The sun., 1905-10-22


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why
Then ,hc,e wcrr -. o,lef thing "
him Nv 10 an % cp,ifn~ that Wtfr W. fn1he
q Gun play I've s"en that dld more n
ont~ ~ the fivcf
~ u tpan IN eHvEh' head to flrh'a tn'
so'nc other fellcf IN the ssfne inahee
holl.r, n sood desl hanrs 90 which onc
is The hsod,ep, With his eun I,a Kind q
dlscourasin 10 ,hcm that's In the eamc
when ihey'te ihinhin' alo,f ifhin' into q
cutlery al,c,a ,hca,ih, " the fcllct Y mnkes
The Are, hcllcf ee,s dld ~ psotrp'
Pears like tain, no il,ne. " nnvhrly
nlao to any no,hih thU,itrh Ne thihhs hc
On handle hla gun better I, the man sH ha"
Wet Is [ ssa sayln' there w@ two
,hinsa fof NH Hashlhr 10 d. an one 90
'etn wss fof 10 cfawnah, an that want
h,a way an the. other vac fot n make
4 gun play bu, ft',n what happened peefed
se ss,s ss s"" Sr never M, s"y fosa i"', "c sn but his
rife, an that wete lesnin' ~ ag'ih The wall
In the corner where tws'n't easy ff him
10 get AZ In a hurry, an az ! said Ne we're
n great hand fr doih' what pcnfrd 10 bc
,hs easiest .hnf aa On the ,n,''s nT.sn s,n
I ~Sa, nill 'H"akins did" " w
just then the door opened and the
stranger from. up North who had becn
in the place the night before entered m
have have been thought that he had. tried 10
sink his memories Of the game that had
been 40 costly to him To the Very bottom
Of several bar glaeses, hut he seemed cheer
ful at this moment.
poker I'll got (hicl sober. .Tol' IN cd play
bett'r drunk n sober. Wa revenge. Lees
have drink. All hands on me.
Old man Greenhut seldom moved with
haste, but he lost no unnecessary time In
getting back to hs place behind the bar
play any false modesty about accepting
the strangers generous invitation.
When he paid for the two rounds Of drinks
that he insisted on their having he dis
played roll Of bills OF such size that any
scruples they might have had about play
ing had he been without money vanished
speedily.
witt in n few minutes ards and chips were
in active service in tire hack room, and the
strangers roll bad feen, in part. exchanged
for the celluloid counters that were neatly
stac ked in front of him.
They did not remain stacked there very
long but az long as is supply of bills lasted
old man Greenhut replaced them with
mora willingly enough, until in half an
hour or so his purchasing powers were ex.
hausted and Sam Pea rsall was appointed
a committee Of one to see him safely back
to the door OF the hotel.
life n Arkns Cit cert'lv, stren-stren
-oert'ly If hicoouGhed tire STRANGER
as he went out dejectedly. and the COM
panys @ sat in il silenee o for some tine .b.,
no reference to the stranger or to the Fame
that had proved to lie SO rief and 80 profit
able, but Joe Bassett said casually:
"Yon was mentionin' game up to Little
Rock. Greenhut that were some interestin'.
How'd it come OUT"
"Oh ves," said Greenhut. That time
t Ben Hastings held four kings n ace
again Bill Pendleton."
"'Pears to me-" said Bassett in consider
able surprise. "as how don't call to mind
--' Then he stopped, icing slvlv and
severely kicked in the sAns by Jake Winter
bottom.
"As I was savin'." continued Greenhut.
"'twn mt Ben Hastings's way for to craw-
fish when he was caught with two kin"s
O. diamonds in his hands to onot So sin:ila r
for to got his gun when the other feller
more n likely bad his into his hip pocket.
Ben al'avs held t the easiest way was the
best an he took the easiest ~av.
He just reached over with one hand an
catched Pendleton by tho chin whisker-
goat-an', shown one O. them kings O.
diamonds over with tother hand, he says:
"'Now, damn you, YOU eat that
Well, just naturally. Pendeton started
for to make play with his gun. 'Twa'nt t
to be expected t no Arkansas man d put up
quiet with bein' handled like a goat an
fed on goat victuals, but Ben was too
strong for him. l-was tellin you how
strong he was.
He give Pendleton a quick twist, an
swingin' his arm around his head, he act'lly
swung that thar unfort nate Pendlet on clean
around the room. l amt savin' he slung
he made him run SOS TO save hisself firm
havin' his whiskers tore out. Then when
he got him back to where he started from
he says again:
"Now, damn you eat that card
AN Pendleton ct it,"
The others waited but Greenhut went on
smoking and said no more. He seemed
to think he had finished the story.
Finally Jake Winterbottom said: What
become O. the pot?"
why. Ben Hastings took it, O. course
! Alter Pendleton had ct the card there
want no way o. provin' 7 there'd been
there? An besides. bv the time Perdleton
had finished eatn', Ben had got round
to where his wfo wes"
To this no one found an appropriate
| answer but as thev walked home a while
| later, Jake Winterbottom said to Joe Bas-
sett:
"Old man Greenhut sure is entertainin
for to listen to. Likely he knows more
poker stories n anv other ten men up an
down the river, but he hain't got a good
enough memory for to be a reel first class