The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
OLD MAN GREENLAW
SITS IN JUDGMENT
IN \ Stranger Who PrcSumcs
mn tllc Fact That lie Is
the Dealer.
.uSrICE WE'LL SATISFIED
~ DAVID A. CURTIS.

tile mtu WIN large eurS came
=, .uI man Greenlaw's saloon in
,.t,.s,s cry one evening and looked
,.i. MIN with an air of bewilderment.
.i, from his diminutive stature and
,ta sl, Of his ears. which. as was pres
.,,y noted. wagged "A little when he
,s,lel there was nothing about him
,h., seemed tn call for special attcn-
ton. but after he had been in the place
arg enough to I've observed more care
s,,'v than he was At first II was seen
,Ast he had another characteristic that
vss TO say the least. striking. II was
,lrost disconccrtiug. Plainly he was
fellow who might perhaps have to be
,arnoned with as of some consequence.
Al. eyes were just plain, ordinary
lrman eyes of no particular color
md not of a size 10 attract attention.
bsing neither larger nor smaller than
ana 10 be reasonably expected I'm a
ACE that was proportionate to the in
considerable bulk Of his body; but the
says he projected from them was Curl
olsiy direct.
Uc did not appear to be wholly at
ease when he entered, hut after a lit
IL hesitation he showed that he had
a; least r~udimentary knowledge Of
what was to lie expected of one who
entered q saloon alone. He stepped up
10 the bar and said Let's liquor"
There was no possibility Of misun-
Outstanding him. for he spoke very dis
.inctly. hut they noticed. indeed they
could not help noticing, that his voice
was slightly cracked and somewhat
waec1y. 1t was not a pleasing voice.
dough on the other hand ii was not
oae that provoked any violent re-
sentiment.
Neither were his words objection
able. though the ann of those pres
ent In acceding TO his suggestion indi-
la,ed liberation rather than any ex-
cess Of cordially.
Not altogether did the little man
seem satisfied. II was as II he pre-
.erred that some one else should open
conversation. but as no one else did
he spoke again after waiting a little.
Il was rcck min on comm to Arkan-
sas CITY pertinent" he said rather
Gifidently.
Had he presented signs OF affiuerce
the remarh might have been received
with some enthusiasm. but IL he was
,cting a wad IL was not one of suf-
Acie1t size TO cause n protuberance in
his outline. and they did not seem i'm
Pressed. There was a delay.
At length old man Greenlaw said
somewhat coldly. There's other
Places"
What other places" demanded the
little man not btusuueiy. but a. one
honestly DESTROYS If Information.
'oh. slathers on EN- said the Old
man a little disconnected.
Where he they" asked the little
man.
oh. ererywheres. All up an down, e
was The vague reply.
u reckon | done been To most on
n said the little mar in a discour.
aged sort of way. but 7 hain't fourt
none what s p'tic'lar d'sirable TO 70
I've into. Arkansas City don't pear e
be, neither, but a man d ought fo' (
STAY some~heres."
WHY asked Jake Winterbottom.
'"' tNtlf man : ar VI tWlIutTIltl
tLeady noted in this narrative, became
an appearance of hopeless distraction
when this simple question was pro.
pounded. 1T Vas evident that he wa.
mo- In the habit of Analysing his be,
Eeis. Having considered il advisab.,
u ma an abiding place, he was neve-.
tneless At a loss to explain the reason
Tor having so thought. He suffered
and stdmmered a little. and when n,
found speech eventually his voic,
cracked worse than before.
It's gently did thataway. amt It.
Pears Ike it's mo- nachul," he man.
aged to say after a little, but the word.
lacked conviction.
some does" said old man Green
law ~sI!sht!ngly. but they's some tha'
doht Settin' hens don't lay no aigs
d. the Good Book SAYS"
Inc little man did not look TO hin
ANely 10 become a desirable either
ana ne was not minded to encourag,
I'm 10 remain in Arkansas City.
me little man sighed.
l never took no greet int'rest il
a'ss hohow.' he said. AN l don
~" "" idyih on EN-. costs 1
"t' zoo s"ine round FIRM n place
80 o'n'F 'htinyal' like a man does I
~ "d!ht got no home. l couldn't never
s'ahd N 'Npense If t'wa'n't TO- settin
"os poker game oncet in a while"
Let's liquor" said Jim Blaisdel
'.' NV
'. "'.Ie mar was entirely amena
lH# -
u the suggestion of another
U'H' but when some one propose,