The sun., 1916-09-03
RICK PACKARD'S END
IS PRECIPITATED
,,ck Of Preparation When He
Passes a Card in the Poker
Game the Cause.
Bv DAVID 4. CURTIS.

HAn OICNhIn"
,.,on IA the life O. trade. but I reckon
,,sv must be some mistake. Mebbe
,,ss wrote paraboiic. 70 they's q heap
.,h,nrs into Scripter what aint moth
n. but parallels. an they Amt nobody
-,scted TO- to pay no p'tic'lar 'tention
.. ,em, not thouten they don't know
a better, but this yer sayin' IL liable
n, "a be m,slcadin' II IT'S took lit'rai.
rnats where the higher edication
.smes IN. Takes q scholar TO onder-
and the scripters right.
THAT thar sayin' bout computation
coueht a been erect enough in the
Middle Ages when II was wrote, but
n don't hold good these times. Pears
w. its too old fashioned. They amt
Nobody what 'xpects to DO business
uecessfui wants q c'mputitor to open
.sloon mex do.
Il reckon mebbe they must a been
sme mistake made when the Scrip
,r, all had to be wrote over again.
they was wrote in Latin first on. long
O. nobody ondcrstandin' the English
language them days. Everybody was
,fuant then. an Just nachully they
vas 'bleedged to write in Latin. long
A they not bein' no other language
10 write into.
consequent they all had "a be wrote
wer In English. later on, otherwise
,hey wouldn't he no Scripters to-day.
m somebody done It. but he was
p,eedged to translate them Latin
words into somcpin' what Intelligent
eeople cd understand. an they was
mistakes made In %translatin ] heer'd
preacher SAY that onc't. so II must
a been thataway. Stands 10 reason he
wouldn't lie bout nothin' like that"
We'll. I dunno but what all that
means soinepin'. but I'm DC dawg-
rned II I einow what it's" said Jake
wintcrhottom critically. as the old
man paused to light up, his cigar
having gore ont while he talked.
"Yo' all pears To think continued
70 critic. what they Is somepin'
wrong bout the way the Good Boo
WIS wrote. Why don't yo' come right
Oh, an say how yo' all d "a wrote /;
/, VOID had tho Job? I reckon that's
what yo' irivin' Mt, an tn aint no
snse takin' all this time 'xplainin'
at"
TIL ain; 40 'cas.on 70 TO git het
% replied the old ran sternly. mol
! amt wen, So fur S TO say what |
ID a wrote tho S%;cr!p:crs no better
7 t,c" was wrote fus. off. They is
wouldn't "a been anlc to write as
GOOD" he continued moderately. "3ut
IA; amt to say what I can't see where
he mistakes is. Them patriots an
p.uphcta wr.at done wrote EN- sho' was
s.lc cdicated. hut tina; amt to say
-hlt We uns don't know no better y
Ten how things is ought To bc did
row Mebte computation was nec'ary
40 business vas did scientific. but
C7opyra,ion is got 1t skinned a mile
these Tode-n days"
NutlS CNbps Idt.tN dShci Sdii
psaryall. wno had listened with mo
or less i~Sterest but without seeming &c
.s;cl the exact meaning OF all that
The old mar had said. Bassett had
riaGe TO prc:cncc of listening. being
'-anllv contcmptuous OF what he con-
,dercl the vagaries of the old mans
mind, hut Blaisdell had paid close at
'ea'ion. and IL was he who answered
Pcarsa!l's question before the old mar
lad settled in his mind just what re.
ny 10 make.
"I sh'd say said the most famous
'Aor, card payer Of his day. "tha,
'vopyration was somepin' like what
20 al does occasional when Winter.
bottom boosts IA outsider what's don(
e, on his hand. him havin' q say afo
comes 10 Jakc. an 20 all not havin
nosh!n' on'y the chanst O. playin' next
stands to reason TIL amt nc show
% so all to rake in the pot 20 owr
sef. hut just nachully yo'd a hear
a'u'her see Jake win It nor yo' would
he outsider. an yo' mought DO some
DOUBTFUL o what the stranger helt
mo- special II twas afo' the draw.
reckon tn amt no question bout wha,
70 all d be liable to do II me an
Joe had both passed out"
'Co'se they wouldn't said Sam
With some such indignation as the
rack spellcr in a match might show
" the word cat was given to him L
spell. "1f twas afo' the draw I'd tral
elcng just to see what the stranger 4
90. II he was to go back NJ Jake an
JAKE sh'd weaken O. co'se I'd have Il
atop too. but II Jake had 'em I'd stay
along an take a hand in the raisin
Ater tho draw. Mon likely ] wouldn't
ak' :. NON n cyard In the draw
Well, that's what tho old mar
means when he speaks o cwopy'
'auon Means two playin' together
aein one. Beats computation all L
he'll"
That's the idea exclaimed old mar
"f'nlaw g.ceful'.'. -! couldn't 'Xplaii
va o"tter my " sell. knowed &
Now look a hya"." exclaimed Mr.
@'eAi"dl' suddenly, II amt gw!ae tc
'and TO- no mo- o. them Greenvill,
'4f'S II go all cant find no othcl
Pa'" 10 people to ONE from. 20
h"edn't to tell 'em. not while In
round, ~ needn't. lis done had n;
,''"nH BARRED enough already
sAo!''n hay.n' The hull population o
'''ely.'.r r"Inmel down my throat
p"c TO Il time, | can't stand It an
''t', am that's all they is to it,"
ia alnt no 'casion TO 10 git ne
ny hk' that said the old man some
"hit Indignantly, though he tempered
- A.a'H, remembering Mr.. Pcarsa!!!
po'l"s'.' Affections. "Yo' all didn'
mar the hull town ~ Greenv!llc