The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04

what anybody d "a been liable to
under the circumstants.
When Joe Peters come to Little
ROCK nrst OF they want nobody
knowed what he was no different from
no other man. Bein' s he was a
stranger they didn't know nothin'
bout him nohow, but 'twa'n't no time
at all afo' he was looked up to by
the hull c'munity as one O. the leadin'
players In town.
He Killed a man the second night
he set in at kimberly's game TO DIS
putin his play. but they want
nothin' did to him count o. him
provin' to the satisfaction O. the table
what he was right, am t'other Teller
mad made a motion to draw, so they
want no question but what twas a
clear case o self-defence.
20 cose they'd been killin's afo'
mat. but they want many on EN-
ala as quick or as neat as Peters
done 1t. an 1t was talked about en-.
sidable. an then when they seen what
ne was as good a player as he sho'
was his reputation was made, Mo- n
likely he'd "a been reco'nized sooner
or later anyhow. but g.ttin' into a
shootin' scrape right on the start. so
TO speak. drawed attention to him an
saved him a heap O. trouble. 'Tain't
arrays a man gifts to be known To- a
player right away. even IL he is extra
good.
But Peters didn't pear to be pulled
up none long o bein' famous, arr he
didn't never put on no airs. Feared
x he p'ferred a big game. just
nachully bein' qualified to set in, but
II they want nobody at the table
had no greet amount o. money onto
MIN Peterd play with 'em just the
same. He d win a $50 wad just as
afable as he would $1,000.
Il seen him hold a straight fush
one night again To- tens. an on'y win
a natter o. $50 or $40 on It. but he
never kicked. The man what he,t
the fo's put up all he had with him.
an Peters say how 'twa'n't his fault
what he didn't had no mo-. 'Peared
like he was 'ntirely satisfied. on'y he
did say what he'd a p'ferred 1t IL II
rad come into a bigger game. He
didn't say 1t nasty. though. an yo'
couldn't help respectin' Of him To- It.
He want quarlsome. neither. I've
done seen him set in hard luck TO
over a hour to a time. Never win
nothin' on nobody's deal but his own
the hull time, but he never found no
fault with nobody 70 II. Feared like
he was just %nachully plite. Takin'
him all round. l reckon he was nigh
bout the p~leasantest man / yer
knowed 70 a p'fessional.
Him an Kimberly come nigh havin'
a run in onc't. though. an they was
c'nsid'able diff of opinion as to
which one on EN- was right. but the
Minority helt with Peters. m Kimberly
backed down his o&n self when he
seen how sot Peters was.
1T was along O. the kitty. Kimberly
run his own kitty. even when he vas
settin' in at the game, an his rule
was TO to take out a white chip
firm each pot that III over $40 an
two outen each one that helt over
800. That much was understood. an
they want never no kick about It.
O. co'se they couldn't he. seem II was
the house rule an Kimberly run the
house.
But this time they was a unusual
big pot. The play begin kyind o slow.
it bein' a TO- bit ante, call a dollar,
an three O. the players studyin' their
hands c'nsid'able afo' putin up. but
they was some raisin' afo' the draw
an mebbe $50 in the pot when guards
was called 70. Kimberly had took out
his white chip regular, soon as II
reached $40, an then when IT got up to
800 he tookened the second one.
But 'peared like they was mon
strous good hands out an one alter
another rose 1t till they was c'nsid'shle
mo- n 81 900 in the pot. an Kimberly.
he was settin' in. he'd done been rose
out an 'peared to be kyind O. sore
about It..
They KEEP on raisin' back an 10th
till finally Peters give 1t a boost what
they wouldn't nobody call, an just as
he was rakin' 1t in Kimberly reached
out an grabbed a other chip.
But just afo' he got his fingers on
to it Peters pulled his gun.
THAT don't CO. he says. 'Yo' all
lone took tn regular kitty money
Already
We'll, Kimberly was mad. all right.
That was easy to he seen. but he
seer the gun an he dropped the chip.
Then he tried to make joke on 1t.
"'Yo' all wouldn't shoot a man TO a
white chip, would you" he says, tryin'
to laugh.
But Peters says. 4 don't keer
nothin' about tn chip he SAYS. It's
the principle Of it, An Kimberly
didn't say no mo-. That was Peters's
way. He wouldn't quart. but he was
firm.
They was others In Little Rock,
though, was as firm as him. One on
'em was a man named Foster. He was
a business man what run steady TO
six months or a year to onc't an then
bust loose occasional on a wild tear.
Drinked liquor by the case, played
poker an one nigh bout everything
a man would do what was tryin' to
make up To- lost time.
Peters hadn't never met up with
him, but he'd heerd about him, an
like all the other p'fessionals in town
he wal dead anxious To- to set in with
him at poker, him bein' rich an a
lib'ral player when he played at all.
So he was tickled as a dog with two
tails when Kimberly i%nterjuced him to
Foster one night just after he done
herd Foster had bust loose ag'in,
They wa'n' no trouble at all bout
startin' a game, Foster bein' as willin'
to play as Peters was, an Kimberly
an a couple o. house players settin'
in to make up the table. Peters didn't