The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-10
POKER ROD 70 PUNISH FOOLS
OLD NAN GREgNHUT SAYS THAT'S
WHAT THE GAME rs FOR.
he Tolls OF . Know-It.An Who Once Wis
TIED Arkansas City. and How the boys
There Taught Him . Lesson mat Cost
Him His Pile-The oil OF Pride.


.,Pears to me- said old man Creenhut,
as he gave a vicious bite at the end OF a
fresh cigar, and rolled II with unusual vigor
between his thumb and fingers before
lighting II. Pears to me that the less
a man knows In thish here world. the more
sartin' he is about II, an when IL comes to
a ~low-down, ornery. Ignorant everyday
rouster, he's morn likely TO be cocksure
N he il to asst eome one that mought be
supposed to have an ide or two In his nut.
-'Pears like IL were q sort o dispensation
| O. Providence as Ia intended to keep the
great majority o. mankind I'm committin'
suicide right OF the reel when they wakes
I'D In the mornin' an realizes that they has
another day 10 go through with. III they
knowed what natural born idjits the most
on 'em is they couldn't stand II TO look
| their Teller creeters in the face, But. as
I was sayin' the less they know the more
sartin they are OF 1t, an for bein' coclSsuro
| OF everything there's nothin' quite equal
to a teetotal ignoramus.
AN when one o. these here wild asses
gets a chance to express hisself on some
! thin he don't know nothin' at all about,
an couldn't never learn, he brays after
! the manner o. his kind till there amt nothin'
10 do but buy putty an stun your ears
Pears like the good Lord done put II
| inter some wise mans head to think up the
game o. draw poker as a special instru-
ment to get square with just that sort OF a
man. There amt no way o teachin' EN-
nothin'. TIL angel Gabriel couldn't do
that. They know all they Ia to know an
a great sight more, but II you can only
get one on 'em TO play draw poker you
can most commonly win oil his money
an make him suffer some. That's all the
| consolation you're ever likely TO get.
The old man took his favorite seat by
the window and pulled angrily for a few
moments. He had just been talked to a
standstill by a casual customer whom no.
body knew, but whose voice was like a
, foghorn and whose opinions were evidently
chiselled out OF chilled steel. Nobody
knew. not even Greenhut, just what the
subject OF the controversy was, but the old
man had had the worst Of II, and the GUS
toner walked out with a satisfied air.
At length the old man smiled.
Minds me-. he said. of a Teller thai
come ashore FIN one o the Government
boats a few years ago an kline o rcckoned
| he'd STAY here, sooncr'n TO keep on In the
service with a lot o engineers that didn't
know enough 70 run their own business.
Bein' as how he WIS only the mate o me
boat an want s'posed to know nothin'
about enginecrfn' an SIGH, there was some
% the citizens As looked on him as tol'able
chesty. but he were a good spend"r an
had quite q wad with him when he struck
! the town. 20 there didn't seem 10 be no
special reason for ,ellin' him that he didn't
| harmonic with the general effect OF Ar
kansas City. not till his wad was spent
anyway.
Used 10 set round In here with the
bovs when he first come, an had a white
mans prejudice against drinkin' alone, 50
the bows they put up with his gun tolabla
well ill he goi to tellin' EN- how to play
poker. Sim Jenkins he said his name
was. | ast him one day II 'twerr short for
Simson, but he said no, twas plain sim.
well, Sim. he just sat round when the
BOYS started a game. They didn't ask
him 20 set In, o. course. but they began tn
play four-handed. thinkin' he'd likely pro-
pose to take a hand. There was Jim Elais-
dell an Jake Winterbottom an sam Pear
sail an little Billy Peters. Some o. the
others was here. but o. course. they didn't
interfere.
well, they started a moderate sort ~
game. ! bliovc twas a dollar lmt an
Jenkins he stood up behind Winterboiton
a spell an watched the play,
pretty soOn there was n jack pot an
Blaisdell opened it for a dollar. Jake b.
come in, haviu' two small pair an tho
q, hers STAYED. They all drawod thr'o
'centine Jake an hc naturally took one
Peters H. caught a third eight on tho draw
an scooIed the pot. Ina vim raised after
Rlai-dell had l@' an Jake had 'ecu the let
Pearsall had laid down.
well jenkins he didn't hardly wait f"i
the showdown afore he jumped on WINTER
bottom for not playin' he hand righi
'Twa'n't a very good play, an a X kio"''
IL. - 'twere sJeCial aggrHNhtin Tor Jrhh'li'
~ say. You'd oughtsr raised q nforr Nc
draw, M~iutrfbuttom. Pears la" YOU
nughter kuow't your lsG bolt wac 10 l'"i
he pik"r- uut. n you'd tea tal-"d "l"i
would ought"t. Peters wouldn't n"Ne' In
come m on a pair 20 eigh'- an you'd Ia
won the pot
seen Jake's eye kind O. nash an
reckOusd be- we're gpin' go u~ laigN"g'
10 J.uNus fuT maxim suCh "a break, Duf H.
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