The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13

DO Il sill he'd showed me nigh shout al
Z he kn0wed. an then told him he sho
was q Ondegenerats an beyond the reach
O. my preachin' an ! left him.
There was q young Teller in the Bible
class up 20 my chu'ch what was some
gave ca playin poker, but oesn on
a young Teller hadn't had the chanst o
laarnin' q much = he'd oughter knoWed
afOre tacklin' p'fessicnals, He was
mighty likely yOOnaster though: an
sAvs % him what u he'd pay me tr some
val'Able tOoition an count me IN tr
p'csntAgs ~ what he He,ight win l cd
Az him 90 . I he cd do Ransom up.
well. that boy. his name was BIZ
Staples an he want NO n p. he SURE
was zane We haRgieo a hit over the
terms hut he seen what there was into "
an we Apent cOnsid able time practistn
till he cd do all RRnsOm's tricks tull q
sne was hotfoot for 10 set right in. hut
reasoned with him till ! made him Sc
what he'd OuGhter wait I'LL ne ID do all
Z Ransom done a heap better a Ransom.
an him helm reasonable seen the sense
% z. Bds in "A month or 30 mo done
turned our the most cnpable player there
was In no'thern Alabama. an then
aicked him onto Ransom.
-Bein a. I was still preachin the Gospel
I want present when RansoIn an MIN
come together. but I he~r'd I'm some o
them Z was what u sho' was insptritin
fer % SO that vounRster 'k.n the man
what reck ned hisself the hest there was
in the hull State when II come to draw
poker.
The way on IL was Z Ransom put mo
con iitIence into his way n stackIn yards
nor he did in Anythin' else. an Staples
lnowed IL. - he took a df rent line. He
played along till they d shifted DESKS Iwo
or three tunes. an he put away a small
straight flush cuten n red deck. keepln h
handy some place when he cd get Il again
when he needed IL.
Then when they co. another red deck
goin' he waited Tr Raneoms deal an
caught To- Jacks pat. like what he 'xpected
somepin' o that sort. an he ptended To
get all het up. 30 he KEEP raisin an Ransom
rose him till they had nigh about all the
money there was IN town In the pot. nigh
about a million dollars there must n
bsen, 'cording' tO what the bystanders
said. am finally when Ransom couidn !
raise no mo- he called an showed down
TO kings.
Well. a. co'se they want no good
PR'in Staples's straight flush. an ] had
the satisfaction a. seein' the highmlghty
humhled an o. cleanin' up enough my
Ownsslf. for to retire graceful m the
ministry
The parson smoked on in silence for
some minutes rfter concluding this edt-
Tying tale. and the others looked at him
in some surprise Finally Foster spoke.
We'll. I dunno he said. i wouldn't
20 80 fur = to say what that story was
some like the soundin' brass an twinklin
cymbals what you saw is mentioned in
the Scripter. hut I'm hornrwoggled II !
zee much in II more n how one man beat
another"
Likely that's cause ] hain't printed
out the mOrals into IT, said the parson
import urbs bly,. There's two on EN-
One Is bow you un- amt 80 hellroarin
sure hut what somebody may come abo a
the Salins one ~ theSe days an play
some sort a poker " Ia you ain I a -Iook kin
for. an t'Other is how the little busy
bee a plsin ornery h~S- sense ~ liable
for to suck the honey ~ financial com
p~tence ouren the highmighty hollyhock
o. foolish vanity
-If Ransom hadn't a been 81 hell
bent ON shown me what he WAS the
Ony thing there was into a grme o draw
I wouldn't "a had the capital Tor 60 re-
tire I'm the pulpit afo' I WIS fired. an
mo n that I wouldn't a been likely for
10 gather up no such knowledge q the
game "a I've been able 60 contribute To
this here coterie - talent. RIt you
all thinks what I need some sort o hltters
'count n havin' tried for In improve 20
minds ! reckon I cd he p'suadsd for to
simple some q LindSay's whiskey.
rhereupOn JET was summoned and the
drinks were served On deck