The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06

(, tol'able ser.o,,s, Greonhut" spoke UP Jake
! Wlnterbottoni. AZ i5lf }E I,
"Ser' ousl" Shouted tie old man. Ser
Gus Well. 1t Is high time somebody TOOK TOOK
sonicthin' serious round here. Am ~ q
serious matter when a plump stranger,
not 30 years old. cal, come into this conf
mninlty an bunko everybody ~ sight y IN y
thcn set III an skin the best poker players
OH the Mississippi River, outer the lasl
dollar Ia the honsc? g., \,
poker. admitted Wintelbott9nl.S IN n ..,s
dd sec Youl'g n ses hp n,c InS rlsW,
RutS,ilat nii'tNto gay tlat he's goin' 10
set AWAY wIthhl that money !, 4, !, +,
..But he has got away Wth ,it' JAY snla
..Ya-as., drawled ivlnierbottotn;; but
Joe Basset's done gone a'tcr MN. x.
aloe 1}asset has gone utter hinl,i do you
say?'' demanded tho old man with eager
" Yn-as. lie took the trail! for Little
Rock at clock but u, zoe 81, hen q, nrse annm
started right away llo must ha' caught
Up With lin w about noon"
RELIABLE WHEN SOBER.
1.'woll, said lrecnhut, zoe IS a good
reliable man when he's sober, an beln
it was afore 10 o'clock. ii's nole,n LIKELY !,
into INTO his Ting a'ter ali But That Won't
wipe out the disgrace O. bein' boat !
poker tne way.you ,ali wiahs .ro ,ojn. d,s-
grnce into it., observed Wiinleybto't bottom.
calmly. # II .}s i. I. j.45
mo dis grace about bein beat Mt poker
the home talent Of Arkansas Cl y, y peat
MI no disgrace into II - exclaimed Sif eeil-
hut In Amusement "a, /. II.
mot BY that man." said .Wlnterbo,t,ttto,lni,:
MOT BY that man! An hmNnol Lilly NJ :,
years old! Jake You've your se ailNh Isl,
you come 10 look at it, It's going 70 re-
\ fleet a heap O. credit on the, community.
You sec this fellow, plays cro'ok ,ts1;
Stands to reason he did. for there ant
away with tho Arkansas City game. 4.
.Then we know he's a crook. FIN his
havln' beat the landlord. sayin' nothin'
about the capn the boat. 4, Mow |, ohhs sr
can t be beat. but II a fellow comes along
that lays q crooked game. It's more,
likely lie II win out, cause we don none
of us know nothin about no dishonest
tricks. I. ". y, !. I Y, ~
town to knots these here crooked tricks"
GREENHUT's JAW FELL.
Gqeea,hu.s jaw fell and he stared
open-mouthed at Winterbottom, but thai a.
worthy sat unmoved. The others were az
fnuCn TlSt0nlSneuf as liTeSIHuli ttliu 5t'iiS ~
two of them whistled softly, but no one
ventured TO speak, until at length Green
hut said:
you're sayn', Jake. That Is, II the story
gets out: nebbc that's the best Way TO
tell It, All the same, Glreckon 'twonft 90
no gr't good to- have 1t told a bout. how
soon do you reckon Joe Bassettill De
back? 2"
swell. if this here Osgood comes peace.
able, he d oughter be here by 8 Q clock at
the latest. or mebhe 4, but If Osgood
shows fight it'll DEPEND on how long, It
takes Joe to lick him. Osgoods q tolapie
smart fighter. an it may take an hour
or so more.
We'll, it's nigh now" said old man
Grecnhut. "Mebbe we better wait an
see what he has to say.
AS there was nothing else to do, TINS
suggestion seemed reasonable. and they
lapscd into that sociable silence winch
seems characteristic Of small towns. each
man consuming his own tobacco and pay
ing no apparent attention to any one l$e.
II was nearly O'Clock when Joe Bas-
sett rode up to the door, and hitching his
horse, came inside the saloon and called
for a drink. ;,
Old man Greenhut served him, and
waited till Bassett had swallowed IT.,
called for another and swallowed that,
Then he said:
ibid you come acrost that Teller they,
call Osgood when YOU was out ram
YES" said Bassctt;I met up with him