The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-06
OLD MAN GREENLAW
CONCOCTS A PLAN
Further Entertainment Of
strangers Of Note in Ar
kansas City.
THEY BECOME HIS GUESTS
~ DAVID 4. CURTIS.

sld'abic Of a discussion one time long
a somepin' he said c'ncernin' the value
o. first mentions" said old man Green
law with an air of great se f-eatlsfac-
ton. Was he was tellin' of il they
was mo- value into 'em a they vas
into most anythin' else. lie went so
fur : to say what they'd gen'ly cur
broken bones.
"O' co'se when he done said that |
seen right away what he want no
reglar ph'slcian, an bcin's he was
,hlnkin' q settlin' in Arkansas City
with a idec u practisin' medicine.
seen What 1t was up Ia me 70 to DIS
courage him afo' he had q chanst TO
10 do no sich mischief rs "a doctor sho'
kin do II he gifts cyarried away with
them strange doctrines what's been
plavin' hell with the p'fession recent.
Theys been sev'ral doctors here I'm
time 10 time what p'posed to settle In
Arkansas City. but they amt none on
EN- proved up satisfactory when
questioned 'em. an that's why they
hahn never been none on EN- stayed.
THE population OF Arkansas City
Amt gwine TO be trompled under the
RUTHLESS heels o. no newfangled idees
O. treat1G' the sick, not + longs | got
any influence into the c'mmunity an
a bungstarter. thav amt.
-way lis o. late years. pears like
nigh bout all the doctors they is was
peessed with the idee o what they
calls upliftin' the pfession o. medicine.
some like them hellyons what's alays
try,n' to interjuce improvements in
draw poker. Consequents is they is a
hellova lot mo- people dies n what
they useter.
Some on 'em goes SO fur : to say
what tn amt ne sickness in the world.
on'y what the Germans makes, an
they go lookin' fo' Ger-~s into nigh
bout ey'rythin' a nan eats an drinks.
Pears like tn amt no mo- sense in
that n they is N that fool notion o
the man l was tellin' about what sNd
Il broken bone cd be healed by gooC
intentions.
"Th' amt no good reas'nln' with
EN- neither. l says TO that man what
'ccrdlG' to the Good Book hell vas full
q good Intentions. but that want no
pace TO go TO to git cured of n broken
la!g. an all the blame fool done was
80 laugh like I'd been crackin a joke.
He dome lef' town suddint alter that
What's go own idee O. practisin'
medicine?" inquired Jake Winterbot-
ION with the air OF one seeking en-
lightenment. but Joe Bassett inter-
rupted rudely.
"Wot'nell." he exclaimed. II amt
never heard what he amt no
p~h'sician. reckon he don't know no
.,.s slx,,,, u,aIi.,na ~ N ~ We ms
What's the good o listnin' to his
,dees? They is times when they drives
me TO drink"
"Mebbe tn amt no p'ticlar good into
g." said Jim Blaisde!l with a CLINT OF
merrlment in his usually serious
visige, but they is a heap o muse
ment. now an again. ! motion he
tells Us what kyind Of a doctor he
piers. TIL amt noth.n' didd.n' just
now what's worth while. We uns
mousht S well nave a little fun 5 TO
set round dom nothln'."
"Mought = well be that s any,hin'.
Til a.n't no way o keepin' his mouth
shet." grow,ed sam pearsa.l. And
Bassett, seeing that his protest was
unheeded, swure a little under his
breath but said no more.
They all turned ~eXpeCtantly toward
the Old man. and TO their great salts
faction perceived that he was glaring
a them with extreme wrath. They
had him going.
II reckon he said, what the Good
Book is nigh bout erect when it says
what a mans wust enemies is them
In his own household. mo special when
~ a pubic house. II they is a mo
iDT down, wrybald mess o. pirates n
20 uns snywheres betwixt hyar an
~hellangone ! pity them what's mis-
fort'nit enough TO to know EN-.
But that amt neither hyar nor
thar. ] was taikin' o doctors. an the
pint is how it's mo- 'mpo'tant TO 10
have a regular ph'scian n what rs
10 10 not have none at all. Don't
have 10 20 nc further n a poker table
10 understand that. II the game is
gUine to be played it ought 20 to be
played regular or not at all. Any other
way is irreligious, an even wuss.
Now a mans health Is c~'ns.d'able
mo mpo'ant 10 him n anythin' else
res got 'xceptin' his wad. They
shouldn't be no liberties took with it
b. no p!kers what don't understand
ire game. II a man cant git along
with quinine an ialop an a good sharp
lancet TO 'casional bIecdin' he ha.n't
got no business TO 10 set hiSself up
u be a poker player--l mean "A
pAs.c.an,' he added, correcting HIM
SET hastily.
10 al, Was a speak!n' O broken
bones" said Jake Wintevbottom mildly.
IN amt none o them things much
good case Of a man Dustin his la.g,"
We'll. o co'se in that case tn amt
h''h.n' 70 do Except 20 to set !; proper
az let natur' do the rest" said the old
man. AN this talk about Intentions
"a N anythin' to do win it is plumb
fCo,.sh"
""n, 7 don't know sad Mr., owen
roper dfeamiIy. If "a doctor hain't
8 '"' fast Intention o Curin' a man.
pears axe the man hain't got much Of
{ gAanst.'
The Old man reached for his 1ung-
starter and Mr.. Pepper stepped toward
'he door, but before he reached It Bas-
seq exclaimed. Have a drink, Pepper.
mats the fust time l eve hecr'd yo'
y say anythin' sensible"
Oh, ! don't know said Mr., Pepper,
on ne came back to the bar, and the
Gu man, ever responsive to the ,a!l of
oliH' postponed hostilities. though he
fahr'd back and forth two or 'hre"
IW"s between the glasses on tho bar