[Vynne, Harold Richard] [from old catalog] · Chicago, Thomson and Zimmerman · leaf 96
h a desireto view the feverishscenes of which they have heard somuch. Gambling as a confirmed vice is a ter-rible affliction. It frequently happens, how-ever, that men who never dream of gamblingat home, finding themselves with a littlesuperfluous time on their hands in a strangecity, actually… … 98 excitement that the game affords. Such menusually regard the small sum so risked as so muchmoney thrown away; and as a matter of factthat is the right way to regard it, for those whopit their money and skill against gamblers suf-ciently educated to make a living in Chicagopossess more nerve than…
