The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
HOW sam PEARSALL
WON DISTINCTION
merely Establishing Himself
rs House Player With
old Man Grccnlaw.
orJrN WORK WITH \ JACK
n, D,yID 4 CURTIS.

II, DAVID 4 CURTIS.
-rbcy ls c~'nstd'able Intelligence Dis
.,,yed in the way Providence done
,rialncd 10 things to be did on nirth,"
aid old mar Grccnlaw approvingly, as
~ throw away the utterly useless
,,mran, u one cigar and drew another
one from LIS vest pocket.
az r.'sa. he continued in n highly
,rilclal manner. they is a heap o
,tines what cd be improved onto II o
, ran was IN give his mind to II. bu,
,akir +, 10y an large | reckon the plan
d, III universe works nigh bout as well
ne ANYBODY en- reasonably 'Xpect. An
they Is some things about i what's
rely remarkable. Pears like they're
het about right the way they Is.
"Mehhe ,hey's mo- wisdom into It n
A man a I've likely to think. bein's even
them things what don't pear to he
rlsh. i tsn',y some 'dvantage to some
body. Take these yer floods. 70
xamr,c, what rips up the fac o. tn
s..h orc't In So often. to say nothin'
q KILN N livestock an 'casional
humans. an playin he'll with the crops.
Looks ike natur was plumb foolish
ta be d'stroy.n' things the way 1t does.
"Eut thcy's c'nsid'ahle benefits into
Il sometimes an | dunno but what
that's what's Intended. l rot some
profit uuten one on en- in p'tiC'lar my.
49, s,if, an | amt got no kick
comm. even If they was u few val
liable ui-"crs drowned when the ,evee
give way.
"Thry was c'nsid'able few planters
drovc away I'm home when the river
riz, an some NJ EN- stayed into Ar.
kansas city TIL the floods was over.
They t1ted some tol'ahle good sized
vAls, an / ucvc done a better bust
ness 1tu' % sinc't. An they was
a game in the back room every night.
As the Good BOOK SAYS. IT'S a i'll
Ns..t Il'A ''ll I 'lbNH INV llfls
"Th,y was one q them games.
thourh, VIVA. corne nigh Z 'stroyin'
my fA.,h in Providence. m ~everythin'
else what makes lie with Twin.
hadn't had X much 'Nper',,.Cc then =
! done got later on. an 1t sho'
'pearei Ike I WIS liable - to be
run.I. II it hadn't been 10 q
m'rl'ious imposition O Circums,ants
wha; set in unexpected | dunno whai
mouIht "a happened.
Them day' | didn't had the same
agVravation q talent playin' TO the
houSc. what they is now. Jim Blais.
dell was dom - It. / seen right
away when I seer him playin' poker
Arst on what he was a inspired ge-
rius with his finger. an | done made
Engagements with him 'thouten delay
Then I got In cahoots with Joe
Bassctt, him bein' some capable player
an liable 70 TO he needed. ase OF any
disturbance. Jake W~internotton
find in Of his own notion. not sayin
much like he most gently don't, hut
see!n' tn 'dvantages his self. So
things was started.
Pat Sam Pearsall hadn't been took
in, not then he hadn't. l knowed he
We're a to,'able good player, but Sans
p'c"o!yar in spots, an ! want sure OF
him. He's like n singed cat. though
helm mo useful n he pears 10 be.
I've kuowed Sam do some tol'able
fne work into the game when some
fool started rough house long O. some
p'as- ,,-far ha ,.,,1lnf, AAlar@tanI II.
amt no s!Ch artist as Blaisdell when
I, ONE 10 dealin' the guards, nor he
Amt no SIGH master hand as Bassett
into rouGh an tumble. but he sho' Is
reliable.
40 n thing he pears to have
reel human intelligence bout raisin
on 10 a busted flush or a nine high
case Of a tie between n o. the house
players an a outsider. o. co'se, tina
gives a chanst TO another boost
thereby putin the fear o. the Lawd
right down into the outsiders innards
AN then case Of a fight San
gently stands back. first off. He AIM
ono 10 shoot first, nor he amt liable
TO do no heavy sluggin', not bein' bull
TO- the purpose, hut they sho is some
Pin highly ~efticdtOry bout the way he
grips a mans arm I'm behint an
twists him up so s I he can't git al
his nip pocket, or trips him up wher
les tryln' % make a rush. Pears
Nk" that's his p'tic'lar lire, an he she
Is a artist into II. | dunno but wha'
he en- Vert nigh bout s much mora
rsn#s.on that away g | kin with
hUn-s'lrtor.
'HJ' them things about a mar has
TO he earned GTajal, an | hadn't a
enough 60 Sam, them days. TO pu'
much confidence into him. That wa!
Row com" he want settin' in at tha'
, ptlclar game what I'm a tellin' bout
'Mehhc il he had a been thing.
wouldn't a went s fur s they did afo
they was stlaIghtened out. But ther
nrtn. II he'd "A been into the gam,
faint likely that thar meracle wha'
saved We uus wouldn't n been did, an
Tie Scripchal Injunction wouldn't &
been justified what says An things
IS put together good To- them wha
loves the I.awd,'
sam want settin' in. like | said
hnt he was settin' by, watchin' tn,
game, an he done a stunt what viii