The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04
Bet ASIFHE HAD EN-,
BUT WAS CALLED
blaisdcll Seemed to Suspect
That the Buried Card Was
Not a Seven Spot.
OUTSIDER WENT BROKE

paCk ardS. one way q IOOkin at IL.
Three women Is a heap wuss'n two,
an IL man Is onlucky enough TO- TO
have TO- on 'em on hand to oncet. the
best he en- possibly do Is To- to jump
the game forthwith an immeii,. IL
he en- do ii some quicker n that. so
much the better To- him.
But II sho is amazin how manv
ways women is like poker First on q.
they're onsartin'. TIL on'y thing what
en- be looked To- confident. IN whatever
= unexpected. That'll happen every
time 'thouten somebody puts up a bet
onto II, an then twont. Til amt no
man Twin what en- tell whether twill
or not.
90 co'se most everybody plays the
game, an they's doggoned few wins
out. II a man don't play 1t thes
somepin' wrong about him. an IL he
docs. its liable to be a heap wuss'n
that. II they want no women the
human family couldn't be perpetrated
an II they want no poker they
wouldn't be no use o. Twin, so thar yo
he. Keeps a man dodgin' seven ways
TO Sunday. whichever way he looks
at 1t,
They is one greet 'dvantage to both
on EN-. bein's they gives a man tn
opportunity 70 to git some other fe,-
ler's money 'thouten bein' 'bleedgd 1,
work 70 1t. II yo' set in at poker
with a man what has a wad they is
arays a chanst O. settin' 1t. His wad'u
20 in the pot sooner or later. an mep.
be 20 en- scoop the pot
Similar a mans wad II go To n
woman sooner or later II he don't play
poker. II she don't get 1t afo' he dies.
she gifts II afterwards, an the next
man what marries her gifts t. Both
on 'em is pvided To- the pupposs -
keepin' money in circulation an Vey
is both on EN- extent mejums."
Sounds reasonable" said Jake VIM
terbottom. his tone indicating that he
acouiesced mainly for the purpose %
avoiding the trouble OF investigating
the subject. But" he continued they
pears To he some p'ints o dill renee.
! Amt never had no greet 'Nper'encc
with women. my own self. but s fur :
I've took notice. a man has mo- chan,t
- gettn' his money back alter mes
done put II in the pot n he has alter
hes done gave it to woman"
We'll. reckon that's nigh bout
creek" said the old man. a. one who
comedies a point to avoid argument.
but II he don't git ii back some other
teller gifts it. Holds good in either
cGse.''
ordinarily. so abstruse a subject as
he one under discussion would not
have engaged the attention Of any Of
the old mans hearers. but there had
been nothing doing in his LITTLE saloon
for a considerable time. and the
monotony Of life in Arkansas City had
become tedious even to them. Even
an abstract question served to pass
the time. and ali listened sattentively
enough. though with rather languid
interest.
Il reckon" said Jim Blaisdell after
pause, what they is one pint where
yo' all is got things wrong. II man
has talent an he's willin to set up
Saytmes a-studyin' the game. an
plays it regular every night. he en- git
so . I he understands somepin' bout
poker. but I'm dogGoned II anybody
knows anythin' with KNOWN bout a
woman.
ooh, ] don't know" said Mr.. owen
Pepper. "They's cnsid able many
things about woman what ma
en- git SOS I he en- understand If he
takes notice"
Peppers right" exclaimed the old
man unexpectedly. thus forestaliing
TIE hostile manifestation which usu-
ally followed Mr.. Peppers intcrjection
OF any observation whatever when the
others were conversinG.
II was not that they objected to
Mr.. Pepper personally. They did not
on the contrary. he was always a
more or less welcome visitor. so long
as ne refralncd from controversy. but
he was captious to "A degree and wha
he said was generally So shrewdiy
pertinent that the only possible an
swer TO It was to throw him out. He
never agreed with anybody. and SO
seldom did anybody agree with him
that they all OF them paused in aston
shment when the old man did so
But he continued, AN Jim's right
100. That's what proves what ! done
said about women bein' like draw
poker. Don't make no difference how
much yo' understand about either one
on 'em they's al'ays a chanst o gittin'
a swat An tn amt obody what has
nothin to do with 'em what don't git
II occasional"
"Yo' all knows hellova lot" said
sam PearsalL scornfully. Il reckon
III amt nobody en- tell go nO;hin,
hut tn amt no call TO to rub it in like
yo' be-"
Mr. Pearsall was married man and
he spoke with great bitterness.
II take notice" he continued. as II
greatly eXasperated. what them that's
si'ays a-talkin' bout what they knows
is most gently the ones what don't
know the most least about what
they're talkin' about
"Meanin' me-" demanded the old
man, astonished and indignant.
"Meanin' most anybody what keeps
his mouth = in tho huh eternal time,
hut mo p'tlc'lar No' all replied
learsall unwaveringy. What good
IL s'loon II a man cant 20 to II TO
little peace an quiet when he's
plumb wore out? An how's he swine
20 git EN- If they Is somebody brayin'
iu,tnu cntinyai. rdi&.n up subiecks
,O' discussion what they don't know
nothin' about. no mo- n they does IN
go own private house, an tellin stor-
.rs about Grecnvile what they're
mostly lies anyway, al don't mean
nOthin' nohow. even il go was To listen
10 'em, what they wouldn't nobody
L. 1tal,l L. 10. hn al ooh