Blue Waters And Green And the Far East Today
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Each player has before him a tablet and pencil, on which he records the fall of the numbers, and each apparently tries to play a "system" of his own. You hand your money to the boy, "one dollar on the two and four." He throws it into a basket hung from a string, and with a dexterous flirt drops it before the cashier and sing-songs in Chinese your numbers.
The croupier, apparently without looking at it, throws it to the cashier and drops brass counters on the num- bers. When the bets are numerou...s, he spreads out little short slips of ivory, with your bet on the proper numbers. Sometimes the brass counters cover a space [162] MACAO.
two feet square. There are twenty or thirty bets be- fore him, but he never makes a mistake. There is never a dispute. His big fat fingers seem to have an intelligence of their own. He picks up a stack of brass counters, running his finger down the stack with- out counting, and sets the exact number down.
Finally the bets are made. The dealer picks up a handful of brass discs, each with a hole in it, and throws them on the table, fifty or sixty, covers them for a moment with a brass cup, and then with a pointed stick begins to draw them out, four at a time.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Each player has before him a tablet and pencil, on which he records the fall of the numbers, and each apparently tries to play a "system" of his own. You hand your money to the boy, "one dollar on the two and four." He throws it into a basket hung from a string, and with a dexterous flirt drops it before the cashier and sing-songs in Chinese your numbers.
The croupier, apparently without looking at it, throws it to the cashier and drops brass counters on the num- bers. When the bets are numerou...s, he spreads out little short slips of ivory, with your bet on the proper numbers. Sometimes the brass counters cover a space [162] MACAO.
two feet square. There are twenty or thirty bets be- fore him, but he never makes a mistake. There is never a dispute. His big fat fingers seem to have an intelligence of their own. He picks up a stack of brass counters, running his finger down the stack with- out counting, and sets the exact number down.
Finally the bets are made. The dealer picks up a handful of brass discs, each with a hole in it, and throws them on the table, fifty or sixty, covers them for a moment with a brass cup, and then with a pointed stick begins to draw them out, four at a time.
What to read after Blue Waters And Green And the Far East Today?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by F Dumont Frederick Dumont Smith to read onlineMoreLess
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