The sun., 1910-04-10

faw. IN which the others joined. -hut
u all IhOss yap- Z don't know nOth,n'
about draw poker d write books about
Al. abuyin' ~ en-
There's more'n that actor Teller that
writes hooks about poker whai don't
know . helbova lot about IT. sa,d Killer
Lindsay. IN deep disgust. I heer d Of
a smart AIeCk in New York that wrt'
one on EN-. an sold u f'r S50o Then I've
sst into q game an lose tn" money IN
about q hour
Stands TO reason said the parson.
what no man knows anythIn' about
the game 10 EwiDe 10 write no hook about
y II he knoSed the game he Nouldn Z
Write no bCok
'Whv not asked Lindsay
lie Nnuidn' nave 10 All, he'd have
20 DO Il he 10 p,sy ~ said the pa rSon
and no one cared to DISCUSS the question
further
But tha, ant got noih,n' ~ 10 With
Jim Noror0ss BEN a roWard he con
t.nlIed w,fh the I'-r~!-t aUCy that had y sde
him q noted figure ~ the pulpit yeaTs
bsfoTe 4 -ay any man - a coward Shst V
~et an listen 20 other man call him
'rooked an not tKnI
Did he do that into = game" asked
Mr. Whipp!e. gTeatIv surprised
lie sho did. fT fact. asserted the
parson Hi was some years ago. an
! didn1 know who he VAS then, bat
knowed him the minute he come on
no a ihe SslinA last night hadn't never
seen him firm that time io this. hat vou
cant make M mistake about . man like
that. an ! shO ~Hs tickied when he lose
his wad last night The Good Book says the
Lord hates = coward. an hsint got no
use f'r en- my own SELF.
= was comiu' up the river on the old
River Queen when I se~n It an the reason
I remember IL 81 I'd just left the MINIS
try an hadn't rightly settled what ! sh'd
do f'r . livin' Just nach1lly was lookin
round an bein' a. there wa some pok er
Roin' on onto the boat " atched the game
aome Close. not KNOWN Whai Providence
mought pint Out rr a aD'e-e - useful
ness in case o me not gettin = call to
some other chu'ch.
night bsin' ~ ] seen Tr the hTrt time
hos easy twas fr expert TO skin .
Ssckssr o. co'se I'D knoWed consid' able
about poker afo' that. but hadn't never
act In my own self. an ] hadn't Looked on
much. bein' - ] was some careful bout
what sort OF . 'Nample { uSs -e'tin' TO
nv congregation
-Rut there want M congregation
abod the boat an nobody knOwed me
90 I sen nv chancet an took ". Ihia
here Norcroas Was piayin' an | spotted
him or a p'feasionai right Gwav. bein' 80
he vas conaid abls slicker with has fingers
n . amachure has any right To be. Tie
didn't make No bad breaks z ] seen. bat
I knOWed considerable bout slciGht o.
hand even then an 7 seen some OF his
sri,.s Dlain a. the tail on . dog but o
co ~ didn't aay nothin'. not bein In the
game an not havin' no wish for TO set In
trouble.
There was q couple o. planters playin'
with him an q Teller firm tn OzaTka. I
reckon. Anyways he was sevsn foot high
an ronghsr N the bark On . tree. but he
had slatherS y money an want M ways
tinnid about putin % Il up.
He vas drinkin' conaid' able. but the
Whlskey 'peaged % run down into he
boots stead % goin' IN hls head. bein'
as there want no signs 80 " iakin' holt
Of him. He want M slo a of a player
nsitber. an them two planters 'pea-sd
70 pat up a aoi'able strong game thei,
own selfa. bmt NOrcroes had 'cm heat
from he'll 20 bgeakfaet.
sO' co'as didn't had no p'tic'lar Oh iact
n watchin' them. bein ao ] vas st'ldyin'