The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06

S,.s ....:,, tho passed. o pe''''" A' AA'
.D~a'I s-e no r.sson ~ me to ,.il .yo
% mo os. srr,.s r r. re ,., Saos
said 10 th-yss = hundred tn he made
outsu the Potti~s I r~chon I moughf -
vel make u my ownsrR
To this nassest replied that he uas the
sheriff and he'd b. jigswigg,ed u he'd
have no other man bu''in In on mis- hu-' :
ness
Pearsalrs r~jo!nder was that the SheriH
could 60 hang himself. He, Pear-sll.
~as no 'iepty an wanf behoiden 10
nobody 10 10 give inf'mafion gin Poa'ies
nor nobody else.
Soms further remarks we're made on
both sides and the others In the rocm saw
With Z: lat interest and various emotions
that ths controversy was likely TO lead TO
personsl bitterness Their sympsthles
were divided. tut no one interpreted for
a time. the etiquette Of the place demand
ng that individual differences should be
settled by thoe~ directly concerned.
Presently. however. old man Greenlaw
Jaw or thought he saw an opening for
diplnmatic interference.
The house rufes - 7 there shan be
no shoo'in' did on the premises he re- e;
marked "a plessantly as possible III yo'
uns il goin much further Won have TO
40 out on the levee Bf 10 yo' 60 yo'd
ouRhter call TO mind what the Good Book
says. Look how desirable 't,s 70 brethren
To get along together peaceable. Tn
amt no sense in shootin' up white man
long Of 500 niger. mo special when
is a quart 'twixt friends. IN amt but
ono way TO settle a difficulty proper. an
providence done ords med the game q
draw poker TO that ptic'lar purpose
loEg OF a good many others. So' una
IN IN this all up 'thouten no ha I'd teelin's
u yo's any WAYS reasonable. Play q
freezeout
Possibly because MIR Pearsall was Of a
less belligerent nature than the big sheriff
and possibly because he was the less con-
hdoni regp rdng the issue Of q conflict he
OF THIS proposition than was Ba ssetf
Even the Inter. however, soon s,iccumbed
20 the logical argumen, Of the old man.
-So ms en- put mp q hundred apiece
he said. AN play II out man 10 man
There won't he no mo n the us,ial kitty
well Oh = II he done got this here reward
hen the loser en- 60 n collect on Wash
Poitle. IL .Ioe's done heat him up 40
bad what he don't ge' over n mo ~
likely there's another Poitle in the passed.
' ii do just as well Thataw sv there
the winner II he hundresi ahead
There won't he no kitty took outen
this here gam II is played declared
ASSET With strong emphasis. TIL
amt no biection Ia kitty when there =
outsiders IN he skint. but a house game j.
free r else dom play IL
some further dis ussion was iney ble
hut the old man finding the sheriff was
determined wriyrd the point with rather
tad grace IN the interest of peace and
the two contestants were soon seated
with deck ~ cards and two stacks Of
chips between them. old man Greeninw
holding the aetna cash as ~ Ikaholdcr.
Bassett took rhe first deal and Peor<alI
PM up an ante Of four biiI AL q dollar
TN look ing N his cards thF des Ter pui
M his dollar. but WAS Immediately raiseJ
s. After some hesitation he saw IN.
RAISE. wh~rsipon Pearsall called for two
cards Rassett took three and bet a
white chip without looking
Pea rsalt answ -r Was a White chID aud
$40 which he p'it up without look INC at
his draw. and Ras-err promptly called.
; moving a pair OF kings
Kind o soon 10 blufF he r.-nar<e ed
sarcast ically when P-srssil looked anx-
iously al his draw and founi he had not
hettered his two sevens
Taking the decs withour q word the
loser proceeded 20 deal. but finding moth
'ng 20 play with h. made Il dollar jack
] hen for weary succession of nearly
q dozen deals there was nothing doing
beyond the regular sw"eteninG When