The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-18

1t right quick, Is to hand over that seventy
dollars Z you done me out o. -.
The four men looked ut one enothera
questioningly. They had not undertaken
to answer q word TO the old mans TRADE.
II seemed as II they had beeh 90 over1|
come with modification at having beenl1
held ZIP by single individual that tneyA
had not the spirit to resent these further
indienities-
But there was also considerable surprise
manifested in their appearance ct WHAT
seemed to be the great moderation on
Greenhut's demand. After exchaneinsb
glanoes for o moment, they dug down In
their pockets and each produced seven
teen dollars and half. Then the money
was handed over, stiii without the utter
ance OF word by any one OF the -FOUR.
After the old man had counted 1t care
fully and put 1t in his pocket, he said:
well, l reckon that squares us up to
Lost night. o. course, / can't never feel
t ON rely on none O. We hereafter wnen
II comes to a pint OF honor, but meooe
YEN remember t you ON alys be sure
your sin is goin' to find ye out, like the
good book says. an II your sin don't, Green
hut will, an that'l be wuss for 20.
buG now Cn6T6 b AnOJuot uiottots "aA~s
about that two forty / just put up for .ye'
to save ye FIN the gun O. that there des-
perado t had ye foul7 I want ye to make
that good. right now
This was faoer and the four men unused
Indignantly. No one seemed inclined, how
ever. to speak first, but at length joe
Bassett said:
.Now look here. Greenhut, that's
rubbin' 1t in. You put up the two forty
all right. We can't dispute that. But
you've got half Of 1t In your pocket. Wen
put up the other half II you say we must,
but"
Half, nothin'," said Greenhut. promptly.
That's another matter altogether. i got
my own half o. the wad he lost. but that's
got nothin' to do with the two forty just
put up five minutes ago to save you all I'm
destruction. want that back An /
want 1t sudden
Then followed long and angry discussion,
but the old man was Arm. and after some
borrowing from one another the four men.
now thoroughly demoralized. produced the
required amount and handed II over.
Now" said the old man, after that mat
| ter had been settled, Here IL this outlaw
goin' out O. town with $40 Of the towns
available ,apital. What's to be did7 O.
| course, you're Sheriff, Joe, an you ON lock
| him up, but that don't say't you en- make
him give up the money legal. d'know's
you kin, kin your"
1 Joe thought he couldn't.
] well, then, the way is to get him into q
game O. poker again. o. course, faint
| likely t he'll set in with you four, but II
you en- get anybody to rope him in. I'll
have four players ready for him In a room
up to the hotel tonight. An they won't
be no farmers. neither, what's goin to get
caught oheatin' by jayhawk firm up the
river. What do you say9'
Then there was another consultation,
and after much discussion a plan was
matured Just how It was carried out was
never known outside the walls OF the hotel
room, but the next morning old man Green
hut sat counting large roll Of money
Lessee he soliloquized. 4 put up
$40, an ten for the room an drinks. u
what have got back?
First there was the fifty the boys hand ed
over. an then the seventy pulled out OF
EN-. Then there was the two forty they
had to give up for deoency's sake. bein'
afeared wouldn't let EN- play hero no
more.
AN now here's my half O. the play last
night-a hundred an twelve. Pears like
I was risin two thirty to the good.
81 Draw poker is a ALFRED good game IL
you know how to play 1t, but there's more
ways O. dom that nor to set into the game
an do the work an take the chances. An
don't know but a bmgstarter is better'n q
gun most any time, even IL 1t don't work SO