The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-19
GREENHUT LOSES OUT
Mis- Smiley Plays Lone Hand Against Him.

We'll. we sure be sorry said Bas-
sett, but the old man was n0J 10 be I'act-
fed
The good book says" h. observed,
that the sorrow o. fools an the crack
lin o. thorns under pos is alike"
rs this Mr.. Greenhut asked a
busting young man who entered Just
at this moment.
We'll. s'posin' it's, what then?" re-
torted the old man.
"Nothin' much" said the youth, "On'y
I called to serve papers on you in Miss
Smileys suit. I'm her lawyer"
What suits that?" demanded Old
man Greenhut with suspicious calm
ness.
Breach o. promise o. marriage. Fiji
teen hundred damages" was the as
founding reply.
Breach o. promisel" exclaimed
GreenhUt. Want never no promise"
That's what she complains Of said
the youth You'll find il in the COM
plant. There'd ought to been"
Come in an have a drink" said the
old man, and then as the young lawyer
took a step forward, he reached for
him: but the younger man was the
quicker, and, lodging, he turned to flee.
Give him one shot fr luck, JoeI'
SuOdltQ Olu man NTtttlllulr Nit4 ne
found himself baffled
Accordingly Bassett, delighted at the
opportunity to do something to re-es-
tablish himself in his friends sood
graces, stepped to the door, drawing his
revolver as he went. Hardly pausng
for aim, he tore the fleeing mans boot
heel off with a single shot and turned
back, laughing.
Il reckon he won't be back for a day
or two" he said. putting away his gun,
after replacing the empty shell with
fresh cartridge.
Then the next thing to do is to get a
new niger" said old man Greenhut,
with characteristic practically. IF
that un outside amt dead 1 reckon he
en- be p'vailed on to git"
This surTnise proved correct for as the
two friends looked out they saw that
the battered African, frightened by the
shot he had just heard, was making his
way slowly W the levee.
Before he was out of sight Jake Win
terbottom and Sam PearsalI came along.
and it became necessary TO explain to
them the meaning of the condition of
things. Their Indignation at Mis- Smi-
ley's high proceedings was
great and they both began to urge Old
man Greenhut to put up a vigorous fight
against her claim, but he would not
listen TO them.
1T takes some sense f'r man to
know when he's got trouble enough" he
said. Il reckon I mOught fight this
here hellcat an get the wust on it.
Way it's now, 7 en- get shut of her
by payin' the fifteen hundred. I amt
got no such money to pay, but there's
alays two things t a man en- put his
trust into if he has faith enough to mix
nd g. n
an draw poker.
Thing to be did now is to get a new
Niger an clean up the place. ready f'r
asgame. Then, if Providence don't 90
back ON me there'n be suckers divided. /
an, when they set in. its uu 10 YOU to
win the fifteen off'n EN- to make good
fr havin' got me into this here mess.
An after this. if any man fetches a
woman within a hundred yards o. where
/ be the Lord have mercy on his on /
fortnit carcass, fr 7 won't have none" I
Looks like a torabse good sized con- /
tract said WinterbottCn with a grin. ]
but I've saw things did what didn't /
look no easier. You go ahead an get /
your niger an do your cieanin' UP an /
Sam an nell go fishin' f'r suckers. /
Sooner it's done, the better"
Accordingly he and PearsaU Sam /
tered off toward the railroad station
leaving Bassett and old man Greenhut /
to straighten things up. The big sher- I
IN persuasive ways proved efficient I'm I
getting the needed negro. and a few
hours work under old man Greenhut's I
superintendencv resulted I'm a restora- /
ton Of something like the customary /
coy appearance Of the famous saloon. /
so that when toward the close of the
day the old man looked around and saw
hi hrrr e4rr--a a.- .-4s
derby array of bottles behind the bar he I
drew a long breath of content
Looks somepin like he said Now. 4
II Providence sets in an plays a hand
mebbe we en- have that game"
That Providence was sitting in seemed
almost certain when PearsaH and Win
terbottom came back with the news
that two yaps from up St Francis I
way were anxious for a game and
when an hour later Jim BIaisde1I
turned W at the same time with the
two St Francis yaps all possible doubt
was displaced.
Concerning the outcome Of the game
the only question was how much the ST
Francis men were prepared to lose. and
when, after II was over, the old man
counted up his cash, he said.
Just as I was a-sayin'. ALT right
eOus man has To do Is To put his faith
in Providence and draw poker. You
uns is squared of that there heIIcat's
claim an p'vided surplus enough fr free
drinks fr six weeks to come.
Il reckon the dove o. peace N brood
over this here saloon now TT ,Onsld'-
able spell p'vidin' there don't nobody
fetch woman within gunshot G the
place"