The sun., 1916-10-01
DEACON PEYTIGREW
MAKES A new RULE
IN stud Poker. Defiant Of the
Sacred Principles of
the Game.
By DAVID A. CURTIS.

By DAVID A. CURTIS.
Don't make such a hellova lot O.
AArence what kyind Of haid mans
so,." said old man Greenlaw. III he
tssps II fastened on an wound up
,,r1sr. Trouble with most Is first of
nat they don't never wind 'em up an
ecussquent they amt KEEP in runnin'
order like a clock d ought To- to he
wp. an besides that they gently leaves
70 On 'em into a 'mersency an don't
ID, no use O. what little sense they is
into tm, just when it's most needed
tho ~ust.
glands TO reason . mans haid Amt
rwips to re no gret service to him II
no don, have It with him when they
q call 70 to use II. reckon my
Sunsstarter wouldn't be no manner O.
reod to me n didn't know whar to
snd II case Of . sudden argument.
Same way II a man 10 to lose his haid
like most does just when they'd ought
TO- to have II handy.
70 cose 1t makes c'nsid able din
nnce what they is Into II. Them that
Ass brain matter into EN- Ia way above
tho avrsge, an they're liable TO to sit
along q heap better n IL twas Just
plain mud but brain matter Is c'nsid.
able sca'cc. an ,heyri aI'ays he plenty
. mud s long s tn Of Mississippi!
keeps on Dustin levecs onct in SO often.
% pears like when the good I.awd
comes to make a new man lie just
takes whatever's nigh hand TO- to fili up
bis had with an let's It go at that.
Most sprisin thing is what the man
don't never como to know the difference
hs own self. Them that hain't got
nothin' but mud to think with pears to
Be a heap sight better satisfied with
| theirselfs n them what has mo- r
less brains. o. co'sc they amt reel
intelligent. bu, s long s they don't
know 1t thcy's nigh bout just as happy
. Il they rocly knowed somepln'.
Then thcy's other thing to be
e'nsidered. They IS them what has
reel brains an amt nowsys Intelligent.
Them kyind. the mo- larnin' they gifts
,hc bigger fools they be.
"rhem's the kyind that goes to Con-
srtss or gifts 10 be President or some
PIN. Pears like their haids ~ like
-ihes. They's powder enough into 'em
to Splodc with hellova loud noise.
NJ + long s they hain't got common
sense enough TO to lie up with they
ssnly goes off half cooked. They's
teen a heap y c'nspic'ous examples
recent.
rs done been led to make these few
remarks" he continued while the five
Auski's who sa. with him In his little
sacon in Arkansas City looked at him
n great amazement. by this yer
modern idee o lawmakin' what pears
10 done broke out into the c'mmunity
Ike a epidermis. Pears like 1t ravages
mo- In Congress n It does anywheres
t.se, but It's done spread so what Ar
.ansas City is gittip' TO be troubled
With Il.
"rhoy's some in the Town Bod what
pears 20 reckon what ais nec'ary to
be I'D when they's any kyind Of a
rooius on Is 70 to make a new law
5ou, IL. Squire Hapgood done asst
he bod a spell ago TO- preparation
% TO mend the road wha, he comes to
Town by. an the bod says what they
can't spare the money. but they passed
4 resolution ssy!n' It sh'd be did an
~ Il go at that.
The Squire was . little late TO the
msstin'. long O. the bad roads. an when
10 heerd what was did he didn't pear
70 b satisfied. but they done told him
t a been settled reg'iar an . fur 3
I've heerd reckon It's.
Same way when anythin' goes
wrong into the c'mmunity. don, make
no din'rence what It's. somebody1l git
W into the Town Bod an p'pose to
pass law agin II. stead o. looking
round To- Joe Bassett. what's been
sheriff To- sev'ral year, an putin II
Up TO MIN to straighten It out.
tn amt no p'litc' economy into IT,"
What's p'liticl economy" asked
sam Pearsall, who like the others was
getting bew1idered in the effort to find
OUT what the old man was driving at.
IT'S Latin TO- common sense said
,ae old man. IAN pears like the mo-
latin some knows the less common
sase they has"
fo' all was sayin' somepin' a spell
ss9,' observed Jake wihterbottom
s'tcally. about man keepin' his
't'd wound up like O clock. Mebbe
'syo' regulator what's done got out o.
''deT " yo' was to git that fixed an
sNe fresh start mebbe yo'n mought
neep Time some better n It pears to.
way lis now. pears like yo' all is
Hyind y run down. SomepIn's outen
"aer Into 20 innards."
ph ! don't know" said Mr.. owen
'ph"r, II reckon III amt nothin'
'l'n order no mo n usual. Pears
ne io'A maxim bout IS much noise
"'l' his words y ever lie don't never
- n"'a!l mo- n TO make a noise with
VII Sometimes he says somepin' what