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IN THE
TEMPLE
OF RUIN
By WILLIS EMERY
Copyright, 1901, by
Frederick R. Toombs
M
ONTE CARLO was the
scene of this little adven
ture. The season was ear
ly June. The gardens were
sweet with a thousand
odors and silvery with moonlight but
in the casino there were glaring lights
and a heat that seemed to strike upon
the top of one's head and the scents
that are bad counterfeits of flowers.
A young gentleman named Wilmot,
■whom I had met in Paris, had dined
with me at the hotel, and we had then
strolled across to the place where vis
itors are expected to spend their mon
ey in the purchase of nervous prostra
tion. I had never visited this temple
of absurdity before, but Wilmot, who
had spent some years abroad, had been
there often—much oftener, in fact,
than any real friend of his would have
wished. On this occasion he lost about
20 louis without winning a bet.
"Well,'well!" he cried. "I'm not in
luck tonight. Aren't you going to
play?"
I confessed that I could see nothing
in the sport. I had tried it elsewhere
and had found, as one who lacks the
ST
I WAS INTERESTED IN TWO WOMEN WHO
SAT SIDE BY SIDE.
instinct always will, that gambling is
the most disappointing of the polite
vices.
All the seats at the table were occu
pied. but there was no great crowd
about. Two or three men were dodg
ing here and there to lay their bets,
but we had room to spare at the end
of the board, where we remained
awhile to watch the faces of the play
ers.
There were no great gains or losses
I was interested principally In two wo
men who sat side by side, one of them
mildly successful, the other steadily
losing. It was amusing to observe that
the woman who lost was angry with
the woman who won and not with the
croupier who swept in her money nor
with herself for being so foolish as^to
play.
Among those who lost was a youn
gentleman with a typical Yankee coun
tenance and the tall. thin, strong figure
that matches with it. 1 sympathized
with him because he was a follow
countryman and also because he was
long way from home and so might be
the more seriously embarrassed by the
sort of indiscretion which this place
was built to encourage. I observed
that his eye was always on the wheel
when the ball was rolling and that
when it fell in the wrong place he
started as if with a spasm of pain.
I had seen him lose about 200 francs
upon the numbers 31. 32 and 33 whet
a very charming young woman, simply
dressed and escorted by a youth who
looked as if he might be the brother
of the player, approached the table
and addressed the object of my inter
est. He had no seat, but was reaching
over between two other gamesters to
lay down his bets.
At the sound of the woman's voice
he straightened up. withholding his
money, and turned to speak to her.
Their conversation was surely no busi
ness of mine, and 1 moved aside, but I
could not help hearing her beg him to
come away. She was not insistent, and
she veiled her anxiety beneath some
thin excuse of a social duty that he
was neglecting, yet the essence of the
affair was obvious. 1 felt a strong de
sire to take the young man by the col
lar and march him out of the place,
but the etiquette of Monte Carlo for
bids such help from man to man. So I
remained passive, while the croupier
announced the number 32.
The young woman, whom 1 rightly
Judged to be the wife of the player,
turned away, hiding considerable vex
ation. She had accomplished nothing
except that she had prevented her hus
band from putting down his money at
a time when he would have won.
Though I felt that any gains he might
make would only bind him more se
curely to a folly that could have but
one conclusion, l was so full of human
frailty as to wish that he might win.
It was not possible from where I stood
to watch the rolling ball with any ac
curacy or to get a notion where it
would fall even in the very last in
stant, but he was nearer, and his face
of
he
his
tity
tie
5
the
the
is
to
no
go
in
I
it
in
told me unmistakably when the in
fernal bit of ivory narrowly missed his
numbers.
In half an hour not one of them had
won, and the croupier had changed the
last of the notes from the small roll
which had been tightly clinched in the
young man's left hand. His last supply
of 5 frank pieces quickly vanished, and
he began to bet "petit monnaie" from
his pockets. He had a surprising quan
tity of silver, and whenever I fancied
tie had come to the end of it he ■would
thrust a nervous hand into another
pocket and bring forth the value of one
more wager.
I think, however, that his very last
5 frank piece was on the board when
the croupier called 32. The young man
had upon this number the value of §1,
the smallest sum that may be bet at
Monte Carlo. When the bet had been
paid, he had ISO francs, or $30. With
this encouragement he laid down his
money more liberally, and aljnost im
mediately won again upon 31.
Then I could see in his eyes that hope
was alive in him. It always seems sc
natural that fate should relent. The
element of pity in a human heart is
shocked by the brutality of chance and
is very slow to believe that the ulti
mate intention can be bad. It may have
seemed only fair to this young gentle
man that he should have a turn of luck
upon his last coin and should win
enough to recompense him for his suf
ferings. He wiped the sweat from his
brow and went into the silly struggle
With a new courage.
Rut the little ivory ball that cared
nothing for him or for his sacred obli
gations to his wife refused to perform
the small service that was requisite.
Instead it tantalized him by falling
into 17, which is on one side of 32, and
then into 20, which is upon the othei
side of it. And I could see the poor fel
low's heart leap in his bosom.
Watching this performance, I got mj
first comprehension of the gambling
passion, which has for its basis a fatu
ous pugnacity; an aimless, agonizing
resistance to an impalpable foe. At the
outset I wished this man to stop play
ing. I knew that he was doing a foolish
thing. At the last I merely wished him
to win, and I saw his coin dwindle with
no more rational feeling than sorrow
and wrath that he must stop, give up.
go away beaten.
I remembered hearing that an Eng
lish nobleman. Lord Arrelsford. whose
wealth had been a byword on the con
tinent since the recent death of his un
cle, had won 45,000 francs on the day
before our arrival. Why could not such
luck come to this man who needed it
rather than to that Croesus to whom
ten times the sum would be of no im
portance? When one asks why. why,
why, he is beginning to be a gambler,
for a sane man knows there is no why
in the matter.
"That man is losing more than he can
afford," whispered Wilmot. "I don't
like the look of him."
"Nor I." was my rejoinder. "Con
found those numbers! Why don't they
eome?"
"They won't show again," said 'Wil
mot, with the confidence of an experi
enced gambler who is always deceived
with the notion that he has some small
insight into the ways of chance. "Ht
is on his last legs."
"I don't think he has another franc
in his pockets," said I, "but it looks as
if he were going to make another
search."
"So you've noticed that hand of his.
eh? It's hovering around his hip pock
et, and it's Rot money he has there.'
"You don't mean"—
"I mean just that," whispered Wil
mot. "He wouldn't be the first man
who's shot himself over that table.
The croupiers are watching him."
"Gracious heavens!" I exclaimed
"Did you see his wife?"
Wilmot nodded, with his eyes full of
meaning.
"This is a terrible place," he said
"Edge over a little nearer to him, and
if he loses his next bet look out!"
The croupier called 5. Our friend had
three coins remaining. He covered 31
to
he
he
HE WOULD THRUST A NERVOUS HAND INTO
ANOTHER ROCKET
32 and 33. Again the ball whirled
around. It seemed to me that it rolled
for half an hour before it fell sharply
against one of the divisions of the
wheel and bounced back.
I waited for the croupier's word, but
the ball had not come to rest. It was
spinning like a top on the edge of the
wheel, upheld only by the force of its
•otation and seemingly fixed on the re
volving disk. I got a glimpse of it. and
It was poised above the number 32. im
mediately it fell with a little click.
"Twenty, black, even and above!"
called the croupier. And I saw out
young gentleman's hand go trembling
to bis hip pocket, while his figure
straightened rigidly.
I laid ray hand upon his sleeve, and
he turned like a flash.
"Don't do it," said I in a low tone.
Think of her."
"Why, what the devil do you mean?"
he demanded and drew forth his hand
hastily.
I had a firm grip on him before I per
ceived that what he had taken from
his pocket was not a revolver, but a
wallet.
The sight staggered me, and yet in a
tenth part of a second I perceived that
his folly was really almost as bad as
the one I had anticipated. By his anx
iety I knew that the money in the wal
let must be a reserve, the loss of which
would leave him stranded.
It was hard to say that which I
knew should be said, but at that mo
I RAID MY HAND ON HIS SLEEVE.
ment 1 caught a glimpse of his wife
and brother approaching somewhat
hastily through the long rooms.
"Pardon an entire stranger," said I,
"but you know we're both Americans,
and"—
"Well, upon my word!" he cried,
—"and you—you really mustn't lose
any more. You're not Lord Arrelsford,
you know. You can't afford"—
"Bless my soul!" he said slowly as he
fixed his bright blue eyes upon me. "I
really like your impudence. If I'm not
Lord Arrelsford, who the deuce am I?
You may know more than I do about
my financial situation, but, by George,
sir, I know my own name!"
Lord Arrelsford turned to the table
and took from his wallet a sum of mon
ey that made me dizzy. When 1 recov
ered consciousness, Wilmot was lead
ing me away.
"Jflcknaeltltorlan."
London shopkeepers' slang is a dia
lect in itself and one that is always
changing. What, then, is a "nicknack
itorian?" We know not the word to
day, but, looking recently through
some old law cases dating about a
hundred years back, I was puzzled to
find it applied in all good faith to
describe a plaintiff in the sheriff's
court. On further search it turned out
to be a piece of forgotten cockney
slang for a dealer in bric-a-brac.
The evidence showed that this plain
tiff kept a sort of old curiosity shop,
in which he dispensed "mummies,"
poisoned arrows, the head of King Ar
thur's spear and a genuine manuscript
of the "first play acted by Thespis and
his company in a wagon!" The de
fendant, a woman, had actually
bought and paid for some of these
rarities, but she died after having com
missioned the embalming of an oraug
outang to add to her collection, and
for this her executors refused to pay.
Counsel for the defense poured con
tempt on the mummy of the orang
outang and called it a "stuffed mon
key."
But the "nickriackitorian" won his
case. His profession was more taking
than his name.—Manchester Guardian.
Doubtful Praise.
Mr. Faxon was the oldest patron of
the "select boarding house" in which
he lived, and his landlady sometimes
referred people to him for a recom
mendation of her table.
His wish was to praise the food
highly, as he could conscientiously do,
but one day he overstepped his mark.
"I'm dyspeptic, sir." said a man who
had gone to Mr. Faxon to make in
quiries about the boarding house,
"and my food has to be simple and
well cooked—no high seasoning, no in
digestible compounds."
Mr. Faxon looked at him with a
bland and reassuring smile.
"My dear sir," he said in his most
impressive manner, "you need have no
fears. All l have eaten in the ten
years I have been under Mrs. Brown's
roof would not interfere with the di
gestion of the most delicate baby, sir.
in the land."
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Hiding the Children.
A ticket examiner entered a compart
ment wherein a respectably dressed in
dy was comfortably seated. He did not
notice a long, flat package lying on the
opposite seat, covered with a traveling
rug and a newspaper carelessly thrown
over it, and he probably would have
left the compartment oblivious of Its
existence had not a pair of sweet, pret
ty eyes peeped over the top and in a
cautious tone the owner of them in
quired:
"Mamma, has the man gone yet?"
The artful mother confusedly ex
plained that her child was only three
and entitled to travel free, but curiosity
impelled him to further investigation,
and a robust young gir
ten revealed herself.-London Tit-Bits
of apparently
KILLED ON
THE ROADS
Accidents on the Railroads in Three
Months.
FROM REPORT OF COMMISSION
Of Interstate Commerce—Over Two
Thousand Collisions and Derail
ments of Trains—Some Interesting
Statistics About Railroads in
America.
Accident bulletin No. 1, issued by
the interstate commerce commission
for the months of July, August and
September of last year shows the
number of railroad accidents and
fatalities for that period in the
United States. The report is
interesting, as it shows how small a
percentage of the thousands of peo
ple carried- on the cars are even
injured.
The report gives the number of
persons killed in the three months in
collisions, derailments and miscel
laneous train accidents at 240 and in
jured at 2,622. Accidents of other
kinds including tnose sustained by
employes while at work and by pas
sengers while getting on or off cars
increase the total casualties to 11,212.
of whom 725 were killed and 10,487
injured.
Continuing, the report says:
"The number of passengers killed
in collisions and derailments during
this quarter—57—is very large, and
is equal to more than half the total
shown for twelve months in the com
mission's annual report for 1900. The
present record is swelled by a single
collision in August in which 28 pas
sengers and three employes of the
road were killed. This collision, due
to a runaway of freight cars on a
long steep grade, cannot be satisfac
torily classified as to cause, as the
officers of the road report that the
cars which ran away had been left
on a side track, suitably secured by
hand brakes; and they have not dis
covered how the brakes were re
leased.
[This was the Nyack wreck last
summer, in which the general super
intendent of the Great Northern was
killed.]
The next most serious accident in
August, causing the death of 9 pas
sengers and 1 train man, was also
due to some cause not discovered.
A passenger train while running at
moderate speed was derailed with
disastrous results, but no defect was
found in cars, engine or track. It is
supposed, therefore, that some ob
struction may have been maliciously
placed on the track.
"The number of passengers killed
in collisions and derailments in July
was 7, and in September 8 were
killed from these causes. In one col
lision, occurring in July, 4 passen
gers and 5 trainmen were killed and
5 ( persons were injured. This col
lision, damaging the railroad com
pany's property to the extent of over
$50,000, was due to forgetfulness on
the part of the conductor and engine
man of a freight train. These two
men were killed in the collision. The
conductor had served in that capacity
ten months and the engineman eight
days. Both had several years experi
ence in subordinate positions.
"Of the passengers killed in Sep
tember, 9 are accounted for .n a sin
gle collision, due to the careless
movement of a freight locomotive on
a track parallel to one on which a
fast passenger train was passing. A
misplaced switch was overlooked and
the engine ran against the side of the
passing passenger cars, overturning
them.
The total number of collisions and
derailments was 2,249 (1,247 collis
ions and 1,002 derailments) of which
217 collisions and 90 derailments af
fected passenger trains. The dam
age to cars, engines and roadway by
these accidents amounted to $1,842,
224, namely: July, $600.047: August,
$648,249; September, $593,928."
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A VIOLENT CROSö.
Wolf and Dog Mated and Produce
Large Litter of Wolf Dogs.
Eight little wolf dogs all healthy
and hungry is the result of an experi
ment made by George Ross of Chi
nook. Mr. Ross ored a wolf to a bull
terrier, and while a violent cross, the
animals are all well formed, but dis
play to a marked degree the traits of
the father. The pups are brown
black in color and are covered with
the hair of the dog, but under this is
a fine fur inherited from the mother.
They are yet too young to determine
accurately their character, but it is
certain that they will have a snap
pish disposition, as the wolf blood is
most potent in them, and is explained
by the fact that the wolf is the pur
est breed, while the uull terrier is
not a distinct type, being Dred up
from the blending of other breeds.
Mr. Ross intenas to cross the pro
geny of this strange combination
with another wolf and see if he can
get an animal that will combine the
_
j desirable qualities of dog and wolf
j Mr. Ross will present one of the pups
to the Havre zoological gardens.—
navre Plaindealer.
THE'
A visit to the Montgomery & Hunt Brick Yard this week will find them busy
turning out some 20,000 brick per day. The brick are standard size, are made
with modern machinery, using a 25 horse power engine to drive the same. Instead
of the old way of drying on the ground, the pallet and rack system is used for all
the brick, which process greatly improves the brick. Good, hard burned brick
made on this process are one third stronger than granite. The owners have been
selling foundation, well and cistern brick as well as veneer and building jobs. Al
though sales are dull in winter there has been some one at the yard to wait on the
trade ever since they purchased the yard, over two years ago, Any masons or
others needing brick will find one or both the members of the firm at the yard
most of the time. .
MONTGOMERY & HUNT BRICK YARD
Located west of Kalispell, North of the Great Northern
Railroad Track.
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LITTLE HOPE OF RESUMING
Negotiations Looking to Settlement
Were Delayed Too Long.
Since the reported conference be
tween Former Governor S. T. Hauser
and Philip Bowden, having to do with
the resumption of operations at East
Helena, owners of mines in this vi
cinity, workmen at the Persell lime
quarry, and mine owners at Winston
and Elkhorn, have been hopeful that
a happy end would come to the dis
agreement between the smelter em
ployes and the company. While
some of the employes and Governor
Hauser have not altogether given up
hope of a settlement, and of an early
resumption, they are not particularly
encouraged over the prospect.
! 'I am afraid the negotiations look
ing to a resumption of work at East
Helena," said Governor Hauser last
evening, "were delayed too long. The
fact is the smelter company has ar
ranged for the treatment of the rich
ores that would come to Helena at
tne other plants it owns, and there
fore its interest in resumption of
work here is not so great as it would
be if it did not have me opportunity
to do the business elsewhere. I have
talked the situation over with the
more conservative of the representa
tives of the employes, and while I
have not altogether given up the idea
of an early resumption at East Hel
ena, I am not now particularly en
couraged at the prospect."
The small mine owners are prob
ably the greatest sufferers by the
close down at East Helena. As a
rule their properties are low grade,
will not stand high transportation
is
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charges, and their output is so lim
& ' *
ited that they are not in a position
to make terms with the smelting
company. These small mine owners
employ from two to half a dozen min
ers, and the smelter shut down has
forced them to discharge their min
ers. In the aggregate this has af
fected not less than 500 men in the
country tributary to Helena, compris
ing employes and owners of small
mines.—Independent.
Growth of Mormonism.
While it is commonly believed that
polygamy is stamped out in this
country, that fact should not lead the
people to believe that the Mormons
are becoming fewer. Quite the con
trary is the case. In the last ten
years according to a late census re
port, the number of Mormons in this
country has more than doubled some
thing that can not be said of any of
the orthodox churches of the land.
,n 1890, the total number of Mormons
in the United States was 144,000. The
census of 1900 shows that in that
year they had increased to more, than
300,000. In Utah there were 220,00j
Mormons out of a total population of
276,740, and it is known that they
have increased in Idaho, Montana
and other states in close proximity to
the Salt Lake colony.
In speaking of six years' work
among the Mormons of Utah, Rev.
John D. Nutting, secretary of the
Utah Gospel mission, says that the
Mormon system is stronger today
than ever before, both in numbers
and in its hold upon its adherents,
and it is more homogeneous and uni
fied than it was ^0 years ago. Every
where in Utah he found evidences of
great activity and increasing vigor in
the church.
Surprising as it may seem, the
Mormon strength is not waning in
the localities where the early colo
nies were planted, and it is quietly
spreading out and securing converts
in nearly every state and territory in
the Union. Its missionaries have
been especially active in the south
ern states of late years, and in some
of the northern countries of Europe
the work of proselyting has been
widespread and effective.
Wants Others to Know.
"I have used DeWitt's Little Early
Risers for constipation and torpid
liver and they are all right. I am
glaa to indorse them for I think
when we find a good thing we ought
to lec others know it," writes ALred
Heinze, Quincy, 111. They never
gripe or distress. Sure, safe pills,
„ronson & Lighthall, Broderick &
Walker.
interest of Wong Chung and Wong
Fong in the Plume vegetable farm
including wagons, horses, etc. Wing
| Wa Chung will pay all debts and col- j
lect all the accounts of the old firm.
Private Gambling In Rnsotn.
There is a good deal of gambling in
society in England, but it is nothing to
what goes on in Russia, says the Lon
don Candid Friend. Vint, preference
and roulette are the principal games.
The second is the most popular in army
circles, while many ladies of the high
est rank keep roulette tables and have
regular "evenings," on which play goes
on for very high stakes. As is usually
the case at roulette, the bank mostly
wins, and the hostess takes good care
to keep the bank.
One of the most notorious of these
private dens is run by two ladies of
the highest rank and.connections. Only
the fine fleur of the society of St. Pe
tersburg are admitted, and the entree
is eagerly sought. The stakes are high,
the plunging often desperate, and men
have been known to leave these salons
in a financial condition which ap
proaches ruin. The princesses, howev
er, make a handsome income out of the
bank, and no one thinks the worse of
them.
How High Cam n Balloon Rise?
The altitude that may be attained
by a balloon depends, first, upon its
size; secondly, upon the filling of gas,
and, thirdly, upon the weight being
carried. A balloon of ordinary size,
43.000 cubic feet, carrying the smallest
weight—that is, one person—when filled
with illuminating gas may reach 20,000
feet, but when filled with hydrogen
27.000 feet. In order to ascend higher
we first of all need a bigger balloon.
One may say it w 7 as a happy chance
that the Royal Meteorological institute
of Berlin was provided with a balloon
of the unusual dimensions of 300,000
cubic feet. The German emperor fur
nished £500 for making experiments
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with it, and the Meteorological *ista
tute decided to make use of this op
portunity for studying the highest re
gions of atmosphere.—Harper's Maga
zine.
A Bad Way to Feed Bird«.
It is quite a common practice for per
sons owning pet birds to teach them to
take bits of sugar or other food liked
by the bird from the lips. It has been
discovered that the trainers of young
birds in Europe frequently contract in
this way a peculiar parasitic growth on
the throat and lungs that is frequently
fatal, and a warning has been issued
by French physicians which may well
be heeded by any one feeding birds
from mouth to beak.
A Psychological Deduction.
"My dear," said the wife of the emi
nent professor, "the hens have scratch
ed up all that eggplant seed you sow
ed."
"Ah. jealousy," mused the professor..
And he sat down and wrote a twenty
page article on "The Development of
Envy In the Minds of the Lower Grade
of Bipeds."—Baltimore American.
Emotion Wasted.
"It was terrible.even to see the vil
lain die," said the emotional girl at the
melodrama.
"Oh. well," consoled the old lady, "he
would have died anyway. Did you no
tice how rnafly cigarettes he «moked?"
—Exchange.
j A Justice of the Peace of Said Town
Alias Summons.
State of Montana, County of Flat
head—SS.
In Justice Court of Kalispell Town
ship, Before A. McArthur, Justice
of the Peace.
Ah Hay, plaintiff, vs. C. P. Brennan,
defendant.—Alias Summons.
The State of Montana to the above
named defendant, Greeting:
You are hereby summoned to ap
pear before me at my office in Kal
ispell, in the county of Flathead, on
the 19th day of May, 1902, at ten
o'clock a. m., in an action brought
against you by said plaintiff, to
answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff.
The said action is brought to re
cover a judgment for the sum of
$25.00 for board furnished you by
plaintiff at your special instance and
request during the months of Janu
ary and February, 1902, in Kalispell,
Montana.
And you are herby notified that if
you fail to appear and answer, judg
ment will be taken against you ac
cording to the complaint.
To the sheriff or any constable of
said county, Greeting: Make legal
service and due return thereof.
Given under my hand this 14th day
of April, 1902.
A. M'ARTHUR,
ship.