The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

outen business
There was some talk % r.dn him
+. oulen town onto 4 fence rail. btn old man
bascom Just nachuliv ha thunk DIFF
Z rent from the rest
III amt no money in that. be- saws
TEN a. he's done 'Cumilated consid able
noAtin capital since he done come here
an Ia ain no sense IN -endIn him away
with y. First on. he says. we'd oughJer
ket mat money aNuv I'm MN. an then
" there's any strong poplar sent ,ment
IN favor o haVlu some fun with him !
don see no p'tic lar harm into Il
Well q cOse there cant nobody taik
al the time as much a. old man Bascom
done thOuten sayin' somepin' sensible
oncet in while. an them other citizens
what was discusain the question they
lowed old man Bascom was right f'r
oncet, - they done picked out three O
the best players there WAS ia town All
ranged for to sick en- onto tins here
Green person.
Bill. Hopkins he was postmaster. he
was one On EN-. an Squire Rodney VS.
= other. an the third. " I rec leCt
right. was a young Teller name o Hank
hotahng IhsV WAS eager enough Tor
TO play. an when TINS here Green hser "A
what there was some o the lsa'In Ci''-
nens lookln ~ game he saws Ns hainJ
no 'blection~ agin sett,h' ln with en-
an trimmin' EN- some he was pow f',i
hi9hmigh sort o Teller
Bascom's hack room. All q Co'se ~ Old
man was there ready TO give irsi Hli IA
tn injured. az the Scripter has ~ ~ ~"
wav o rIbbin IL IN when anybody "a lo-'.
pot BY tellin' him how he'd oughter
played din'rsnt. The neighborS didni
mind his clack an thew reckoned msvhe
this here Green mought get peevish
hearin' os 10 an mOught not play - well
consequent
well. Il worked amazin' First on the
: -
nlaein' too muci, confidence into a small
straight what he hsst an calling Hotaling
him hay in stood 80 raiaPa an -,andin'
pat on the draw ar gheR bsttin'h stack
rwa'nt eStry coed Fda9.. but old man
he'd oughter be mo- careful.
This here Green he looked up sort o.
startled. like hs was loolgin f'r a gun
play or sOmepin'. an when Hopkins didn't
take no notice he just shook his head an
play a tol'ab good game u yo' has a
teacher settin In But there wa'n't no
notice took even alter that. an they KEEP
on playin'.
-Bimeby Green lose a pot. him tryin
70 blun a small pair through an old man
oughteT had sense enough for TO know
he a be called. an Green he aays.
II dunno how many kinds ~ a jackas-
YOU he. but where ] come from they dom
put yo' kind in no 'sylum. They shoot
EN- first
Then old man Bascom he started ~
arRy the question. an Green havIn some
sens.s he seen want no use. 20 I've didn't
pay no mo 'teution An they kep ON
plsyGn; ,;-. ,s.,, r,.,....,,,..,
fellsrs vas some players an 'twa NJ long
Afo' Green seen he Was outplayed an h.
begin to get cold feet But he pear,ad ~
have consid able sperrit too an std -
dulttin' he says
Don't yo'I uns never play with the
Joker it's heap tho Nciun thataway
Pears like a man has mo 81 a chauc-t FOR
a big hand nor he has IN this game
The Squire says no. what they didn
reckon poker with a Joker was lawful
IN Alabama. an ne had heer d Sav il Was
unconstitutional. hut IL there was chance
. gettin' mo Xcitement outsn the game
he didn't mind irwin u r. a spell Just
20 see how twould go An Hank Hosa-
ling saws he's PLAYED u Occasiona! an
thinks ts consbd able az = game 50 Hop
a new deck with the Joker N.
Welt the Joker didn't show M fr
three or 70 deals an Hopkins was just
Savin' what he DIDN'T - no grp't din renc.
a,wesn this an the reg lar game when
there come a jackpot an Hotshug Ne
was the dealer
Green opened ~ the s'ye "a. 'h., pot
under the guns al Hrrs.ns he rose -
Then Rodney folded an Hutahng rra.s
an Green rose u hack
HOPKINS made - $50 utn' ?" p'av a.
Ho,a ling says he reck1rs that : M %
he wants 10 put up an Green g"es pacA
At him with S2n 80 Hopkins ~ calls
-On the draw they both stands rat an
Green bots whit" ch'c hgi Hopkins
pearin 20 10 some duubtfIl sav- he
won't raise u no mo hut n" calls an oil.
CO - thev shows down.
We'll HOPKINS no has The 400 Ling
queen. sly an five 81 C.ub- Al Green be-
has the ace. king iiye an 70 u a. munr-
an the Joker 49, thew both o.lIw- the
pot an there = lpi - talk
Green 10 saws N" got 'WD 4tss N
MS fush an HOPKINS slvs what fuere
can ~ tEo aces ~ no f..-E an n.w tho
besi Green ON DO - - r1l the fukar
queen an that ruaE.'a hts -tv spoT Win
Then old man RasCnu butts ru iu-r
when Green's get'In uElv AZ shown
signs o reachIn tr hi- gun Feared -
old man = idee was no same a. Hopkins
an he speaks some diSrespec'ful ~ any
man whatli underfak" 10 count 'Wo as"-
into a flush ~ Green gets 80 md ~
confused hks = hiS gun goes - stp Re
has II q intel stra ght A. somehow
other old man Bascom gets N front %
the bullet, an that stops the game
Again the parson threw the stump ~
his cigar over the rail ~ the Salina INTO
the Mississippi River and reached for
another. After lighting tins he smoked
on IN silence until X Her Lindsay inquired
with mild interest n that was all thsrs
was 20 the story
Amt that enough ask 81 the "a rson
We'll | dunno sad VI a. ED-t.r
wouldn't 20 ~ Eur = - saw sna' %
am = hellovs lot too much Bu' voI. 49,
Savin' how this here story was meant iov
10 = int a moral Nov wher" the mora
parson'-
There's mo morals into - said the
Dar-on Indignant. nor thor" "es-
on a dog bat m~hbs no on "Fn u be
enough f'r Won tinr to STUDY rn ~ = sU"il
One ~ 2 o man ham n" call 90 butt N
when he amt s-plavIn' A. other - how
Their. won't nobody that knows no'hln
provenents a. = joker INTO IL
But which hand vim ssk"d Buck
Whippls
we'll w all en- sNttis that r. vp' "a n
sells "a "a the parHou