Show LOSES DAUGHTER IN fiAME OF CARDS GARDS i Hungarian Count Unbuckles to the Amount of RUINED IN LONG GAMBLE Armenian J Wins In Countess at zit Ploy Piny Pin Rut nut Cannot Claim H Her Hery r y as a Bride Vienna April 13 A A simple game came ame of cards played In Budapest b by a a. I Hungarian and ancI an nn Armenian merchant merchant mer- mer I. I chant d in 10 changing hands bands For forty eight hours hour the two players sat at a a. small mall In Cafe f New York and though hundreds ds of or people passed In an and out of the tho place hut few were aware that a a. great for far fOrtune fortune tune was slowly but hut surely ly h ln passed across a small marble top top table tabI 4 When hen the on one players player's money was ex- ex antI and his thirst for the game gam was still unsatisfied he placed as a wager wager one of his most cherished possessions pos sessions s the thought of or which makes one hark back to the pioneer days das when men hazarded their all nil on the turn of or a card Count Nikolaus Taner Is a member 4 of one of the oldest families of Hun Hun- gary His Ills gr great at wealth placed hirr In a n position where every wish could bo be gratified Count n a Horn Born Like man many others who have ha haon gone on before Count TanH had the uncontrollable spirit of oC the gambler HI Ills His great craving for the game unfortunately unfortunately natel was wn not hot coupled with luck and andas andas as a. a rp result he lie Invariably lo lost t when II lie he gave his weakness full Cull rein A Afew Afew few days ago Count Tan chanced to enter the Cafe Care New York and called for a cup cun of oC black coffee The place was quite luRe crowded at the lime an and at his Ills table sat it an Armenian mer chant As a customary course the thu two men soon entered Into conversation conversa conversa- tion lion Visiting car cards s were exchanged an and in this way tho the count made the acquaintance of ot Gerhard The conversation drifted from one subject to another until the thc merchant chanced to speak of oC a new game of cards which he had learned since hl hlF arrival arrIva In Iii Budapest A table was selected in a quiet corner corner cor cor- ner ncr of the cafe and a waiter was ordered ordered or or- dered tu Iti bring cards and drinks At Attla first t the play pia was uninteresting the the t the count would win hi a small mall bet and then the tide would woul turn urn In favor of oC the tile Armenian One Olle or two more plays hind and still luck seemed to hover on th the counts count's side of the table He lie liethen then made a n. large wager nn and won Then another and another A Armenian Inn Turns Ju Tables But nut it Jt was not long until the tide ceased to flow flo In ill the direction of the arlon nobleman and wager waC-er after aCter ager Wager was won by the skinned dark merchant from the cast east Tl Try as he would woul Count TanH could not turn the tl tide c. c and gradually the game gamu settled set set- tied down U to lu Iho tho blo task fortune In sub sub- rot paying out a tt 1100 t n wagers During thirty hours the count never won a n wager o of an any Importance and yet he remained a athe athe a athe the table He did not realise Le until too late that he had at last come como to the end of his fortune All AU his ready money his magnificent estate and his ancient castle had gone the same mme way He was wa preparing to leave the table after admitting that he had nothing more to play pIny for 4 It was wasat at this juncture that the Armenian Armenian Ar Ar- made a strange suggestion He begged the count to again lie be seated Heated and explained that he ho was willing to ri against one all aU his winnings Wager Jager t. t possession yet ct remaining to the count The Tite Hungarian no nobleman leman eagerly e asked the Armenian to name It and andIn 0 t that him bin In the hit same game br breath ath assured 4 4 no lO matter what h he hO should ask It would A r be wagered the against sun sum agreed on IJ by the Armenian Stakes All for Dan f t. t He lie then said aId that the th count was wa In Ina a position to gratify hl his Itis great real craving J 4 and in return for the the- extension of such mch a favor the Armenian was wal willing willingto I to wager ht his entire winnings of Between puffs of his fragrant cigarette the merchant continued and andIn andIn andin 5 In the end came caine out blunt bluntly and asked l for Cor the hand of the thu counts count's daughter In marriage this to be placed against l his winning of the last forty right cards curds was vas to dedde de- de hand at hours hour One all A strange look came Oyer ocI over the counts count's face tace as he sat at nt tho the table 4 His Ills great g lo loss and tho the fact that rule c 44 stared him In the face tace stirred every e atom of oC emotion within him 4 I Armenian Wins hiis Ilis Game Gallic Armenian ArmenIans He lIe con consented to the proposal proposal- l Thu Tle cards wore shuffled and dealt The pla playing of ot five vc car carby carl all determine to b by each man was First the Armenian played a card and 4 lost There Then yet t remained four cards 4 1 v I 0 fiS l on the table and and again a 4 1 the Armenian lost But here luck hick changed and the merchant the Ue took ook In the thu three remaining P plays ays and won not only th the counts count's entire fortune for for- or- or but also the hand of ot Countess tune tunc Maria Marla Tan the daughter of ot this IU luckless When nobleman the time or of 8 settlement of or the tle arrived Count found that debt deM so o It lie he e hu hind had ii in bank on only 1 to realize Immediately fe al' al J was J e necessary mala malam to In or order el his hils property pert on oil all nil pro HI Ills His estate and castle amount tl the e m UI up brought ht outskirts of Budapest on Oil the amount to The Thc remain n- n the he will be I paid aW off In In Installments installments int in- in 1 hug Ing g month derived of OO a t held by the count fro from ruin n family an nn annuity of Count has ha ta taken en The dSt and will make settle settle- the debt cM In han hand in full on this tills basis The Fur Counter countess who was as wagered wagered wag wag- The Thc young he her luckless s father has re- re refused refused ered cred by toward the act act- lend herself fused to There Is but lit of oC the debt nl becoming the wife or of her tie hope hOlle merchant Her or of the rich Armenian the regarding word true to his hll father the tho has sought to prevail upon wager of honor lI his debt girl to ul and threats have ha hut but hl his entreaties Countess TanY ot of no avail proved Budapest and at pros pros- has fled from in III Italy with relatives emit Is residing |