The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21

thi@ hHre - cotntsrfe,' = not tho 60
II hcd q till ia found out An rein
~ tn an ~ ''y 'i"uc" AZ in thss'' priS
on~rr they II have 81 l.. ,ii-s hArgei QHss.
ilon -. how b" they goun' q squAr" thsir
s~lfs f'r rtIttn' N m'"hnerv o. the law
IN oprrAt Ton CAiIssl.-Ss-
u motion they >at tIp tho drinks. ~ ~
Sam rearsali With IN. air Of IN" who wl-
woarIesl bv the t~chniCalitis's OF IA" Law
and this suggestion VS. haIl'd wuh &C
claim
Il appears-i thar zach ~ the ihr.r hal
som" com N hrs Possession which the
sheriff hal not conhsS ate-h and 'h"v weT"
all ready o. sguand~r u IN" ~ ranger
however. who had ohserN ~ IN" pro-
ceedines with oWiiSh gravity and m total
silence hitherto. spoke up siiddenlv.
! Reckon ] mus bs ECOi marian
+ fell 'mong thieves. he Said sadly First
on ropei m sucker games n h"at outer
trO0 Then locked M n robbed Now
get scharg~i thouten cous" Anl h"
WeR, , ,
surprised his hearers greatly. and they
Looked AZ ono another somewhat sheep
i.hly
10 all sho' il Eivin' th,s here stranger
snrn@ ~ ~ rough deal. Said JAS" Winter
bottom reprOnchhIllv. Pear like he
was decent man II he vi. on v sober
Looks To me like yo'd better loan him his
boat fare, Greenlaw. an l"t him go home
tn his ma
To this. however. the stranger made
Objection with profane emphasis
DO wan no loan. he said. Wan m
money Lick anyhod' says = Cpun fCu
And he threw hs hat on the nonr and
turned hack his cuffs IN high dudr"on
THIS was still Inorr embarrassing
To fight man in his condition WIS out
OF the question To Civ" HIM back his
money hefor" learning positively whether
u was g"nuin. seemed equally unr"ason-
able And rs Bowers and Perkins seemed
roused Ivy tho Strangers outbreak ~
show 81 Indignation an their own account
old man Greenlaw was fairy puzzled for
"a moment as 10 the proper pr c"dur".
Presently BlaIsd"ll PROPOSED snu-
tion
-Mebbc this here money - good ater
all he said Anyvays ] reckon M
amt much rrSk IN ,ettin' tho stranger
have chips TO Il. au II We at IN with the
three On '"m To- gam" ~ draw mo n
likely we en- win whatever Cuin they got
50 thcrN'Il b" some PRINT into y
won play draw Play stud said the
stranger and after som" Discussion this
was agreed 70
Bowers and Perkins both declared their
willingness TO play and ~ all three had
shown some gold among their coins Their"
seemed To be REASONABLE" PROSPECT ~ a
satisfactory conclusion 10 the whole
matter
On counting tho doubtful hills old man
Greenlaw found that they amounted To
tlSn. 50 he slowly counted out their
equivalent IN chips and sold 81 apiece 20
the other two outsiders The tour hous q
players took So each and the game was on
That's NH IN gold to the good any
way. sohlouuizad tho oil man a. the
others went into the hack room. an
there's no tellin bu' what the rest % the
money On bs worked OF som" way
Meblss 'taint ~ had ter all
His thought was that the house PLAYERS
would have an easy and speedy victory.
and 50. though the back room door was
left open. no paid no particular attention
conversation with o ne Owen Pepper. who
came IN and called for refreshments
Somewhat Ia hrs SURPRISE the "a me
continued for a long time. and the first
call that came from the card table was
that 81 Rasa EFT for n seCond stack Of
glance that Bowers and Perkins were
both winners and that the stranger was
apparently asleep
Greatly perturhssd he returned 10 the |
harroorn and waited for another interval. /
after whl"h hs went back inst IN time ~ /
49, tho stranger rake IN large pot and |
lapse again into "A doZe. while " inter- |
bottom called for NOR" chips
'SEo. - -pin-pln wrong. hs Couhded !
to Mr. Pepper VI hen he had ret red behind !
no thrn. yaps like them Roin To do up |
the 10 best players m Arkansas an them !
half drunk az thai
-Oh I don't know said Mr. Pepper. !
Them there yaT- a. yo call em IL toll alb" !
goo-I players How long yo' know"d
EN-
Perkins an Bowers ~ been knockin'
round 10 couple 90 weeks sand the old
man. but ia amt nobody round here
knows nothIn' bout iuih"T un" IL"
on v com. 70 town yesterday
oh. | don { kno0 SAID Mr. Pepper
Likely BOWERS an Perkins hHuws him /
All threo on EN- comes I'm Memphis
They sin't = fessionAl- hat they IN rnCs-
oned ~" hs.st RnaChur" players ~ Ten b
ner-.a The one w. don = know 10 a hank
examiner. name a. Hopkins an he's IA"
biggest practical Joker uu' o. Jail
Helm shouted the Old man reaching
for his hungsiart.r and rushing INTO the
back room again
To his ama7ement b" saw Hopkins 4
pulling IN another pot and all three - m" .
outsiders perfectly sober. turned around
and laughed at ham. while hr- four friends
gaped ~ Ana1"menf
IN amt no bones broke. old man
~ a Hupkiu- iOvially "" ms - pat I
~ game on 10 ms an ! reckon the .
drinks - On the house That MONEY - all
n ghi III tax" ~ 10 chips = fur = %
goes but the balance 70 en- paw uut-n vn' .
Jwu pocket
And f.r once Old man Gr--nlaw had .
nothing - saw