Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
SHARK GETS LESSON
"Greenhorn" Permits Himself to Sell
Much Treasured Charm,
MYSTIC POWER IN HIS HAND
Victim wakes Up and Goes GunniRE
After Light of HIS Weak
ness Breaks in Upon
Him.

zone O. them prophets what done wrote
the Good Book must ha' had a SON. said
old man Greenhut, picking out the largest
and blacklist cigar he could find In a fresh
box that he had just opened and lighting
It carefully and deliberately. "Leastways
he writ a sort o. letter to some Teller t
he called his son., givin' him a lot Of good
advice.
Some Of It is worth rememberin'. an
one verse In p'tic'lar had ought for to
be wrote down some'res so's't It would't
be forgot He must ha' peon tellin' the
young man somepin' about tn Importance
o. learnin' draw poker thorough, fr he
said, My son, with all yer gettin', don't
forget to get onderstandin'.'
20 course, a good onderstandin O.
things in general is valuable to any man,
no matter whether he's a preacher or a
pilot on one o. the river packets. What
ever his business is, he'd oughter onder-
stand it.
Blu pears like its mo, needful fr a
man t plays poker 'n'tis fr anybody else,
for to understand all the 1ne p'ints they
is. N that's what makes draw poker the
most intellectual p'suit they is fr a man
It's capable O. akin his part in the higher
civilization"
SAB 4 I hAApNB GhAh a. OMNh r Up
per. 81 done seen a niger roustabout
fore now what didn't have no greet onder-
standin' O. things set into a game an
skin the whole crowd somepin'
Pears like a man en- play a torable good
game o poker 'thouten bein' so hell roarin'
Intellectual"
Old man Greenhut gazed at the pre-
sumptuous man who ventured thus to
call his utteranoe in Quest,on and for a
moment It seemed likely that he would
retort with some heat, but after a moment
or two he sidghed and shook his head.
Il reckon faint no use, Pepper he
said, mildly. Il cd say 10 you like that
there prophet done said to his son, Get
onderstandin'," but you wouldn't know
where to go for to get it an you wouldn't
know what to do with 1t If you had 1t.
No, Pepper, tn amt no use o. you but
tin in when you hear somepin' said what
you don't know about. Best thing you en-
do is for to set still and listen. You won't
learn nothin' o. oo'se bein' as y amt built
t~hataway, but you won't make such q all
fired fool O. yo'self, Not all the time you
won't"
This kindly admonition in place Of the
fierce denunciation and threats OF violence
to which he was accustomed crushed Mr..
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heard again for a long time. Old man
Greenhut, however, talked on as briskly
as IL he had not been interrupted.
Stands to reason" he said, "as how a
man can't play poker proper 'thouten he
has a considerable onderstandin' o. mo-
things nor a ordinary man knows nothin'
about. a that there story about the
Teller out into a western mining camp what
laid down TO aces 'thouten a bet. He
wouldn't ha' knowed enough for to do any
thin like that II he hadn't ha' had some
pin mo- n ordinary onderstandin' o. tn
game"
What's that?" demanded lake Winter
bottom in great surprise. Cd you say
what he laid down 70 aces thouten a bet?''
That's what he done,' said old man
Greenhut calmly.
well, of all the ~dodgastsd fool playsl
Say, what was they ~playin'? Must ha'
been croquet or somepin' like that, FO'
aces! An laid 'em down! Wouldn't betl"
and Mr.. Winterbottom spat on the stove
in profound disgust.
"Oh, shucksl' exclaimed Jim IBlaisdell.
18th old man Is just springin' that old
story what we uns worked out here long
ago.
"Pears like the Teller Z had the To- aces
was up ag'in a one card draw, an he
knowed I'm t'other feller's play what he
was pullin' fr a straight flush. Then alter
the draw he knowed such a hellova lot
about the game what he cd tell t the
straight flush man d filled.
1--WE uns stuffed a sucker with that yarn
till he thought he seen through II, an then
Joe Bassett played It on him like he had
the straight flush, same as the Teller in
the story done, an the sucker laid down
his To- aces, or To- kings, or whatever
tA,-,. - haH J,,gf IfLra the other fpl1ap In
the story done. On'y Bassett didn't have
nothin' but two little pair"
Sure" said Winterbottom. amy fool
d know his TO- aces was good fr a call
anyhow, just I'm case t'other man was
bluffln': You sho' can hand out mighty
interestin' talk sometimes, Greenhut, but
don't never try to give III nothln' like
that no mo-. We uns is played poker too
long for 20 swally it."
us you uns got through" asked old
man Grsenhut. who had smoked along
placidly while they talked, seemingly not
disturbed in the least by their criticism.
'Wel 7 reckon tn amt no call to say
nothin' mo-" said Blaisdells complacently,
well, that want the story / had in
mind" observed old man Greenhut.
Say, is this a bughouse, or is it just a
plain ordinary case o. dellrious trim
mings?' asked Joe Bassett. II reckon tn
on'y way FIR me to keep sober is to get
drunk, II this here line o. talk Is goln' to
be gave out much longer. Whatinell do
We think yer sayin', anyway, Greenhut?"
"Mebbe you'd better asst Blaisdell," re-
piled the old man, sulkily, "He pears to
know better n I do. I was staT+in' In for
10 tell how a on~derstandin' o. things is
sometimes better n 70 aces, an he butts
In with wry bald talk about some iackass
what thought there was a straight flush
out ag'in 'em."
"Oh, shucks," said Blaisdell, Ego on
with yer story an consider me often the
earth. You won't be easy till you git it
all out"
well, this here Bill Richards what /
was speakin' about playin' poker into a
minin' camp was a torable slick dealer,
an pears he's got it framed up fr 10 let
t'other Teller win three or four pots, just
so = Z he'd have some confidence, an
then he stacked the kyards fr a KILN.
Give the other Teller fo's and dealt hisself
three aces afo' the draw, n offended to
be some sore when he was bet to a stand
stnI.
Then tother Teller called fr one card
an Richards he took two, KNOWN I one
on 'em was the 10th ace. Just 10 make
sure, he picked up his draw an looked at
il careful, an seen It was all right.