The sun., 1910-05-08
CHIVALRY AND RIVER
-. POKER CLASH
Ore Ooe1lloa Wsca e.. h1-s
Failed to Ese;p; ts;
Legal Pea,l'y.

! uaa q yOpngater, slii Na'eo wv, 'A'
vstsfan bartender on the Mississippi
River packet City II Natchas
Then days 'pearsd like ths quality
I'll bad rlenty money, an what th'v
dons With u Wa'nt nohody's business
Thsy dung u away = iast = they 90, u.
but they zoe Il 90 fast It didn't pear 10
make % diG'rence. most Ren'lv Vow
an than some one On EN- "A play aNay
an Z ha mad. an 70 wouldn't hear no mo
bout him. fhouten he hloWed his brains
out. bsIf the pane went on lust a. fur 'ous
- ever
Then there was another thing what
reared 10 bs all right them dave bTt
looks heap sight diH'rcnt nov ,nael
what they called the ch,valry o the south
srn gentlemen hi airy was all riYht.
on'y f'r the KILN that went With G. a.
there was a heap o that an the worst ot
u was. 'twa'nt alays The u2ht man 1
vas killed lhiyalry feared to teach
whal iI q nan insulted vo'. yo d ousbtci
kill him. but i; 30 s"t out 10 do It, 20
had TO give him a SNOW ar mo- n likely
he'd he quicker on the dra- n 30 d h,
a. mebbe a hei,sr sAot Thea !! 70 va.
killed into a duel. r . fair tight ther,
want nothin' did 10 the nJIT Z killed
70
Then. Just nachuly. an this hore killin
an Ramblin' got mixed together. an the
nfassional gamblers done mo n thor
shars o. both Some o tn, things { wrs
did onto the hOats doat sound Dackp'
uow. 'Pears lib mon couldn't a did
en- aD' got away with u. bs.n' ~ th'y
couldn't do Il nov. bot they 'pesrod TO ~
nachul enough then. count o Samhlih'
bsin' what twas. a. chivalry BEN ths
pFids o. the South
-ThsEa vas One ,rip ~ tie ti7e pArsM
RatOa gssaEs when i; did look Eks all
he'll red busted loose. u was hs- ssco1d
trin. an she never mids but thres
Likely that's the rpason she amt remem-
hsrsd hstter
There was a heap q uvulrT mong't
the boats an = lot o rich rrvcr mel had
tho Baton ROugs bult 20 bsl: auytidl'
there .aMa on the river. Sho suVp WAS a
bully boat an mo n likely shc'd a
hasn the fastest on the river 4 she hldn';
busted her b'iIer aio' h,r machinery got
wcrkin' Just right
well she vas f,tsd out soGepin'
vonderful. an the owncrs 20, Csp'n Foes
IN run her. bin b,n' reckonsd tn BE-;
oap'n thsre was.
She come nigh breaS.n' the record
90 hsF arst trip % ~. Louis an haoA
an she sure did ta&e tke cream o. tfs
haastnsss vhan sks started on the GO ;ont
lac paSss" gers IS just az keen thea
rinyg a. the uau'ns az tkc ovr srs. Eycry
hrdy Eastsi 20 60 on ,hs lest an. mo
ey'ocial. the fastest boat. an 'peare lk,
the baton Rcuss was goin 20 b. both
JrAs in charge o the mar. Cap'n Io-s az
30 hein' good GTis,cE. a. vas I,-st a.
n -ch worked up a. anybody eltc
well, just naehully there @Sr a l0
a. DfasaioRals aho'd Nhsl ve b.; Nee
orlears TIE sec5rd time. tcin a iher,
WIS some o the uuality soir alor , irs
Fnr.;he tr.p CG2'n Foss Want Go -trig
them days about RaTbl.r on bo'd as b.
wus later 90 a. seq there yss goin
10 b. thir g S-1iddil
'Nshafn = much mo- n rot stgrte ] vso-
I cen tho p'FessioT als vas busy trvil
20 get acquainted with soius o the otfe
RSasagers. az thore vls three gamU
eOn' in the s'loon afo' midriRit
They Nas all siyabls same, bot or
on Fem vas p'tic'lar stTvng They didr
plag limit IN n sIn days. ~ % co'sr a. :
Rade was Liable 70 le big enough if tt'
Dlarers Eot het up. a. taf the mOEay O.,
oar with. but some on 'ein a start in viii
big money IN tks beglrnin'. ar -ce'
81 this table was sO@akin' Of how they
was maxim a ante oi 3, 'all s.. ar VA
hsttin NO0 70 oncst a. frsqueut A. tfe'
was smaller money Al the other table,
they was nlayin mo mod rate; tie art
bein' a half call a dollar. a. tho bettin
not goin' above SO OF s." 10 oncei a.
We'll. st this ore table there va Gv.
DlaVin Al knOwed two on 'rm i'r pies
sionaa. One wEs Pisrre BefurcRa- n
q man wha, hpt oughter belonged 4
the anality. hut he'd gone wrong en-
bic people throN I'd him out f'r soInepin
wn-Ha n common cn' 10 a rur" uluTni
to the bad Thy oomtN3 h ~ the WOrs
of him Z he wouldn't change his NJ no
but be didn't pear % hlvr no sh. ~
Ne vas enIled tNs biggest jr 2dv In Nov
Orleans. but he VS. /. d"v.l Of p ight"-
too, an thCre vTg them ., ty'd be p'dys,
crooked. on'y he hF 1n'' teen caught
The other D'fessiorTl w . m.u In
Nsmphis Whai W Mt 80 we'll known o.
RaaVrexs~d an Want rs'cd 80 high
20 yo' wouldn't think first on wha' they
~ apals .but -es.R 'em IN tho r'rr tOg';hc
r~akorei thsy must b.. fr tho oth'
threa a. seni lsnnep or" wEs pl"7ie
I'm Miss!sSipCl T.n" ~ t.amens. vlE
-pent mcsi Ot his tine ,n Now Orlsar'
Another va = lgNycr r.uc o Dixon
an the tbirt vgTc a Young telcr n..n
n Laaard. Whf' Ngs on his wav hack I
college som res IN tho No'th hia 3
rns ono NJ the richest OTs0'es in T5u
isiana. an The boy hsi NJ mo- MOTTO
n what money wes Tor n he had y Init
ths rhu'ch, Wuss n thE' he'd be"
drinkin' lttle ton much a. dinner
PeAred hksit Eas some stranE" the other
d play with hir' bat 10 Uas, of sg@. ~
liable for 20 - iHsuitet n they didu'
an that there rhiya'rv male @,crybod
careful bout insultin sTybody.
FIRST seen O tho game the Memph
nan had dealt His uamo Sc ~ Hawkin
Clsnsns hsi pot 40 The ante an bsaur'
EaFd came m Thea p,N0n hr trall.i a.
LegHgd rOsa ~ so
HaNkins dropp@i a. Clemens ,tayc
Uhen Besuragard rors . go -o Diyo
dropped but '"gs-h Vo"t ack With 9
mo- That sJavef lenens out ~ Pe1gfl
Rsrd histst it 81
-I.eRard war 3 m fool y h. ~ss youT
an Nili. 20 I kroEei f." must have
mighty good hand shea he puf uu 81
no. Bsaurszari sroWsi % hIs pv n 80
an he studied long tim" uk' 90,
rlaver will sofnef fneF Nh"1 70" Var "a
cad srOther on fore no ttByad
Finally ho @ys Veil ~ take m
sharst in the drau ar h" rskos good q
salh Tor ons yard 'Peared Ike that vi
snouah 10 sh0u Terard Nhat he "a 3
aVainsa. an I thought sure h@ vas 10
whsn NJ tod rat but he knoWoi m