The sun., 1908-02-02
THE TAKING DOWN OF
l OLD MAN GREENHUT
His Champion From the oEarks
SUeeumbS IN the Back
Room Game.

-sOmebody t knowed oonsid able about
draw poker observed old man Greenhut.
-chucked a observation about it what's
good enough 20 put in q book.
whoever said It. an I reckon IL must a
been me. said a man hain't got no busi-
ness playin' poker with q man that knows
more about poker than he does. not with
out he knows more about poker his own
self than he does.
There was a zap I'm sOmewheres up in
the Oxarks--"
Back upi" said Jake winterbottom.
THAT there noise you was Just maxim.
about a man an q man an a game o.
poker--is that TO be took in the sense o.
meanin' somethin'2 An II so. which? Pears
like it's fill o mud
Il sh'd say there amt no call r. you 20
run wild over that, jake said Jim BlAis-
dell. 'F'm what understand tn old man
TO say. pears like . man has got to know
= he knows considerable moro n he knows
afore he knows enough TO play poker.
Anybody knows that. Leastways that's
what Greenhut says when he's talktn'
about what somebody said about some
body playin' poker with somebody Z knowed
more n somebody else about the game.
That's what you was terlin'. want your
The old man opened his mouth as II to
speak. but some emotion. whatever IL was.
impeded his utterance for q moment. and
Sam Pearsall butted in. -Jim." he said.
you mind me o. the Methodist preacher
my old man useter make me listen TO Sun
days. The longer he'd preach the more
you wouldn't understand about the text.
There couldn't nobody tell what Greenhut
meant I'm the way you was 'xplainln'
Of IT.
"No, nor there want no onderstandin'
Of II nohow,' said Joe Bassstt In deep dis
gust "'Pears like II was q lot o. words
hung onto q thread. like beads. an some
body done cut the string. My notion is tn
old mans done gone bughouse.'
By this tinne the old mans friends had
reduced him 70 absolute helpleasness.
Hs sank into his fAvorite chair by the win
dow and glared at his friends with muir
derous hate. while he slowly gathered him
self together.
They returned his gaze blandIy seeming
to be unaware Of any cause for his agitation
and seeming. moreover. 10 be regretful
because Of IL.
Throw a little cold water on him, joe
said Jake winterbottom in an undertOne.
Hes liable for to bust blood vessel II he
swells up any more
-You throw cold water on me, shouted
old man Greenhut, recovering his voice
suddenly. "an' TN slop your hearts blood
all over the hoorl What had ought for to
be did With passel o. onregenerate heather
like YOU uns 10 to hamstrinR the hull lot
on 70 an turn mad dog loose. Thsre'd
10 rim Fr yer lives"
-What about that van I'm IIp in tn Ozarlks
you was tellin' aboutP" interrupted Joe
hsrSs re o,d man hrand,shsd his two e.,s .Iott
A II reaching up pafterEhundsrbOlts, and they
IonLaJ aagsriy for another outbreak nut
snddSnlv ma face cleared hIa Hata SeIl from
above, and a sweet grniIA shone from his
transfRured features falling on his friends
iSs = kaDisor Knnwing him "A thew aid
thSv .brawJi,, sIIanecte3 a strinS to the
hsD{.on
sT'hsrs waa A van I'm sounewberea IN in
IN I1Tarks he ren,arked. mildly. SaS fell
into the Rinktum saloon In Little Rock one
niSbt whare was tendin' haT, There
ws'n't nobodv took no sneciaI notice o. him.
an he dJdn;t' 'reaT. 10 AYE no notice n no
body irst "a. Just stood np TO the bar an
ss't the house am soon as he'd took his
drink just aid out.
Next night he come in an done the same.
An the mart night am the next Then
one niSht hfter he'd treated 'stid O. aIidin'
omt alona liEs had bAen doin' he Ieans over
the bSr an he whispers 10 me. Say pard.
tbia vera town IN Ioneaouer N A laaf years
bird's neat Ami there no poker nor
nothin' a-diddin' nowhere 'roundP Pears
ME INV eFcitement Glands Il gettin' rnuscle
hound' Sornenin'S Soin' 10 b,iat Y don't
striks aoms fun soof.'
II saya 10 him there was sure poker 10 be
found 'They Dlav upstairs tol'able often
I savs am I reckon more'n likely there's
a rsma on to-night. cd interiuce yoI
n Won was wishfIi. but faint no use a-doin'
Of II 'thouten you're 'pared f'r a grown