The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21
.NATHEN THE PROFESS
w SIGNAL SHOWED
HIS COLORS
A River Episode That Brought
Out the Facts About
a Gambler.

THESE laws said Caleb Min. the
7 veteran bartender On tho Mise iss ppi
River packet city ~ Nat"hes. -one man
- re"koned 10 good "a another. but
twn'nt alavs -. When begin workin'
IN tho river thinC~ WAS n mighty sight
din rent There ~ them nowadays
what p'terds 10 say how even q niger
- ~ good as \ white man. hut them times
. rigE"r was u Niger He wa'n't reck
oned - ~ npthin' else Even the po'
whites what was rs low down ~ anybody
could be was n dih'rent class Feared
like they owned evervthin' else there
was On top ~ airth to FIN the way
they carried themselves There want
nn question hut what they was Gods
people an there want nobody in the
South what p'sumed to raise the question
Then there was tho % whites. what
want no higher 10 he quality nor tho
niggrrs was an there was the ringers
An bc-'idss thee there was p'fessional
anblcrs what didn't belong Ia no class
They travelled the boats lot. bein
as therr was a good many a. tn quality
travellin an when they was on the boat
they pcarcd To- be lookln' r. devilishn~~s
~ game ~ poker even when they
knnwed some y them ~ the table was
p'frssionala a. CO.. So when they was any
where's else they wouldn't think a. SO
cirtin' with no Professionals. hut they'd
gamble with 'em like they was equals.
mo special when they was On tho boats
-fo' couldn't al'ays tell Thorn pies
siNnalS I'm quality first or. bein' NJ they
rchh" hecn ho'n quality. like I was
s1vin'. an had wont wrong To- one thing
or another. hut mostly want hard 10
tell the dih renee
Thor" was one on err = called u s-ef
Paul Willard what puzzled = good many
mo n mo "a a consd'able spell afo' We
%nowed Z he was reely n p'fes@ional He
wore a handsome young f.ller not mo n
twer ~ five year old an he sho' Ind the
manners - quality lie didn't never
'sociR'r with no other p'fessionals nor
nobody cl-a fur = anybody Cd SOC. Cav
red LIs=alf ike he was a reel gentleman
an KEEP 10 hs=elf al avs 'vcrptin' when
thor" was a poker game on in the sloon
% the boats nights
He didn't never start no game nor
p'po.a plavin' hu, n ha seen n game
goiu' on bod kind o. stroll up TO the table
an look on ike gentleman nisht.
Then " he was ast he'd take a hand bu'
4 he want he'd just stand an watch
same = any body would or mehhe hour
or mo Didn't never butt IN nor say
no'hin
~ co'@a all that want like no other
p fessonal an bein' az b" was careful
tout not travelin' too frequent onto no
one boot reared like ia didn't get
= T. cion-d not r. long time
" hen h-'i zst in be- PLAYED like a
gentleman would Not havin' no side
partner al not never h"in' caught plavin' |
crooked ha us~'er he picked M fr a
sucker frequent. hat there wa'Ut no
I, 'i.ssion 'prared 90 h- overly ANXIOUS (
To- 10 pick him NJ the second TIME
Pm what heared later on 'paared like !
this must ha' leen Ruin' on fo, -ome YEAR, 1
afo' anybody s'picion@d him No wouldn't /
have noihin 10 do with p'fessionals on v |
tn play guards with en- lii" ] was Sayin' |
but 10 didn't miv m with tho quality 1
neither whom b" had ChanSf like he did |
sometimes Iakin' him e. a gentleman |
some IN 'em n zpeak 10 bim m"blIs. an
Il he "a wanted 20 he ca struck nm n good |
many uuAintanc~s hut he " oudn't
Ned been on the old Creole Belle
mehl- 10 or fiv" times goin' I'm New
Orleans 10 Memphis r hack To New
bTlsauS. an nobody tnOlHTf nOInln
mo n inst how he was travlin on bust
ness r pleasure. hut one tim" when he
Wa on the way down he busted loOa.
fr fsir an alter that there want no
question q What he was
some on ~ had took notice q ter we'd
started I'm Memphis how there wan
no pf"--ionals Abo'd tn boa'. Millard
bin rsckonsd one a. m quality. an IL
w"r" sppk" - three r TO times "a h-in'
some -trauga but want long afO' there
al.
-'P-arad thor" was TO planters abo a
what was -oms spo'ty. an they got
tRlkiu' together alter -upper all on EN-
bin tul able well acquainted. when one
On en- h- name was Iivaudai-. p'poa~d
q gam" Graunison an Moore. that
enough bat Nicksr- he was IN other. he
SAYS h.. don't lik. 70 handed poker
Can't We lind some un 10 take a hand
he aays. So they looks round
-On, on EN- s"eu Nillarl waikiki
round an T. 'po-.-d to - at him Nirk"rs q
-avs how they don't want NJ p'f-s-innsl-.
an Grsnnisun ala Moore both says Willard
amt no p'fa--ional 49, they done ast
him an o. co'sH h. 49, N
II was IA" old time game W limit.
lu'V Z man had a show fr his pIl. II
hr sad he was all IN 1h-r" want no
larkpnt- neither. uJI thsr" want no
such hand ~ q straight in IN game so
laChullv there va M no straight rushss
~ WIS raNllA lU'y iN0~ ISfEin
-.g lar genilsmans gam" Tn ante was
wo blt- call . half an there want no
i.t- made TO Consd able while o mo IA
I've dollars Mostly Il a D. a dollar or
wo az "a time an II they bet NJ much
~ 81 th.r-'d either H. a call 'rth' blun a
win Feared like they r'-ely was playin'
% 'mus"msut an not 10 III money there
vas in IA game.
/ seen Consid' able a. the game my
,wn-alf. To- | want keepin' bar then !
Aaln 10 la falf an \ I
ot.d the drinks TO EN- when they called
90 any II were mostly niggcr'- work
hem DAYS. hut we was putin on some
iIgs then an white waiter IN . uniform
yaA rs,k one1 style
-Th" fus' thing that was anyways
Ncitin' come along on Grannison's deal
4 Hard had put up the usual ante an
he next three come in Then Grannison
10 ro1a - 81 an Willard histed him 81
hat 'rrared 10 suit LvaudRis. what set
Iayt an he say- wha he didn't want 10
,ooSt It first N or fear he'd brighten
pm out an he ros" - 3! Then Nickers