The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05

WV s'ot thNy I'LL I uO AtuHt III Tu-
body to never set in at the poker
game In old man Greenlaw's place.
They amt none, an they can't never
be none. but I reckon II anybody ever
had a 'xcuse fo' gittin' drunk I sho'
had mine a plenty. An I made UP my
mind what I'd do 1t.
II amt a sayin' but what n man
en- git drunk in Arkansas City
thouten gwine into old man Green
laws place. Prob'ly he kin, but 70 a
stranger his s'loon Is nigh bout the
handiest place TO the purpose an I
went thar"
He paused and filled his pipe.
Did you git drunk" asked one In
the party. He was not greatly inter-
ested, apparently, but he thought Of
nothing else to say.
81 dunno 'xac'ly," said the first man.
rousing himself from what seemed to
be a more or less painful reverie.
"Mebbe I did. Pears like that d
'xplain what was diddin' later on. but
h way I felt 'peared like his liquor
didn't take no holt onto me.
Il sho' drinked a heap on It, but the
fact o. bein' alive an not havin' got
away I'm Arkansas City was that Bit
ter what ! didn't pear to be able to
fo'git It. l reckon II I'd a been plumb
drunk prob'ly I wouldn't a KEEP think
in o. that. But l couldn't git It often
my min Feared like the mo- I
drinked the mo- bitterer l got. An l
says somepin' to the old man about II.
II says reckon II everybody in Ar
kansas City what wished he was daid
was to be RELY daid it'd be a hell
roarin' good speculation To- to set up
a undertaken shop
He done looked at me kyind o.
doubtful. like he didn't rightly know
wha l was a drivin' at, an he says,
i dunno. II a man was to set one
up, whatll he be likely to undertake?
! reckon 1t d d'pend c'nsid'able on
that
so l says. 'Whar I come from the
undertakers gently buries the daid, an
IL they gifts enough on 'em TO bury
they gently gifts rich
II didn't pear to like the tone o.
my voice. what l done made same
sarcastical, an he says, TIL amt no.
body asst yo' all whar yo' come from.
but wherever tits. they hain't nobody
made no 'bjections to yo' gwine back.
80 / says. L wouldn't have no
'bjections to dom that my own self.
nor to gwine anywheres else II I I'd
git outer Arkansas City. but l says.
they don't pear to be nc facilities
Then he 'peared to git some sar-
castical his own self. an he says, i
dunno Tha.. /. ot-.Glslt- --- -
layin' round n place or another.
They m in handy 10 to be rode
outen town on II a man 8 disposed
to find fault with Arkansas City.
What p'tic'lar fault does yo' all find
with it?'
well. o. co'se. I want lookin' to
be rode onto a rail, but I didn't take
him serious. an ever II l had, want
feelin' o too peaceable. an I says.
mighty nasty. 4 amt a fndin' no
fault with It. I reckon It's nigh bout
the easiest place they Is to die into,
but outsider that they don't pear to
be nothin' To- to do. An I'm that ac-
tive / says. what I'm Just nachully
'bliged TO to do sompin' onc't in a
while. ever II faint nothin' important
well. I will say 70 the old man
what he's some quick to see a openin',
an he says. They 8 n thing a man
en- al'ays do in Arkansas City II he's
that way disposed
AN l says, Lead me to It. I'm
that worked up i says. what ia
taken a chanst at anythin'. II It was
robbin' graves
AN he says, Well they In a game
O. poker In the back room onc't in a
while
Again the speaker paused and re-
lighted his pipe.
We'll, did yo' all play into it?"
asked another nan impatiently.
II dunno" said the first. doubtfully,
IT was a sayin' afo' what they is
things about that game what amt
'xactly clear in my mind. Mebbe I
played poker, an mebbe I on'y
reckoned l was a playin', but I set in.
1 know that much"
About this time the speaker seemed
to become less disposed to talk. and a
longer pause ensued. Presently one
OF his hearers said: How'd yo' come
out?"
Il dunno whether 1 come out at ALL"
he said. II shu'ly was put later on.
1 "dS ~ AZ apic diiiouHt toO,
but whether / come out or whether
was put out, l amt p'pared TO to say.
All 1 knows Is what l was out"
What happened afo' that?" was the
next question.
II couldn't begin to tell. II begin
pleasant enough an l raked in a few
pots I'm time to time. Just enough
To- to make me think fust off what I
was playin'. but they want none on
EN- big enough To- to git me AHEAD
none.
Then alter that they was things
happened SO rapid what I got b'wil-
dered like. I reckon mebbe the red
liquor had somepin' to do with it. but
1 dunno. Mebbe it'd a been the same
way II I hadn't a drinked nothin'
Them buccaneers sho' Is mo- sudden
m anybody l ever seen anywheres
else.
Goes to show what ! said fust off,
an I'm a gwine to say It ag'in. TIL
amt no 'xcuse To- nobody never set
tin in with them fellers into a game
o. poker"
1--WE uns herd yo' say that said
two or three at once, n n man
continued: What we ain heer'd Is
what was did into the game"
"Hain't ! done told yo' I dunno?
Ais I en- tell is what / bought mo-