The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03
GREENLAW'S GAME
NOT HARD TO BEAT
,iy Determined Men Start on
an Expedition Against
Arkansas City.
M NGST.ARTER \ PROBLEM
n, DAVID 4. CURTIS.

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Loo had thoroughly established his
b,siness in Arkansas City, was looked
,pon by many persons ms a reproach to
.hn intelligence of the sporting fra
,,rnity Of the entire Mississippi Valley.
Among the fraternity there were
mon vino were thoroughly capable OF
linking furcibly and coherently, and
these G satisfied themselves. after
nreful consideration. that the old
mans methods were more or less
devious.
islands to reason said one such
man. when the subject had come up
for discussion. what they amt no
rnker game gwine to win c'tinyal TO
he house, 'thouten one o. two things
either they is a kitty took out. or
,hcy's crooked play. 'Cordin' to what
I hears, the old man don't run no kitty.
so thar yo' he"
"Th' amt no SIGH thing as crooked
nokcr. not thouter it's founded OUT
said one OF his hearers with cynical
fnality.
We'll, mcbbe so" admitted the other.
"hut thcy's rules p'vided In the game
coycrnin' what's to be did when It's
founded out, an they tell me what
them rules amt 'bserved into old man
Grccnlaw's place"
"Th' aint no rules in poker goes
NJ in house rules" said the same
critic. still more c%ynically.
Well. that's true. too" said the first
speaker. but what does yo' all make
ou,en il? Is this yer den q pirates
gvinc to feed onto the vitals o the
c'munity indelnite?"
Not If anybody en- stop EN-. they
amt said the other. but what's 10
h. did? \ man has a right To run his
business to suit h,ssclf. s. long IS they
amt robody able to stop him. mo
special f his business is a poker
game.
Way | looks at it. thcy's aNays
gwi.lc to hc poker played. Is long I
grass grows an water runs. IL faint
played II place. ';.ill be soine'res
else. ANS n mans got to do when he
wants To play is to pick a place what
suits him. An when he plays thar
he's fo'ctd - pay 'cordin' 10 hous;
rules.
"They's been c'ns.dable ak about
old man Greenlaw an his gang 'lonc
o his house rules hein' some diff'rcn,
I'm what's gently played, but tbs yer:
a free country an a man has n right
10 make his house rules the wa lac
wants EN-.
~ .co'se he's a stretch,n' OF ii
c'rs!laOic when he makes "A house rul.
aG.n >lluo;ln' on the promises. an I'm
free 20 ~ what I'd be liable 70 tc
bust Loose. house ri IS or no house
rules. case ( a crooked deal. II wa.
10 know somebody done IL. Pears like
that's whar the trouble lays. They i,
a heap what 'splc.ons it. hut they ain
nobody en- say TO sho' what nobod!
plays crooked. not even Blaisdcll
Pears he's a expert an when he deals
they can't nobody see no;hin' d.
wrong, on'y the guards aiays come!
favor ~ the house.
Til amt nothin' ~irrce'lar In that
HIS got The same right n body els'
has fo' tn deal any way he sees III wheI
Is his dea. An % co'se anybody els'
q got the same right to 'bject II he see,
what they j. l%nythin' did wrong. Tina
away | amt a-sayin' but what the ole
man - some Unreasonable maxim
house rule ag'in' shootin'. but it's hi!
pace an he's ntitled to keep order mt
i. an thar yo' be-"
THAT listens all right" said anotheI
man in the part, somewhat i'm
patiently. but they - other things 4
hc Considered, Io' all is done statet
the case ac'rate enough & fur s VOW
went, but they is a heap mo, to it,"
This last man VAS "A quiet person
whom the others knew little about
save that he called himself Harve.
Dunn and had proved himself a capabl'
player. Rumor had it that he ha,
achieved distinction as a fighter ii
Texas, having. indeed. been involved IL
80 many personal difficulties that n
had come to the Mississippi Valley as
matter of prudence.
Being there he had taken his plac
among the profess .onals on the boat
without ustentation and had been &C
'~ptcd 10y the fraternity without eithe
~ ~ 'e'
Lin now with some surprise. II di,
not seem likely that a comparativ
stranger should know more than the.
"Id about a problem that had veXe'
,acm al for some time.
What mo- is they" asked Bal
Fryer rather superciliously. He wa
he man who had started the discus
son. The same reason that led hin
q object To- old man Greenlaw's phe
romcnal prosperity made him loo
askancc at Dunn's advent on the river
Th"y's on'y just so many sucker
-oIn' round. an the mo- ON EN- goe
10 Arkansas city the less they Is I
set IN ON the boats. Pears like oil
man Grccnlaw is hawgin' the game"
That said Harvey Dunn. ii
p'r.-c.y what I'm taikin' about. {
'osr t. amt nothin' to be said ag'i
I'm runnin his place any way h
'JN'S An similar. tn amt no "a
WHY it didn't ought To- to he buste
~ Pears he's gittin' mo business :
b longs to him"
'(o' all says it" said Buck Mathew,
WHO had defended old man Greenlaw'
methods. But who's gwinc to bus
ON" Eye done put a crimp in 4
old mans wad onc't or twic't, but the
nj nubudy else lone it = fur = Nv
.'"rd, an M Eye pears to rccko
'"W lis mo- Of a job n anybod
wants To- tackle 'thouten he's tired
..y.u..'
'Vl, shucks." exclaimed Dunn. "Tl
went at scientific. What's bui