One of the most fortunate players at Monte Carlo for a long time past has been a Mr.
Darnbrough, an Englishman, whose remarkable run of luck had furnished the morsels of gossip in the capitals of Continental Europe recently.
"If reports are true, he left the place with the snug sum of more than 1,000,000 francs to the good as the result of a month's play.

But this, I hear, did not represent all of Mr.Darnbrough's winnings.

The story goes that on the opening day of his play he staked 24,000 francs, winning all along the line.

Emboldened by his success, he continued playing, winning again and again with marvelous luck.

At one period, it is said, his credit balance amounted to no less than 1,850,000 francs; but from that moment Dame Fortune ceased to smile upon him.