The sun., 1915-03-28

SluofaDlc long q bCin 's gifted g hc
Is in getin' away with them what
ain't'got the same nachul 'dvantacca
he is. Bill's one best hrag was how
they couldn't nobody make him fight
''-'L 80 h'h ~ tk a.,,..i. pcsr<,. 1,
think how he Il ought 70 To he loo..d
up to long Of it.
They was some what took 'dvan-
tage of the way he sidestepped
when he was crowded. an kyind ~
rubbed II in wSen they had deilins
with him, so what Ii he hadn't "a been
toIah.e well of, he'd IA most likely
went to the po' house. seen' he'd
git srd on $ frckent s he sho' was.
hut Bill used TO to say what his
peace u mind was worth mo- to him
n money. an he wouldn't never
quart over no claim what was made
onto him TO payment. no matter II
twas outrageous.
His way was to pay II an say
nothin', hut bimeby il come to I've
noticed what II man was to git
the best on him into business trans
lation. Blll d lay TO him an git
him into a poker game. sooner or
later. an the oend thereof d he what
n the man d got the best OF him.
previous.
90 cose he couldn't "a did that
'thouten he'd "a been some talented,
but Bill sho was thataway. They
didn't nobody never see nothn' crook
ed bout the way he handled the
cyards. but he sho' done helt mo-
threes n anybody else's two pair
an he filled a full house in the
draw c'nsid able mo- frekent n any
body else cd fil flush mo special
on his deal.
That much came To be genly un-
/ derstood, an they was some talk
about it. but bein' $ they couldn't no.
body say positive what they done seen
nothin' irreg'lar 'twan't nothn' but
talk. an Bill wouldn't never take II up.
All $ he'd do was to kyind a laugh.
an say how he siIo 'peared 70 be some
lucky, but they couldn't nobody find
no fault with a other mans luck, not
II they was game spots they couldn't
an s fur : he was c'ncerned he was
wllin' to back his luck $ long : Il
lasted.
Well, q co'se that was some rea-
s'nable. an hey didn't nobody pear to
see no way 10 answer IL. II B,I, Il
heen quar- lsome It's mo n likely what
theyd a been some argument mo r
less. about 1t, but nm bein' peace
able 5 ne was they didn't nothin come
oi II. an they KEEP on playin with
him II twa'nt nothin hut luck. they
reckoned /; Il be liable TO Change.
sooner or later. an II they was any
skulduggery about 1t, somebody ii be
/, liable to git onto II some time, an thea
Il be time enough 70 In have II out
with MIN.
Things KEEP on thataWay 70 en-
sidabie of a while. an didn't pear to
make no din renee how much they ;ook
'dNantage q Bill outside the poker
game. he KEEP on i'ourishin' ike
green bay hoss. as the Good Book says.
i.e KEEP sto ON the main street %
GreenNille. an ned stay there an lose
money all day. not pearih 10 worry
bout nothin. an then ater supper he
come up /" the tavern where N-P
, bar, an $; in at the poker game an
WI" aTbey 1e, '"o wan, e no no,hi" % made m him
'udt l. 'hVc' o' tM''e'' .'Ne uo'le
saiu' ,neH "aS so',,e"uuN ','Maeu nun
,ee'ie 700 Iur, an pI'' ',p,e .,, m"a "
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