The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
A GENTLEMAN AND
~ A POKER PLAYER
NJ. BuSk Algsr. Freed From Prison,
Ada to the Floating capitAl
Of ArkAnsas CITY.

"Tha Coed Book Gays what ths inGrati-
TODD o. man 4 sharper n q snakes tongue
an hiaes harder N the winter wind. >
observed cd man GrsSnlaw a. be looked
Faproachfully at his cronlas Who sat
with him n be LITTLE saloon IN Arkansas
CITY.
A. foP then. they looked &c him and
than a one another With an sxpresuion
a mid sUFpr.ss boz nod percsiving
any explanation u tho Old mans out
burst they amoked on IN sileAce for .
time. Conhdens that be would speak
further nov thaa hs had introduced the
Subject Thssvent proved that they we're
right. fog after q short pause In which
10 ssamed 70 bo sEpsotinG some comment
he oontinuod:
Move n likely my gray hairs n he
lOted % IN sorFsr 20 the osmsturTy. like
IN scFiptrV says. hong o. the way you
una IL misbehavin' alter ell been dom
to'rds IN upllftin' o. IN community. an
you uns IN p'tiClaF'
This being directly personal In lts ap-
plication called for some reply, and nc
OordinGly after . short period Of rehec-
ton Jake WinterbOttom said.
Nov you're a-mentinnin' ~ Il. Green
law. I reckon 70 "a look some better u
you wac 20 have 20 hair c'It an some
On u t0ted OF 10 some dumpin' ground.
bui I hain't hserd o. no fun'Fal p'oeanion
bsin' Arranged FOE. n there = aHythin'
satin II 20 long of any misbehAvin'
On the para O. 80 uns. Why not lst ~ know
What tlsP-
'Hers been. continued old man Green
Law. paying small he'd 10 the others
apssch. -d'voein' the hest years o. my
Tie 10 buildin' up the rsppytatiOn O. the
place In the way o. draw poker an pinot
IN the solidarity O. Tho
Back up exclaimed Joe Raeastt We
ms knows an about What you done done
Fr the pOksr game Ilhsly you wouldn't
e. did % much n We ns hadnt sst IN
at The game: but Who = this Solidarity
vO're tAlkin' abOutp ! don't remember
him a-plavin'-
'sOliAsrity's Gresk.' snapped the old
man. 'ah' u means stickin' together
10 thsFe's ban any meanin' 70 ny laboru
all thsss years 'tis Z we uns hsd ought
20 atick iOgsthsr an work r. the game
'Tsln't no more n right, bein' = you uns
gsts . Twin Outen e.
Say. WOtinell re 20 tAlkin' Abo,,f'
siacnlatsd Jim Blaisdell in deep disgust.
Give II . name. can't ye' Il anybody
hasn sidestspping on tho EanEi'
-Mebbs you uns don't coll IL sidesfep-
PIN said Old man OFeenlaw With bitter
ness. when q man comes al the way from
Memphis Uith q Wad for 70 act In a. the
pohsr game in the hack room an gets put
IN the calaboo~e afo' he's been asho' ten
minutes An what fOr'
just long ~ q trifin alteration With q
nj KesT. same's any gentleman i Liable for
70 have n q niEEer's Nagy Talk about
Fobbin' he Widder an the orphanless'
That's worse Hits divertin' capital
outen the legitimate channels o trade
We'll who done it3- asksd Sarn Psarsall
Who d ye R'poss done it'- blazsd the
old man. now angry Don't the sheriff
PVT folks In the calabonse. mosiiy'-
Nov look a here said Joe Basaett.
thus directly aocuaed III you're salkin
o. that drunken van what Atumhled over
a niGRer on the leSee last night an pulled
gun on him. IT'S a good thing ~ him
shat locked him np. That nigRer had a
razzeg out an he'd carved him into hits
in about 20 minutes u ! hadn't collar~d
'eJn both
That's all ri Eb,. Joe. ~ far = II goe~.'
said the Old mAn. hut that drunken vap.
A. you call him. vas a gentl~man an
poksr plsv-r with a wad Couldn't Won
have took him 10 the hotel an pat he
Niger In The calabooss' 'Tain't likely
he'll stay over an play poker alter he's
l,ad . reception like that
How vas I 10 know = he was q spot
lJ1kin' r. q game'- dsmanded the hig
Sheriff Indignantly An IN amt no
hodv here has no call 10 cali me down n
nothin' Z do Und.rstsnd''
-IOs's right s4claimsl Jim BlaisIell.
who perceived the fact that Bassett was
near an explosion. HE doEs hia duty.
an II this here spot has the sense % a
he'll So u when he sOhsrs
up Ans thsrs Il 10 30 h 70 'rplalu things
70 him an treat him right. an mo n likely
he'll fgtoh hls wAd round a'tsr all
'Oh. ! don't know" said Mr. Owes
Pepper. Who had hem listening silsntly
and siisntively &c It's Buck Alksr you
uns Il talkin' about ! reckon he wOnt
Hss over his jag right away. nor he Won't
play no poker till he dOsa.
Buck Algsr don't drink when he's
playin' poker. nor he don't play poker
when he drinks Pm what's been said
reckon he must a started In drinkin'
on the boat. an u hos got such q start
~ to pull a gun On q niggeT ] reckon II
~ b. quite . spell AfO' he'll sst into no
poker game
stop right up 20 the bar. Pepper. an
have . drink said old man Orsenlaw
heartily. re 20 was 70 tell things what
20 DO know mo- frsqUent stead o. tsllin'
what 20 piOnu know all the time 20
mOuaht cone % BE- o0nsid'abls Of q man
some day.
This here b val'abls information 70
Buck AlgsF h that sort Of . citizen tn /
aint no harm did. an he en- Be brSmg