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Pears like they must ha' drinked
powerful heap o. red liquor in three days,
said old man Greenhut with keen interest
No. they didn't drink much replied
Mr. Pepper. An all they had to eat an
drink an smoke they paid for outen their
pockets, not usin' no chips only to play
with.
well, there's been some tol'able good,
capable liars has come to Arkansas City
firm time 10 time" said old man Greenhut,
but / reckon there want none on EN- in
your class. You must ha' practised quite
some when you was little"
"Mebbe you wouldn't exactly call me gun
shy, so 70 speak when it comes TO firm of
a loaded statement" admitted Mr., Pepper
quite cheerfully, but this time there amt
no afferdavies called for. This here story
explains itself, il SO be you uns is hankerin
for t."
This amt no place for to be tellin' stories
into" said old man Greenhut. testify, but
from his refusal there was a prompt and
unanimous dissent, vigorously expressed,
The others in the room we're most emphatic
in their desire TO listen.
This here statement said Jake Winter
bottom, "is too almighty interestin' TO be
chucked one side hasty. Pears like the
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his money!
sYou don't, hey?" said old man Green
hut, sharply. We'll, mebbe il you was to
pay less 'tention TO what it says about fools
an do more general readin' into the pages
O. that there volume you wouldn't be
minded O. yourself so often, an you mought
learn more.
"Mebhe You never heard o. that sayin'
Many are called, but one gets the pot
Amt that draw poker? Then, there's that
little rhyme that says Some must win, an
some must lose, 80 nuns the world away
Pears like that mought have reference TO
poker. But the passage ! had in mind
special was the parable, Him that has,
gifts, an him that hain't got nothin' much
is tol'able certain to lose what he thinks
he's got If that amt draw poker, what
is il?
zone o. the most moralest lessons in the
hull o Holy Writ is found into that parable,
for II it amt certain sure { one player gifts
what the other loses in draw poker, there
amt nothin' sure this side o. the tax Office.
There amt no waste. What's lost is got
by the other Teller. so it evens up all right
The thing is t the man that's got the
best right TO il, bein' the best player, is
tolable sure o. gettin' il all in the long
run. An that's the way o the world,
, al'ays."
4 dunno = that there's quite correct,
said Owen Pepper, Unexpectedly.
MIR. Pepper was a comparatively new ar
/ rival in Arkansas City, and although he had
, made good as a poker player and was a
! regular visitor at old man Greenhut's
! saloon, he had not the same reverence for
/ the old mans opinions which the others had.
| lie had shown impauence once OF twice
/ before, but had not yentured to dispute
/ anything until now. This time, however,
| be spoke almost derisively.
! The effect was startling. All the others
stared at him, old man Greenhut hardest
Of all, while one might count a hundred.
Then, with a choking gasp, the old man
spoke.
sYou was mentionin' somethin' you
| didn't know, he said with whitening sar-
oasm. Now, / reckon il all the things
you don't know was 10 be put together in a
heap you cd dam up the Mississippi River
with em an have enough left TO ballast the
hull Southern Pacific Railroad track,
"More'n likely, though, you was spea kin.
| in reference To eOmethn' | was sayin v
! Would IL strain your intelleck too much
1t is you don't know? Mebbe we might
make il clear even 10 you
well, ! dunno said Mr.. Pepper again,
with provoking GOODNESS. "Mebbe you
mou -ht, an then again, mebbe you
mourhtnt. Speakin' by an large ] sh d
say most anything you was sayin' was
wrong, most p'tickler Tegsrdn' them
kind o. reckless. But the one thing / was
thinkin most about was that there state
ment that one player B'Gys gifts what
a'otherplayer loses, 'Tain'tso. Not alays,
. Tint
i was s7calia' O. draw poker, said cd
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man Greenhut, still sarcastic.
"YaRs, | reckon you thought you was,
but there's time enough yet f'r you 70 go
back an take another start. Mebbe you
mought git on the right ira OK il you was to
try it, an then again, mebbe you moughtn't
Most likely you wouldn't. Pears like you
don't know the game none too we'll
By this time the old man was choking with
rage, his wrath being sharply accentuated
by the fact that the others in the room were
listening with great and undisguised glee
20 the bold words no one Of them would have
ventured TO utter,
"Mebbe you'd be good enough to ex-
plain he said to his tormentor, what
sort Of a game o. draw poker it is you're
talking about, where one man don't win
what another man loses.
We'll en- call TO mind one game t was
played in some such a place as this. said
Mr. Pepper, calmly. when five men set
in with 500 apiece in chips, They played
for three days an nights hand runnin' with
the od-gastedest evenest luck | ever seen
in poker game, an when the settin' broke
up there wa MT fifteen dollars left in the hull
crowd Nobody had no other mans money
nor chips. nor nobody didn't have more n
five dollars left Of his own
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the kitty. an l had to change a red, !
didn't say nothin', but when Joe Taylor
changed another red on the next deal
an Buck Hawley did the same five minutes
later, begin to see a great white hgh,'
an says to myrelf, now these red
gettin' INTO the kitty 'twant be a helIl'a
while afore he'll be gittin' blues, an, 'twant
90 course, If one on us had had q run
o. luck at any time while we wa plaNh
the hull thing might ha' been ours IN pan
hour. An similar II any on Us had had
streak o. bad luck we'd ha' dropped oul
o. the game in no time at all. But then iheIe
want nothin' happened only monotony.
I'D win an Lore an layior'd win an IoSe
an the others'd all win an lose, -lralChl
along hour after hour, with nothin' .haVp-
min on'y that dod-gasted drlhhle q. WINE
chips into the kitty, an the landlord TOOK
care TO see t there want no neEi6ctn
that on threes. You know Landlords Is thai
way.
Now look here interrupted old man
Greenhut, but he was interrupted ~ tNIn
by a burst Of general laughter, and d'r
pause decided TO say no more. -,
You wouldn't sea 'Cey IeDknni Una,
sort Of gained 60 on for three days an,
nights 'thouten nobody havin' no run o
luck, said Mr.. Pepper, gnnning WIN 7"l.s-
faction as he saw the Rlee Of his hearers,
1but you know how cussed queer oaIds =
sometimes. In oil that time there VI ny
nothin' hardly ever held biRRer'n q -rran
strai ght, but there WIS throes out cons'a....
an every time they was showed "i.lv
chip disappeared an we didn't sec 10 no
more till it come time to change ano'h'
red, or blue.
You'd ha' thought. too. = when We seen
we want none on US winnin no'hh hI
loein' nothin' Z we'd ha quit The game
bein' as the landlord was Eettlr at '.r
money. but ! rec kon il were the SIN" WI
the others as twas with me. ! ~ yum.
furious, an | swore 10 myself -,
| till / died, ruther'n to quit ul 7o'lNIi3
was settled. Either I'd 60 hroso. or ia
have what there was left, II twas onF
white chip. -.
$50 wo played on an on. an there va NJ
no ch lnge in the luck, until --
Pears 10 me this here game ''-..
was some like thing / seen in The .vah y
once said Joe Bs ssett suddenly ] ErflI
quite a fuss on the edge o the water. o. !
| looked an seen It were big tuili JOS an II
| garter snake hghtin'. / wat,he7 ''A lL
the snake got the fTSR's leg IN no. p. y
en- the Irog got holt o the s.'an. .-'t.
; an then they both swa,,owed an IVA,
lowed steady, till there wa mt noltm ~
| o. neither on EN-
well, il mought ha' been some like that
admitted Mr.. Pepper, 'on'y Buck la}iof ~
| spoke up just afore we was all dead bTohs
| I'm tired he says, An seem the ono
lord In goin' TO have these few poor r. ma. NJ
anyway he says, I motion We give en-
TO him now, an be damned "a him. 'h
he 10 20 set up the liquor,
well the landlord he were ls tired a.
We was, an he agreed. So We 40 Rlt 20 Ib
| pin out O. the game at last, even II ~. !
chips. That's more'n you arrays 8" III
Then thoro was long silence, vh.oh va
presently broken by old mfn Oiet''"-'
.Gcntioman, whatn you hayei'
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THE PRINCE OF PoAiNuEs DE TERBE.
Summon the guards. Let no one leave
the castle without a menu card signed by
my own hand
So spoke the Prince Of Pommes de Terre,
in the salon of his palace of Bisque st.
jacques His followers hastsned TO obey.
And now we will get at the bottom Of
this matter" continued the Prince, while
his subjects trembled. Call the Marquis
lie Roquefort."
face white with terror, his legs shaking be-
meath his frail and aged body, entered the
grand salon and made his obeisance before
the Prince.
How is it, Marquis lie Roquefort. de-
manded the Prince, that my revenues and
royalties from the sale of your imperial
cheese, branded with my coat Of arms,
have decreased in the past few weeks?'
Alas your Highness," began the un-
fortunate Marquis, when the Prince inter-
rupted him.
aAnd | have noticed that your cheese
the Prince. what do you think the peo-
pie buy-holes or cheese? 1 gave you my
royal patent because you can produce
cheese with larger holes in greater quantities
than any one else, but the supply Of holes
seems TO be diminishing rapidly
ALAS, your Highness, / cannot explain
the mystery, said the Marquis,
Explain it before tomorrow night, y
said the Prince. we dine then with our
sister Unless the mystery Is solved by
that time | will transfer the patents to the
Duke de Brie, and only his cheese shall
have our royal favor. My sister goes with
the patent. in spite OF my promise to Count
Spaghetti
! but. your Highness, began the Marquis,
when the Prince laughed long and loudly,
and turning 10 his new dancing master,
Monsieur Tortoni Vinaigrette, the two were
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gentleman must ha got a new line on the
game, an IL there's anythin' new TO be
learned about draw poker | amt none too
old to listen
Angrily vet sadly, old man Greenhut
looked around the room. Il seemed un-
bearable that he should be Jeered, his wis
dom ridiculed and his function as eNpounder
usurped by a newcomer. all in his own sa-
loon, but il was even harder 20 observe
that his friends and adherents all seemed
to be more than pleased.
There was twinkle in Sam PearsalIs
eye as he said: Likely the gentleman may
throw a side light onto somepin' we uns
amt wise to. 'Pears like we might do
wuss n to hear wha; he has to say
Just as you like" said old man Green
hut, shaking his head mourniully. "1he
Good Pook says that wisdom comes out
o. the mouths o. babes an suckin' pigs,
but it's almighty seldom We git a chanst
o. listenin' to il. Mebbe this is one o them
times"
MIR. Pepper ate his tobacco quietly until
the discussion was over and then said;
Il was one o. five men that bad a call
for to use a thousand dollars tolable soon,
an there want one on US could raise over
two hundred toward It. Feared like there
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want nothin' TO do but to set into a game
an play till one on Us had the thousand.
That fix him all right, anyway, an the
rest on us wouldn't be no wuss off'n we
was, seein' we hadn't the money we needed
nohow.'
His hearers nodded approvingly, and
Mr. Pepper continued:
we was in a place quite some similar
TO this, where they played in the back
room, same as here, with the proprietor
fu nishin cards an chips same as Green
hut does, an want more'n a thousand
mile I'm here. There was me an Buck
Hawley an Joe Taylor an Jim Blake an
Tom Cutter-all on EN- good steady players
with nerve enough to back a four flush
an similar with nerve enough TO lay down
fours, 'cordin' to circumstances, We
started even, with two stacks o. chips.
each a hundred, an no feelin's O. friend
ship at the table.
Some ways il were the most interestin'
game ever set into. Firstly, there want
none on us in no hurry. We was all layin'
for a tol'able sure thing afore bettin' heavy
bein' as twas table stakes an there want
no show o. Rettin' back in the game II we
was TO go broke, an bein', also, as IL were
monstrous important for each man Of
us TO win.
Il know felt like Il was even Almost
life an death with me-you know how
a man will feel sometimes when it's a ques-
ton O. gettin' money Z he hain't got
an l reckon the others was feelin' just
the same.
THE chips was four oolors. Yalers was
twenty-five dollarR blues was Eve reds
was one an whites was two bits, an the
reason we made il that a way was I we
want goin' TO let the house have no great
rake-down in the kitty. We h9gered Z
two bits Was enough to gin up on three
OF better, even IL we was playin' for inn
portant money. So each man had twenty
whites, twenty reds, twenty blues and
three ynllers. That Is, we started in
that way.
was another way I the game was curious
The cards was rInnin' tol'able high, but
there want no hell-roarin' big hands held
They was just enough TO encourage a man
TO bet careful, an not enough 10 git him
plungin'.
was toPable good pots took down all the
time, but the queer part on Il was Z the
luck passed round the table most as g'lar
as the deal did
Il know ] was scoopin' just about one
pot In FIVE right along, an peggin' out
what I'd took In IN the next four, 40 = I
! want none ahead on the game, an
was dom the same thing. An for the first
twelve hours or 30 i was thinkin' ] was
holdin' my own, fine.
You see the way l fggered Il was
Z II l want winnin' nothin' ! want losin'
nothin', an / want. An the Others was
similar But long towards daylight / seen Z
there want no white chips 10 speak on
morn three or four, Std O. havin' twenty
Come a time whom took In a pot on
three eights, an the landlord, that was
watchin' the game close, like n landlord
I does, called on me for a white chip for
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ALL LOSERS IN
n THIS POKER GAME
A Newcomer in Arkansas City
Gives Points to Old Man
Greenhut.

sIfthere was any reel necessity for to pu
up a argument for TO prove that draw
poker is one o the Cornerstones o civil
cation" said old man Greenhut, refec-
lively. "a man wouldn't have TO do no more
n 10 read the Good Book intelligent like,
an take note o. the numerous references
in il TO the main p'ints o the game.
The remark was thrown out quite casu-
ally, nothing having been said or done
within the half hour TO lead up to a dis
cussion Of poker. OF Of Scriptural ques-
tons, and the old mans purpose in open
ing up the subject was not clear. There
was, however, a bitter recollection Of the
occurrences Of the previous night ranking
in the minds Of his hearers, which served
20 arouse a suspicion, Whether rightfully
or not, they ina gined that he was endeavor-
ing to warm up their somewhat languid
enthusiasm on the subject of the game
they we're beginning to distrust
The facts were these: For a number Of
DAYS an unsociable stranger had been
lettering around town. sleeping and eat
ing at the hotel, and taking an occasional
drink by himself wherever he happened
to be- but saying nothing to anybody and
seeking no companionship.
As ne displayed no sign OF prosperity
in his outward appearance, the local talent
had not excited itself over his presence,
but the fact becoming known that he had
beel obliged 20 change a hundred dollar
bill because his small change ran out at
tracted attention.
A committee from the group Of citizens
1suall 2 TO be found in old man Greenhut's
saloon me- ic investigations, and then over
lures td ,ho stranger, who declared chat his
name Vas John Hopper, and the result
was an night game in old man Green
hut's back room. This game had broker
up at a late breakfast hour with no imme.
diate prospect Of Mr.. Hopper's being obliged
to change any more hundred dollar bill,
for a considerable time 20 come and Il
was toward nightfall that old man Green
hut made the remark just quoted
Az nearly every one Of his hearers WIS
loser the night before the remark wai
irritating rather than soothing.
I don't call to mind nothin in the Cook
Book that has reference to draw poker.
said Joe Bassett, gloomily, s'thouten IT,
when 1t mentions somepin' about a fool an
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CHAPTER e.

TIE THEFT OF liVJO hoLhb'
All was .gayety and joyousne.ss In the
home Of the Countess Of Bar-le-D Duo.
long line Of carriages rolled down Meringue
Glac4 Boulevard and deposited their occu-
pants before her door. One o. the earliest
arrivals was the handsome and dashing
Duke de Brie, the ardent admirer OF the
fair Countess, even though his suit was
frowned upon by her imperial brother.
In the anteroom the Duke met the
Countess face to face.
SIS everything ready?' he inquired.
Everything whispered the Countess.
sGorgon9ola and Demi -TaAse are working
on the cheese in the cellar now. They viii
be through before the banquet reaches
that course
sMy beautiful Countess he murmured,
and would kiss her, but she eluded his
grasp and fed with a merry laugh.
And now the guests began TO arrive
the venerable Marquis lie Roquefort, him
self a candidate for matrimony. with the
Countess, and the Italian dandy, Count
Spaghetti au Gratin, with legs as long ana
rested the foundation Of his ancient house
His bosom friend, Signor Macaroni la
Or me, accompanied the Count.
And last Of all came the Prince Of Pommes
de Terre, in his automobile, the Bonnie
Around the festal board the fun waxed
fast and furious. From potage TO entire
NETS, wit flowed as the wine. At the head
of the table was the Countess. To the
inseparable companion, Nile. Piquante de
NeufohAtel, cousin Of the Duke de Brie.
Her ladies in waiting were sandwiehed
between the other gallants. Mile. Char
Spaghetti Mile. Vanilla Eclair and Signor
Macaroni discussed the best way to avoid
indigestion. Nine. Blanc-Mange, duenna
to the Countess, entertained the venerable
Marquis lie Roquefort.
But there was an undercurrent OF vivid
intensity which seemed TO bind together,
as with bands of steel, certain members OF
the party, who felt that the inevitable
crisis Yves approaching.
With the sudden entry OF Monsieur DENT
Tasse the Countess arose. All CONVERSE
ton ceased, for every one felt that some
thing was about to happen.
NV royal brother began the Countess,
you have often said that II / can provide
a dish new TO your palate you viii grant
ICONS, so / have retorted the Prince.
Then, brother, taste of this cheese
which our good friend Monsieur Demi
Tasse brings to us. There are two kinds
OF cheese-taste both, and say which you
prefer
With great curiosity, the Prince tasted
bad Roquefort cheese without holes, he
said, sneering at the unfortunate Marquis.
your cheese is getting worse and worse.
II has no holes in II now
but. your Highness, retorted the Mar
ouis, Il myself saw that one thousand holes
" ere injected into the cheese sent here to-
night, and yet you say there isn't hole to
be found"
Taste the other, brother" said the
Countess. He did so.
Bravo he exclaimed Bravo. Brie
cheese, and with plenty OF holes. Duke,
didn't know you made your cheese with
holes"
we has stolen my holes, cried the Mar
GUS lie Roquefort rising, gasping for
breath. looking like a white spectre Of death
at the feast He has stolen my holes
he has stolen my holes-he has ruined me
ruined me-" The Marquis fell back dead.
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THE MYSTERY OF
l THE ROQUEFORI
And How the Duke de Brie Tn
umphed IN the End Over
His Adversaries.
CHAPTER l.
SHE COMES OF ROYAL LINEAGE


ssHR COMES OF ROYAL LINEAGE.
The Countess Of barbecue was tired.
For six nights without intermission she
had eaten nothing but table d'hote dinners
and her patrician soul revolted at con-
tinuation Of the diet
With an impatient gesture she reached
lazily for the bell rope, hanging alongside
the couch upon which she recined, ana
gave a sudden jerk. A loud. penetrating
ianRle from the neither regions showed
that her signal had been heard below stairs
There was a timid knock on the door, and
Petite Marmite her maid entered.
sRseone. hussy.S cried the Countess,
sand send me my chefl will have some
thing 10 eat tonight or know the reason
WHY In fear and tr milling Petite withdrew
while the Countess lazily turned the pages
of what to Eat and read all the health
food advertisements.
There was an imperious Knock upon
sHerein!" cried the Countess.
Monsieur Demi-Tasse her chef, crossed
the threshold. -
mands,E he announced, humbly, yet with
a ain dignity Of mien such as one might
expect In either a king or chef
The Countess arose sufficiently TO prop
herself up on one elbow.
DOEt. Know, HlnlOnt she CIltut lldt
for six nights ] have eaten nothing but
table d'hote dinners, and that / have lost
seventeen pounds l cannot spare?'
The noble fellow stihed his emotion.
Tears choked him.
aAnd dost realize, vaTlet, that to-mor-
row night we entertain our royal brother,
the Prince Of Pommes de Terre? Unless
we can provide new and subtle dish,
something he and his suite have never
tasted before my influence with the Prince
will be at an end,
Monsieur Demi-Tasse started as though
he had swallowed an oyster.
Does the Marquis lie ROquefort dine
here Tomorrow he asked.
The Countess Of Barbecue swore softly.
He does worse luck!" she cried. my
worst enemy Oh, II only / could be the
means of his undoing!"
Monsieur Dem-Tasse smiled.
@And-I beg your Highnesss pardon
does the Duke de Brie also dine here? We
know Of your Partially for him
Enough, slavel" cried the Countess.
1Olr royal affections are not to be themes
for gossip in the kitchen. Our brother
the Prince insists that / marry Count Spa
ghetti au Gratin, even though l love the
Duke de Brie."
The faithful chef approached closer,
kneeled and whispered few words to his
mistress, who, at first incredulous, seemed
transported when she understood all he said.
DO this, Monsieur Demi-Tasse," she
cried, 'and l promise 10 have you made
noble You shall be called De Demi-Tasse. "
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CHAPTER ".
THE SOUND OF WEDDING BELLS.

THE SOUND OF WEDDING BELLS.
Take her, my boy, and be happy.
So spoke the Prince Of Pommes de Terre
as he handed over his sister, the Countess
OF Barbecue, in Nesselrode Chapel TO the
Duke de Brie. In a few moments, the
Able Pistache had pronounced the words
which made the Countess the Duchess de
Brie and the bearer Of one of the most an
cient and most venerated names in all
Christendom
But even az they passed from the Nessel-
rode Chapel a hush came over the happy
couple. for in the churohyard before them
they saw the newly made grave OF the
Marquis lie Roquefort.
1T was wrong TO commit theft" said the
noble Duke L did not dream the loss Of
the holes in his cheese would kill him else,
even to gain you and at the risk OF losing
my own cheese might have spared him
The Duchess drew closer to her husband.
flush, my darling she said. "Let the
secret die with him, and may the mystery
never be unearthed. ! have you-let the
Young successor to the Roquefort titles
have the ancient privileges the family has
enjoyed holes and all. And every year
in the springtime we will come and lay
flowers on the grave of the dead Marquis.
May his soul rest in peace
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lie Was No Politician.


A corpulent negro woman came into m
ONCE Of Judge George I. Griffith OF the South
City Court, in Kansas City, Kan, this morn
ing, and inquired for the ledge.
what can do for you?" asked the judge.
lis yoh runnin' fob ledge az in?" she asked
Yes, I'm trying to get the nomination
the Judge replied.
What's the 'sideration foh votes dis yeah''
what" almost yelled the Judge, beginning
70 understand the drift Of the conversation,
All means" explained tho negress, "a
votes wuth one dollah or two dolahs dis
lection"
Are you aware that il is a serious offence
for person 20 sell his votet sisTuly de-
manded the Judge.
Al don't 'zactly undahstan yoh lang.
widge, JedRe. but ef yoh means yoh dH
buyin' EN-, OATS all right. An believes
YOU Sc no politishun, nohow. And win
this Contemptuous parting shot she left the
office.