The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

II teartul tnat II WOulu go uehu Hsdlut
affecting meantime a complete forget
fulness Of the subject under considera-
ton Pearsall indeed seemed to be
hopeful that he had done 80 and drew
forth his pipe as IL intending to load
up again.
Blaisdell, however. though no was in
clined to comparative Indifference on
most orner subjects was enthusiastic
In regard TO all matters pertaining 20
draw poker, and he was plainly scept-
cal OF the old mans last remark.
IL reckon" he said, what they amt
nothin' wussn that liable to happen to
man into a game. Not frequent. they
amt" And the old man perceived his
opening First, however he scored a
preliminary point.
Il arays reckoned," he said, "how II
was n heap sight wuss. TO TO hold fos
agin n straight flush. Just nachully
he'd bet mo- on fos n he would onto
"A flush II he knowed the game"
Bla!sdell saw the point well enough,
but being persistent oven u doggedness
no muttered, Couldn't Sit beat no
wuss"
"Sho' could,- retorted the old man
triumphantly. He'd lose mo- on the
hand.
But that amt what happened 10
Bowles," he continued hastily, as II to
avoid any reiolnder though indeed
none seemed possible "Bowles was
probly tho po'est poker player in
Greenville."
Just then Pearsall left the saloon
He had married lady from Gresuville
some years before that, and he cher
ished a violent hatred for the place
But tho old man kept on steadily.
They want no telliu' how much he
done lose into the game a''' ne set III
that time, but It must "a been niEh
'hout all he had, bein's he hadn't sct iu
frequent To- cnsid'able spell 40
that he couAn't he drove outen a game
with guns n they was one on
"'Peare,i like ne was aTays rcck min
how the lurl, was liable - 70 change.
Like solomon SAYS In the Good Book,
Hope jumps CONTINUAL In the human
breast He never wins, but he's a'ays
lonlsin' 10 to. 'Ptnrs Ike solomon
must "a been thinka' o Eow'cs when
he writ IT,
But that amt neither here nor there.
Pint is what BoWles never win nothin'.
o. Co'se he'd rake IN a pot occasional
but ! never seen him cash In. Didn't
make no dinreroe how much ~ a
wsd he set in with he arays went broke
Sfo' ned quit
An tn wust or Il was VOW he a. avs
laid IL t. luck. DiInt pear 10 recu'-
nlze how he didn't know no'hin' bout
| how he'd ought 10 to play en- when
he had EN-. I've seen him r'peatud
when he'd set next TO the opener an
/ hist Il sky hich on a fun hUusc
Just nachuly they wouldn't nobody
come in, him putin mp mebJc three or
70 times what they was into the pot
when ne bet. So s Z they wouldn't hc
no pcen'agc 10 play TO-, an nothu
worth while To- him % win. But that
want the wust thing about his play
! Feared like he seen ev'rythin' crooked
like. II he helt u 10 flush or H.
straight he 'peared to reckon how he
was plumb Sac a. hln'. Anyways.
he'd play en- like he'd done filled EN-
(aready, .lrregardless o. what tho p'Cent-
aCe was.
81 amt a-ssyin' what they was any
body IN Greenville them days what
played no hollova good game. They
want nobody cd qualify as reel ex-
! pert. but they was some on EN- onder-
| stood the rootiments q poker tolablo
well. an they was a good, orp"Iy neigh
! horhood game played, 'thoutcn any
! fancy touches. an Bowles didn't stand
ace high in rho crowd,
| But they couldn't nobody tell him
uothin.' an just nuchullv them that was
settin' In with him didn't never iry 20.
! I didn't never play my own self bcin
satisfied with what / ca Kit outen ehe
| Kitty, an q co'se want nothin 10 me
who win or who lose. but I kyind o
felt sorry To- BoTles. mo special when
7 seen H. want spendin' no gr't amount
at the bar no mo, him arays havin
been tolablc good customer afo' that
an me reelian' what II he KEEP on
payin' the way he done he wouldn't
have no spendin' money loft afo' long.
80 | s1ys 70 him what he'd ought
To- 20 play mo- keerful hut he done
got testy an : much as told me VIA;
'twa'nt non" o. my business how hS
played. 80 I layed back an Kind o
'njOyed seein' him beat after that.
An he KEEP on bein' beat til 'penred
Ike he had c'nsid'ab!o difficulty gettin
n wad together to set in with an they d
he nights when he wouldn't show up
They was q feelin' in the c'munity wNat
he'd nigh bout went as fur 8 he could
an they was them what reckoncd u,
was plumb broke at last.
! That's what Z meant whom 7 sal,