Evening star., 1922-03-19

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of the bank. Hence, If a player WINS
new system, we'll knowing that in the
end all systems fail.
So we put down the conquest OF
the pretty Anita to a system. one to
which her purse must. sooner or iate.,
succumb. -
But the problem presented to uA
was that whenever the da"k-hairad.
handsome girl played she always won.
She never lost a single coup!
nay by day she sat in that same
- chair, the third from the end
nearest the door. playing just as she
decided, perhaps only half a dozeE
times or less in twelve hours, yet
whenever she placed a stake on the
table the young Englishman ard the
old Spaniard followed her example.
and they would win thousands Of
pounds. =.
1 watched and saw that j. was no
wild attempt to break the bank. The
trio played with most exquisite eau
ton and were plainly out with con-
fidence to win big money.
1 confess I regretted my words to
her in the atrium when she had Of
fered to negotiate. That they had "A
perfect system was apparent. but its
nature both Camolet and myself-in-
deed, all the staff Of the administra-
tion-failed utterly to establish.
Archie Grant was a typical British
officer in mufti, tall. with monocle
and wristlet watch. He was evi-
IDENTIFY a gentleman. 1 gave Camolet
orders to instruct his agents to watch
the trio and report to me daily. All
his secret agents are ex-officers OF
the Paris Surete, hence they are ex-
pert, alive and reliable. Possibly no
department Of surveillance in all the
world is so complete or SO we'll sup
piled with funds as ours of Monte
Carlo.
The tentacles Of our famous Camo-
let extend to every city. Many vis-
itors to Monte Carlo who play for
high stakes are quito unconscious
that inquiries are being made con-
cerning them at their own homes:
for, as you know; all those who re-
ceive the yellow ticket of admission
to the Cercle des Etrangers are re-
Quired to furnish their home adj
dresses. Camolet's work also includes
the hushing up Of any unfortunate
cases of suicide through ruin, Of
which we sometimes have many. The
latter come in cycles, the reason of
which I have never yet been able
to understand, for the viatique is al
ways ready for those unfortunates
who apply for it. -,
Well, Anita Marchetti, young Grant
and the old Spaniard continued their
operations day after day. always at
the same table. For four days, though
they sat there patiently. they refrained
from playing. Such was the report
| which Camolet presented to me.
y **a:
ION the fifth day, about o'clock in
~ the afternoon, they won 10000
francs on the first twelve numbers.
and again before dinner second
$4,000 francs upon the last dozen.
That night Guilbert, the chief Of
the stan at the table in question,
came into my room in a state Of great
excitement, declaring:
THAT Italian girl has system!
She has discovered a means Of win
ming always. She and her friends
have never lost-not one single COUP"
"But howl" asked. 'Havc you
watched?"
] "Watchedw he echoed. ri have
watched day after day, but it is a
complete mystery. They win coup
upon coup. They .wait for hours
whole .days-and never play. Yet
when they do play they never fail to
win!'' - Us. .~r,-'5
But this system?" asked OF the
official, reliable man. who had
grown gray in our service. What is
litr
"M'sieur. I cannot tell! All I can
say is that they have discovered an
infallible mode Of winning at rou-
letfe, such as we have never yet seen.
It f. none Of the ordinary system of
numbers and series Of numbers-all
Of which must, in the end, go to the
WALL"
"And the pretty Italian girl will go
to the wall ere long, Guilbert-de-
pend upon it," laughed. NO one
has ever successfully stood against
our bank. There II an, evil fortune
which always eQualizes players