The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-05
When they was c~'nsid'able Excitement

when they was c'nsid'able excitement
rose long o the hands runnin' unusual
niSh. an Rashe an the Deacon
pearin' TO git the most on EN-. Eos
was hclt nigh bout ev'ry night. hut
tney hadn't been no straight flush
showed down nor they hadn't been no
los digger n jacks, when II come the
twenty-eighth o. the month an nigh
pout the hull population o. G~repnville
peared to no mo- r less hct w over
the stories what d keen told bout the
way the Deacon an Rashe a been bet-
Tin on that prize. they havin' he,, tho
biggest hands right along through the
month.
70 Fights was the biggest up to the
twenty-nfth an Rashe helt II. The
beacon was nigh bout g obstinate az
tashe. his own self. so he done bet
900 what led outhold him afo' the
eend q the month. an sho' 'nough
ne done belt To- tens on the twenty
sixth. Looked some like the odds was
IN mis- favor alter that. hut Rashe was
het up his own self, an he done put
up $50 mo- what said TO- tens was
gwine to be beat.
"rhe Deacon he covered the money.
ana h next night Rashe helt ~
kings. just %nachully he crowed over
the Deacon c'nsid'ahlc aggervatin' an
done elected the $50 on the last bet.
u co'se the other one VAN settled
yet. an the beacon was that mao
long n havin' lose the $50 what he
wanted to bet mo. and Rashe said
he was willin'. So they argied about
the odds. the Deacon seein' plain
nough what twa'n't no even bet. He
was a real spot. though. an when he
seen Rashe wouldn't do no better he
bet him one to two in sos an set in
on the twenty-eighth TO to outhold
TO kings.
He done 1t, too. TO long about mid
night he caught the fo'th ace in the
draw. Worst on it was. the way Rashe
looked at IT, what he done doled the
guards his " self. an O. co'se he
couldn't make no kick bout they bein'
a crooked deal.
He done helt out on payin' the last
oet, though. till the settin' was broke
up. his argument helm what they done
bet on who was to win the prize an
maintainin' what he had mo- r less
OF a chanst o holdln' a straight flush.
even II they want much time lef;,
But the Deacon helt diff'rcnt. an they
come nigh bcin' a rough house rich.
then an thar.
The Deacon lowed what Rashe was
right enough g fur g the 'riginal be-
was c'ncerned what VAS made early
I'm the month. Rashe mought win
that. o co'se. but the last bet. he says,
was whether he Il beat To- kings. an
they want no d'sputin' what he'd
done that. irregyardless u what
mought be don later on.
But Rashe say Ia. Says how he
was bettin' on the r'mainder o. the
month, an they has It back an 10th
thataway till some o. the other play
ers p'ints out what they amt a hcllova
lot o time left nohow an they was
interferin' with the game. II they
was gwine 10 IN a straight flush helt
they'd have to he mo dealin' an less
talk.
We'll. just nachully the Deacon
want noways d'sirous a. playin' no
mo. bein' 3 he was high man. an nc
says what it's gittin' to'ds midnight
anyway. an time TO- a family mon 10
he to hum. an he rcrkons what he
won't play no mo-. but Rashe. nc was
stubbo'n. like II was 20 he 'xpocted n
him. him bein' that kyind of "A mule.
an he says what he'll play till plumb
twelve o'clock II he has TO play alone.
So the Deacon he cashes in. but kyind
o sticks round watchin' the game.
long - helm some nervous bout what
I,ishe might holt afo' the game broke
up.
We'll. sho' 'nough. long about mid
night they come "A deaf when they was
seV'ral good hands out an the hettin'
was tol'ahle brisk afo' the draw. SO
y I they was a hcllroirin' big pot on
the table Will three on 'cm a stiyiu'
when Buck ~lIawlcy done closed II
a'ter Rashc done trailcd on Bill Fetch
er's last boost. Then IIawley an
Fletcher done stood pat an Rasho
called f"' M cyard. an while he was
a gittin' Of it the clock begin to strike
twelve.
We'll. the bettln' afo' the draw
want nuthin' to what twas a'ter-
wards. Fletcher bet out, an Rashe
boosted an ~IIawley rose him. an
Fletcher went back NJ EN- both, an
Iiashe put up his 'ntire wad, an Haw-
ley called TO all he done had, go they
want nothin' mo Z Fletcher ed do
on'y 70 to call. An i;aShc donv
showed down a straight flush, nine
high in diamon's.
"Wc'l. a. co'se he done hoehawcd
outrageous. They wa'n' nothin' else
to be looked 70, nor they couldn't no.
body say noth!n' when he done raked
in the pot. but when he undertook 10
10 elect them two bets I'm the Deacon
they sho' was the devil to pay.
First on the Deacon 'hjeCted 10
payin' the last one, Clalmin' what he
done win II, Irregyardlcss o. what
was did a'ter he done showed down
70 aces then by beatin' the 70 kings
what Rashe done helt on the twenty.
seventh. 'Cordin' to that, o. co'se.
Rashe d W. him 500 on the las
bet. an bein' g the 'riginal het wis
500. it'd he a staudoff il Rashc had
win that.
"But the Deacon went flirder'n that.
He says what he's willln' to Omit
what Rashe d win the first bet if
he'd n show down his straight flush in
FEBRUARY. but hein' s 'twa'n't TIL alter
IL O'Clock what he showed II down, II
were into the month o March. an
didn't had nothin' To do with the
FEBRUARY prize. So the way he reCk-
oned It, ltashc owed him 70 both bets.
"They argicd onto it To- a spell Till