The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
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all Inc rest ~ civilization There Il times
when I think N u religion anyway N
shows y man how ~ watch an pray " he
don't know how 10 pray for hiesef, No On
Al'ays prey m t'other fcllcr
'taikin' ~ aetsin' trats ~ birds, though "
he continued. 'mebhe there may 10 souse
trUsihla In catchin' EN- when they re birds.
htt pears like Peabody an Foster ain't
such birds ~ they frckoned they was. ]
rro they'rr comm NJ tho street with Jim
B~laIs,iell. an that lacks iihe thev was hg-
germ IN ~st In again.
Don't see how you done IT, aid Joe
Haasett Rriniy
n via he whose Irregular play had
driven tho two strangers out ~ the game
the might before. and the fact that they
had taken a good bic ~ his money with
them. and the further fact that Greenhut
had interfercd with him when he was
] .H..t T. s.-t .-,.k hua,a. haA .oruaA
to irritate u temper that was. 10 say the
least. has;y nj the hest Of times.
There's a many things a. can be did
replied the old man pleasantly enough.
when you exercises diplomaticism. This
here case IL some peculiar. but faint no
such difficult one as you may think.
First place. these two galoots got away
with some tol'able easy money last night.
an the man as gets easy money In poker
lust materially Is al'ays looldn' fr more
Of H.. That there talk o. theirn about not
playin' no more poker into a stack where
poker amt played accordin' to strict rules
don't cut no ice whatsomever I reckoned
on maxim EN- pay for 1t when they called
my place a shack.
Then ] seen Z there want no use O.
! keepin' on til no such game as you uns
was a putin UP against them two. They
m toPable nigh the best players as has
coms to town f'r some years.
THE way that Peabody played G pair
o. queens fr a pat hard we're nigh inspired.
The on'y thing for to do was to call it of
till we cd get reenforcements, AMI knowed
Pearsall was goin' to be here. Sans
lea rned a heap more about poker since
he's been travellin' the river nor any o
you uns Is liable to learn fr some time to
come.
' sOh, I don't know said Bassett. still
more Rrlffly.
well, I amt lisa yin as how the Arkansas
City brand o. poker amt the best they is,
even now said Greenhut. "The reppyta-
ton O. the tow has been built up or it
an ] don't make no doubt as you uns knows
the game as we'll as it can be knowed.
There is them, though, as en- handle
a deck more modern, an Pearsall has been
a-minglin' with EN-, so to speak, on a more
or less confidential %footin', e~xchangin'
wads I'm time to time, accordin' as he got
familiar with n~ewfangled ways. They
call him the best riffler on the boats now.
-'Pears like mebbe 1t mought be adven-
titious to nave him set in. I told Blaisdell
I lell llclh dEdooS y "Olo diiottlCI
stranger In town, which. of course, I meant
Pearsall. an ef they hadn't no hard feel
ms, mebbe they'd like to set in an take
a chance this ~evenin'."
WELL said Bassett, still nurs ing hi
crouch, "how d. you know they amt got
no hard feelin's?"
"Bassett, I'm afeard faint no use for to
try to beat no greet moral principles into
your head said the old man, shaking his
own head sadly. 3D. you ever know a win
ner for to have hard feelin's about a gamer
Them galoots is winners-that is, up to the
present time
Further conversation was made impolitic
by the near approach Of the two strangers
and their escort. They staggered in with
much self confidence and at once began
induleing In vainglorious speech.
o If friend here says" remarked Foster
after ordering drinks, 'as how there's
another stranger in town, an bein' as you
urs amt 90 hell rcarin' confident o. beatin'
all creation at poker's you has the name O.
bein', you all is a lookin' f'r outsiders to
help.
@'Tain't for US to say what you all Is a
lookin' to make by It, but we uns is ready
f'r excitement. 'Lowin' az the game is
played accordin' to rules, we uns is ready
to give you home talent some lessons, an
give the stranger some Of a education too
the same time
There's a verse In the Good Book said
old man Greenhut, that says how faint
as good fr a man to do his BLOWN when
he buys his chips as tits when he cashes
'em in, but I reckon a little hot air don't
hurt nobody. Mebby you'll feel better
when you've bowed it Off
WELL said Peabody. with an aggra-
waiting drawl, Il amt so familiar, maybe,
with that there Good Book as you hold
yourself up to be, but il you en- find any
thing in it what pervides FIR your sellin'
some O. them same chips III tend to the