the rules OF gambling. When
ever there Is an argument among the
Tommies about some uncertain point
as 70 whether Huughion is entitled 10
Watkins siNpcuce. the matter Is taken
to m" recognized authority and his de
clsion II final
The two most populnr games are
Grown and Anchor" and House"
The pnraphcrualia used In Crown
and Anchor" consists Of piece OF can
was two feet by three feet. This Is
divided into six equal squares In these
squares are painted club. diamond,
heart, spade, crown. and an anchor.
one device to square. There are
three dice used. each dice marked the
same as the cHuVas. The banker sets
W his gambling outn, in the corner OF
billet and starts bally-huoIng until a
crowd Of TommIes gathers around ::
then the game starts.
The Tommles place bets on the
squares, the crown or anchor being
played the most. The banker then
rolls his three dice and collects or pays
out as the case may be. II you play
the crown and one shows mp on the
dice, you get even money, II two show
up, you receive two to one, and II three,
three TO one. II the crown does not ap-
pear md you have bet on ii. you lose,
and so on. The percentage for the
banker is large II every square is
played. but II the crowd is partial to.
say two squares. he has to trust to
luck. The banker generally wins.
The game OF House" Is very popular
also. II takes two men 10 run II. This
game consists of numerous squares of
cardboard containing three rows of
numbers. five numbers to row, The
numbers run from one To ninety. Each
card has different combination.
The French ''estaminatS" in the VII
l'ages are open from eleven In the morn
Ing until one In the afternoon in ac-
tcordance with army orders
After dinner the Tannles congre-
gate ut these places to drink French
beer mt penny glass and play
House"
As soon rs the estaminet is sutfi-
ciently crowded the proprietOrs of the
House" game get busy and. as they
term ii, form school," This consists
OF going around and selling cards at
a franc each. If they have ten in the
school. the hackers of the game de-
duct two francs for their trouble and
the winner gets eight francs.
Then the game starts. Each buyer
places his card before him on the ta-
Bile. first breaking up matches into IF
teen pieces.
One of the hackers of the game has
a small cloth bag in which are ninety
cardboard squares. each with a num-
Der printed thereon, from one to nine
ty. He raps on the table and cries
out: Eyes down. my lucky lads
All noise ceases and every one is at.
tention.
The croupier places his hand in the
bag and draws forth numbered
square and Immediately calls out the
number. The man who owns the card
with that particular number on it,
covers the square with match. The
one who covers the fifteen numbers on
his card first shouts House" The
other backer Immediately comes over
to him and yerifies the card by calling
out the numbers thereon to the man
with the bag. As each number Is
called he picks 1t out of the ones
picked from the bag and says, Right" !"
If the count Is right he shouts, House
correct, pay the lucky gentleman, and
sell him a card for the next schools
The lucky gentleman" generally buys
one unless he has miser truce in
his veins.
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