The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-14

'eem to 'preCiate the impor.
tance o. bein' persistent.
Now, tbIt there 81 Walker, t
Just go In here an took n drink an
went OF; 'thout stlyin' a word to no one,
IL a bright an shinin' example; never do
Is nothin' worth while, cause he don't
never stick to 1t. Gifts discouraged like.
an sets down IN thinks about II, when II
he'd on'y spit on his hands an take n
fresh grip he mought come out a four.
time winner. Why. I tell you that man
might a l. IN a Justice o the peace an
married tn Widow Baker with four
hun'red acres o good farm land. no end
a. stock an farmin' utensils an money
I'm the bank, on'y fer that fatal habit o
his o not stickin' to IL. Just give up. lie
did. cause he got beat out in two lee
tions an wouldn't run fer Office no more,
an when the widow said no three or four
e. es he lowed she didn't want him an
Rst out o. the game. when the blame
(, d oughter knowed that all she wanted
" - o man with gumption enough to keep
OF courtin."
The old man turned his back for n mo-
ment while he siyly poured "A little water
Into "A whisky bottle In which the liquor
was running low. and then placing 1t
WIN Wv otlltt b'N'iNN Nv NhlIit ou' w IiIN
~favorite seat by the window aud sat
smoking for some minutes.
Beats ALL ne said after a while. chow
folks lets go like that. Don't seem to
have no sense o religion. The Good Book
says. Go TO the ant. you sluggers. Con-
slider her wavs and be wise Now. there
amt no p'!nts about an ant that's worth
considcrin, 'cept their almighty stick-to-
lf-ik1 ness StapI9 I'm rpagp, IN t,.unu ra,
us to keen peggin' away til we git there.
- 81 Walker'd on'y pcSged k the
ants does ne mought "a been rich an re-
spcctcd.
There was Pete Eennev that dronpei
or'n a boat here some thirty year ago
an just stayed. There didn't seem to
be no ,eason why he should "a come here
IN the first place or why he should "a
stayed after he arrovc. but he did Some
said he must "a dropped onto the boat
by accident s~omewheres up the river, an
the captain put him Off at the first landin',
him not havin' the regulation fare In his
Jeans. However twas, he come. an he
remained. hore'n that. he's wen fixed
now an pays taxes.
There warn't no reason fer n, fur
As anybody could see, 'ceptin' Pete's all
fired persistency. lie was a bright enough
sort ~ man an might o. settled down in
business fer himself. fer he got n Job az
bartender down to the hotel an made
money. They do say as how a steady.
industr!o1s bartender In n hotel where
there's a good run o business an n boss
that drinks some himself can have a sa-
loor OF his own In n few years, an I
reckon IS pretty near true. | kept bar
In a hotel mvself when I was young.
That wasn't Pcte's lay. though. Pete
used a. say that there wis one way o.
establishing yourself IN Iife that laid over
any other. an hat was to hold a royal
flush in n good stif game o draw poker.
Then, he says. It's on'y a question o. how
much the others has got to inspire their
confidence an how much they has to bet
with that fixes the amount to be gathered
In, on which a man can retire an be re-
spectacle fer the rest o. his natural life.
Some o us reasoned with Pete at times
about this. We told him that royal
Pushes WAS sca'ce game, and that four
o. q kind was good enough fer a careful
player to git rich on, but Pete lowed
that a royal flush was the on'y thing "A
man could be dead sure OF. Seems he'd
had four queens beat when he was Young,
an he'd learned consid' Bile caution from
tn experience.
"'As TO a royal flush bcin' sca'ce.'
Pete Gays. 1T stands to reason that 4
mans goin' to git II some time, IL he
plays long enough. Stick to It, he SAYS,
AN soone or later yer goin' to get a
royal flush. The on'y thing needed IL
to stick TO It.
consequences was that Pete. havin'
found his theory of business success, de-
voted himself to the workin' on Il out,
with a persistency that would a growed
wool on "A nigger's heel T he'd devoted
h.ssetf to that particular form of effort.
Talk about 81 Walker an the widow. III
81 had stuck to the widow with one forty
'leventh part o. Pee. persistency. the
widow'd "a melted like butter In a blast
furnace, Why. Pete'd give his nights an
days to poker. He never allowed bushes.
to interfere with a game 'slong's he'd
money to play with.
Just naturally his theory of the gam,
intcrfered with his general success. Most
ly II does interfere, IKE noticed, wher
a man gets theories In his head an play,
the game different I'm the ordinary run o
people. These here sharps that fgger,
out ONT particular thing in the game II,
helm a dead certainty, always loses
money on II. for you can say what 20,
like about the great American game, bu
1t certainly does beat anything else 70
the preponderance of uncertainty that hsN
20 be calculated on. whenever you hav'
a dead sure thing In your mlnd-all ex
cepting a royal flush. as Pete nsed to sa!
with ondeniable wisdom.
"Pete's mind bein' fixed. 50 to speak
on that royal flush, you can see for your
self that Il warped his Judgment on TN
question o. DRAWN cards. Many a tim
I've seen him split a pair or aces, an
draw three cards To a ace an queen, %
ace an ten o. the same suit. Once
even seen him split two pairs, aces an
queens, an draw two cards to the ace
queen an Jack o. diamonds, an 10
Hooker says he seen the blamed ijiit spill
three kings to draw to three hearts jus
because they was all court cards % tn
same suit. An the first card he plcke,
up In the draw was the fourth king
Shows how a man'll overlook the blessin'