Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1911 — WHY SHE DIDN’T WIN. [ARTICLE]

WHY SHE DIDN’T WIN.

■/v ■ They were at Monte Carlo, and, like other visitors to that Insidious paradise, they considered the Casino a place which ought to be visited. Tfaey stood hesitating before one ot the tables, and at last the temptation to join the players proved too strong for the lady "1 must risk just one ten-dollar note,” she said to her husband. "Give me one, darling, and I will put It on the number of my age. That is sure to be lucky.” Hubby was inclined to be skeptical, but of course he might have spared himself the trouble of grumbling, and the ten-dollar note was duly deposited on No. 24. Alas! No. 36 proved to be the winning numeral, and the lady gave a little gasp of despair. “Serves you right,” said her great brute of a husband. "If you’d told the truth you’d have won!”—-Tid-Bits.