The sun., 1916-12-03
By DAVID A. CURTIS.

ct NEVER knowed nobody what
had mo- Of a genl idee O. what
Importance they Is to the game
. nav poker n what Bud Hooker
"a" said old man Greenlaw one day.
But even Bud Hooker fell down when
y Gene to practic1 application O. prin.
o1paas. ike they Is q heap what does.
$safs like they q cn'sid'able sense in
Wne the Good Book says bout many
eo.nf called an mighty few o EN-
O1et1n' the pot"
Shsro had been nothing said or done
y he old mans saloon in Arkansas
CITY which would naturally lead up to
sheeo remarks. In fact there had been
aching whatever said or done there
~ . long time beyond the steady con-
sumption Of tobacco by the Old man
90 M four other men VINO sat with
IN.
- 1ar - they knew there was no
szAnSer In town Just then and the two
peo4ucttve industries Of Arkansas City
1Anguished because Of that fact. Some
nquor was sold. Il is true. but no such
amount a. was required for the enter
tainment Of visitors. and there was no
inducement to play poker when no
outsiders money was in sight.
The only thing to do. therefore. in
The only place in Arkansas City where
anything ever happened was to wait
10 Gtrangers-unless. as In this case.
cd man Greenlaw started a conversa-
0en-and these five leading citizens
ef ths community were doing It.
The four others did not seem greatly
Interested In what the old man said,
but as It was easier to sit still and
listen to him than II was to get up and
70 out doors they sat still and listened.
bud Hooker was what I call q
nachul bon poker player" he con-
ttnued after he had bitten . cigar in
two. eaten one piece and lighted the
other. HE didn't had no greet Of a
edication into the game, bein' s they
want no reel experts in ~Greenville
them days. but he-"
rs this yer one o. them Greenville
yarns o yo'n?" asked Sam Pearsall,
l~nterrupting the old man rudely. Mr.
Pearsall had married a lady from
0reenville some years before and had
. violent prejudice against the place.
"6ho' is" replied the old man firmly.
re all can't 'xpect TO to have me
chenge the map o. Mississippi long o
20 likes an disllkes.
Bud Hooker was BON In Greenville
IN lived an died in Greenville. IS fur
. ] know he want never no place else
xceptin' TO two or three trips he done
took to New Orleans on important
business long O. them cotton factors
Aavin' WEIGHED on some o. the pay.
ments what was due on his craps. ]
oSn't . gwine to lie about it, even II
20 all Is got a grutch agin' the town
0reenville is good enough fo'-"
"4ebbe So" growled PeaIsall. inter-
Supting him again. II don't see why
20 al draws the line at lynn about
0reenville. but anyways l amt fo'ced
TO hsten." And he left the saloon.
Beats all how gittin' married plays
hetl with a mans disposition" said the
old man after he had gone, but that
Amt got nothin' to do with Bud
Hooker's remarkable experience tryin'
to put mo- poke into the game o
poker n what they Is into 1t nachul.'
Because sitting still required less ex-
ef6on than going away his other
heaSers sat still. but they showed nc
keen interest in listening, though Jake
Winterbottom did say as II with SOM
wonder, spears like he must "a beer
tackiin' c'nsid'able OF an undertaken
They Is a heap o. poke into the gam,
anyways 'thouten maxim a effo't 4
improve onto It. Pears like ne wa,
right ambitious"
"Sho' was" said the old man. :"
reckon II he'd "a had mo- discretion
he mought "a made hisself famous
sStoad O gittin' cut down into the prim,
Ito with To- bullets in his haid
o'ades three or To- others what wa
meant we'll but went astray I'm bein
o hasty To- to aim straight"
Must "a been right smart Of
fookus." observed Joe Bassett as 1
beginning to feel some interest In tn
story.
"shO' was" said the old man. "
,4sver seen mo- enthusiasm showed int.
. shootin' scrape n they was into tina
IN. reckon mebbe they'd a. bee
mo- did n they was on'y 10 II heir
sunday night. They was quit, sey'ra
y the crowd what was chu'ch mem