The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21
I AW AND POKER
- BOTH FAILED
Unexpected Escape OF a Roll Of
Bills From the Clutches Of
Arkansas City.


no mention made q the reason t. him
bein' IN q hurry bu, I reckon II he'd
lived IN ARKANSAS city ne cd ha' tool
his time about aayin ~ II an not made
no mistake At that
Old man Greenlaw delivered himself
~ this sentiment with great elaboration
and studied emphasis. Then hs looked
around the room as IL Co fnd out II any
body present was inclined 20 take issue
With him seeing that no ono s@emed
dispo-ed IN do so he turned hack and
oreped fresh box ~ cigars
| Looking u over carefully he selected
one that appeared - he 81 superior eN-
cellence and hitting IL in two proceeded
20 eat one portion while ha lighted the
other. When he had the latter burning
satisfactorily he went around To his IA 70
vorite sea, nv the window and putting his
feet ~ IN. ELL smoked in silrnce for some
time
Meantime the others IN the room he
trayei no interest in Whist he was doing.
or in what he had aid. hut prnceedei
with their own eating and smoking ~ To-
ha"co as 1,acidly and silently "a he
Presently sam Pearsall knocked the
sshse or ~ his pipe and remarked. That
'paareh 10 h~en consid' able 81 n trick
they put over on that van I'm Cape Girar-
deau last night
Who done it, asket Joe Rassett
with anguid show ~ interest An
what was u they dones'
loo Bowers and sandy Perkins
-~plisSl Pearaall They come M with the
var - the hotel an got matchin' him
fr drinks tho odd man ~ nav Just
nachullv thew done tunnel their coins
the same way. - 81 they wouldn' Z
neither on EN- get stuck
Then indin he wna Easy they got
matchin' ~ y dollar = throw. an then
~ co'se th"v switch-si "a an turned em
din rent The odd man took the pot
every time. an just nachully one on EN-
had 10 he odd man every time Pears
they took nigh 500 Often him afo' he got
cold feet
Winterbott ON and Blaisdell Joined in the
mild chuckle with which this tale was re-
ceivcd. but old man Greenlaw bris,led
With indignation
An these here was the cit lions what set
round all night eatin tobacco n drinkin
bridge. tellin me there were nothin
diddin round town. he exclaimed bit
'erly Tn amt no wonder AZ q man
losin his temper Pears like Arkansas
City ~ gettin 10 be wuss'n Seldom an To-
morrah
IT the town vas to he saved. hndin' ten
r ehteous men into ~. | reckon thcre'd
Ia nine on en- missin' even 10 I stay cd 10
hum Pears like Moses was DRAWN % IL
altogether too mild when he called men
liars m evidence afo the cot goes 20
show they're fools
Far from being parturhed al the old
mans wrath his hearers appeared 10 have
some trouble To suppress their hilArity
Jake winterbottom. however spoke up
gravsIy enough after a moment or two
That there pears TO 10 a tol able hard
sayin' o yourn .Grsenlaw. he said Who
was 20 meanin' by fools an l,ars.-
= was meanln them = set here IDLE all
night. I",tn' 1870 get by an tellin' me
thor" want nothin didd,n' round town
replied the old man defantly
I wouldn't 80, het up like that u was
vo said Blsisdell sam haint told the
hull ~ tina; story vet Pears like IN. vap
was loaded up full o counterfeit money.
an Joe BAssett done lock Cd him an Bowers
an Perkins all ON them IN the calabooss
this mornin' fr rassin' ~ u reckon
stun do yo'-
Drinks 10 on the house observed
Bassett glsefully While tn" old uan strovs
hard 10 control himself q 4 - this proySo-
-ition hs finally agreed
While they were enjoying their l1uOr
aud the old man = discontinue With elual
yes, they saw that the old man was think
ing intentIy. and after a time b. said
- 4. Il
this ter all What yo done with them
prisoners Jo.s-
-Haint done nO,hin' vet replied the
sheriff i was TsCk'nin' GA arrangin
EN- aio' 20 as justice % the peace whsu
they get ~Jber
That's right. SaId the old man. oo--
daily Perkins an Bowers - good IT.
a toll able heavy fine aGI mo n likely THIS ;
here ysp m up the river ~ got some good
money about him
Cordin' Ia what the higher cots done !
~ III about that last cas-. | tried I haIn't |
got no right u keep them fines a. TIA amt |
no use in finin' on ON But II 'hey'v. |
got money enough amongst EN- To- to |
make 10 wuth while. ws uns mDught |
p suade EN- Ia s-t into a game o draw
ruther n To he locked up
- they all agreed on TINS. baSS~ft de-
parted forthwith for the cslabooss and
shortly returned with the three prisoners.
who certainly failed 20 convey the i'm
pressiOn that they had sobered up to any
extent In fact Perkins seeming To he
y oil acquainted with the appearance Of
4 row of bottles behind the bar. emitted
/ loud whoop Of Joy az soon az he entered
md called loudly for q round Of drinks
After the company had enjoyed his
hospitality and Bowers and the stranger
lad entertained them all In the same
ashton the ju s'ice raped on the bar
With his bungstarter and declared the
>our' TO be IN session
What's the charge aE'in these here
riuninsls. Joe'- he asked after this for
nAlity
4 reckon tn amt no char gs az in en-
aid the big SHERIFF. somewhat aIrpris~d
70 done elected f'r the drinks. didn't
-
That amt the question afo' the house
e'orted old man Greenlsw ssv~ely
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