The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
OLD MAN GREENLAW
DISCUSSES WARTS
And Mr.. Owen Pepper Tells
About n Man who Was
:iern without Arms.
AN UNUSUAL POKER GAME
Nv DAVID 4. NT1S.

man treenlaW, II ne got Drains
enough 70 to make the best of IT, I
knowed "A man oncet what done had
wart on the back Of his neck what
Was reel affection"
Lived in Greenvillc. I reckon" in
terrupted Sam pcarsall in a highly
sarcastic tone.
SLOW comes yo' all recknns that?"
exclaimed The old man Indignantly.
well" said rearsall, calmly. "'most
everybody ever knowed I'm Green
willie has warts. But II | was yo' all
I'd put it tother way round. Pears
like the warts goes round with people
hitched to EN- Std % the people
havin' warts. mo- special in Green
vile. why, | knows three or To- warts
right now" he continued, showing
signs Of excitement. what"
shut up, Sam" said Jake Winter
bottom. good naturedly. TIL amt no
good o yo' all gittin' het mp ev'ry time
Grecnvile is spoke about. even il Mis-
Pearsall did come FIN thar. She
couldn't help it IL she was bon in
.Greenville.'
"NIebbe not hut pears like them
Creenville people a ought TO- to not
had 1t happen" said Pearsall sulkily.
But he said no more. and Winterbot-
tom turned To the old man.
What was It this zap done long o.
havin' his wart?" he asked Must a
been onhandy havin' it on his neck
thataway."
Got a bottle q gilt paint" said the
old man, AN give the wart three or
fo' coats o. yaller. Then he used it To-
a collar button. Proves what | done
said \ man en- alays turn his 'f,ic-
tons into blessin's II he'll make the
best on en-"
'Mebbe So s FUR 3 warts goes said
Jim Blalsdell, rather as If he be-
grudged the admission. but they is
'hictions what amt easy turned into
nothin like blessin's."
The old man looked at him doubt
fully for some moments as IL DESTROYS
of saying something that would crush
him but not knowing exactly what TO
say. Then he gathered himself to-
possibly he disputed.
II reckon" he said what II a man
IL hell bent on maxim 'biections he en-
Spite all the philosophy they is in the
world. TIL amt nobody never 'nunci-
ficated no cret moral truth yit but
what somebody $ alays ready to pick
holes into it an rob the world a. the
benefit what en- be had I'm bllevin'
into it.
~ wouldn't have yo' ais disposition
TO- no money. Pears like tn amt no
use tryin' tn make no Improvements
into yo' all's moral character. II yo'
was to listen mo- an talk less mebbe
yo' mought git to be a philosopher go
ownself"
II never seen no greet 'dvantaGe into
it, said Blaisdell. quite as II he had
considered the subject carefully and
had chosen deliberately to be unphilo-
sophical. "Mebbe phlOs phys good
enough 70 them what likes 1t. amt
sayin' nothin' ag'in 1t on genl prin-
ciples. but faint practical
Does We'll enough. mehhe. To- 10
'xplain warts. but | amt interested in
warts, p'tic'lar. 'PeaIs like tn amt no
cre't 'mpotants about a wart nohow.
Don't do no harm : fur's | ever
knowed, an I never heer'd - one on
en- bein good TO nothin' onv the one
yo' all was tellin' about what done TO-
collar button. but tn amt no phlos'-
ply into that.
IF a mans gwine to have warts.
faint noways likely he's gwine 10
have 1t no place where he en- make
use Of IL. MOught he on the back OF
his neck, or IL mought nj"
"Wart is yo' uns taikin ahout?" said
Joe Bassett suddenly. and the others
looked at him aghast.
Many things had happened in Ar
kansas City before and after il had
changed its name from Napoleon as ii
was originally called. ana a goodly
proportion Of them had happened in
the old mans little sa Don on the
levee, in which they We're all sitting,
hut never before that moment had the
atmosphere been polluted by pun.
and the shock was great
flain a. II was they We're a trife
slow in perccivinG that II was meant
As Joke, aud what made it all the
harder Ia understand was the fact that
E'aSsett had never been suspected Of
having tendency To- verbal playful
ness. II seemed at first as II he had
made some mistake. but ms they looked
Al hm they perceived a faint grin
on his rugged features. and they
realized thai he had committed his
onenc" Intentionally.
Retrihuti0n was felt 10 ne called
for, hut as there seemed To hc mo- way
r making tn" punishment III the pgn
they merely erleNed. And that tucy