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Show The Superior Tribunal , , ,, - r ' r ;i,:"z hundred francs fr , gal. peed f and Bv minutes er .,.. , ' ' ...y of .,:::;",;: woman coi.v,,d , the moat minor,,,,, , . m mandnients. " K"m Perhaps a airun, , these varying ..,, ' the relative Im,!; 'J ""' Mont. Carlo They ,y lmw It a fun. ' time, ,or , er law ' br,'"k l'"r,"'n 0,h A. m.ller of ract the ,. , re not played In the Caalno. Thero Isn't room. A sumptuous club has been established, and winnings rrom the Casino Company' coffer go bark lo those same colters via the club. Monte Carlo Is k,-, ping up with the limes. It Is being run more and more In accord with Ihe nmtto, "If you don't see what vou want ask for It." The gaming tables now keep open until I a m . and you can even get a ham sandwich on the premises to re fresh your Inner man and give you the fortitude necessary to lead you to lose some more money. It has often surprised me that an Intelligent man of the world, a mem- 4 MubIo Hall, Casino. lined twenlyflvt francs because the Judge thought that this sum wa bout all ahe tould yield, being an Impecunious drtssmaker. while they were nrre tljl an Kiigllah duke wouldn't mind fosr times as much. The splendid inslness capacity ot Monsieur Illanc, h a Monte Carlo, haa led him to nake tho discovery that some lucky rambler have been taking money awiy rrom Monte Carlo. Car-lo. Thl la a defect In his system that ho Intends te remedy, aa In hla opinion the Casliu company noeda the cash much mure than any one else doe. j I onco I'Jllgsnd the management of an At Iran clrcu. Traveling with It a. assortment of organised organ-ised iwlnfi J -MotA'l a percentage of their ,f the boss. There were tho iHn"oi,.y pas,,.,, the pickpocket, pick-pocket, t,.Ve nvilammet" r ,hort change mail"! 'J other distinguished specialists. made nionvv, plen ty ot It. Du the clreua managora needed that cu-h, ao they fitted up a gambling outn in a railway car. and every night tie astute awlndler lost to the circus owners all thev ksd won during lb,, day. The atrauge part of It la that they all knew they had no chance; that the ndda were gainat thnn, and that the tabloi wero cninked" waa a moral certainty, certain-ty, yet they could not resist the temp-tut temp-tut Ion to gamble. Without drawing any offensive parallel par-allel between the clreua gambler and those of Monte Carki for It would bo neither fair nor truo 1 may say that Monsieur Illune ha arranged that a little money aa nosalblo ahall be exported ex-ported from his principality. About two hundred active spies are employed at Voute Carlo. They throng the gambling room, pick up facta about the playera, catch and expol pickpockets, track person who exude counterfeit coins and make themselves generally useful to their employera. One of Ihelr dulle Is to collect tatlatlca a lo how much the big winner win and what they do with It. her of the Htock Exchange who ha looted a bank or a customer and la to be found out next day, should dramatically dra-matically blow his bralna out at high main In Threadueedlo atreet. A an Irishman might put It, If be had any bralna he would not blow them out In aiioti a public place while he could avoid all risk of publicity by lining It In Monte Carlo. There la a paradise for auleldea. If you want to sever your throat or burn out your dlgestlvo appiiralua with carbolic acid until you are quite deceased, and afterward obtain all the legal proof you want that you died of a lingering old age, bring your raior or your.acjd here with iil xoilflrtenca tuf? Jv?oo welt-. uer will ever bo adduced against you, A man the other evening blew enough of hla head off to effect hi purpoae. It happened directly In front of tho motor garage, opposite the end of Clro'a Gallery. In a few seconds two men In plain clothe aprng out they wero Monte Crlo aplea and whisked the body off Into a shop, whence It disappeared In ao- cm-dance with a ayatem that work like a clock. I'asaera by who Inquired In-quired what the matter wa wero assured as-sured that there had only been a dog fight, and any one who hinted at a Btilclde waa denounced aa a danger-oua danger-oua dreamer who saw things that weren't there. They must keep a tame coroner t Monte Carlo an easy going, good n'. t u red fellow, with an accommodating Jury. He I a man, no doubt, who believe In natural death on principle, princi-ple, and could diagnose the death of a man Htnasbod to a Jelly by a tem hammer aa being due to gout or apoplexyhe apo-plexyhe I not ure which. Any one who has ever naked a lx.ndon coroner to believe that a man who had killed himself really died from circumstances over which he had no control will remember the frigid reception which he encountered and the fruit lessues of his effort. Here I believe things differ. i ; "M :l ri fe Hlu f t tffS Grand Entrance, Caaino. Thcao gentry have discovered that when a gambler has n t thousand pounds at thlrly uii.l forty or rouleilo he becomes tired of both diatrai-tlona. He wauut new worlils to conquer, and he goca off and lose all hla pronia at Nice or Cannes at the baccarat tul.les. Here you have the Monte Carlo Oscul question, and Monsieur Illanc haa taken steps to prevent tho deleterious dele-terious exportation or bullion that might very well remain where It Is. Ho now you can play baccarat, or bridge, or poker at Moute Cr!o. They Ho why a financier who has gone aHlray should disgrace his family by killing himself In London when he can come to Monte Carlo and make sure of a perfectly natural and legitimate legiti-mate decease 1 am at a complete loss to make nut. 1 The Ijre I not dear, and he who wants to die should always Invest In the extra sleeping car berlh. as that will Insure a strong probability ol death by asphyxiation. I bus saving himself the trouble of dying a natural death on schedule time In lovely Monaco. |