The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
LACK OF FORESIGHT
GRiEVES GREENLAW
Strangers Visit Him With No
Paint and Too Many
Guns.
BAD MEN FROM TENAS

= " reckon the world d IA been u heap
better n it's II men d "a been made
Uin'rent." said old man Greenlaw. It
might have been thought That he was
talking to himself but for the fact
that he cast his eyes about the room
as If challenging contradiction from
any Of the four huskies who sat With
him in his little saloon in Arkansas
City.
As for them. they were fully as
likely to contradict as they We're TO
argue with anything he said at n
time, hut their usual procedure was to
listen to him without comment when
ne spoke. Long experience had con-
WINGED them Of the wisdom Of this, be-
CT when anybody took notice Of
anything he said, he invariably said
more.
On this occasion, however. Sam
Pearsall seemed unusually reckless.
At all events he replied.
"Most on 'em is t%hataway.' he said.
Most on 'em Is whataway?" said
Ire old man. who appeared not to see
the connection.
"Dif'rent." said Pearsall.
"DiT'rent firm WHAT" demanded the
old man. still more at sea.
Just dir'rent.' said Pearsall i'm
--.G, ..N.a' ali ,..a, , oaS-ip' x,,hot
the world d he a heap better n tits Z
men was dif'rent, but they be diff rent.
I hain't never seen no two on 'em
alike"
We'll. I amt sayin' hut what that's
nigh bout true. s fur s it goes" adj
mitted the old man. readily enough.
"but that amt 'xactly what I had in
mind. I meant IL they was diN'rent
firm the way they be.
They cd he a heap Of Improvement
made into 'em IL twas gone about
intelligent. Way It's now, a good rife
II made a heap better n a man is.
even the best on EN-
AS how" demanded Jake Winter
bottom. his tone indicating a difference
Of opinion.
"Well." said the old man. "a rifles
cot n 70 sight an a hind sight. amt
II: An they's both on EN- e'kly SER
,,co,hio U.o,,dr., no va kvrj ~ 4,
rife IL they want. But they's heaps
n mon ain, Got, M fo'sirht al all an
eve II he is got II tain nowheres
n,eb :. nod g his binds,cht - ,tw,s
he,d know whom IN SO, in n, a rome
a. noker an. when IN not"
..wou If va. al, fools ,ba,auav
Thou, il said lin RlaisdelI with great
Ae,ibera,iop 81 reckon IN. ain, nothin'
mo- tn he said. bur I wouldn't call IL
M mnroyemc ~ the penI publlc
was In bo n'yided with that kvird o.
fo'siuhts Pears Ike things is n hear
better the way they he"
"Wouldn't it be a hcap better TO- n
man IL he was to know afo'hand
whether he was gwine To win or lose
into the game" demanded the old
man. considerably taken aback
II was AS IL he felt that his arCu-
mens was unassailahle and that his
ADVERSARY ought by rights TO be silent
ta,, al The same time as if he wa
more or less troubled with doubts as "a
whether Mr.. Blaisdell might not DER.
hans he propared to make n crushing
70 ioinder His ann was therefore
n curious blend of triumph and per.
plexity.
.Nehhe 4, mourht he n ,ol,able GOOD
thing 10 a indiyiil" admitted Rlais.
deli a enough. "but II sho' would
be bad To- the Community. b'sides play.
in hell with the game. I'd like &c
know whar bouts we uns d he liable
To- 70 ni, off al II "A man was IN knou
what was gwine TO be did TO him afo
Es u,as to come in this YER s'loon."
well ~ co,s. they'd bave "a bf
c'nsid'abIe discretion Exercised hon,
interi,Icin' any SIGH mproyemen, :
said the old man ..Thev hadn't ouch,
To- to he no outsiders Let in on IN Il
One a. the first nripc;n,es n nlit,ca'
economy il what he re'test good In.
In no did 10 tho pre,test number an
s,ranpor. don't count"
"Sne.Lir, n, .,r.p,ers" said , NOV
who entersd III. DOORWAY a, ,his ex,c,
moment 81 reckon mo AM, nv nails /.
somsn;,, -, III. lvird an, mah "a,
don, cour, hu, ue u.as reck,pir, MO-,
have dr;nk an,uays Io,,s Inror,
Ho snoLe in a largo brsa,,, n,,v ,h,,
saou.d or,,ra,v r.,nr., 20 90 ,arr. an,
hreo,y narso, as no o.r,,;n,,, ,,as
Morao,o, he Lo,ua,oa 80 uoonu,.,,
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