The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
OBED DAM BECOMES
REMARKABLE MAN
Tut His Phenomenal Winnings
at Poker Shrink in
Value.
IREENLAW'S ODD STORY
By DAVID 4. Ct TIs.

tain l., Salu o.u man tTeCllaW WIN
the air II one who is fairly well CON
tcnt with existing conditions. But"
he continued. as il willing to indulge
n lie specuia uoh as a matter Of
mental gymnastics. 81; done thunk fire.
uuent what a dlr'rcnt kyind of a
world we'd "a been Twin in II the good
Lawd hadn't "a p'vided draw poker 70
tn elevation o. mankyind. Pears like
they wouldn't "a been a h%eliroarin' lot
% satisfaction in nothin', leave alone
what they wouldn't "a been no edica-
ton to speak OF.
Stands to reason what a man what
amt no poker player amt RELY
edicated. o. co'se. he may have book
larnin' an even know how to ride an
shoot, but IL he h'ain'i been learned
how to play poker he's ign'rant, an his
other 'complishments amt liable TO
To do him no Gret good. I reckon II
| was to lose my mcm'ry bout anythin'
when I git reel aged I'd ruther forgit
all I know about books n to lose a
knowledge o. draw poker. Proof. o
that is what they is a heap o men
what knows s much q books as me
what can't make a Twin, but tn ant
no man what RELY understands the
game o. poker but what en- git along
somehow
"Th' amt but mighty few" said Jim
Blaisdcll somewhat contemptuously.
what RELY understands it,
We'll. that's true. too" aid the old
man thoughtful.y. That is. II rs
looked at one way, | dunno but what
ia GO so fur's to say what tn ain
nobody knows all tn is to know
bout it.
IL amt never met up with nobody
what knowed mo- bout draw poke
n what yo' al. does yo' W self. Jim
but take notice what yo' don't neve'
give up the idee o practisin' Study
50 IS to improve 20 play. If go wa
to Civ that up | reckon they'd b
somebody come along ii o thes
DAYS what ID be liza BILE TO to outpla.
yo'."
"Mcbbe So" admitted Blaisdell. bu
hc continued with evident confdenc
in himself. II amt .ookin' 70 to lie
up none on practisin'. Tn Amt nobod
en- bc a real artist at draw poker. no
nothIn' else. 'thoutcn he gives hissel
10 It body an soul
'Oh. | don't know" said Mr.. owe
Pepper "MeLbe that's true s fur
draw poker goes, but | know a ma
in Tennessee what en- wag his ear
like a mule. an he didn't never Sc
up nights practisin' how 20 do it. Jus
come nachul. an I've got money VIII
saws tn Amt nobody top O. tn ART
what en- do IL no better n he can, eve
IL he en- do it 5 well. Tn Amt no
body CT say but what he's a artis;."
9TH amt no denyin' but what he
a artist all right" said old man Greer
law, "but what good is he? Wa3gii
a. tn ears Amt no pticlar beneht |
the human race, don't make no dill
f'rence how we'll it's did, an II they
any good comes on II they Is mule
divided by Providence 70 to do all III
Vaughn what's nec'ary. An they
other animiles en- wag 'em : well
mules does. TIL amt no call TO
man to do 1t. o. co'se. II faint Ju'
a plain. ornery lie. what 1t soun'
like mebbe tits, this yer man Is a ph'
nombenong, an prob'ly he gifts a hea
o. satisfaction outen doin' on II, b,
outsider that | don't see what they
elcvatin' into ii.
Now it's a heap sight din rel
with draw poker. Don't make no al
fcence how low down an ornery
man is. nor it don't make no difren'
what he's did into his past life. pvid'
faint unreasonable enough TO hi
To git lynched. he en- arays redee
hisself II he sets in to learn dra
poker an has tho nachul ability (
10 make hisself a reel player.
They was a family name o Da
lived somc'res in the southern part
Mississippi what | come to kno
Somep,n' about alter ] done lie
Greenvillc what furnished "A c'nspi
yous 'xamplc q that gre't truth in
The pusson o the fo'teenth son old M
Dam had by his third wife. lie W
a ambitious man, but 'peared like
was satisfied some too well when IN
yer son was bo'nCd three or 70 yea
alter he'd give up lookin' TO any m
Pears they'd kyind q run out o far
bly, names on the other chillun n
his un was named alter somepin' q
old man said sort O. hasty whtn
heer'd the news. They called hi
Obed Dam, an I'm all ! ever he@i
pears the name ft him torabl" we
Feared like they want nothin' me
enough To- to satisfy him, az
spent most o. the time when n,
ought 70 to been CROWN up dvIs
new an original stunts o. cussednesi
"Wust on it was what his dad "
rlttin' to he a tolablc old man by I
time Obed Dam was gittin to tn a
vixen he'd ought 70 been abb"
understand the benefits q ZEN l.Ck'
when he was little m old man 81
him proper treatment reglar, even
il didn't dc no gre't good, but 10
about the time Obed Dam was rec
b'rinuin' to fee! his oats the old ma
uachul fo'ce was ~C'nsid'able abatcd,
the Good Book says, when 1t come
handlin' a hiCk'ry switch, an o 60
the boy didn't have no proper tram