Evening star., 1922-07-30


over the last yellowback and receive
tts equal In heavy silver. Then, when
these dollars have ranged themselves
on the tall and majestic pile in the
croupiers box. there is q call sent
through the room:
ready outside. Car waitfng!"
These calls are periodic, but they
usually arrive at . physiological mo-
ment. They come. says the Wise Man.
when some one goes bust" or "sev-
erai 60 bust" II would seem as
Ing automobile running between the
end OF the car line and the "joint"
kept an eye to the keyhole and saw
the pittful financial standing of a
weakening player. Or perhaps there
Is some connection between the game
and the chauffeur. However that
may be, there IL always somebody
ready for . trip Sack to Warrington.
LeetureA By Gunnaa.
We-ths Wise Man and Myself
passed out Of the room. downstairs.
and into the tiny lobby where the
guns and the doorman were located.
He stopped US and delivered q short
lecture. We were practically strang-
ers, he said. The club must be very
stringent in the admittance of new
comers-"What II q 'bulr or some
smart alec OF fly COP butted in
some night"-and he would prefer
that when we come the next time we
have a better guardian. somebody he
knew real we'll.
You mean" said the Wise Man,
that we bring along some one who
will vouch for our flawless reputa-
ton. our veracity and our honestly"
You get ne the first time. We got
to get q line on our customers. In
this business we can't be too careful"
Well, how about looking us up in
the Social Register the Wise
Man started to argue. but we pulled
man glaring after us-and we won
dered about those guns of his.
It had been the plan to visit another
of these enticing dens of vice out
Bladensburg way. another OF the
same sort Of "toint." but run on more
economical lines. According to the
lar limit on all play. That IL. the pro-
prietor is afraid to take q chance with
his tin-horn scheme Of getting cash
from the small gamblers. He will
not 10 "a run OF luck" put him into
ppsnHruptCy cou rue pisyef car
OF fifty dollars. but that is as far as
he can go. The gambling proprietor
will not take chance on losing more
than the half-century at one fell
swoop. He represents the tin-horn
players money in driblsts and risk
very little OF his own
But watching how the other-half
gamblesis expensive. The beginners
luck did not follow trips to Hard
Way and. and Easy ,nsiovs Wsy .,v The ne. nsk,e he
entered either place. according to all
the Investigations we could make.
and so we abandoned the trip to the
tin-horn's palatial palace OF sin near
Bladensburg. We may go some other
time.
Quick Action Afforded.
The games at both places visited
were practically the same. as has
been stated. but the two are separate
and distinct. conducted by different
proprietors. The use Of dice answers
the call Of the day for quick action in
gambling. A player either goes
bust" which is most frequent, or he
wins in q short time. 'Galloping DOM
inoes" are not for the conservative
gambler. The chance OF winning is
small: the house percentage is large;
killings" are few and far between
and the tin-horn. when his domain is
invaded by oflicers OF the law. is we'll
equipped financially to move to an
other location.
Pop" conductor of the Easy
Way" out along the Potomac, in Vir-
ginia, may not have to worry about
the future II he can keep the sheriff
of his heels, and he may, even now,
dream Of another day.
It was away late in the night or
the early morning. Rain had started
to fall-a soft patter on the tin roof
OF the shanty. Inside. the electric
light was half obscured by smoke:
moist. The Wise Man and ] were
standing alongside Pop" Suddenly.
he turned to my companion, plucked
his sleeve and said:
This rain ought to be good for the
farmers--don't you thinkf'
And later a call came ringing
through this "joint." like the call at
Machine leaving for town. All
ready to start outside"
We left the place and went our
way, with the untipped service Of the
automobile watcher. who held his
nashlight on the rough path to the
Alexandria road. The rain continued
to patter down: far in the east a
tops; somewhere nearby q cock shook
his wet feathers and voiced q dismal
welcome to the dawn. and there came
a faint monotonous call:
Hes a good shoot.ah. gentlemen.
He's an excellent shoot-ah. Get your