Show GAMBLING FOR A CHURCH mixture of superstition and business in alsace about the middle 0 of tho the last century when the german bund bond sat eat at frankfort 1 I 1 was an to our legation there and as homburg was wag close by I 1 at good deal 0 of tim in that cheerful spot czi W T the most curious thing that I 1 saw was this A church in an alsatian village wits was damaged by fire the village blacksmith dreamt that he made a machine which when wound up threw out a counter with a number on it every five minutes lie he went in his dream to homburg with the machine played on the number and won enough to restore the church when lie he related his bli dream to his big fel low villagers money was subscriber the machine was made and lie he wits sen sent li to homburg with a small capital eiery aery day for a week the machine was placed in the gambling room under his big supervision two peasants stood at the roulette table to play and the lie village priest walked up and down the room at the end of the week eek the requisite amount was won the priest assured me that this was the result of a miracle ile he may have been right or he may have been wrong anyhow the money was won find and the village church reia stored restored re ored henry la L boucht bou ebere re in london truth |