The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22

| rTst ono on en- a make . tOi aDlo
good winnin' and then he'd Git a swat
I d set him back serious. but 'peared
like luck was teeterln' back an fo'th,
undecided like. an come breakfast time
they was still nigh bout even up. but
you couldn't "a made neither one on EN-
quit. no mo- n yo' en- prise snappin'
turkle loose alter he's done sot his
Jaws.
They done had some breakfast
fetched In to 'em an KEEP on playin'
! like men will under SIGH circumstants,
an alter Billings done finished his cof-
Zee he doled hand to hisself what
'peared to satisfy him most amazin'.
| Way they played poker them days.
the dealer put up the ante. an O. co'so
the next man played first. Feared
how Whalen was c'nsid' able pleased with
his guards. To- he seen the ante an
rose II ten. They was playin' keerful
svsn II they was het up an they want
no big bets made 'thouten they 'peared
to be some chanst Of tussie. But Bill
ings. he says:
THAT there money looks some trifiin'
to me. Pears like yo' all don't got no
greet confidence into yo' cyardA Mebbe
yo'd better lay 'em down. but case o.
yo' wantin' to play along yoll have to
put up c'nsidable mo- n that. reckon
I'll boost It about . hundred
Then whalen says, Here's where
pears to see q chanst TO to 'cumuato
some o yo' ais chips. That there hun.
dred amt no good 'thouten they Is q
hundred mo- laid alongside ON IT, An
he put up two.
an Whaien done rose II ag'in an Bill
~ - hs,n
KEEP II up thatawsy a hundred to oncet
To- long time. till bimeby whalen says.
'This yerc IL homogeneous. TIL amt no
use O. wastin' time thisaway. I SEQ
that there hundred o. yo'n an 20 yo'
all a Thousand mo-
$50 Billings seen he was some ear
nest. an he makes It q thousand mo- n
him. an Whalen goes back with an
other. till long to'ds dinner time they
both begin to run short O. ready money
an they done begin putin up them !
US what they done took often them
other f1ve players what had done lost
out the night afo.
They was c'nsid'able many on 'em,
On they want no manner o doubt Of
all on EN- bein' good. 20 they didn't
neither on EN- make no ELECTIONS to
that, an they played along 70 the bal
ance o. the day on what negotiable
paper they done had with 'em, TIL long
tods night they done run short O. that
'thouten either one on EN- shown any
signs o. wesk'nin'.
"Bimeby Whelen done put UP the
last O. the I o U's what he had left on
the table an Billings done counted all
they was left O. his pile. hndin' he had
enough to see whalen's bet an boost
him TO thousand mo-. 80 he puts that
up. an Whalen begins to look mighty
serious.
HE says. Look ahcrc. Sam. amt
p'pared to 60 no further not 'thouten
1 puts up my note. an that's somepin'
l never done yet into poker game. nor
/ don't ppose to do II now. hain't no
ELECTIONS to takin' another mans note
IL l know he's good 70 1t, but I don't
give out none O. mine. TIL amt no way
o. mo playin' along on this hand
'thouten has time to 20 out an git mo
money. but I'll do that II it's anyways
agreeable
AN Billings says. "Thatll be oil rlght,
Buck. ! done promised my pa onto his
dyin' bed what wouldn't never do
that my own self. an I sho' is some
prej'diced In favor Of a cash game. mo-
special when I has the OPPORTUNITY O.
gittin all man has. like do now.
Bstdes that he says. I'd kyind O. like
to git little sleep. an probly I'll need
mo money my own self II yo' all is
foolish enough 20 bet yo' hand any mo-.
We en- seal up our cyards an leave EN-
with the landlord long with the pot till
to-morrer an finish the game then
80 they greed to do It. an they both
wropped up their hands careful 30 y
they couldn't nobody tell what they helt,
an sealed 'em up secure. wr.tin' their
names on tn outside an gittin the by
ISLANDERS to witness 'em. so = I they
couldn't BE- no mistake afterwards, an
give the hull business to the landlord
to keep till next day. An they both
went out huntin' 70 money.
We'll. that there was on'y the begin
MIN O. things. They was both on 'em
prosperous. an they didn't neither on
EN- have no trouble In gettin' stake.
80 when they come together agin the
next night, like they done did, they
was both on 'em we'll hxed. an mo- n
that, they was both on 'em us full O.
confidence az they had been the night
afo'. so they played In all what they
done digged up that day. an sealed up
their guards ag'in, an went out To- mo-
money.
well. they KEEP that up To- a week.
an by that time both on EN- was nigh
bout to tn end Of his reso'ce. but they
wouldn't neither on EN- call. an they
WANT no way outen 1t. on'y To- to take
mo- time an git mo- money. an they
wouldn't neither on 'em coil.
by that time the hull town was in
Considerable trouble long o. they not bein'
no reel money In circulation. Tol'able
nigh all they was had went into the
pot what Whalen an Billings was a
tusslin' TO-, an o. co'se they couldn't
none O. that be used, not till one or
t'other on EN- d call 70 showdown,
an that they wouldn't neither on 'em
do. They'd both on EN- sold an mog-
gagged all the prop'ty they had an put
the proceeds In the pot. so they didn't
neither on 'em know whether they was
wuth nothin' or whether they owned
nigh bout the hull town.
1T went on thataway till both on
EN- was grayheaded. They'd meet up
on the street occasional. an stead o.
sayin' 'howdy.' or go to HE'LL or any
thin like that. the question d be, rs
yo' all got any mo- money! an II either