The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11

VI d suudln I'm rose his hale an
round keerful. I seer then
what he want drunk. even IL he had
done been asleep. which mebbe he
was, an mebbe he want. I dunno.
Then he made good on what he
done said the day BIO. I reckon he
realized what they want on'y one
way he cd do 1t an he done waited
To- his chanst.
when he seen what Cal was RELY
asleep. he done reached out 70 the
money. seem his chanst d done come,
an putin it in his pocket he riz up
soft an smoke. He win out al, right
In that freeze out sho' nough, even IL
'twaa'n't did. 'xactly regular. an he sho'
was Untitled to credit TO- stickin' to Il
like he done,
Proves what I done said, first on.
A man en- Always win out IL he sticks
to It long enough"
"Oh. I don't know" said Mr.. owen
Pepper. Tin Whistle done stuck to
II. 'cordin' to what yo' all says. an
he done win out. sho' 'nough. but
pears like t'other feller stuck to 1t
as long as him. an he done lose
Didn't. neither" exclaimed the old
mail. Val TtoDntT uDUt went aSIepD
at a crikit1 period O. the game an
he done lose out. II red "a stuck
to 1t proper, he'd "a KEEP awake. or
II he'd went asleep. red "a wokened
up. same as Tim done, an he'd "a win
out"
Drinks is on yo' all. Pepper" said
Jake W~interbottom, gleefully.
"Oh. I don't know said Mr.. Pep
per. doubtfully, but recognizing his
discontinue he paid for them while
the old man chortled.
"ft's always So" ne reiterated. after
the drinks were disposed Of. "A man
III al'ays win out II he sticks to II
long enough" And Mr.. Pepper bristled
up again.
"Oh. I don't know" he said. "r've
knowed cases was different. They was
a old man lived back in the mountains
where I done come from in East
Tennessee what was Considerable older'n
anythin' else they was round, 'thouten
twas the mountains. Prob1y they
mought "a ben older'n him. but they
want no way o. tellin'. rs done
herd a heap say what he was prob
1y the Oldest nan In the hull world.
Sho' was amazin'!"
Amt nothin' amazin' bout a man
gittin' DID," said old man Greenlaw
testify. He can't do nothin' else.
Wouldn't 'xpect him to git young.
would yo'? Amt got nothin' to do
with what we was sayin'. nohow."
"Oh. I don't know" said Mr.. Pep
per. Proves how he was stickin' to
It. don't Il? What I was gwine to
say was how he dom stuck to one
thing p'sistent all his life an didn't
never win out. II that want what
yo' all was talkin' about. I reckon I
must be gettin' hard o. hearin'."
"Sho' was" said Jim Blaisdell. with
a grin at old man Greenlaw's ex-
pense. But what was II he done
stuck to b'sides Twin? Pears like
this yer's some int'restin'."
"Oh. I don't know said Mr.. Pep
per. They was a c'nsid'abie number
O. things. Prob'bly he stuck to draw
poker closeter n anythin' else.
They want never a Saturday
night but what he'd come to town an
set into a game. Didn't make no diff
ference bout the weather. He done
come regular. an my gran'ther. what
was SIlC ciuCSt III odAIIH MN ~
they was in Tennessee. done told me
repeated what they hadn't never been
a Saturday night sincet he was a boy
what old Gumbleton hadn't done came
TO town an set into a game.
They want nobody knowed where
he lone got the money To- to set
In with. but they want no d'sputin'
what he sho' had a wad every time. 70
they wouldn't nobody "a played with
him II he hadn't, an they was al'ays a
game. Feared like old Gumbleton's
wad was nigh bout the most reliable
so'ce O. s'ply what the town had 70
spot. bein' 8 they done win II off'n
him reg'lar.
"S fur's anybody cd see. 'twa'n't
nobody's business where he got IL. s
longs he had II. Pint was. how he
done p'duced II. regular. m set in,
Sometimes it'd he mo- an sometimes
less. but he al'ays p'duced. An he
al'ays lose.
"They was them what said how he
was gwine to quit some day. bein's
'twa'n't reasonable TO- to look To- no.
body to keep on playin' f'rever thou
ten he made a win some time, hui
peaASu Inv wa ' tVSS'
'nable hathaway.
Then they was some what said
what he want no player. Way they
put II was how II he knowed anythin
bout the game he was boun' to wir
some time. Guards mought run ag'ir
him To- a few years, mebbe. but they
couldn't run al'ays one way. That.
what he done said. his own self.
81 hain't never helt the guards,
he says. hut stands to reason Tn
gwine to git 'em some time, an In
reck'nin' on givin' somebody m ter
rible wat when / does git EN-
80 he KEEP on, an KEEP on til
bimeby the genl opinion 'peared tc
be how he didn't understand the game
On'y them Z watched him play saiC
how he don nigh bout s we'll Is any
body was liable to c'nsid'rin' the run
o. the guards"
"Yo' all pears to be takin' a heilovt
long time tellin' bout nothin' mucl
on'y TO a mar havin' hard luck" sale
Joe Bassett impatiently.
"Oh. I don't know said Mr.. Pepper
What I was tryin' TO tell was wha'
A.. things don't al'ays turn out the wa.
Greenlaw says. He p'tends a man !
al'ays win cut If he sticks to ii Ion,
enough"
"Sho' will" said the old man grimly
, "Yo' all hain't sale nothin' different
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