It is so easy to transform a game of baccarat, faro, or fantan into an innocent game of bridge or whist with a few innocent spectators, and to hide all gambling instruments between the time the police knock and the time they effect an entry.
"The Grell Mystery"
Frank Froest
Tea store below, fantan next floor, restaurant top side all the way through the block.
"The Readjustment"
Will Irwin
There's a new one this week, the fantan, fifty cents each, will you have that?
"Frenzied Fiction"
Stephen Leacock