The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
so s I was dom tojable we'll outsider

| didn't ppose 70 them yaps b. set In
the back room an git the hull o. the
deacon's wad none on 'em bein' any
SIGH spenders as he was, 80 | undertook
to give him some p'ints on the game,
but want no good.
II done watched him play first of 70
spell, an 1t didn't took no time TO
speak Of TO- to understand how twas
No was iosin' steady. Feared like he
had a fool notion how flush was nigh
'!s-:;:t 'he on'y thing they was in the
game what was wuth DRAWN TO. He
done pulled 70 flush nigh bout ev'ry
hand, no matter what the prospects was
an nachully he didn't I'LL frequent.
90 co'sc IL man has a To- flush TO
begin with tn Amt genly but two things
to do. One on 'em is to lay down an
tother is to pull TO 1t. But Deacon
Beesly, he wouldn't lay down TO flush
no qucker'n anybody else d lay down
fp' tens even II the odds In the bettin'
was dead ag'in him. An he drawed TO
three hushes nigh bout as regular s
he Ell his breakfast.
1--WE even saw him cali TO- three
guards to two of suit If they was big
germ a seven spot. An just nachu.ly
he didn't git ahead no greet.
When ! seen how that was his ,dee
O poker l done reasoned with him some
| strenuous. Deacon l SAYS. n flush
amt the on'y hand in the deck, an
faint the most VARIABLE at that. When
yo all gifts two pair To- 'xample they is
mo- chance o maxim full into the
draw n they is o. tilln a flush alter
splittin' both pair. an a full: IL a better
hand n flush. p'vdin' yo' git either
one on EN-. Wotinells the good o
/ playin' f1' fushps C'tinial?'
But he couldn't see II. a flush is
mighty good hand he says. co. co'se II
en- be beat same's anythin' else short
of royal. but it's heap bettcr'n the
av'rage. reckon II a man cd Git
! flush cv'ry deal nc cd git rich playin'.
An b'sides. a flush Is pretty hand.
| | like TO look al EN-
/ II seen I'd have to humor him some
| IL I was to stand any chanst o dom him
! any good: so ! says, Yes ! says. us
/ pretty. but faint as pretty as a straight
/ flush. II yo' all is a-lookin' 70 the looks
Of hand. why don't yo play TO- straight
/ fiushes? They Is d'stink 'dvantaGe
| into straight flushes over an above
I flush. heins they amt beat frequent.
/ o. co'se,' | says. they amt made fire.
i quent neither, hut when they be- I says.
they is hellova good chanst 60 20 win
somcpin off'n EN-
well. they want no denyin' but
what the Deacon was plGheaded an big
CITY. I reckon he hadn't never paid no
'tention afo' to nothin' what nobody
done toll him. Just pegged along his
own way. dom tol'able we'll at every
thin he undertook, outsider poker. hut
fallin' down bad in poker, long o not
never havin' Considered it comprehen
sious Ike. An | hadn't no greet hopes
| % him seem the value o my idce when
give it to him. long o him bein' so
biggity. like ] done said already.
But when I s'gested ii to him, 'peared
like he seen immejit how valuable the
dee was, an he says. Have a drink
Greenlaw. | reckon it's worth while
thinkn' that over. Mebbc they is some
pin into 1t. I sho be gwine To c'nsder
it. An we took drink an he went
hum. lookin' mighty thoughtful
We'll, yo' wouldn't reckon how any
body but a bon foold set out TO 10
play poker 'cordin' to no sicA rules as
that. but that's what he done, an he
want no bon fool. neither, even If he
was biggity.
"F'm that time on he never drawed
To nothin' but straight fiushes an ne
one on 'em If he hads many q two to DIS
Il. He'd even take 70 10 a spade { twas
bigger'n a nine spot.
Feared like spades was his fav'rite
suit never seen him pull 70 thot
many of any other suit, but he'd call
10 three no matter what suit twas. an
alays 70 straight flush. Didn't make
70 diff renee what else he helt. he
wouldn't never do no mo- n call on II
an mo- times he'd throw it down dis
gusted like. an irregardless o. what
twas
lust nachully he done KEEP on losin',
some Eastern he done afo, an I begin
to lose faith in the idee hut the Deacon
was pieheaded about that, same's he
was bout everythin else i reckon
what II may take Considerable time afo
git one q them hands he useter say
VIXEN him an me q talk II over oncct
in a while. but sooner or later I'll git
II. an then with the hep o the Lawd
I'm give them pirates swat what'll
s'prise 'cm some.
Then one night when they was en-
sid'able of q game on, I'll be doggoncd
if he didn't make II on a three Cyard
draw. O. cose. 'twouldn't "a did him No
; greet good If they hadn't "a been somep.r
! out agin him. but as ii happened they
was 70 sevens an ace fun belt on the
same deal, an them t helt 'em was tive
o. the richest men in town. That is
they was rich afo' the game. but lucky
! To- the Deacon they was both on EN-
nigh bout as pigheaded a. him, an they
want neither on EN- what yo'd 'Xactl>
: call rich alter the Deacon done cashot
in his wlnn.n's."
!. At this point old man Greenlaw
, stopped 10 light another cigar, and his
:, hearers waited a little for him to con-
;. tinue. When they found that he die
, not intend doing so, Jim Blasdel spoke
I'VE uns Understood what yo' all wa
. gwine to tell somepin bout a man ben
+, wise" he said. "Leastways that was
:, the way yo' begin. But this yer Deacon
. pears 10 been a doggone fool. q cos'
a he had some luck, but a fool has tina
, frequent"
, HE want no fool said old mar
i, Greenlaw. He never played no mo
. poker"
q Well even al that" persisted Blais
dell where's tho moral lesson yo' al
was mentionin'?"