The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-06
HOW PEARSALL. POKER-PL layer.
PROVED ASOFT THING FOR ONCE
Did Man Gcenhu Explains 1t by Saying Man Plays Bette
Game at Home Than He Does When Among Strangers.

copyright, 1902, by Robert Houen Aus-
sclL)
..-Tain't easy to say why 1t should be
So" said old man Greenhut, as he put
his feet OH the window-sill, but some
how a man mostly plays poker better
when he's. to home nor he does when no
amonr strangers. Sort O like COCK
al,aSs fights harder on his own dunshiii..
pears like he has more confidence. l
have reckoned sometimes that Heope
1ha1's why nobody don't never get Tue
hest O. the Arkansas City contingent "nen
they comes here to do up the toWn'
mostly they comes with their tail feathers
.,,read an, a general appearance O. great
,,rosoerity. to say nothin' O confidence.
hut when they takes the boat after a
Few sittin's at the game you CAM "a41A
ton close behind EN- without stepnE on
Ys,a-n same feathers. Pears Ike thcy
In,.t do so well hero as they've sort o
GOT An the way o. dom among players
they know bettern they do the Arkansas
City talent.
to make a citizen OF ArKansa ,s, 10y ,,,,ffs
.,.tnv.lo,aous so to speak, an kind o pulis
,,1,,, nm There has been times when We
,-,aintained 1t myself. that there wan
- 5,,o,rer rlayed anywhere else tnat was
.,,,.e enual to the game the boys plays
,.ara ,,rl,an some O. them same strangers
,tsh,. in an sets out to do EN- up.
asn,t a sayin' now but what thal as
-,ic}, the truth as the aNefase .aa.
likely to get, on a rainy DAY, uus ss ,,;nnt
~. ny s.;,,ce sam Pearsall come back IN
.sel,shurr N, told his experiences VIII
Nasas =, them Mississippi sharps- fearsall
so :. the best all round PLAYERS tney
20 40 a. oun an. If they is one on EN- 1ilat
:. .a..,,.,,,+ Ina. been expected TO sil udsA
,.,,,s, with his kick lintd with velvet
..,,.a had been picked out as one .us
st.e,iest. All the same ne .ooh 800
.'..,... "a home on the first boat thaA co'i'e
pass .,.e ,.,,er after the game broke UP.
I..a,,.s,,,s had been tol'able quiet mere
,.nnae ro., a spell. There hadn't beei,
-. .tranrers stoppin OH "hat nav
ITO s,1at;n, tendencies, an consequent,
s,'s .,n,.s WAS gcttin' a bit mouidy. all
ssa,,, he ,eckoned he'd take 'Ilp %
90. =. New Orleans an see II ne cooiui
clean up enough on the way 10 pay ms
expenses for Mardt Gras. n nlsoe 49,. ~.
s,o,,,a some little margin towards pawn
In. ne. s,,a mortgage he put on his place the
az az, 1 af,er winterbottom an him played
es.e,,. ,Jf. freeze-out- says to him a1ore
.,a,,t that he wanted to watch OUT
80 no4 get into no strange games whlie
ms away. but he on'y laughed an
IT,. ..S ,,o,.er was good enough for him,
~: Ne ,eckoned he were old enough to
Nav noker with anybody he'd be likely
r. meet down the river. n thought ne
as 90 wa'a't no ways Uneasy about
MIN nor there want none OF US that
was. x,a..,x,, IN.
~a,n.t no telegraph message come IN ad-
canoe. CALM for brass band TO meet
him at the leveo an aIrang1n TOT
hananet ,,p to the hotel at his expense,
! e. he given to the Mayor an the leadin'
sstizens. like he'd kind o intmated
,n,1s,t he looked for. There want no
are works on .hs boat neither. She just
sied nm at the levee after dark. an
saw no smoke ashore when the mate
s-..n.t loolsin' an lost hisself among the
,so,,eterbo,ate for minute or two an sort
Z. round tissslS q little later maxim
eranka for home without huntdna up mona
s~sehis friends, even for one drink.
..It we're nigh q week afore he showed
s,Saself here, an It yero week longer
afore had talk. even to me, but when
n. Ala he tod rnovint tale. 'Peared
ne hsd been one o tho rankest SUCK
- that ever Travelled the river. an ret,
way he told At. theCe want no ds-
outan. the 6set that no were q putin.
- eoed, scientific game with every
1 siin9 "a l,is faNor % fur as he could
-. m, no reason TO inistr:sst nobody
S s.sRsars he dA 1slt NeA on the way
80 - Soyn 4hases wo0 q 1oaI0w on
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