The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25

-Chicken fights 10 good. hut I was kin
n iookin 10 q game o draw Airbbe ther
Inooght b. somepin' Hike that. alter IN
fight
-sho' there will. exclaimed Jir
Biai-sfell. emphaticallv before IN. oil
man could intsrpOs@ We uns ~ have
game IN the hack room tonight. an
20 all wants To sol in there won't he M
objections
This was accom- panied by -, determine,
a look al IN. old man that he saw oppo..i
ton was fntsle And a. the stranger ex
pressed his satisfaction by ordering TIVE
rosnds Of drinks In quick succession. h.
resigned himself IA beet he could TO th'
prospect Only. when the others had de
parted Tor Nerity's place. h. picked uy
FULLY. testing the strength Of its handle
and swinging II viciously a few times
rs n Ivy way OF practice
later in the evening the Others re-
turned and without great delav settled
themselves in the hack room. with card,
and chips. while the old man sat in the
harroom with Ar Topper nervously
smoking
-Sho'y in vain does a hunter spread
a net where the birds en- see him. mo
! si'ecial ozark bird. "a the Good Book
says he remarked with great bitter
ness Tn amt no manner o. doubt
| bout this here pirate comm fr'm tn
| tIarks. hut he yo' sho it's the same man
yo' done left in linn Hark ins : place.
/ Mr. P.pI"rs only reply was a nod and
the old man sighed deeply.
\ reckon iikr,y thrr-'ll ba q upheaval
round here f. long. he said. an a
downtroddin' q local pride sich IA there
hain't never been afo'
This here pirate il liable TO 10 kno~
mo bout d.slin' n Jim J.la'sd"i does
an mo- bout team rlay n Winterbott ON
an Pearsall both together An il II
comes TO a roughho'ise tn amt nobody
en- draw oricker'n a O7ah man. an he
looks like he cd manhandle Joe Rassett
with one hand IN his pocket
oh. ! don't know. said Mr. Pepper
-Joe's iorable pearl his owns.lf but
how come yo got such "A 'urr'hie dread
% ozark rs'-
4 was up there oncet said the old
man. with "a pardner q min. We had
ABOUT u million dollars in onf-d'rit
money right alter the wah an We was
reck MN on work in it os on them back
woods yaps ,rlayin oker an get in
enough reel money back IN change
one way nm other TO "a consul allie
TO n pav NHanss-
1t shn' was "a h-llrosrin good scheme
an VIZ done tol able well NJ II To- n srsll
lut somel odv come traIlin along while
W. was op'ratin what anow.d the wah
was over an 'twa'n't mo n at our
u mute aio' | learned how ON" ozark
rnOuptaina-r wBs NIs- n seventeen devils
sine. thnrtau cod silver ~ the small
80 nv hpC,'
Mr. Pepper grinnai appreciativelV but
he offered no comment and the old man
laI~sd into silence priCking ny his ear
occasionally AZ -om. sound from The
back room and then rr-'ImIng his fore
bodings
Meantime the gam. ia the back room
was progressing in "A NAV To surprI-. all
who were playing h. stranger himself
WAS plainly aston,sh.-i at the p-rtinacifv
Of his III luck He won. It L. true an oc-
Castonal pot hut none OF those that he
took IN was Of any considerable ~. nor
was there in any inst snr.- uf this Kind any
very clearly defined expectation that u.
would lose on tn. part NJ the players who
were opposed To him
Whenever on the other hand. Ea was
roriSad TO hope bv the excellence II the
cards that h. held, one Of two thing
inevitably happened Either h. found
after having PLAYED 10 the extent NJ his
iuR9n.E; hat hi opponent had a slightly
better hand or there would te two Others
AT the table usually P.arSall ard Winter
bottom who would display such unusual
strength. raising each other persi-tently
in turn that he would lo-. confidence IN
his own hand and lay II down
The others AT the table WERE equally
SURPRISED at his play II wa- undeniah.
that h. understood the game and even
uIave,i better than tn. average man, hut .
of any exceptional ability or Of any ar
regular exhibition 10 skill there wa- not
a traC. so far a. they could -e- and " 7
wa. on, Of the question that there should
h.. any which would e-rape the notice Of /
the four Arkansas city men
The climax came when lin Rla i-dell .
r-d Of the monotonv Of tn. play and
took the deal a. II came to him ~ turn
There was no APT enranCe 81 ANYTHING
wrong IN his d.a ling hut ~ happened
L., ,l.. zsr Jar F,afsa EsAI
p.FoT>. the draw. and a. there wa- con
siderable strength shown 10y the Others.
he pot assumed larg" proportions before 3
u WA closed
Wint.rb1tr"m then called for two "a ris.
N. stranger sitting next. also called
or two. and caught "a pair Of --v-n-
p.arsllI bad already laid down. bnt Has
.-tt took one and the. dealer one.
II being the -tra niger first saw, h. put
M $50 The play had been heavy enough
q make. this an ordinary net. hut Ba--"t'
noksd at his draw with open diSfavnr.
md threw down his cards Then Bai--
l.ll cam. in without raising and WIN
.rbotiom studied long time
Finally he ra seed II floS. nd th. stranger
made IL si1 more whrrsup"r Blaisdell
ropped
: n suddenly resolved. drew ont his
rad and laid II in tn. pot. 10 looked lik"
blum
The stranger counted tn. last bet and
,uud Il was 81 .jGD Then lie counted
- all his own remaining money and
,und only 81 .2,S. II" looked puzzled.
4 reckon he said IN the sam" gentle
rawl n. had constantly used. how t'l
k. me nigh onto SiOo To get back To
hnoi. wh.r. I com. from. but | shoS
Guild admir-. to- call yo' all with the rest
nv pile II it, reg lar Ia hold ont ex.
EMS. money
Wtn'-rbottom agreed To this. and the
III was mad. Then he showed down
var tens.
reckon yo' all IN too good 10 me
nd the stranger sadly and mildly. and
AWAY I can't play ii" mo a'ter | done
lied 10 my pile.
And h. rose and led tn. way tn th.. har
here he treated and waS tr.a ted in turn
hen he went out into the night
som. way ! reckon there must he
IN. question about that there zap
,rnln' I'm RI Ogarks.- said old man
r.enlaw after he had recovered from
= surprise sufficiently to speak
And he failed to notice that the others
nil.d pleasantly.
4 Valuable Apple Tree.
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