The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02
NHAN WHO COULD
wi ACT QUICKLY
Queer Poker Tactics Of Mostly
Rellers, an Able CtiEen
OF the OzarkS.

Most Een'ly yo' can't sometimes tell
what a man II do till it's did, remarked
/ old man 0reenlaw. a. he lighted a fresh
cigar from the stump Of another which
had outlived its usefulness. Even then. :
he continued. thou ghtfilly. 'yo' can't
al'ays tell II they done II r not. bein' .
! they done changed OF 30 sudden I'm what
they begin 10 do an done somepin
dih'rent
Minds yo' 81 n streak o. hghtnin .
wha, sets cat 10 10 hit a colt onwood, an
lust afo' II reaches IL n switch on to'ds
/ the nor invest an swat ball CALI. on
in "A pastur. mebbe forty rod away An
il n be did ~ sudden what the cotton
wood won't know but what it's done been
hin. an the bull calf won't know what
twas : swatted him
Il reckon there's times, said Joo
Ras.a,- when it's some better TO man
TO change IN sudden thataway. Pears
like II = mo safer TO to quit bmffin' when
they ~, : the drop on 20. But a. gen !
thing Amt It better 70 man 10 finish
mn like he sets ont Pears like it's some
triflin TO 10 pull a gun an put II back
'thouten shootin'-
/ -Shn' is. replied the old man. but a man
what knows enough To- 10 change hts
mind uuick when the time comes IL
mi gh,y liable 10 20 make the best player
! when Il comes 90 draw poker. BEN sol
iu va ways - good sometimes. but u
hin,ers a man mons' rous bad when
comes 20 a reel emergency.
There was a vup come 20 l.it'l" Rock.
" hen | was ia business mp there. What sho
was mo nf ruzzle TO tho boys n the
Proverbs o. solomon II - Niger
prea cher Feared like they COULDN'T
nobody make NOT hin Of him when ne iuSt
come. an the longer he stayed round
town the mo they couldn't nobody tell
what sort ~ a cr.t'sr lac was.
Called his-elf Musty Boilers. he did
a. co'zs. want noways likely that was
Nj. reel name bsin' = tn amt no Slch
name. but IL done we'll enough TO call
him by. an bein' = he want one 10 waste
no ceremony onto. most gently there
want nobody bothered to u~s his hind
name. jus; called him Musty.
Their. wa MT much doubt h" was tellin
the truth when he said he come I IN th
Ogarks. lie was long Legged. slab sid"d
an wall eyed. bat he done had the QUICK
..-t wnv q gettin' round Of any man
ever
Them rnountaiueers il mostly sprv
lot | reckon they has To b". dodslh
wildcats ike they does. but Musty was
nigh about quick enough fo to dodg"
bullet a'ter Il done started to'ds nun
Some slow he was too when there wa u =
no p'uc lar necessity 70 To move quicK,
but he sho' was sudden IN a emergency
FIRST ever seen IL 1t was into a scrap
4 some a. the boys had over a chicken
eight there was In the hack room on"
rnornin' There WAS a black cock
bInnRtn' 70 Nick Bowles what Il done
killed anvthin' II ever III with afo' that.
an a Speckled beauty I'm Nicksburg
what had teen fetched to Little Rock
a ruppo<e to kill the black.
They come together that time an
Their. was mo- n con-Id able bettin did.
BnwIeS was b.ttin' thrce To two onto his
bird. an there was two or three lookin'
TO mo at the same Odds alter BoWlsS he
done bet all he cd raise.
on, ON 'em was MtIsty. dunno how
much he done bet onto the fight. hut
know ha was -hakin hundred in his fist
an hoIlerin some loud when the scrap
begin. Pears somebody passed the lie.
an there was three or To- shots fired afo' Z
ANYBODY ,l-. Knew who was ShoOtin /
Just nachuliy there was some q the shots I
went Wild. an one on EN- knocked the wad
outen Musty~ right hand while he was
shakln A.
Vow. mostly q bullet VIII en- IL hits a
wad - papar like that'li go right through
n AuVbudy knows that But somehow
r other this here bullet was different
stead 90 I.pp.u through the paper,
Lib. AZ gcn'ly would, IL showed u uuten
MuSty- hand. an was travelin' along
with u. -oincpu' like q million miles "A
minute. like bullets does.
We'll. Mu-ty just reached round with
h,- left hand and ~uit"hed them bills ont
I'm M front 90 that bullet afu they went
10 feet an went On hol"rin' TO a bet
like Their. hadn't npthIu happened. III" .
~hu wa- Vutck ~ his motions
i -, kon Il ! WIS ts'llIn that Their" .
warn nb-a~v.ai lak" Nint.rbottpm crit .
ICailv. ~ tell ~ -pm" d,f rent
couldn't tell ~ no dif' Trent an stick
~ N" truth. sad old man Gre"nla"
-Mebbe not said W.ut~rbottom. but
~ Kind 90 ~ u up - = Z q sound mo
'rU" ike. IL tell h"S twas a sin gold
;I.-'n what h.. was hplilu' up tn' = bet .
S.'H P"."~ !N" u i b- mo l1hl"
g.. Gid pi.-s,. ~ be- ShpvAd along that
awpv nor = would a., - wad - parser
on -uuck-'' "NclaIm.t the obi man
MISTY wtf { No such pIkeT a. that
w.. v.uliu'i t-t less n a hundred onto
DO chm Ken fight
showed that when he PLAYED poker
he continued. hurrvinR On with his story
- II not caring o. be interrupted further
here was Cpusld abl. poker PLAYED
IN the back room that season. beiu' =
he Legislator was IN s.-s-on an there
was ConSd able many Propositions heIR'
made
An there want never no vacant seat
round the tabl" n MuStV was round
hen the gam" WIS made up There
was som" wondered where he got = much
money = h" aldyr pear"d o. have. but