The sun., 1913-12-07
Strangers Venture In. Hearing
the Champions Have
GOnp to Texas.
GOOD HANDS DEALT TO ALL
They Are Encouraged to Play
Boldly. but Their Finish
Is Disastrous.
~ DAVID 4. CURTIS.

man I'm goin' to the devil If he's plumb
sot on a-doin' Of II. an that's fo' to
leave him go s fur s he likes" observed
.traction. Even that amt aIays no
GOOD, bcin's he'll 20 any ways IL he's
hell bent that way.
Most gently the way it's did is fo'
nis mind sot onto a idee u doin' that
n amt no use ~ sayin' nothin. The
mo he's warned agin it the mo- sot
he sits. as a senl thing. and oncet
mats did pears like tn amt no gret
'hanst o savin' OF him. They is a
strangle holt onto him 10 sho bein' =
What the devil can't think Of the woman
sho will, an 'twixt the two on EN- tn
amt no man has livin' show"
oh. l don't know" said MIR. owen
'epper. 81 reckon they is about as
many single men goes to the devil az
tney Is married ones Bein' : the most
IN 'em H. headed thataway anyhow.
pears like it don't make no gret diff nee
whether he's married or not knowed
man in east Tennessee oncet what
was--"
Don't make no dlf'nce bout nothn'
what happens in cas-, Tennessee inter-
ilpted the old man with rude emphasis
an similar 1t don't count fo' nothin'
whether yo' all .1ows nothin' bout it Or
not, What 80 al knows an mo- p'tic'lar
what 20 don't hnow. ain't no Importance
nohow. No all amt no criterion to go
by
There appeared To he In the old man g
manner as he spoke some iAtimation OF
.nfriendly d.Srcspcct but Mr. Pepper
-nored it calmly.
oh don't know, he said Il haint
never set Gp 10 TO he M criterion. but
"hateNcr do know is most gen'lv so
an that's mo n en- be said o some"
The consensus of opinion among thos,.
rho heard this reiort was that the keen
.,rcdsm Of ii was sufficient excuse
tor its utterance. Old man Grccnlaw.
9owever. did not join in the CONSENSUS
't'- iNfi' i'i i'i MS NldI
and Mr.. Pepper. rather than be the
"tusc of trouble by remaining in the
"arroom. went away from there
No' all pears 10 bc some ha sh the
way so treats Pepper Observed sam
''esrsali disapproVlnglX II amt a-saN .
N hut what he's mo = less Of mus
ance round. hut they - times when he
rears to talk moss sense. S'posin' a
man l. got the misfortun' q bcin' mar
RED. that ain't no reason fo' yo all TO
lac twittin' Of him bout It c'nt.nual. like
No' he. Pears like he mought = We'll
say to home = to come To yo' alrs place
N hear about II all the time."
oh, leave him talk, sam said Jim
Blaisdeli who was also married. but was
less bitter about it than Pearsall III
Inought be some diTr.nt If they waa
any Importance to it. but pears like he's
'blceged 10 to talk all the time any
ways. an hen's IN amt no way o
gettin' shct of H. pears Ike 1t mought 5
well he one thing as another. Don,
make no difference no how"
Docs to me- exclaimed Pearsall. who
seemed to be somewhat eXasperated. 81
come here TO to get Il !ttlc rest an
peace I'm time to time, m | don
p'pose to set quiet an listen to no mar
devillin' me continual long . me bein
married. Mought happen To anybody,
he added by way of eXpostulation.
They Is some truth in that" ad
mitted old man Greenlaw. But tn
amt no 'casion fo' yo' all TO git het up
Sam I ain't aimin' to make NJ
rerrence 20 yo' all in p'tic'lar. I'm on,
"Th' amt no call 10 nobody to dis
,uss gen'l principles" interrupted Pear
sail with rising temper IL he can't d,
il 'thouten twittin' on facts. | CT
stand a heap. but they is things wha
III ain't no man en- be 'Xpected 70 t
put up with. reckon mo- n likely yo
all d bust II you couldn't keep yo' chill
Vaughn, but I'm doggoned IL CT
stand it To- to have 1t waggin' to'ds IN,
al the time
The old man was plainly troubled. II
was not one to shirk . controversy ever
. with one OF his friends, nor was h
.-reatly troubled If at times he rufilet
their equanimity but even he per
ceived that he had in this instance
gone too far. Pearsall was too valu
able an ally To be estranged by needles
and needless talk and being more o
less diplomatic by nature he said Let
liquor
His faith In The efficacy OF pOurin
whiskey Oh the troubled waters of con
trovcrsy was Immediately justified
pearsall. though he continued to muttel
crumblingly joined the little group tina
gathered in front OF the bar withou
any very perceptiblc reluctance, and tn
dove OF peace smoOthed out hi
Unions and hOvered over them agar
But only for a time. Other events en-
4 ned.
The entrance OF three strangers oc
drrcd at the precise moment when
vas open To the old man to adopt eithe
uf two courses. lie might a. etiQuett
roquircd invite the strangers to joi
.n the round OF drinks Just bein
.crvcd, or he might, by stretching
point treat that round az an accom-
pushed fact, and clear away the glasse
- preparation for another round. u
case another should he called for.
While he was clearing them ava
j one of the strangers spoke.
Have another" he said.
Whcn the other had been disposed G
another of the strangers spoke up:
We uns done met up with a ma
onto one - the boats tother day wha
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