The sun., 1900-12-30
glM BLAISDELL'S MASCOT.
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Oid Man Gt-enhut tens ~ IT, wonderful W"
ere. but De'ties the superstition ~ 'e"p''
who Relieve In things That ~" NJ
legged 60 Brins Luck st Draw f"Ae'
-rh. v,v ann. folks goel m about luck an
.,y,. an hoodoos when they como n 49, ir'o
cana n draw pokcr," snid old man Groor-
hn, With an eSprc.aion Of fine disgust on us
90. n. h. smoke asure il enough 10 make
man wonder at the long suf' erin ways o.
Providence. To my way o. thirkin' here
ain, no more derradln' form o. vice That a
man can fall into than when he lows his-elf
% s,, ,ur,rstitious Its plumb irteIirious.
too basides bein' A sure sign Of n poor player.
1b.rs Amt no ,urer vny for man to lose
nonsv IN ths earne than for him to he all
rrspn,d nm. 40 TO sreak. in blind, hcatheni,h
,upers,ition. an lowin' Il to varp his Judg-
wan, IN ,he rna,tor a. drayin' to n four flush
Il ain't n say,o' but what they ia things
,b., .,orcises ,a,srsI an. undisuu,alle
an, rors,,,l influence over tho cards Some
n. m. wavs a. Proyidence Is sure r,ysteriou.,
m. ,.ll., that coas round dis putin' Of 'er1
I. .oin' N Of, sot on verv hatd m over
r,b.,,Dirs, w., N. band a. Providence
,n.L.. m a.. mind IN .i, Lnoved n TELLER
nno. ,bot bod a rohhit's foot that wa, n surs
,n..oo, I,bebad q I'm bls nocLet while ke ya.
,,ia,,n, I, d,d c.r,.,lr ssor, as ,r he couldn't
io.. ,brss no,s runnin, an n r,on TINT akes
,n ~. M, =, .rorv ,bres ia poin' ,n coma
rr.,tv rsor maxim money ont o. the game
% ba Lrow. enough ,o rlov tho other two
v,,h .rv .ott y. INDIGNANT Tut TINT there
..n., 10 r,at, o-,,iror,. rohh,t.s foo, .ucb as
.nr ,oo, r,geer.u M, I, bIs roctot whom he
80. an, .,a,Ii,. bicLo,s /, vas one ,hot
o.. e,ya % b,,, nv an old yoodoo rrest
that wa. a ,lsv, on his father. plantation
befo' the war This here priest he killed
the ranoit hissef, an ne showed ue "''h'
There Is fellers. though. that IA tha: SUPER
.titlous they carrie, round rabbits foo,s
that amt no more good than ,hicLens tai
feathers, an them is the ones that loses
The old man was silent and polished the
fashion. as II his thourh's were many miles
sway Az lens,n ne pu. away ohe,s 'he s's'sa hS ,ha
,nse wasea Ap%y p,sioe s h, f..s on m the window W s
h. .mok.d awhile in silence and them resumed
hi, discourse
There was a feller named jim Baisdell
that used to travel the mlre a good deal
-, 80 49, a,,, th,, ~ 1900. tbat
isIS Sua over ,eH snyabns ever ever @ moved Of IN ,ba,
line. pretty much the same as an acc-aush
lays over three .evens. 1t was one Of them
dependable kind that Just pixies In an does
the hardest kind o. work when things look
-, 90. ,a,oba. . ,ota- o,t ., tho rn..ra..
,' ~ I'.'', ous ,No , ,"'
sort o predlcsrnents with hyins co!ors. an
all standn Didn't seem to make no differ
.nca wba, art Of m scrans lin got i,,o ba,d
~ 49, ~ - - "f va, ~ u"
always manage 10 pun OUT OF u wi'hout any
serious trouble, an II there was any body hurt
IL xas s,,re to be tho other feller
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Ahe very Lrst tihe no ooiAe 70 town was
q most remarkable exhibition o. tho hustlin'
abllitIes a. that mascot II arvhodv e,ss
l.. -. -. A, L. n,
mao Srrove nero IN way ne dld' ne q been
Carted OF to the bugtn' ground in frag-
mania alter the lnnuest I, thers'd haen fro,,-
49, 49,. w. -, ',i :, oH .'"Y
menus enough iouhu 70 holu an inquest on:
but Blaisdell. he Just picked hisself up an
shook hIsself like a wet dog two or ihrae ,ir,e.
-, - 80. I,,, - -
an H'ef ieei'h hisseil al over 10 hhd out
how many bones he had broken, which he
hadn't broke none. he lnouirad tbe uov "a
a.. .,a., 49, -, .', -.
lilo neaiee' sa'ooH III he' EN- up lur the
crowd as sort o pious recognition O. the all
protactin' mower o. providence an. tho truly
.,,.orairar,, ,.tr,,,,, =. 81,
oiia' .n'ueso 'la' mascot Ash'
The way or II was tiis: The old River
Queen was Just comm W TO the leyes on
her last trip. She had been a credt boat
In her day but she were plumb wore out an
folks was q lookin' for her to 80 70 pieces
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