The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1902, Page 14

QuUricus Scenes ofF Daily OgQurrence THE NDAY CALL I turn to listen and look. A son of Erin, short in stature and ruddy in nose, pre- geniing a check, pants— “Of want me bundle.” ““There is two-bits storage.” “Two-pits is it? An’ whaur do ye think is wort.” But he paid it all the same, making room for a gentleman who point- ed out three large trunks. “There will be twenty-five dollars ex- cess.” Game That Wins and ACCARAT is a game little known in the United States, but in Europe it is the chief diversion of those who -tempt Dame Fortune's fickle smile. Wherever on the Continent gambling is indulged in baccarat will be found to be the most popular game. Fab- ulous sums are won and lost at the tables, and many a tragedy is enacted in the gambling rooms when men have staked and lost their all and disgrace confront- ing them. Princes and plebeians, kings and peasants, have at times risked their possessions at the tables. A few have won and have had the good judgment to forsake the gambling habit forever: the vast majority of the players have lost and exciteme ruined palaces and castles, and indigent Hoyos en noblemen and bankrupt financlers tell the leave the lesson. It is only a few weeks ago that the foreign newspapers contained accounts of the immense losses sustained by Ci Joseph Potocki, a Russian nobleman. ¢ baccarat game in Vienna. In four hou Potocki now hol play he is said to have lost $300,000, a record as the heaviest g r at b that makes all previous individual in all Europe, there h: been appear insignificant. The Imperial ( who have risked large sums at th cellor Goluchowski, who stood y tocki’'s side and saw the money lost, has That seemed a g the traveler paid to confirm the fact proffered his cigar case, thought it would be m had a mania for and remarked he coll - Of'll be afther gettin’ two-bits? Such which could probably be bought at hom w‘tP Tho e nautorious thaves as ye railroaders be for a third of what it would cost to get ‘ thinks a respictible man loike meself is there, but it gave her plea: and made o' money. It’s more'n the bundle amused him 3 “That’'s my it isn’t either, but mine is § faced youth. I “Well, since they gan a smoo was too funny; begun all over have again I think I'll take that boat.” MARTIN CURTIS. Loses Thousands Crowds of noblemen gathered about the ooking at the tremendous play in astonishment. They were horrifled at Potockl’s losses. During the game an elderly member of thes Jockey Club entered the card room, and hearing what was going on took the ce prohibiting gambling from and placed it on the table be- Russian 2 sely. excited, sprang e framed notice n called for ; at $100 the wall fore the to his feet, s threw it into ral bottles of nd bega! When P m gam fashion and has not been' questior game the Jockey Club has Although C s King Edward y and nuch sc land los been severely reprimanded by the Em- caused by some of gambling esca you going to give me my peror. pades. Z p Opposed to Count Potocki in the colossal It is a well known fact that more money to you.” game were the Hungarian Deputy, Herr iS made cheating at baccarat than cam ; von Szemere, and Prince Francis Bragan- be worn homestly. In th of za. Von Szemere won $00,000 from Po- Course, mo- imputation the Count et al oo tocki and Prince Braganza $250,000. The FPotockl did not lo s money fairly. In I have lc h d in them. ok in vour boot." 1 tell you you * and he looked t they will stand u happy mine if they had discovered gentleman, well dressed and ant to check this lunci check lunch remaining $50,000 can probably be account- ed for by the outstanding players and the > of the table. ance of these facts the au- thorities have instituted proceedings against Potocki and the principal wi Europe has been ringing with scandal ever sinee Potocki’s losses came to public knowledge. Nothing like it has ever been He apparently came into the Jockey Club on the evening in question with the and reckless Count forced the high play and plunged desperately. His opponents, having won so heavily, could not refuse his demands to increase the stakes. They rolled up by thousands and tens of '80s Lambri Pa: at the late baccarat of his of Lord 1d ners. They have been notified that they Walter a brother The old women are not to leave Vienna without especial D 3 ng at bac- permission carat at Nice. e Marquis of Huntly, Queen’s bodyguard of gen- ¥ to Albania to avoid the on with a gambling e captain of the tlemen, ran aw police in connec 1ve never under: it is known, even in Austria, where gambli perience. Lord de , the first Bas for them to so completely forg for high stakes is common. Count Po of England, also involved in a great b to so completely forget wealthy, but is in the condition gambling disgrace. metimes termed ‘“land pcor.” In fair and square gambling, however, of missi the boz state consists of land which at the scandal ms to lie only with the - hav hem, and then as mysteri- this particular time is difficult to sell. losers. In this fact the Czar appears to em out of somewhere, hold In consequence of this the young Russian refognize Count Potocki’s disgrace. He hem u shantly a oy ot Count has contracted enormous debts has shown his disapproval by recalling ers thrown lke ; g ,f",”uh m\]\", gt A which he has engaged to pay off in in- him to Russia. he same g, ell 1 dec it 1 stallments. On two occasions within the The Earl of Aylesford, an intimate Gidn’t have them all the time.’ Then they last fortnight Potocki lost heavily. ruined friend of the Prince of Wales, w by his gambling propen: He would not leave a gaming le he had a ble that man is too sleek on the deliberate intention of retrieving his shilling in his pocket so long as the game to be so all the way through losses with a grand coup. Von Szemere was going. On one occasion he sat for 3 % 5 " not being a wealthy man, the stakes at thir X hours at a stretch playing bac- doesn’t make them so. ; - g . Do o K first were moderate. Both the Hungarian carat. This fact was duplicated by the o's the genu- o him Deputy and Prince Braganza won steadily Duke of York, the granduncle of King 1, but he will let himself out.” from the outset. Then the unfortunate Edward. The Duchess of Devonshire veterate gambler and one of the most reckless plungers at Monte Carlo. Night after night during the season she may is an in- Shmebaien | i, ¢ ] be seen at the tables watching the turn 1, w a thousands. Potocki was apparently mad. of the cards with feverish eyes. ? n I to get it to S——2" ‘Wells-Fargo.” working for Wel Argo, & pitch ‘my basket into the bay, and may you all go to everlasting perdition!” With which amiabie bene- rtra baggage! dic he turned, only to run into a Irishwoman, whose trunk was ow and never Ve ¥ check ) pounds. You will have rten up.” of weight? You 1l pay for 'em.” ‘ nd you would malk u must lighten up.” Ta \¢ 0 “‘.'v\\“ \dalous and I shall and do’' you mane now Of must it (b ; G %M \'\\ g any takin’ out some uy me things?” L M"”w"\ B = \\{\\\\. X’ - s—in more wavs I“&\\‘ 1‘1‘ i . &1\ A ce turn avin' "em to the loikes uv yez?" W X : ) = SRR w h our in- “You can leave them here until you o 2 ‘\W ! good 1ook at that come bac \\\\ ke him can “Dade an’ Oi'll never be comin’ back to : \I liver, which Califorr It's fleeced Ol've ben iver t fut in it an’ most us all by blathersome raflroad. What would ppen noo if Oi didn’t ‘loighten up,’ as you call t?” ng down a e Wi the Canary Islands. His trunk being over- got left of him, and it don’t seem noways In on the transport day before yesteraay for storage.” @ = 2 a—a swi Bl NS T weight he relieved it of half a sack of o lonely as it would without em.” Again —ome of the soldiers told me about it. 4 i oipid it shoulds flour and a dollar’s worth of sugar, pro- she sighed. That was sentiment, pure Tom, his name was, an only son, just 20 s ’ W ,u'm ) Then Oi'd have the periice on yez—Oi testing all the time that he was quite ,and simple, if it was a bit grewsome. As and pretty wild. He enlisted at the be- g ; Ry, would.” But she lightened up just the Willing to pay the excess, which would she was the picture of lonely misery one’s ginning of the war with the — regiment ; e . and contributed haif a dozen or have been a good deal more than the price fancy staggered before the thought of and was sent to the isiands. The disci- B . more sad-irons and some other hardware ©Of the stuff he left. “But people never what she might be without the consola- pline, a bad wound and homesickness - to the “keepsakes” corner. seem to take that into consideration. We tion of her ghastly relics. I wished to made him realize the worth of what he 3 “p, check my trunk. I want to take 1have had every impossible thing left but pay the price of the lost check, but my had left in America, and very repentent - this boat,” said a pretty young lady. & horse-block, and we shall have that in "companion remonstrated. letters went home to tell of what he in- time, I have no doubt.” “I have come to get my trunk, but I have lost my check. I am very serry, but—* She was a forlorn-looking woman, lit- tle and thin and old, dressed in shabby lack. “Don’t do it. ‘Joshua’ left her a bisger bank account than you or I have, which will be scrambled for by nieces and nephews after she has pinched herself to death. She is the kind you read about, which ‘enjoys poor health’ and is only comfortable when uncomfortable, and here it is right there—why, it has son s else name on it! I'm sure that is or it is one just exactly like it.” When did it come down?” tended to be in the future. A few weeks ago his father died and his mother came on from the Hast to meet her son and break the news to him. Hard lines, isn't it?” I thought so, indeed, when a few moments later the lady came, accom~ panied by one of the soldier boys. She mir “This morning.” “And it isn't among these? your bounded lik: wrough the win- Did it have lot of luggage. name on it?” the boot?” he shouted just my initials, J. J., and it 1s “}'ou will have tovidenllfy—tell wha:'s she’s as happy this minute as she ever was a tall, handsome featured woman, but wind remained to him. His re. Where can it be? Oh, dear, =, . 203 pay four-bits for the eheck.” .was in her life” she looked more like a statue than a liv- n when discovered his I shall miss my boat.” ; ' A slsh as from Avernus came up from A lull in this ‘‘confusion worse con- Ing being, for her face was colorless and the depths. “There it is, and I guess there ain’t nobody else that's going to founded” marked an outgoing boat— *And you have this comedy right along, s much toc t to make an: “Isn’t this you immobile—except once when she caught It says Janet James, tb He broke o and these a h s ¥, A sight of the. frightful box and a spasm of o B e s ootieonly Lepmles iR BB Ve iival it oYBNIT 7e gt et ey dtthe Ay e gt | his ve c h a vige that le: - on his mo ng.’ W " i s g griing Unvel g en't 1 oké e s bt Well, d the clerk, encouragingly, “Yes, and year after year. Sometimes ‘Do we have that kind of thing often? € n as h t es look a bi: e it, but I sup- as the cover came up. “There's a bunnet it touches 7y a vill to-day when Oh, ves. since the w: e from ‘the boxes ‘and o 56 soust e ihes it lak e st et it touches tragedy, as it will to-day , ves, since the war began, very often. on top, and then a dress, and,” hl!:!isa(. ing a moment, “in the right-hand corner is a sock with three fingers—" the man the overland goes for the mother of that poor fellow over there who has just come home from the Philippines will be here It seems brutal to cart the poor things about the world that way, but there must - be some comfort in it to the family or it ed away to the *‘boot.” ty He went a long it How funny that I shouldn't know my own trunk; there are so many it looks his E ta TONng amn strange 0 e 81 se.” - ¥y . [ e way to [Eo wrons and strange among them, I suppose,” and she started back. “Oh, you needn't be scared; shortly.” I had noticed the ominous look- wouldn't be done, and thers's no denying Deliered mome of them Toere g and went off smiling at a mistake which is they were Joshua's when he was allve, ing box with a breath of silence about it: Uncie Sam does his uty as far as he =S face was pale, hix eves fevered and ~King Leopold, while not a piunger of belicied hone of them. There's his first said to be a very common one. She had poor man. He lost ‘em in a hay cutter, that was strangely out of keeping with. sees it." gleaming, his hands clinched, his hair the wild Potocki type, wins or loses prob- 2<4n at the window now.” hardly vhe 5 £ disordered. Prince Braganza and ;5 o s haidly gone when a man came, bound for and now he is dead/and they are all I've all this hustle and bustle of life. "It came But a stream of new-comers sets in and Szemere were cool and salleatea . " et T P My g