The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21
HALLOWAY'S RUN OF LUCK.
FIvE DOLLARs NCREASrD no a
SNAIL FORTUNE ~ rive HAH On

They PLAYED l. krr Thsn. lie says Like
Mea -TnTer-RinEer Pete's Hnid he's''eu'
= hsar n lot o. talk, . said old man Greenhut'
NJ. no vined M tho bar and set his bottles ana
rlas4eA In order. about modern progress an
the elsyatin' Influences OF eddlcauon' mn tlon'
lrlt m DO eyerllstinRly hornsweggled II "
do, Z Appear TO me that Young folks now n
daya 4. sure a degenerate lot | don't mean
bovs. for thore cant uobod' tell what a 10 =
poin' TO turn ont to he. I've seen teglar tnuH
sops that went to SUNDAY school an wore neck
ties. playod with their sisters up 70 the tllne
,hsv VA. II or 10. turn all Of a suddin
ike. an develop into hp-roartns good O ti1en-
that could take their own part In ANYTHING that
cain. along from a poker party to n %pollticsi
me.tin'. an was a right down credit To tho
community. An similar I've seen riSht lively
Youngsters o. Is an T., that was tml o
ginger and gave every promise q bein' HUSKY
ci,I,ens. take Ia ioppish ways h" the time they
vas -. an go around with c'gare'teSn
No. thcre amt no tellin' about bows
what I moan" continued the old man as he
nm ,rou,I 20 hia favorita scat by the window.
4. the no count WAYS that the younger men OF
to-day seem to he fallin' into WhT' rIk'n
about cigarettes, there's grown men snoae'
'em now ju.t a. sha mele ~ II they was emoA-
In honest tobacco In n pipe An ! dont mean
daROOA ana CreOlei an MON pN
men An what with tem'prsncs societies an
the women tryin' to vote an setun the men TO
uphold EN- In II, the country seems to be a
roi,' hell TO breakfast cross lots an sido"a's.
You don't see none o. tho old strle o men
.carcelv. Fort wears ago men was dHl"renI
They wasn't afraid to drpk four fingers TO once
o. good liquor. an a word meant a pio" an "A
blow meant a shot Consequences was mon
was careful what tho said. an wac a heap HiHht
more polite An they rla' ed a mans game o
nokar ia them DAYS. NOWADAYS they tell me
the womenis playin' II an it's gotto be areglr
parlor amusement
sam Nichols was IN here only the other nigh'
an somebody ast him 10 take a hand Ia a
little game that was goin' on In the BACK room.
an ne laughed an SAYS: NO. | amt = pla'ln'
poker an whore, now 'oepti1' 1t home WY
wife. she. learned tho game an some o tho
ncl,h bors comes IN with their wives. an We
rlays tcr-ceut limit You have all the fun o
poker an it don't cost nothin' 20 spank Of An
Sam. he used 10 be one o. the stinest play rs
in Arkansas city.
Just naturally, | was disgusted for fair.
Yes. SAM | says. you can have all the FUN
a. poker II you lea We out all there IA In the game
that makes II worth playin'. &c tainly you
can. An you could have AL the fun OF entin'.
too, II you was to take all your teeth out an
gum It on a piece o sponge. But You wouldn't
ret no nourishmcrt out Of It. | reckon. An
similar. I'd like to know what sorto' nutri-
mint FOR a grown man there Is IN a ten-oent
limit gams. You SURF MAKE me sick,
The old man smoked n, silence Tor q Few
began Ia chuckle. IT wasn't no t'n-cent limit
ialoway maic nj. fls haul he saii, ttIl
The boys had been a little short @ money for
three or four weeks, an had got TO plsytn a
table stakes Fame amGns thsn,yIvfS; ,Y%nO
since Th~ec-nnGer Pete an hi. Ial had come
in an done, % the crowd With some marked
carp" @fhs at" wa: the s IL TICK that wa. ever
PLAYED on 'RHti con ,pd mgnity ,o,d p d9 u y 10Y d ever
t hSSf river ~ ~ for WV" ycar S'S an! va" yea S9t' i 'peared that
Three-hngered Pete was special sore On Arkan-
ga: S}y ;or d?iP' him iinol up i, bH i tn the d Grst time &c be he
that dealt In gards x~holyxale". that ieiie-
We'll, P"ta managed u. set a line on every
body In Arkansas City that bought an sold
t Gafd' koI IhF rn was Ss' ri, 2Hii.v re fsreT that itoy fm T,tGiaI,InG.
about sold to- oil three Well Pete, he fixed
M a act o, marks entirely original an clever
whole year. he marked every pack that came
90 Arkansas City, SOS 10 be sure TINT no other
he ONE. lie was a good slayer. Pete was. an
HI. I!ayed a long game on this
After he he, was yl%m b. Ce r. that thsrs
in one day. an hts raj followed next dav, They
Tas TO sI!cs to oSme toset3We or to let on 6hGt
when every rack ~ carda In towp was marked. !
an only two men knowei i, and both o them
they knowed tie backs a. well az they aid the
fronts. them two men took away all the avail
ahle cash carita! thee was n Arkansas .itv.
worked it. though Just naturally We was all
pretty sur when. We found T. ont, which We
did NJ I'll Pete an the othe- Teller lad got away
well, as I was -syin', the boys was a se,tin'
on the best way they could after that cyclone,
an, rlayin' mumblctyCcR 6monrst themselves
sf}p tReI TG mcns s,' BACK sn kfpp!'slt 'R TAI ! b STahr so,tn2
on that way Tor some weeks when Il come that
pight was teuin' OF. that Park Holloway made
IT was a dispensation O. Providence. sure
enough that sent three cotton. factors up I'm
comm M TO dicker with some o the Planters
for the next crop. there hayin' been some I'm
Guilty In le market that hadgot n lot O. planters
d. at fed an. these new fscto : hid II = rS
o. money with EN-. They vas stoppin' over
in ArkanSas CITY TO make some inGi.rit~. an
Just naturally thew act into a little game w6iIe
they was a waitin, for .he next boat
loway come in, an naturally they had pr-
cum,lated some wealth. 20 that the game oa-
want one o the Ave that didn't have ,,,r
come IN an d>t IT he ca have a hand We wi.
some surprised He'd been a. near br q.
as anybody in town since Pete's raid. an IL
didn't seem !lkely that he had money enough
10 set In with
so when he asst to set IN. Hackett looked
10 a little doubtful an says. WY, cert'nlv.
Park, .bIt ve'r. playin' ia lie stakc-. an no
looked around ~ tho money then In sight as
mlcl as 70 say That o. letS you ont, don't ~
"But Holloway, ne grtnned an -uvs, That's
the on'y game where | could gpt a show FOR my
money, ! reckon an he sets down an flashes
a Nvo-dollar bHl aS sas-y NJ ypI please III
~. "" I. % quick play "a | can he says, still
GRIMM, an they all laughed an pushed him
"Nt. we waite chips
well, II was h, age an he pnteS a white
CHIP ~ the others had been dom an lot hs
cara, lay face down till tiey'd all COME in
1uen. stil without lookin' at hi cards he made
hi, ante good an showed M tie other thrco
One q the factors sat newt an no saw. Ton
HdcNett ralSei II fyc on tine ~idc, Holloway
havIu'. q cour. -, n snow for his money III,
otlcr two factor, Davi and Aion their name,
was, they was lOOkin' for trouble, 20 tnc, coma ,
in. an Far ay ~ettin' next, listed II SO
Course, Holloway hadn't uptHin' to sav.
an NuItI, tie iirst factor, he laid down 50 !
did llaChe,t an Davl,. lint Allen come back |
with zen more, an FIr.ev called II Ten |
Davis showed m ace higl s'rItyn' an Farley a |
small huSa Holloway waited III thew Was
througn, an tHen Re tlrnel his cards over !
Ilev NI~ I zen VT On ,lNo-. /
That sort O. gave him q 'cotln' IN the game, I,