The sun., 1905-10-22
-FOUR ACES, TWO
) Or THEM CLUBS
A Man Ae>m,omsd 10 Az Prompt.
II No, Fssss BY An Rms'.
ssney In q Poker CANT


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Tbs nyeploa abpd.wa had derpehrd
suf,cle,,jy m r.,,so, oh man titeen
,W,s ,oristloa N, r,uepac ~ he Wing tho
Ip,ntm sll llebte IN bIa as,ypt and ans Nv
ooc tho tesulst t,,a,omer NJ the place
and tho oote,, pohef p,sycta N AfhRnsas
CUy es,pe In and tooh ,belt ususl aes,s,
rhcn ao,oet,riy ,osdr a references to the
poker inns N the nIsb, betofc, witch had
heen tho ,oe,i,ote ,b,,a,eb which n a,sanscf
from tho North had tpe,ie A ct,t,sli erable
cou, t,b,,t,,e to m. noe,jos cspitaj ~ tho
community. and tha, toused Joe essset,
10 spcrcb
when tha, there ysp caahcd In the two
r~j chips he hsd left arti tho sheriff
bc pn-.eti rotp- -,t1 of ii feiii;,rs s,o,.. the
s,renoyo,,s jite he we're n lead,n'.
"'pep,eJ like ,o ,ne ~ he were a aey
sou,e,,,p' d,,,t,to tosptotylike to tho wny
vc was pls yin, an | Thought sotne a. faisin
a arsutnept then, an Il didn't pear 10 he
worth while, bein "a the game we're over,
an rwa'nr no ways likely Z he'd butt In
aaJn.
sT,ut was st,,dvin on n soms last nlRht,
he continued, AN I'm hornswoggled II I
"
what do YOU reckon the strennyo,is life
RELY las
They ali looked AZ Greenhut. He spoke
no word III, he had selected the In argcst and
blackeat tigar he had in stock Lighting
II On refully he pulled on II till II was thor
ouohly aglow. and then, walking around
10 bis favorite scat by the window, he put
his feet on the sill and smoked in silence for
a considerable period. Then he said:
"Tkere In them az considers t when a
man Ia a strainin' hisself continual he's
leadin a STRENUOUS life. but them as has
that notion AIM a sizin of 1t up just right.
STRENUOUS is Latin word an like a
good many O. them foreign slang, there's
two meanins to it, 1t signifies strainin'
an il signifies strenth. There is them
Z en- strain themselves stiff 'thouten ben'
a mite strenuous, an there's them t has
more stren'th n a mules hind leg, I
wouldn't Get strennyous II they was to be
settin, onto n key o. powder with their coat
tails on fire.
-Bil Haskins we're n consricuous flReer
o. this kind. He came Of a family I was
riz somewberes in tn Ozarks an like a
good many o. them mountaineers, he
,re,red to measure somepin' like seven foot
any old way YOU held the tare on him. He
we're stronger n a horse, too. I've saw
him lift a loaded wagon outen the mire
with his bare hands, when two mules
couldn't start it.
.We,l Bill settled nigh about foteen
villa rortb ~ Arkansas City. some ten year
ago. an brought his family with him.
,bs..a T., ,oro a Good onnnar like tbem
n,o,ntaineers mostly ia, an him an his
folLe liyed m what he shot.
- 'Poared like il were some pecooliar Z
,o ma hoya ,oft III, ozarks where tho
shoot;n, was tetter an, come etoliye in tn
sa.ts ,,nds nioh tbo r;yer 'b,,t there was
,har, =, .a;d hed f1ogered il were easier
~ ,,,ove N Il were 10 stand trial f.r shootin'
twn ,eooed game where he lived afore.
Tho. ,vera p;il,s w.v
,p.orod I;L. Nod .,,avs do vhatever
. o.s;.st ,,hout.n tokin, tho trouble
N Nnd ont what was best. He set into
noker game ND TO Little Rock one time,
he;n, nm there with some game he had to
..,,-v;,d turkavs or somepin'-an' then
come a disnute.
aR;,l nod four aces in his hand. an it were
q .ol,.hle GOOD sized jackpot Z Pete Henne-
n,r W. had orened for the size Of It. Well,
;uot netura, B;N h'isted IL consid' able
when II come his play, two other men havin'
oon,o in first an when thew all three STAYED
hs aeen there were a chance o. maxim
ou;ta aor,e money 40 he laid low, an
dr,u.d ono c.rd irwin, to look like he'd
.oyot,a y IN four lush an was desprit