The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03

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waa almos, ,gfnlysed Sith ho,w, lbs
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STAND tnoh aid OH man OfFthhut
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hlfn 6'itFide, sDrDp ~ yOtl
-.Accgfdingly, four o. i've " Tho group
through Tho door jones ,Ipllow ina A. N
daged When thoy had laid Oleesh itofe ~
lyaa carefully uh the Rf0tlna, al hut
JOhrH came baet lnto the anloon was
lneyi,ehle that sotne one w9''d c"' i"r
Rassett did o and eftef taking. their
ilu,of they al snt dawn again Old man
ufrenhut had taken n large black cigar, gnd
lighting u carefully Ne walked arouRd -
III, t"yorI,e 500, 10y ,he wind"w .o,.,,s,.,,,
on the All whsh The dior opened a,id MI
Joltcs lOoked IN.
II don't know the Gus otna ot Arkeners
City . he aid, timldly, 'and inote'n that
don't know any other place near by, but
NfNfNHNN WIN w wv NtlN'NNA - WV = y WV
20 get him n drink Tdtake W ~ u klndners
II you'd let me havc H.
aaure, said old man ureenhut PLEASANTLY
~ sell you a drink at the regular price
Ne served the drink. made change and
cautioned Jones not 10 forget TO bring the
glass back. Then returning to his seat he
smoked a while In silence.
BY and by he ohuckled softly and said!
'They'm n monstrous useful thing, bunR-
RinrtoFa ia 'EO lnnk Mt am one Wouldn't
think there was much to 'em outside o.
startin' bungs. They 10, though. Some
poet said, In the hands Of him as IA entirely
capable the bungstarter is mightier nor a
mules him LET
HSome folks has said ;. I cd handle one
right smart, seem whaC I've done with
'em, now an again, an | amt saytn'' I
I'm any slouch at u, but there want
never but one man in the hull valley t had
the handlin' OF a bungstarteI down TO a art,
an what | en- do I learned FIN him when
we was tendin bar tog ether in 10 Ogleby's
hotel in Natchez.
"This feller's name was Bill Wigthorp,
an he sure was some slick. He want no
big man, but he we're a fighter I'm his heels
up. Like all reel born fighters, though,
Bill never wasted no effort, He ulster say,
The thing Ia to do your man. Ii you ON
do him easier with a dornick n you can
amt most gently no dorniok nigh at hand.
More'n that, faint everybody knows how
to use a dorniok. A knife or a gun Is all right,
but there's too many knows how to use en-:
Now a bungstarter is al'ays nigh hand n
knows how to use 'em. So the thing to do,
nachully, Is to learn how. Then you've
got a weepon as Is unexpected like to the
other man, an one as is ready
"Bill used to practise with his bungstarter,
accordin', till | reckon that bungstarter
would ha' come to him If he'd whistled for
it, known him as well as it did. An the
stunts he done with that bungstarter was
RELY amazin'.
good seasoned hick'ry wood is, an Bill
useter have the handles o. his bungstarters
made O. the best hickory he &C get, an he
seasoned 1t his own self. Consequence was
t them handles was as springy as gutta
percha.
Zone stunt he did vas to bang his bung-
starter on the bar, ldttin' go o. the handle
the same instant, an send the u thing
hurtlin' galley west and crooked. You'd
think it was goin' crooked, that is, till you
seen it was goin' just where Bill aimed.
There was one time this here gift O.
Bill Wigthorp's was plumb Providential,
savin' the boss about 81 100, in a wink O.
time, an keepin' our two jobs for us when
more'n likely Ogleby'd been sold out next
day an the business busted up.
'Ogleby was a good Teller with on'y one.
failin'. He reckoned he cd play poker
| a heap better'n he REILLY could. His game
was a reasonable good one, but the Nay he
sized it up it was considerable better'n
| anybody else's, an consequence he'd play
with anybody 7 come along, an blame
the luck when he lose. Bill know'd his
failin' an ustet keep a fatherly watch over
him when some p'fessional ID come in for
a game, but 'twan't gently no use, ogleby
| bein' some eadstrong an fond of a game.
zone night there was a crossroads gam
bier name o. 1immins come into the place
with his pal. He was a little r'lnt named
Pitcher, t nobody ID see afore, round Nat
chez. He had an eye like a rat, an judgin'
by his fingers l sized him up fr a mighty
slick dealer.
SHim an Timmins talked with the boss
a spell. an then poker was spoke OF. 1t
were q stormy night an there want no.
body else round so they started a three
handed game in the back part O. the bar
room. I was behind the bar, an, Bill took
a chair a little back I'm the table, lookin'
| on, but o. course. sayin' nothin'.
They didn't start no big game at first.
just a twenty dollar table stakes, but ogleby
Pitcher bought an then Timmins, an
fiashin' a wad. Nachully the bettin' got
some bigger, an want long afore they
was some tolable big pots goin' one way
or t'other.
Il want takin' much notice, bein' some
disguised with Ogleby's f~oolishness. but
Bill Wigthorp he were watchin' the game
like a hawk. Then bimeoy L heer q Gg,eoy
raise his voice oonsidaole' sayln ~ go
saw saws, q "A hundred mor,e'n you So 1 looks
up an | sees Pitcher is dealin' an the other
two is goin'to draw 80 Hooks out for trouble;
Pears Timmins had opened an 0gleby'd
| raised, an the struggle was on afore the
draw.
Just then Bill got up I'm his chair an
come round behind the bar, standin, rear
the end. l started to walk up side Of h
but he motioned me back with his left hand,
an l seen somepin' vas up, but couldn't
see what. Then / seen him pick up his
bungstarter, grippin. the handle tight an,
sort o poisin' the thing like he wa gettin'
ready, an just nachully l stood by to do
Whatever there'd be to do.
4Ogleby was skinnin' his hand a gain, hke
he want quite so certain, but he says,
tol'able COOL I'll see YOU an he slung in
another hundred.
at was Timmins's first draw, an he says
Gimme two cards an then | seen Ogleby's