The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10

vi, uOn KNOW, Silu MI OWeh |
Pepper. MO n likely them that goes
abo'd Of her II find mo- r less amoose-
ment while they're there. Gawd knows |
they amt much o. that IN Arkansas
City, not "a rule they amt"
Tho old man looked at him thought
fully for "A few moments, as II doubt
full of the proprlety of killing him out
right. Then suddenly seeing a certain
grim humor in the suggestion. he said,
sarcastically:
"Mebbe yo' all is right 70 oncct. even
II yo' don't know It, like yo' don't never
know nothn'.
mot about they not never bein' no
amusement in Arkansas City. yo' aln't /,
right. q co'se. They Is arays high toned
amusement. OF u rational kylnd 10 he
had in this here c'munity an they
arrays will be s long = | keeps a public
house.
go co'se, It costs money, but that's
what money s TO. an amoosements
gently is m r less Expensive. Thain't
pothin' mo- entertainln' to right
minded man n a game o poker an
they ain't no place outsider Arkansas
City whore he en- find no SIGH Of q game
g h, en- arrays find into my back room.
THAT much is well understood by
| them that's got onderstnndln' enough
70 to understand anythin'. even II vo'
all don't never know nothln' bout
nothin'. Ike yo' says frequent.
"They sho' would he c'usidablc
amusement To- them ;. done IT in
burnin' that there boat an lynchin' tho
! hcllyons what's abo'd Of her. let alone
| the satisfaction - maintanin' " greet
moral principle. an p'servin' III" emu
nifty from the devastatin' presence O.
c'rupt influences into our mids. II I
was some younger I'd git bus. right
! away,
"If I was yo' age, Joe Bsssctt. "A
was sheriff. like yo' I've. | reckon !
wouldn't need no proddin' To- to do my
swo'n duty.
| This eNhortation was directed At "a
| huge gentleman who sat where he usu-
| ally did OF an evening W. the saloon
| To do him Justice" he seldom did re-
| quirc proddnE to incitc him - the
| performanc" Of his official duties more
especially If they seemed likely To- In
volve a personal encounter, hut on this
occasion he spurmed uneasily in his
seat
well. amt sayin' hut what they
mought be some 'NCitemen; a-doin' Of
Il thataway," he said. somewhat hest
| tatingly. but me an the boys H. done
mad" It mp To 20 abo'd Tonight
an take n whrl at faro. Th'ain't no.
body got public spirit enough To- to
run bank regular hereabouts an We
don't xii Il chtnst frequent
He spoke as II he and his friends
expected another outburst OF indigna 70
ton from the old man. but TO their
surprise he ptused thoughtfully again
hcfor" saying anything. Then he
smiled slowly
II dunno bur what tifats good
idee joe" he said. as one glimpsins
tho possibility Of profit - don't hold
with gamblin' as rule. hut oudcr tho
circumStants reckon I'll stand In. III
put up a couple a. hundred an yo' all
en- play It 70 me. long with go wad
"Gf yo' win out, tho noiycost en-
he put off spell hui II 20 los, va
all On arres; the hull cabuodlo of EN-
an arrange 'cm afo' me 10 d'sturhin
the peace Thain't no use in holdir
public Office thoughten they * sompln
10 he made outcn II. an me bein 4
lawful cot. we uns en- dispose o this
here case regular an peaceablc"
This proposition seeming 10 com.
mend itself To Bassett as reasonable
one, he said Gimme the 5000" ant
adding the money To- his own wtd. hi
put the whole amount in his pocket
Then, when he Judged the hour wa,
sufficiently late L. allow for tho spolia'
: ton IL such players as might have Wis
tied the househoat earlier in the eve
ming, he left the saloon. In Compan,
, with Jake Winterbottom Jim Bliisdel
and Sam Pearsall, three other men VIII,
, '~-'''- "'"i the old mans saloon a!
| regularly as he did himself
What followed after tha, was graph
I caliy told afterward 10y one Snedecor
who owned the houscbnat I'm question
I He was we'll acquainted with q man VIII,
q had only one eye. hut VINO was a sue
q cessful poker player despite that dsad
Q vantage and to him he was telling hi
: | experience
, Arkansas City sho' is one hell OF
a place" he snid. 81 done tied NJ there
reck'nin' an dom bout the same rs
. done most everywhere else along tn
river, an | didn't had no reason &" Thin
, no diif'rcnt, fust Off.
, "Thcy was c'nsid'abe NJ crowd com
=, abod the first night, an 'peared lll
:, they was all hungry 70 faro. Cprdir
!. to what they done said they amt n
n bank run there regular. an they Wa
fair eager 10 play.
well. o. co'se want nothin to m
=, what kyind of "A game they p'ferrcd.
:, had the p'centage on EN- in evcrythin
u but poker, an me an Mathews Is don
d played together long enough 10 {
u reckon how they was some 'dvantag
IL comm our way in that. Iu, Fare
was dcaln' faro. an I want No way
n Uneasy bout him losln' nu great amour
to none Of EN-.
I well, they want noth!n' went wroni
II not till some after midnight. Everybod
le what come afo' that had been skun sa
n isfactory. an most on 'em had WEI
- asho peaceahle enough. They wan
7 on'y one man nut mp a kick, an v
throwed him ovcrbo'd but he swu
Is asho all right.
t. "Then they was TO huskieS con
lie abod the boat what said the san
o. thing about not havin' had no Chan
h, TO to play faro recent, an Farrell
i opened up a game fo EN-, not s'sp
s. cionin' nothln' unusual, no mo- n dor
n myself
lie They was all well heeled an III,
done some tolable good bettln' so
h was rock'nin' on cleanin' up sompi
m like $1,000 often EN-, when ono on e
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