The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09
One Of Them Had a Spotlcss
Name and Both Played a
Fine Game Of Poker.
ONE HELD A ROYAL FLUSH
And One Married on the VIM
nings. but NO One Knew
Which II Was.
~ DAVID 4. CURTIS,

Beats all how dfrent people is
c'nsid rim how much alike they be-"
remarked old man Greenlaw. looking
thoughtfuHy at nothing in particular
out through the open door Of his little
saloon in Arkansas City. The best on
en- amt no bettern anybody else when
80 come right down to II. an the
wus. on EN- don't pear TO he SIGH n
hellova lot Nuss n most Pears like
Ithe bulk on EN- is much Of a much
ness.
An yet" he continued. as If lost in
wonder at the vastness OF the subject
he had opened up. faint frequent
how they is two on EN- what they
is both the same as t'other ony when
they happens to be twins II they
happens to he BON at the same time
IN Amt no tellin' one I'm tother
gently.
They was two on en- lived up to
Little Rock when | was tendin bar
To- Jim Bingley At the Lone Star Hotel
up thar what vas"
A, this point In his narrative Sam
Pearsall interrupted the proceedings by
hesving a sigh of such desperate
character as to disturb the peace. Hav-
ing done so he resumed his perform
nnce with a pipe Of tobacco. as II
wholly unconscious Of having attracted
attention.
The others looked at him with sur
prise as II expecting some explanation
but as none came Jake Winterbottom
said solicitously: "Anythin' hitn' 20
all. SAM"
"Nothin' p'tic'lar." said Pearsall. in
differently They was kyind Of
load fell often my mind how them twins
didn't live in Greenville. Pears like
couldn't a stood IL IL they had"
"Greenville amt no wuss'n no other
town" exclaimed the old man testify.
Places is like people. ones c'nsd'able
like another on'y TO what happens into
EN-"
"Greenvile amt" replied Pearsall
with much heat "Th' amt no Gawd
To- sookener spot on airth n what
Greenvlle is Look at them what
comes I'm there" he added Indignantly.
Well, tn amt no good blasphemin
bout it," said the old man soothingly.
He knew, as all did. that Pearsall had
married lady from Greenville. Il
reckon. they has to be some lowances
but these here Entwistle twins didn't
happen 10 he BON in Grecnville.'
Praise the Lawd." said Pearsall p-
ously
TIL amt no call 70 to rub IT IN" re-
torted the old man, his temper rising
again Il said they was I'm Little
Rock, didn't I? What mo does yo
want"
"Nothn'," said Pearsall con .entedly
and went on smoking And after glar-
ing at him for a time the old man re-
sumed his tale.
Il never seen two men 50 much alike
ne said AS them two Entwistles was
Feared like they want no way o tellin
one on EN- I'm tother. mo specially
jim
III they was any diff renee into EN-
'peared like he was some mo- like
Joe n Joe was like him, but
1t vas ony when they MAS both
together how anybody cd see that
much. II yo' seen one on en- to
oncet tn ony way they was o KNOWN
which one yo' was talkin' to was to take
him 70 tother one. Then yo' was gently
right. but even that wouldn't alays
work
18th amt no denyin' what they done
an II ever they was fwo men ed play
both ends ag'ln the middle they sho
was them. Fust off twan't no trouble
At all 70 either one on EN- To prove "A
alihi case of any difficulty. bein's they
never travelled together when they was
mp to no deVilment, Didn't make no
difference what neither one on EN- done
t'other one al'ays took the blame. an
bein' able to prove, like they arrays
could what they wasn't the one. they
couldn't neither one on EN- he belt re-
sponshle,
"One on EN- was church member.
hut nobody ever knowed rightly Whlch
ono twas Cordin' to the preacher
record It was Joe. but both on EN- was
nsChul hon liars, an even when ne
was tooken into membership they
didn't nobody know but what it was
jim, an he was sho 'nough hellyon.
Nobody couldn't put rC past him 70
n take Ioe's place. when it come to
gittin' the right hand o fellowship, an
- colse II he done that II Jet Joe out
I'm rh obligations of bein' member
As fur that went they was both on
en- 'ntitled 10 the privileges o h'longin
an b'twcen the two on EN-, one on em
had a spotess reputation,
AN while I was to Little Rock, they
done ek'ly well into what The preachers
called the ha'nts o vice n the BODIES
q 'niquity, meaning any place Where
they was LIQUOR to he had or any poker
played. o. Cose, they don't nobody
hold arn en- To- talkin that away
he'ns they don't know no better an
ony does 1t AS a matter O business
anyhow. but its some 'Xasperatin' al
~" same "a To be helt up 10 Spurr
vneA 20 amt d'servin' OF IT,
'But that ain, neither here nor there
They'll he liquor drinked, an poker
played ., long s they is men on alrth
an them Entwstle twins sho' done "A
heap O both. on'y as | was sayin', they
never done il together.
'pnc on en-, an it was al'ays reck-
or"d fc' - ~ Jim, LONG q him hein
tho hollyon, played II monsirous capa-
hI- game, vat : fur = cd make uu'
ho d!irt have nothin' the hest % Joe
IN that ptic'lar, To- they want neither
ono on en- liable to lose no gre't wheI