The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

That's Latin" replied the old man,
an 1t stands TO Queer how it's Ever
Doubted"
oh" said Pearsall.
Well" said Blaisdell. "mebbe they
IL mo- into this yer philosophy n
man'd be liable to blieve. 'cordin' to
the way yo' all puts II now. one
mans blessins sho' is liable fo' to
he mo r less Of fiction to some
body else. hut that there idee o. yo'n
bout collar button CROWN on the
back OF mans neck amt Philosophy.
rs luck. same as gittin' a royal flush
on some other mans deal
"Oh. ] don't know" said MIR. owen
Pepper. who had entered the saloon
while the discussion was going on and
who had not heard the ws,ole of It. but
| who had kept silence for as long a
| time as he was capable Of doing. 81
never herd o. nobody havin' collar
button CROWN on the back OF his
/ neck. an I'm free to say ! don't b'lieve
II ever happened.
But what go all IL sayin about one
mans Fiction bein' blessin To some
| body else don't kive- the case, not 10y
long shot. Sometimes it's blessn'
To him, his ownself, mo- special IA
draw poker An they was c'nsidable
ph 'los'phy into the case got in
| mind"
Mr.. Peppers interpretations in the
| discussions that sometimes went on in
the saloon were not always received
graciously. II might he said tina, they
were usually resented. his habit being
to disagree with almost anything he
, heard. as he had indeed done in this
| instance. But without knowing II he
| had To some extent corroborated old
man Greenlaws original utterance.
and the old man. not having succeeded
to his own satisfaction in maintaining
his position, listened To him this time
with some show of affability. and
| checked the movement the others
made with the evident purpose of
! throwing him out.
Have drink. Pepper" he said,
! and all lined up at the bar.
After the ceremony the old man
said. II reckon 1t mought he some
int'restn' II yo' all was to xplain yo'-
self some. Pears like yo' Ia got the
same idee | was just putin out my
| ownself. but Blaisdell kyind o helt
different"
"Oh. don't know" said Mr.. Pepper.
"Mebbe | amt got the same idee "a
yo'n. an mebbe | has. but ! sho' did
know a case what was some int re.tin'.
about a man what was bo'ned wrong.
His name was Phil Fuller. an he lived.
what they was OF him. nigh to where I
did when | was boy.
Trouble with him was what ne
never had no arms. They want cut
off. nor bit off. nor nothing like that.
He was just bo'ned thataway. an a.
cose he was just nachully Considered
mo- of curiosity n anythin' else
They didn't nobody pear To think what
they was much good tryin' 10 raise
him, on'y his oil black nanny. an
she done took cyar Of him like a hen
mothers "A chicken what's no good II
she amt got no others.
We'll. Phil growed up TO he c'nsid-
able mo- Of a man nor anybody d he
liable to 'xpeCt c'nsid'rin' his handicap
an he got al NJ some conf BILE in the
world. bens his old man was rich
an he didn't never had TO do nothin'
10 hisself. They was plenty a
niggers To do anythin' they was to he
did. an his oil nanny mothered him :
long 5 she lived
But she died long about the time
Pills old man cashed in. an when
they come to settle up tn estate they
wa mt nothn' left 70 nobody In the
family. they no, bein' enough 10 to
pay of the creditors Things sho'
looked bad 70 HIM. He had two
brothers. but they wouldn't neither
one on EN- do nothin' e. him. en-
siderin' him mo- of a fiction n any
thing else what he sho' was to hsselr
: much = he was to his family. an
mebbe mo-
Just nachully ne was fo'ced 10
study how he Cd do srmethin' to arm
a Hvin'. an 'peared like they want
much what he was good 10. bu; when
some on 'em asst him wha, he opposed
TO To- do he s'prised EN- heap
Told EN- he was gwine to play
poker. Said he hadn't never took
hand in the game bein's he didn't had
no hands, hut he'd set round watchin'
a heap an he b'lieved what he cd do
some hettern the av'rage player, mo
special as he'd just nachully he
'beeged To win. not havn' no other
way ~ gettin' a Twin.
Them that heer'd it told him first
off what he'd he to a c'nsid' able dis
advantage into the game long ~ not
helm able to deal when IL came h's
turn an SO hein fo'ced to take what
ever the others seen NJ to give him.
hut he mazed EN- a heap mo- when
he done showed EN- what he cd deal :