Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
"A professional gambler mark He something
arrived

in the country. where there was golf and q bit
of shooting"
1T wasn't my idea" she ventured
"Of course, 1t wasn't" he Scoffed. you're
like all women. You're too frightened of losing
to make q good sportsman
WELL we have lost" she rejoined drily-"nOt
two thousand, but four" 90
That seems unfortunate" was Treshom's
grave comment. What is the present subject
of your diSpute?"
Simply this" the young man confided. I'VE
have spent, or shall have spent by the time
we get home O thousand pounds of the legacy.
We have lost at the tables four thousand, and
sold the little car we bought for half what we
gave for 1t. We have five thousand left. Norah
wants me TO promise not to go into the Casino
again, and to leave for home at once with nve
thousand pounds In the bank. want to 60,
neck or nothing-win back at least our five
thousand-perhaps good bit more The luck
must turn"
quite So" Tresholm agreed There's a GER
tain amount of reason In what your brother
says, Miss Norah."
She looked ct him almost in horror You
don't mean TO say that you're going to advise
him to risk the rest of our legacy!" she ex-
claimed.
Tresholm made no direct reply. He passed
around his case and lighted a cigarette himself
NWEIL," he pronounced, II have q certain
amount of sympathy for your brothers
point Of view. If were in his position and
had lost as much as you say, I think should
want shot at getting some of it back, but"
he added, checking the young mans exclama-
ton Of delight and the girls little cry of dis
appointment with the same gesture, II should
want to know that the odds were level"
pnr,I kAnS~ RnS~ -,
man protested Zone chance in thirty-five
against you-and zero, of course"
you may call that fair" Tresholm said
calmly; II don't. I am assuming that with
your small capital you're backing the numbers.
Very we'll The bank has the pull on you the
whole Of the time to the extent of or 6 per
cent. If you play chemin de fer the cagnotte
amounts to about the same thing
Il am with you In spirit, my young friend,
but gambling at Monte Carlo isn't what cali
gambling at all. You're fighting a man Of
equal ability q stone heavier than yourself.
1t can't be done. It's automatic. You must
lose"
That's what I say" the girl declared tTi-
umphantly. Were simply foolish to dream Of
throwing away the last of our money"
But people do win," her brother insisted.
There's that Hungarian who won half a mil
lion francs the night before last"
The Casino takes pretty good care to ad-
vertise it when anything of that sort happens"
Tresholm pointed out Hell probably be in
again tonight and lose the lot, and more besides.
Now listen to me, Bartlett he went on I'm
not against you In spirit. I'm against you
in this particular proposal because you want
to take on an impoSsibiity
1.-THE people who win here are just the
people who play to amuse themselves, and who
go away when they've had their fun, People
in your position, with a few thousand pounds
left over from legacy and nothing else to
fall back upon In the world, are the people
who inevitably lose"
The young man thrust his hands into his
trousers pockets
Its no good trying to be scientific in
gambling" he said IF you want to have q
plunge you always must have a bit up against