The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

po old dads gray hairs higher an
higher to the grave. till the old man
was plumb wo' out. An they was
mo- an mo- calls TO- troops.
FINALLY the old man got desprit. an
he says TO some of his n~cighbors what
Obed want never gwine to be no good
nohow. an he reckoned tn on'y use
he'd ever be 20 anybody d be fo' to
stop a bullet what mought kill some
body with KILN. an him an the
nelGi:bors turned to an got Obed Dam
good an drunk. Then they toted him
off to camp an when he come to he'd
done been listed.
They was c'nsid'able mystery
'tached to Obed Dams Greer into tn
n: my. the pint bein' what he never
stayed into no one regiment mo- n a
couple % months " mebbe three.
Then he'd show up m!ssln' an he adj
Nertised TO a d'strter, but SOM way
icy never cotched him. an alter a
spell, he'd he listed MO some other
regiment. Gen'.y he TOOK sor.e o.hn"
name when he doe II. hut that f'dn't
do HIM no sood, 70 whenever anybody
made mer;ion OF him they'd lust
nachully use his cree; name. thouten
even KNOWN what that's what twas.
So b.meby he quit tryin' 20 pass his
sclt on under an abb an Just used
Us right name, puflckly shameless.
Couldn't nobody tell 20 "A iong
time how twas he lone d'ser:od I'm
n camp an then listed into another.
but bimeby II come TO be 'ook notice
on what he'd arrays disappear two or
three days alter pay day. an ,'tsr
he'd Gone gone they wouldn't moody
have no money ill next pay day.
Feared like 1t was to.ablc certain
what he'd got The hull wad. an they
was irq'ries made about how he done
got II. An the SAM story come I'm
ev'ry place where he'd done been.
""nfCd'r.t money want wurh a
hellova ,ot them days. hut hey
VAN nothin' else in circlatiol. an
u Co'se the paymastcrs didn't had
nothin' else 70 To g.ve on; when he
come round. .An'bimeby IL got So bad
what a mans monthly wages want
no mo- n just about enough TO to
buy him a plug u tobacco. but bcin' =
they was a heap u men into a regi-
ment the:'d he n reap y money gave
to EN- elective. an the idee sprung
up what IL olc man cd git II all. IL d
be somepin' han'some.
! go c'ose they want but ono way
that cd he did regular. an they u,rtc:
divide thcirselfs into poker parties
, an play table stakes til, one man
into each party d have all they va
: in the game. Then the winners Il
I get together an divide up into par
I ties an do the same stunt over.
An they'd keep that a-goin' iii
they wouldn't be but one man he
hothin'.
Curious enough. 'peared that man
r was Obsd Dam cv'ry time. They
I, want nobody ever knowed him round
hum To- "A p'ticlar gifted player.
I co'se Il he had "a been his dad
wouldn't "a had no call TO TO cit dis
8 Outraged the way he lone. but some
Pm seemed To d'velop into him a
o s he got throwed onto his owl
c ieso'ces. like he was when he got int,
y tn army. an he b;ossomed ont like d
night bloomin' serious all of a suddint
An the way he lone swattod tn en-
fedrit army. ;ak!n' It in sections liz,
e ne done. want nothin' short o m'rac'.
lous.
n First of they reskoaed how :
-. WA III l nolllH ulD u Duiilitdu luNh ail
amt n sayin' but wat they wa
u a heap o luck into it. Sta.ids to rea
son they can't nobody win all I'll
money there Is in sight al the TIM
'thouten he has luck. II they : On
thing To be 'bserved into the game q
" poker an that is what the man wha
s knows the most about deals tn
II guards Is the man what most genl,
81 has the most luck. p'vidin'. that Is
=, what they don't nobody git onto l..
90 co'se. IL they is anybody setiir
Il IN at the game what takes notice {
N somepin' what amt 'xact.y reSta
J. they is S2n'ly ructions o some kyino
an even IL his luck holds good to II
'xtent o. him rot havin' his hal
- bowed or, faint gently good enous
u To- him to make no gre't winnin'
a'ter tina not in the same gam,
to faint,
f. But they want nobody never &c
is deadwood onto Obed Dam : fur $
es ever hecr'd. an he KEEP on the ev
ne tender OF his ways. like tho Good Boo
IS says. till he done skun en- alive int
$ all the camps wat they was in IN.
a part o the country. TIL amt no tell
st how he done il, bein' g II was tolab
DIS nigh Miraculous like | done said, bt
e. they is one way q 'countin' 70 it wins
AID pears to he mo r less reas'nable.
THAT is. what Providence Play
is fav'rites in poker. like It alays haI
mems in hist'ry. Look at the Jew
mt 'Cordin' to III Old Testament they "a
f. arays Gawd's chosen people, an the
a done got away with mo ornery stun
ce n d "a been enough TO 20 busted u
any o. the heather c'munities whi
m they done wiped out afo' they settle
m down peaceablc.
Il reckon 1t must "a been somcpi
To- Ike that with Obed Dam. The
want nobody never knowed nothi
m about him what was anyways to h
o. credit outsider the one important ia
wv what he was "A phenomenal pok'
1T player. but that was all suffcler
&C. Rein what he sholy was in tn
10 p'tic'lar. they want no necessity {
him to have no other virtues.
as II reckon what II the Cnfedra'
he hadn't "a busted up long q the va
MS goln' ag'.n us. like it done eventuou
,rs Obed Dam d IA busted II up afo' loi
pus'nally. 'Peared like they wal
n uothin' in the way o him S!tt!n {
m the money they was in the oountr
he oa'y the printin' presses what W
he tu'nin' il out nigh bout s fast s
i'm vas winnin' Of Il.
rd But when the wal come TO a clio