The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-11-14
TRIBUNETS.

OUR OLD FRIEND MEETS WITH MISFORTUNE.
MIsTUR EDDITUR: Last weke wuz takin a
trip over the Dog Fennel & Seseshn Korners
Ralerode to git a nu suppl oV catrijes fur mi
friends, the Hatfield boys, who he'd shot away
most awl tina he'd in the last dispute with the
SherifFs possy, over rit ov have-his-carcass
fur one ov the boys The SherifTd got out
nu rit and the boys he'd hev more catrijes,
rite of. SO tina gathered up $50, and ez
wuz the only man in the naborhOod who diden't
hev a warrant hangin over his he'd, tina gin it
2 me, and sent me fur the fodder fur their Win
chesters. 1t took mitey bark work 2 gether up
that amount of munni, at tho low price that
koonskins and sang root brings now, and the
boys swore they'd nigh onto kill me, of wasted
a doggoned cent of the munni.
In the kear with me wuz only men-one 3
smooth faced clap, with the korners ov his
mouth drawed down, who sed he was q minister
ov the Twin gospil-kuss him, and uthers,
who klaimed 2 b lookin through the kountry
for blak walnut timber-blast EN-.
We he'd lay over on the side-trak fur q
long time, watching fur the frate-train pass,
and the tlmber-theveh perposed pass away
tho time with littel gain Of poker, quarter
ante. The preacher kuss sed it wus agin his
konshns to play gamblin gains, but he didn't
think thare wus no harm in ole slej, at nikkel
korner, make It interestin. We agreed 2
this, and kuttin for pardners, got the hook
nozed timber thefe; the preacher set mi rite,
with the goggle-eyed timber-t hefe fur pard-
ner. Jest ez we wus beginning play the
preecher Iened over me and whispered:
These 2 air suns ov Belisl. They meme to
skin US. Look sharp"
nodded that Ide keep mi peeled, and we
begin play. he'd it awl mi owne way. Ne
and Hook -nooze bette Preacher and Goggle-eyes
every time, and when we sawed Off hoped it
up Hook nOze for all that wuz out, so that /
he'd pocket full ov nikkels, most ov which
looked mitely like led.
FINELY jest after the hands Wuz delt Hook.
noze run his over. and sed:
"Sam Hill, how Ide like play this hand at
poker. Say, less play one round"
Mistur Preacher sed that he he'd sed at fust
that he woodent play no SIGH sinful gain, but
he woodent interfere. Hede draw out, an rede
his hm-book vile the rest ov as played ef we
wanted 2. With that he silly showed me a
kupple oy keards, when the rest dident pear 2 b
lookin, and whispered; "Tsik them; mebbe
thall help d skin the Williams"
Ikombed over mi hand, and found that I he'd
kings sneked up the preachers keards
thare wuz the luther 2 kings Jest then Google
eyes wuz fumbling his keards, and dropt one,
which see wuz ace.
lie tri one hack at poker" sed. dis
keard your extry keards, an KUN in"
Goggle-eyes sed he didn't believe he'd KUN In,
an this made me more confident than ever,
bekase Ide saw the ace in his hands.
! managed to git rid ov mi extry keards in
the diskeard, without thare seemin notis, and
we begin bet. reached out mitey eazy at
fust, fur fere Ide skeer Hook oze of, but he
kun up every time. and seed me till Ide every
sent oV the boys munni down. Then kaWled.
"Whatve u got2" sed Hook-noze, with =
grin like catamount.
-Four kings" seq ], an u can't bette en-.
That's mi munni," and reched fur the pile.
"skaeely It amt" sed he, shocking out 4
aces, and kivverin the munni with his fist.
These here spondulix belongs me-"
Goggle-eyes larfed q mean sort ov q smoker,
ez Hook-nozs grabbed the pile, and begin
stowin il in his britches pocket.
"Thare seems b nice lot cv blak walnut
round here" SEE Hook-nozs; "Wele go out an
talk look at it," and with that both on EN-
jumpt often tho kear.
"Mi sun," said the preacher, "pokers q very
sinful gain, and Ide advise not TO play it no
more; leastwise ontil understand it better,
and kin remember that there is aces in every
pax, ez we'll ez kings, and that tina bette en-
every time"
few minutes later / see him behind the
frate kear, with them. a dividin mi munni.
Now, Mistur Edditur, I want 2 no eff skinnIn
honest man out oy his munni that-a-way
| amt burglary, arson, felony. and hi Treason,
and what's the good ov the Konstitushn oY the
Younited States Of it don't perteckt peesabl
sitizens from bein swiudled. Yores, sorrer-
fully, PoREBERRY EosR