The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13
DARSON TRIPS
| SERMON ON POKER
Primary Rule Of Knowing More
Than the Other Fellow
L Expounded.

There was a man know ed IN Miasis-
sippi.' said PaTson Tripp musingiy.
-'-hH. 'pears-i Co have mo- boss ssnss
about some things n you'd reckon on
hndin' anywherea outsider q lunatic
asylum. One O. the things he said oncet
was Z n man hadn't no business Tor To
play poker with n man what knowed more
bout the game n he knowed. not 'thOuten'
he knowed mo- bout the game his ownself
n t'other man knowed. Strikes me what
ihsr = sense et.ough into a sayin' like that
for to put II in a book.
The panson put his feet on the rail of
the houssb0at Salina and smoked con-
templH ively
We'll. I dunno said Mr.. Al Foster.
who was among his listeners. L wouldn't
~ 80 Ear a. 20 saw what there was any
sense into Il. hut there sho' pears To be
considerable mud. I sh'd say what man
= "A max noise like that was some
feeble minded
-Somepin about a man KNOWN mo-
n a man knnwed what knowed mo- n
he knowsi t'other man knowed In a
game a oh. shucks' What was IL he
-aid?- exclaimed Buck Whippls.
lay u slow. parson. the boys mought
500 Z YOU Was meanin' somepin, said
Killer Lindsay.
Tho par-on was undi=turbcd. 4
reckon " chuck pearls ~ wisdom broad
cast onto tho c'mmunity I'm dom my
part n you uns is too hellroarin' thick
- comprehension for io know whats
meant 'taint nothin' To me.
Even at that I reckon there's n gre't
moral lesson f'T you uns en- be got outen
;hiS here parable what | was startin' for
~ NpL,in. Pears like you uns here on
the Salina is gettin' pow'ful highmiGhty
IN yr minds long a. putin up the best
game a. draw what's played on the river.
Looks like you all was Eb'rin' under tn
impression Z Won all knows mon anybody
else bout the game.
= amt a-sayin' but what there's besn
some tuIable good poker played on tho
boat. reckon We uns ~ exercised n
tnl'ahIr strong influence in upliftin'
hpumdnity up an down the river. hut
there = some danger - We uns gettin'
p'ir.d up our uWnselfs. Scripter says
'Pr,i" goeth afors destruction, an a
hotty ~peTit aGo' call n somebody
happens 10 tackle Va when we're onp' ard
and Cali- one - them owdacious bluffs
what's pat up occasional mebhe there
thought II. some droopin' tail feathers To
L. -a',.
We'll. dunno said Poster i
Wuuljpt 90 ~ fur : 20 say what I'm
iy'ktu' 4. uDhody ia these parts dom
rs much DIRT INTO a game o. draw. Pears
H." yuu mousht have - -pmepin' what
duu 49, right. Mebbe a little bi,ters d
peTS Won up sOtfle
-Bitt-rs n god admitted the parson
but taint that Pint -. ain't nohoSiy
LuoWs 30 much h,it what somebody's
hab... for To- know mo N he knows"
70 the Iawd'- sake, rarson, Az
cia.u'.-l Buch Whipple. don't beun that
an over again
ptT~on Ia .,u no "han-t O nOsDody
I'r'rII' along what knows mo u YOU don't
q uuW Nud li.' bg,t'-i hi- cigar Hfr~sh
whil" b" wlIt,-t Tor this suhtle sarssastr
tn -pk 90 When he saw that Whipple
logan 10 ct rctlin the face he srll led and
i.wlu aIrc-h.
There wa y q fss-sioual name y Ran
som como Ia ItIECumbia long about the
tine when I done SEEN how the ministry
aiiu.t pear - CIV none too much scope
e. what talents had. an him and me
gpj som" friendly
Ran-.,Iu were a VAN sort n crttter.
havu' gupi deal the same pinion OF
..r.-rt Uhat I've sen others what had
tgr - nv" ganr - poker goes. Pears
Dee. r,.r4ur't th"r" want nobudv what
f = g. him ! amt A-sayi' what -
v.a- tina, uufsd up = To- low ' ne "a
, rl eyer. Hut. tam likely Q any
|.-tv "A -. ttzl mach I',lf'-d mp 'thOutcn
H. E.- IA Th" fO1l. IA builss a really. tut
fr., way Do. l,.,k,.i - " there couldn't
uulb.iy u,4.p,ay htrl 30 ia" bong run an
~ 80, l,'lruariL' p,.y about "a.
When I -.--p what h.- weakness va
I ,u-rk.d 'urv u careful. helm = there's
u, 'D is' mat" uii,''l man = weakness
'.Hr Iusr" b, any other ~ay. an ! "ggs-d
trr 900 Geo iaihm' yaIugiuT "tis like We
Va -"'n" -hy mr. On, hut h~sin 'alktn
fr..dlg enough 'bout IA" way lac was
.ruaudrriu' h. lite a-tollsrin' 20 q gam"
% ,1lan-t r. a p'fs--,nu. an lie put ap a
tel abi- strong line - talk.
lie .Ay-. POk.r amt no game %
chrrst. dumini" His our. -cI"nce. au'
tho muU'.y Alays gO~~ 10 the bssst player
To- ~. loug rIIn, ssrn-'s IL al'ays EOss "a
the hans you play faro long enough.
Tl., 'lIng to do - - play bst Ter "a ether
icl'-. inlrs where the scieno. b.
- I TELL. HIM o., wicked. bein de-
si-nu- - l.adin' hun on. an hs lays
tAlnt u.th-- III amt no gAmblin
INTO ~ bee ss-y. The on'y thing -
the 70, 70 - money into tn. game for
tu mas. 10 nJ t.st'n. The tirst man h.
mt. 70 dollar IN r. amt" That amt
gemhhn - - He just gives tho money
TO tts T-pt
Then ia. next man savs Ransom.
~, h-ps~ al h. hand purely a. matter
ID. b'l-iI,-.- " he aess whst he's got
SOM" tnl able good guards he puts some
mo money IntO the pot; just puts mo
nr ,..4- .o,,-,iin' to what be- thinks Of hIH
rvar,ta That ant gambln'. an you
cant max" u out It's. We Amt bettin .
uothin He's Just givin his money Ia
tIs. Ivr
-.Th"n tho next Teller looks at his cyards
az du.-. 1rcor,hn. II he thinks what his
hand ~ better u the first man has inebbe
u" put- mo money in. but anyhow he puts
"a ,uSl az mitch - = tO keep things even.
Ncu cant call that gamblin'. bein' a.
nobody hain't hot nothln. They've on y
gave sufnH inoIey Ia tho pot.
Then n the NEXT man don't think his
hand j. no good he don't put no money
in. They can't nobody call that wicked.
Az after everybody has put a. much
m thu. i,ot ~ ne wants ~ the WELLER that =
put tn. most IN takes u all. Tn amt
npthiD wicked about that. kass " any
body "A IyIt w mo " b" had he'd take u.
NOu en- take u or leaV" It. oordin' to how