The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
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| hundred, an they want no way I I
knowed on O. gittin' holt o. the other
thousand, 'thouten was to make a win
into the game.
They was some friends o. mine what
! cd most gently borry from. an went
round to 'em. one alter a other, but
peared like they was all in the same
p'dic'sment. All on 'em had some
money on hand. but they was all in
hole TO c'nsid'able mo-, 'thouten havin'
any way o. gittin' holt onto it,
SAter done talked it over with three
or TO- on '.S' an they all done told much
about the same kyind Of a story. I says
to Sam Kinds what was a p'tic'lar friend
o mine. what reckon il ID be q good
thing TO the hull lot on US to git together
an play poker Tn ain, none on us
got's much = We has n pticlar call TO
an what We is got amt a-doin' us no
good. lf We has a game. one on us. or
mebbe two, II git enough outen it TO
TO git us outen the woods. an the losers
won't be much wuss of n they be now :"
Il didn't reckon yo all had that much
sense, said old man Greenlaw, breaking
in unceremonously. -Th'ain't nothin'
in the world ekl to draw poker TO gittin'
a man outen his difficulties quick
'Oh. don't know" said Mr.. Pepper.
cit didn't git none O. we uns outen our
difficulties. Trouble was they want
none on us win nothin'. like I'm a-tellin'
yo'."
"Must a been" persisted the old man,
IF yo' was playin' poker Can't tell me
they want nobody win. Stands to rea-
son if bets is made, like they has to be.
somebody wins EN-"
"They was bets enough made an
somebody win EN- every time, O. co'se, "
said Mr. Pepper. but when the settin'
was over they want nary one on us
had nothn' left wuth speakn' on
Must "a been somebody else a-settin'
in with yo'. then. declared the old man
still more positively. 60 co'se il they
was a p'fessional lowed in to the game
he'd just nachully git all the money"
Want no pfessional. nor nobody
else settin' in, on'y me an Sam Kinds
an Joe Blithers. an Buck Hawley. an
Billy Mathews. just we five. all friends
an none on us Professionals. an they
want nobody lose no mo- bets n he
win. not so = il cd be noticed. an they
want nothin' much on the table when
we quit" And Mr.. Pepper smiled in n
. superior fashion as he saw the others
all looking at him in bewildcrment
Well 90 ahead said Jim Blaisdell
after little pause Il reckon We mougLt
as well hear the hull on II, bein's We
heer d : much 5 We has What became
o the money"
That's what I'm tryin' TO tell yo'.
on'y 70 bein' interrupted like | he,
retorted Mr.. Pepper. They was risin'
O. $3.50 in chips in sight when We begin.
, bein's everybody bought = many = he
had money TO an we played table stakes
They want nobody said nothin about
no limit. an We was al! hopin' TO short
game. but they want nobody played
reckless. beins we all needed the hull
wad.
But twan't no short game. We
seesawed back an fo'th TO the better
part O three days an nights 'thouten
any one on us goin' broke, an none on
us 'pearin' to be willin' to give up = long
. = they was anythin' 10 be win.
I'VE was playin in the hotel in the
town where | come from, an the land
I lord he done brung us what vittles an
5 drink We called TO I'm time to time, us
5 payin' him with chips, bein's we didn't
/ had no other money to pay with. an the
, chips bein' the same "a money to him
long o him havin' sold EN- to us first
OF"
' Even at that it don't pear like five
/ men Cd eat an drink 81 600 with in three
; days, not thouten they was war prices
5 char ged." said the old man. "Mebbe
yo' PLAYED with C'nfed'rit money"
: NO" said Mr.. Pepper .This was
cnsid able while alter the war was over
an prices had went down. 40 q Z they
want no greet hole made in the pile 70
meals. We mought a had $40 or 81
wuth all told, but they didn't nobody
take no count o that,
First thing ! noticed as the game went
on was how they didn't pear to be- :.
many white chips on the table as they
was first on, but that was nachul enough
bein the landlord put one on EN- in the
kitty on each deal. They didn't nobody
think nothin' O. that TO whites was on'y
. two bits, an we reckond it reas nabe
enough bein g they had TO be a kitty.
q But bmeby they want no mo whit,
chips on the table an We begin changin
: reds TO EN-. 80 = 10 have somepin' "a
, ante with, the ante bein two bits call TO
An alter time the reds begin to git
q skace an the blues had TO be changed an
, one a ter another the most o them had
went too, SO long about noon o the thro
! day they want hardly nothn' left o
nobody's stack. an Joe Blithers says
; 1 motion we put up all they is left 70 a
, consolation pot an the winner stand
treat IL they is enough on it 70 round
o drinks
$50 we done il an Sam Kinds win the
pot on three Jacks When he counted
what they was into 1t he found $i15, an
the landlord put in white chip hisself an
, put up two bottles o wine TO the s.,
.Well said Joe Bassett, as Mr. Pepper