The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

no call TO nobody to speak disrespectful
o. money"
"well. that amount amt button
often yo' shirt" insisted Pearsall, and
Blaisdell evidently thinking It not worth
while to say anything, Winterbottom
spoke up.
Did yo' all ever 20 fshin'?" he de-
manded with a show Of impotence.
Who's talkin' about fishin'?" retorted i
change the subject.
Il b." said swinterbottom. coolly. |
Had to use bait. didn't yo'?"
go co'se," said the old man. but I'm |
a-talkin' bout
We'll, thirty-fo' dollars amt no greet |
amount o. bait To- t. use II yo' IN |
fishn' To- wad," said Winterbottom, |
interrupting.
"Oh. very WE'LL" said the old man. T,
seeing the point and showing signs of
notification. III yo' all reckons this
here zap is comm back with q wad
that's diff'rent, but mebbe 1t d "a been
better to make sho' o. what he had
with him even at that. A bird in the
, mouth Is worth two up q tree, as the
Good Book says"
II don't reckon-1 knows" replied
Winterbottom. but though the old man
asked for further particulars no one
would tell him anything more.
Meantime the raw boned youth whose
dazzling success in the back room had
80 disturbed the old man was on his
| way up the levee toward the boat
| landing, exulting in the ease with which
/ he had swelled the contents OF his
pockets and clarifying his future with
avaricious dreams OF the enormous
| winnings he would make when he
should return with sufficient capital to
| enable him to play grown mans
game. For he knew where he could get
| the money. and he had vaingloriously
betrayed the knowledge to the astute
gamesters he had bested 80 easily.
MY pa won't never give me no grit"
he prattled when In the course of the
game ne had been forced to acknowledge
| his inability to see a bet that BlaisdelI
had made. trying to urge him along.
But en- al'ays git anythin' I want
I'm ma. She's got most o the money
anyway, an she don't think nothin'
o. lettin' me have thousand u oncet.
1 amt got nothin to speak Of with me.
but en- git It easy
| Thereupon without consultation or
hesitation the four Arkansas city men
had reconstructed the plan OF their play
and for q few hands had exerted their
skill rather in the direction Of increasing
his small pile than in taking II away.
In consequence II had been made
plain to him that all he had to do was
to keep on making bets In order to
gather in profits, and though the bets
were small, he continued doing this till
he had amassed the sum already mem
toned. At this point. however his OPP
ponents judged that he had gone FAR
jenough.
"Th' amt no use playin along like
this" said Blaisdel in evident discour-
agement. "Yo all sho' is a expert. l
amt saw nobody play poker like yo all
does 70 hellova while. But" he con-
ltinued. III yo' was to set In with a real
wad / wouldn't mind takin' n whirl with
,, yo'. Pears like ! can't git my mind sot
onto the game proper 'thouten they is
mo- money into it
II reckon the gent en- play as good
To- real money y he does 70 small
change" said WInterbottom doubtfully.
He en- beat me easy enough. ar e fur
y I'm c'ncerned. pears like It's a heap
better to play along thisaway nor II
would to set into big game with him.
That's all right" said Bassett. II
reckon II man en- win chips he en-
win 'em whether they stand TO dollar
: or TO- ten dollars. but I'm like Jim. !
4, don't see no use wastin' time over n
game like this. II I'm Rwine to lose
I'd rather lose quick nor to piddle II out
in pennies. II the gent amt got money
, enough 70 to make it wuth while
: don't p'pose TO to play no longer" And
d he rose from the table.
: well, wouldn't want to play into
no big game with man like him. said
/. Pearsall. Pears like ! en- lose enough
this away"
Q But the others derided him for hi
D lack OF sporting blood till he was an
D gered and declared that he would mo-
!, be left out even II he did know he wal
l liable to lose against 40 able an antag
$ onist, and the boy said with needles,
o profanity that he would show them a
e an early date that he could play as wei
lin big game as In little one.
He found II not easy to arouse an,
: show OF enthusiasm in the party owe
: the prospect Of encountering him in {
: further contest, but the more reluctance
I they showed the more eager he became
s. and by devilling them on with taunt
: AZ to their cOwardice he finally sue
Iceeded In obtaining promise tIdt tHe.
;, would give him another chance to vii
;. their money provided he brough
: enough with him to make the game in
: teresting. Thereupon he exultantl,
= started for home.
e While he was still enjoying with un
i holy glee the swats he intended giving I
= the misguided players who would ven
ture to cope with him he encountere
o an acquaintance on the boat in the per
I, son Of one Mr.. owen Pepper.
n Hello, Pepper; whar 20 gwine"
10 "Oh. l don't know" said Mr.. Peppe
II II reckon mebbe I'll stop of to Helen
I, an sell yo' pa a bill o goods"
J. "Fine," said the youth, but don
lie tell him I been playin' poker" and h
lie proceeded to tell his story with gres
n, dramatic effect.
pr II sho' did learn them fellows somepil
%, bout poker" he boosted.
"Oh, don't know" said Mr.. Peppe
It IL reckon they understand II tol'ab
le well 'thouten bein' learned no mo-"
l. "Well," insisted the yOungster.
g. tookened thirty-fo' dollars away frol
'em. Looks like cd play some my ow
'ir SELF"