The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
fsIF YOU DRAW A
l GUN. SHOOT


snia Caleb Mix. the veteran bartender
On the MiAAinsippi River packet City OF
Naenhsa. -bWt there want nOthin' Z
'pnarsd 10 he wus "a ma. nor the rule
they had never tO draw 'thout shootin'
DiGn't make no difference whether t'other
feIlsF draWed OF not. r whether he even
W@ntsd to hGht. - p'fessionald most
gsn'ly al'ays shoot IL he dra~ed.
Il amt q sayin but what there moueht
re 'kosp&ions to the rule. n a Teller
throwod up his hands when he seen Re
was covered. an iG he WA quick enough
FOR % cay somspin' what showed he hRdn Z
no thought a fightin' back. sometimes
he wouIdn't he shot.
4 seen a case like that oncst. sbO'd
IN old Creole Bslle-that was the second
Bsils. what busted her b'ilsr nigh vicks-
burg-an' then an there I learned how
the pfe~aional done had . rule. reckon
n was knowin' how they done things
Rive mo such q hatred for EN- = I've
ai'ays had sincet.
-Thars was a couple % gamblers useter
travel that boat consid'able frequent
wlAnt had the name o. helm tao oF the
lowdownest there was ON the river them
days. One on 'em was named Joe Ssldsn
tr Nss cs1'Tu .kek noolsI:
sgrApe in New Orleans.
~ " y " 49,
r.".. - -. 49,.
p,ayin' with tho reel quality. neither.
but there Vas hoss traders an small
planters an such tha' was ready to play.
-, 49, - -,
.n W vs." e"'
Ihls here night was speak'n on
they done rOped IN young zap I'm
.s.nnsnam an Arkansas what waa roiu'
49, ~. y;yer ,h. C,r., ,ir,,a ;D IA. Et.
W. 49, 49,. - " ~ -
RECKON. worn hsety MS pa zone
sent him on some business aren't Any
wagn he had a wad an helm some green
,Ac two n'r.s~ional. vas d,ip' him in
p s'yM
Them days 'twan't nobody's business
So 20 interfere with poker game thoaten
tine car'n o. the boat seen IL wa, too
"a -, s.,,.....u,.. =, - -.
q" 80" 'ne"
mere woolan arrays ne no'nih d'o'
CAp'n O0lethorpe was runnin the Creole
male then. an h~ come in the s'loon
,xhile eh~v waa plavin' hut he ,ook an.
- :. - - - =, -. -
oA ~ '"'s neie s@p ~" s"us1e0 rvs
shoulders an went ont. Likely he reck-
onsd u was time Tor him 10 cut h's eye
,.eah ANYHOW
sn.sn' =. no d,dD', .sv oo,h;r, .,xa.,.,
49, - ~. 80 !,
no time Fr me 20 but' IN, but ! vas some
int rested. seein' how raw they Was pslay-
in an I sDooped round a Hide an
Wnfeaed the game Fpared lik~ th~re
wa'n't nOthin 100 barefaced ~ tina, pc
- - Vas 30 easv v ma, they Tot ga r.le~,.
sThev doOe took fo' or Avs. hunsired
awav NJ n, him afo' ha 't,~arrd 10 vealIIo :,
10 vsas losiV,'. hsIg then he sort a wakrd
Wp, an begin TO look ANXIOUS liEe. bat
even tAen. 'Peared like he was Sla-nin'
Ma hRrk an looI<in' for Ia 10 turn
sfNsn II caFne s~Iden's deal sn sven
him talEe ,hre~ cyards oH'n tire lotion o
she slsck f'T hisnelf ~ oDenlike 4 a rhiid
cd see il. reckon he'd done Il So FIRE.
u,aens afr' I he though, The w. didn',
fnnvT I'M. dlfT' renee
sVs,e an Of A snssslen tho van sttsie bt.u.d
,,o an he save Hold or, thar iou can
NAV that on me No want To- deal on,
- ,or, -, Inc ,I.s,L "
sO' co's~ he'd ourh,sr ha.t s.usa sro.,rh
far ~, know y mar he'sf ourhtaV dyaSeJ' N
Run when he said q thing ike thai hiEt h~
dbdn't. No jusI s~t for ard With ms hands
Ne Vas mrd Iooa,n' al Sa,slsy, ~. he
expec,ed him 10 't,oloViyr cr sotrau,o
me GsS c. .nsid'stis mn s'DSj,c-I r.
minute later. Cr @cldeu jan'ned IN. u,,Iz
,ie ~ his gun right ia hls face. uItc ke-'n
a Vrink. an savs, wotinell are YOU i-,Ikin'
alpoIt?'
well. che v.p want NJ r.r,,l II he N.s
green an no kind - swrllsrot hr "a an
throwed up HE hsHcls. an eye. lIoU't
skoos. LIKELY ! was mi-takSn. trt
thought I seen zpTneptn wrong an the
AeaI.
~seiden looked ~ him minute. an'
he shO wss fooled. The zap loak,,d ike
he was scarod to DIES tn. AZ Selcs~n. he kind
81 grlnned Wiokea like. an he puts hrs
run back IN his rucket an' he ~ -
s.Yo' don't went 10 tnRkr NJ mo such
mistakes like that. pnru That's toll l,a
ssr'ous. that IL
An he picked up his cyprd- like he
yes xoiu' ~ play right hing An HDOper.
he gTfnned io-I like no thought the two
on EN- hid the easiest th,ng eSsV
But tho yep. he ives ppv fat huit
young fesscr. he just waited tIu hc SEEM
the gun tank IN Sciden's Pocket. an
thrn he let dvive with both fists. kprchin'
the two on 'ern lack. chairs IN all at On
tine No.. An sfN they cd get onto their