The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
CT DDEN TAKING
y OFF OF BASCOM
-. o! the Lookeron Who W ould
Cr,tieise the Play in
Poker Game.

lew ~" stump OF cigar into the
- pi RIVER over the rail 81 IN.
..t. Sahus. What pears To look
., r..'- like they was voices hollerin'
d-rr--- A. the Scriptsr has u
.f4u reckon they had nothin' 10
~ 'ni" the wheels o. time "A
fnf"u "a, IN equator.
mes uut a. nine that kind Of \
..n uuthrn more u u noise. the best
. maAe outsn EN-; but oncet In a
.,u ,ome AcrOst one on EN- what
Dee siren IA IT a mule's hind quarters
tri urto tue bray. an when you do
....s- mo IA liable for to be thinRa
dam
u.i man Bascom Eas some sort 81 a
...'a. hn- that Feared like there
ruthIn diddn' round Tuscum6ia.
~ KEEP store but what he'd mix
A. trv 30 have IL done dit rent. II
ley va- Soin TO paint tn old achoolus
a-1 he aTgy h'sseif red headed 10
n.0,- what there want no proper color
f.r I'D II there Was a new road laid
. % rds the moth end o. town he'd
oils hlsself black IN the face for to make
am change u 20 the east ard r else put
p Town pump n let the road wait
Feared like his principal job vas drvin'
'-- harrer o contradistinction acrost the
'a.r msdders O peaceful hvin'
There was a temp'rancs orator come
.. ruscumhla one winter an give two
soters on tn evils o. rum. He was q
an peart kind o. tAlker an he shO'
~ stir up the town consid' cble. bein'
IS he didn't charge no admission AZ the
,o said he was laborin' Or the good o.
prIce ~ his labors.
BEN as he sold lottery tickets f'r
s,ds line he done consid able OF business
snongs' the members o my flock afo'
: So' onto his game an made him reelize
t0v twas better fr him to divide his
'-.s's nor ~ was 70 have poplar senti-
men' worked up 10 the tar an featherin'
r mt n public interest
-BI, that's neither here nor there al
'1a Scriursr says Pint was { while the
NIl 'own went 10 hear the critter talk
'sr was free show. there want
p BODY bat Old man Bascom took him
sarul~ They was all int rested deep
ing him t.lhn heap o. good stories
..' ne lesdin merchants. all but Bascom.
-. lot 40 anna Gun over the things he
80 siviu agIu rum Seem the liquor
...u~ss was the principal industry o
.sr'Imb,a want no hellroarin' spriss
'Hev should get red headed
~ Old man RHsCom he a. mo het
o. p ANYBODY else his little back room
..r 'hS fav rite bar o. the place an he
.'.s oTd an emphatic. lie he al avs
-. 70 srvfhirs
MS here leC' rer dead right IN
~ NO deadll-r tev'raee n rum u hat
".fn n mi into has victuals I'm rot
n.-u kidueys n sap bis brain. BEN
made % m lasses n its busrsd up
homes "a made mo Widders n the
ar
0O~ ~ ~ iIfTy wear ago our 70
ars rpl able nIgh all on en- drinksd
30 -Ners 80 'hsv all now THEY'VE
tn pny respectable drink thew
h.sIsv an Z hat amt good enough
NV man =" drnA n" neadn't com. to.
80 NJ mo
S,' old man Rascon continued tho
SON after pause. n which n" looked
nd IA vain for some ~ denc@ of
rov,nsni on the part Of his hearers.
a. Tho means % puntn a moral an
io-nin Of 'sle a. the Scriptar saws.
- 30 10 cashed N IN the n nv rsmarkable
p : ls~utnbia v hat SAID a. how the deep
damna'ion Of his 'skin or a. 'hs Scriptar
avs was rol'ablA nigh compensation r.
~ dannahls WEAKNESS y havin' HIM
-ound fr ~ MANY years they d mad
N Nut M wi'h hun
Wolf dunno aaid Mr. Al Foster. 4
,oIlfnt 20 80 fur sto say what u no,Ight
20 a been a relief for To get shut o
II a
'n hear about him. but pears To me what
90 ~ 10 some Aip IN the wsv yo' 10 t@llin
ne eend ~ prominent citizen ain
90 rsrson' ~ like "a know how yo'
- hsllroarin' certain n him bein
ahmed Pears like yo' never went
l'uivsrsal'st church
that's ony a iEgsr n speech ssid
rarson. hastily dodRing = theological
scusslon Il was on'y rsferrIn poetic
- 10 IN unusual circumstances attend
- eNi, frm this vale . tears. a. the
.,rrrtsr calls H.
his here Bascom come ~ his send
- o. tragic through him thInkin he
w"1 mo bout the game - poker n
rar TELLER did There been heap
mon done the same hing hrst an
uu' there was some ~ the cIrcum-
..- % nected with this here p.tic'lar
-..r" Nhat was some interestIn' an
sam they done p inted a moral
Fears ~" m" parson mought 10
-pnepIn alter all said Buck
r-." vho was aroused by the refer
...- 80 poker. -No' all hadn't ouZhtSr
."" 80 r~art Foster Sometimes he
80 fH'n t'resOtne
recS 0uNd Tnebbe YOU uns mought
80" Of, GHma time. SAID the parson.
..''rs' ynUpynd nv his heaTer' . ridiclle
so done '.hor.d With The ohdeg .nerat~
-" r'r N ! hain't forgot how On find
-a' s1pf ~ duit
u - -ayIn' old man Bascom was
them what thinks he's called for
-.r4 Zl.'er out all they 10 ia crook ed.
90 1a~Nully hs made hiasslf mon
...nr lar when he vas plAyin'
..'. 70. mo- special when he was look in
.....t lzs h@ couldn't keep his
h -..' ., natter a hat WIS did. but II
' .." t.-" h..i old man BaScOID q tell
.' '.' '" Il ough'sr played a. din rent
''i'0 20 him shat he didn't pear
~r-'s0I ne game right
"'.' fn"y know ed him 40 well
...nImhia an was used 90 his
Zoe . go "fl-n get killed Ike you'd
90 H" wpuld ~ there vas any ,
.. .H.- any uptIc" - what he Was
q y" "n'y ~ tell him To mind