The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08
OLD MAN GREENLAW
STIRS UP STRIFE
by Using Metaphors Which
His Friends Are Unable to
Apprchend Correctly.
POKER PRODUCES PEACE
ny DAVID 4. CURTIS.

upuDt concerning MS opinion or those
of whom he spoke. what pears to be
hell bent onto d'stroyin' theirselfs
'ntirely. IL they can't do 1t one wa,
they'll find n other.
Put a man like that onto a hoss
an let him be trav'lin' along a good
road to'ds hum, where they is ev'ry.
thin waitin' TO TO make him comf'abl,
an nothin' onto his mind s fur g any.
body en- see, an first ANYBODY knows
he'll turn sharp to the left an rid,
plumb over the prccipice a. misap.
perhension, dashin' hisse,f to pieces
onto the rocks o. Disaster"
Shaking his head sorrowfully. the
old man ceased speaking. As ~ 10
relieve his mind from the strain O,
contemplating the scene OF horror
which he had coniured I'm. he sought
the solace of tobacco. Openinv , sresb
box Of cigars. he inspected the con
tents with great care. selecting a,
length the particular cigar which
seemed to him to be the best one
in the box.
Even the labor of choosing this deli.
Cacy from among others was M,
enough. however, to divert his thoughts
II the continued shaking of his bead
might be considered an indication Of
his mental condition. and IL wa. no,
until he had actually begun the en-
joyment of the two morsels into which
he divided the cigar that he seemed TO
regain his e~auipo.se.
Biting through Il, we'll I'm toward
the middle. he ate one portion with
evident gusto, then proceeded to light
and smoke the other. Not until this
was well alight did he seem restored.
Then he looked around placidly to OBJ
serve what effect his remarks had had
on his hearers.
There was not much to be observed.
Sam Pearsa,l and Jim B,aisdell were
plainly unimpressed. and Joe Rassett.
though he seemed somewhat Interested.
was not enough SO to make a COM
e
Jake Winterbottom. however. looked
rather troubled. 1t could be seen that
he. too. had found "a mental picture
of h catastrophe which the old man
had so vividly described and that he
was thinking II over.
What boone o. the boss ?" he said
presently, with an air of great con-
Germ.
What hoss?" asked the old man
with a look of bewilderment.
"Yo' all said this here van done rode
a boss over a cliff. Pears like he
didn't git no mo- n was comm 10 him
his own self. but II sho' was hard ON
the boss.
Stands to reason no boss Wouldn't
"a went over IL he hadn', "a been made,
II they was any Justice IN II ,nears
like he'd ought TO- TO feI, on ION Neh-
be he van much hurt"
The old man smiled In n samaritan
fashion.
"Yo' all don't near IN rr,sp my
meanin' like vo' would IL yo' was mo,
Intelligent" he said. with n ~moddeninr
OF commiseration THAT
there want nothin' bur a meta
ical boss" he explained. II was
speakin' lyrical like. an, a boss was
the most c'nvenient image To- to "
press the way men ride onto the wa es
o. circumstance, merrily co'tin' death
an disaster thou,en no consideration
O. tn inevitable
1t was now Winterbottom's turn 10
look b~ew!ldered, and he did. There
was a hard glitter in his eve. however.
which gave promise OF further speech.
and after ne had taken time TO arrange
his thoughts he smoke. The OTHERS in
the room were Indignant enough. hut
they waited for him TO speak first.
seeing that he intended 10 do so and
recognizing his prior right.
when a man is caught lvin'. faint
no ways s'prisIn' 10 him To try Ia wig
- t.., l., ia -- ,,--.
this time they is witnesses
First off yo' all said what this here
yap was ridin' onto a boss, and then
yo' saws IL was waves. Stands TO rea-
son waves won't take a man over no
precipice, not in this part O. the coun-
try they won't. Moucht do IL up to
Niagry. 'cordin' to what the books
saws. but tn amt no waves r%unnin'
over no preclpices nowheres round
kyar. Pears like that's lie number
one.
Then vo' all saws this hoss ain't
nothin' bu, a image reckon ~ n
man was feeble minded. like hey is
some that 'pears To be like that into
this hyar immeilt neighborhood, he
mought git onto a image Of a boss,
an p'tend like he was takin' a ride,
but IN he eternally ocgoned IL he
en- ride a image over no precipice.
That's a other lie. If ever they was one
told.
Blu prohlv the biggest lie what's
been told into this premises recent is
when yo' all said yo was Intelligent.
Pears like yo' all amt got no mo- n
tclligence n what Owea Pepper has