The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
Unusual Sequence Of Events
Makes an Undertaken Of q
Poker Player.
HIS FLUSH WAS STRAIGHT
And the Shock Of His Too Late
Discovery Immediately
Proved Fatal.
~ DAVID A. CURTIS,

from the apparent revcrie in which he had
been for considerable period. and look
Ing around at the four friends who had
B.. been enjoying their tobacco together with
the silence that had obtained In the little
Arkansas City saloon.
His manner was complacent. seeming To
Indicate considerable satisfaction in hav-
ing set forth an important fact convinc-
ingly. but theirs was distinctly different
Not only did they appear resertful OF his
having disturbed the quiet Of the place.
hut Sam Pearsall at least. was inclined to
dieput" the promises.
y reckon faint no mo- mysterious n
some other things" he said gloomily. az
one who Wa unwilling To- have the subject
discussed further. His remark. however,
seemed To irritate the old man. rather than
TO deter him from conversation.
Mebbe they is" said he, sarcastically
but pears like don't call none on EN-
To mind. Mebbe ii yo' all was TO mention
some on EN- they cd Iva "A COMPARISON made
" they's anythin' mo- mvster o,is n the
way things goes. | sho' would admire To
On Enlightened
q ponds c'nsid' able on what It's said
Jim Blaisdcl with cxaspcrating coolnese,
he perceiving that Pcar>,ll wa- not pre-
pared with an immediate answer II
served to draw the old mans attention. and
also tn ruHle his tempcr further
-What I've they he demanded and from
his tone il was evident that there was little
prospect 1T any more qiietude in the place
well" said Blaisdcll. deliberately, 40
one thing pears hko its n heap mo- mvs-
ferrous how en- most gen " al'ays git
ace in the draw when I'm u lookin 70
aces, mo special ii it, my deal
THAT amt noways my-tcr olis.- said
the old man -That'- ony "a plain. ornery
m0racle. what en- bo did by a man what's
gifted with yo' ali's talents amt Il
styin' what faint Miraculous the wayyo
all does il. but III amt nothin myster o,is
into it
"Sho' IL some mysterious how some en-
'ird such a hellova much 10 talk about. =
observed Jake Winterhottom inn aiiently
Pears like IL grows onto en-. too. the
older they gifts"
"Oh. let him talk exclaimed Joe Bas-
sett. still more impatiently. The way il :
rainin outside. faint no wIl-s TO To set
here n listen to him. n It's to go out
Everybody il got to die some time
Nought az well be one way as another :"
II certainly was raining very hard at tho
time. but Pearsall. who had seemed dis
h"arened even before the conversation
began. now arose
Il reckon III try it," he said They i
some choice into it II | gifts drownded
afo' | git hum it's easier n this. an il
I don't. hum amt no wuss n his i, when
4 a a. a
And he started for the door. but the
strong men in the room shuddered They
knew something about his home life. and
with rough sympathy they suggested that
ne liquor.
He did 30 willingly enough. and they
liquored with him. after which old ma
Greenaw resumed his remarks
It reckon they never did went no mo
curious with nobody nor they done with
oil Deacon Peabody. what was the leadn'
Undertaken q Pike county, to'ds the last
part % tho time he was in business" he
sud. and Pearsall groaned heavily. Open
ing the door he looked out. but the rain
was increasing and with an appearance Of
utter encouragement he sat down again,
and retilling his pipe smoked on doggedly
First OF" continued the old man. the
Deacon were mo of "A poker player n any
thing else but he want no greet of player
Al that, on'y TO- him bein' c'nsid a bile
quicker with his shootin' irons n most
was. that givin' him mo- r less Of adj
vantage in the game.
He travelled round Pike county c'nsid-
able, settin' into IA game whenever he cd
git chanst an a'ter few years he come
lao "a obi M h., no ~
never Nactly what d be called pop lar,
long o there bein' a argument afo' the
game broke M most every time he was
into it They want nobody in Pike
county what had no p'tic'lar 'bjections
TO a -hootin scrape divided it come
uachul an casual-like, but 'peared like
they come to look on il as kyand o mo-
nogamus TO to have ii come every time
he set in, 80 they was sort Of pref dice
growed up ag'i him, an when II come to
d'sposin' o the remains they wouldn
nobody lend him hand, an he was
'beeged TO- to do it his own self.
Got so they made il house rule all
over Pike county what the man what
done the shootin' had To tend to the
buryin afo' he was lowed to c'ntinner
playin'. an Deacon Pea body grumbled
yrievous. He said he hadn't no p'tic' lar
objections ag'in buryin' nobody if twas
RELY ne'slry, but he pferred TO to finish
the -etlin first off
They was som" what said that wa mt
no mo- n reas Bile. helms they didn't
pear to be no sense in breakin' up a
game TO to tend 10 -omepin' what cd
be did later on Just as well. but the ma
iority helt they'd ought fo' To be some
penalty 70 II man what stirred up strife
as frequent as the deacon done, an
they insisted what he'd have to do his
buryiu first of II hc felt disposed 10
set in ag'in alter he'd finished the funeral
they wouldn't be no p'tic'lar 'bjection,
but that had 10 bc did first
"Bcin'. they made ii IA house rule in
the game an through the county, % 90 81
il had to he did. an cur Gus enough that
was the b'ginnin' o the daacon's down
fall Shows how mystcr'o'l things goes.
like | was "A sayin' a spell ago.
"just nachully the deacon d be mo
r less anxious To- To git back into the
game = soon = possible, 50 every time
hs'd git into IA argument with anybody
at the tabie an they'd settle it 'cordin'
70 the reg lar fashion he'd find hisscf