Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-16
.sL|D|NC CARD UP SLEEVE
BREAKS UP POKER CAME
Texan Visitor to Arkansas City Raises
Objection in Strenuous
Manner.
SEXES pEARsALL BY THROAT
Old Man Greenlaw Comes In With
His 3ungsturtcr and SmOtcS the
Stranger Vigorously With 1t, Upon
Which Turmoil Ceases.
by DAVID a CURTIS.

man t;rccnlaw. looking with evident
d!supproval AT stranger who had
been relating Il somewhat curious story
OF what he declared was II recent ex-
pericncc OF his one OF the river
boats that pass Arkansas CITY from
time TO time.
II wouldn', go so fur & TO say what
go all is one on EN- he continued
mot ill alter / gifts mo- better quaint
4 eli. hut they Amt nothlu' into 80
'pearance what ii be liable TO TO make
nobody reckon yo' all was one I a
feel lonesome into crowd. long o
bc!u' different firm tn genl run.
they was any WAY o provin what 20
says Il mought sound reasonable iheh'
again. II mought not
The stranger was very brawny
man, who looked entirely capabl" ot
taking his own part in any difficulty
FL which he might he involved. More
over his manner was that OF one who
would not he likely 10 shirk AN en-
| counter He returned the old mans
| gaze steadily
u come firm Texas he remarke ed.
conposedly, AN in that state faint
gently Considered nec'ary 70 TO run
round much afo calm man liar
va uns does il suddint like when we
| does 1t tail. / dunno exactly what yo
| all is dr.vin' at. but If that's II. pears
like yo' is some slow
Texas Is a tol'able good state TO to
*, away FROM said the old man. de
| taching his interest promptly from
! tho issue the Other had presented.
| Tn Amt nothin's s'prisin bout man
no, wantiu Z go back to IL, but they
IS some what don't pear 20 hnd AR
kansas rec! hcalthy-not TO them
what hain't been interjuccd reg lar"
Il reckon faint none too healthy
10 them Wha, lives hyar. retorted
tho other. 'Judgin fom some things
| is" done h"crd. SIR imagine what
sudden death d he ky!nd OF a epidemic
round these parts
They - some dies quick" admitted
the old man, "hu, they is mostly out
| sihers The citizctis is toi'abie husky"
DIDN'T LINE WAY
LEFT EYE STUCK OUT
They ~ SOM" call 10 EN- TO be
| husky" said the stranger thought-
fully, III they all wags their tongues s
loose : yo all N.hbe 20 wouldn't
Ike the way yo left eye sticks out,
ia look q hear better II twas drove
back in yo' hnid WAYS
Mebh- So. said the old man. in.
differently. but looks IL nothn': be-
4 havors all, ;he Good Book says
nm done took n"iice what yo' own
tongue waes tolablo free That thar
yarn e" y3'n 'h""' s''i'in' into poker
gam" with one Eye comes nigh bein'
boat the most !ragitious fargo o.
faniaSt!cnl fancy ever heer'd."
Help" cried The stranger fcebly.
| ne thch dp'icd MS nat and handed II TO
/ The old mau, say!n' I'm ALWAYS wiliin'
10 fight n a man calls me "a liar. hu,
amt much good when 4, thundcrs
Ike that Does them words mean
s"ncplh or is they Just II noise Ike"
They was Intended TO meanness"
said the old man. but they en- he
Token dir'ren', II yo' all en- 'xplain
!o'sef mo satisfactory. 'Cordin' TO the
way herd IL yo' all claims what yo.
don" set in with the one-cy.d man TO
Gays an nights an win out. 'Tain't
| reasuablc"
"Yo done token me wrong" said
4 the stranger earnestly. What was
4 saNin' was what was onto the
boat 10 days an nights afo set in
with him. wouldn't "a. did II then
II had NJ n seen some drunk hain's
showed VINO he was. An the way
A ] Win out was bein' too drunk TO cit
n. my POROUS plaster OF. He done got
nay loose chang, hut win the main
N par my OWN wnd thataway"
II Wei! that sho is one way O. win
II min admitted the old man 81 reck-
II on nehbe it's nigh bout the Only way
Il thcy l. 20 anybody Is fool enough
i 20 20 set in with One Eye Even at
h that he'd be mo n likely ia "a got
\ 20 n,ire wad If he'd nj knowed what
H 20 all was wearn' a plaster Didn't
h Ei' under 1t. did hn"''
D nope. done found /, all right
when ] come TO UP TO the hotel. Pears
they done put me asho' when they
FOUND they couldn't wake me up"
lo al sho' was lucky" said the
/ old man, as IL relieved OF some anx-
I iety ms to the strangers monetary
I standing. "Ono Eyed "A had yo' roll
n II he'd "a knowed Even II yo' ID
swaiiercd IT. he'd "a cut yo' oren TO
! 81, ru,her n 10 lose II. Yo' 'pology s
| cccpied an the drinks is on me this
/ Time. Way understood. first of. was
| what 30 all p'tcndcd what yo done
! win some a ono Eyes money. an
4 tina, cant be did.
on sh"cks"' said Joe Hassett.
I greatly disguised Il ieckoned we
disturbance. never knowcd the old
\ man take water like that afo'"
i OLD MAN INVITES
r ALL HANDS no BAR
; This was muttered rather than
L spoken. as he came up to the bar with
4 the others in the room at the old mans
\ suggestion, but Jim Bla isdeli heard II
and replied. also in an undertone:
Keep yo shirt on, Joe Nebbe yo'
| III git to have some 'xcitemcni later on.
The old man is only maxim n play TO
A 10 get this yer yap INFO a game.
| Depends on how much he dug up I'm
under his plaster"
/ had not erred, for when the stranger
| returned TO the old mans compliment
In the way etiquette demanded he
showed sizabe wad. and the old
\ mans face lighted up considerably
! "io all pears TO been tcllin' things
torahle straight alter ALL" he said
/ quite casually. "Yo pears to have
h somcpn' left"
\ oh, they's enough to git along on
1Nfo' a spell" said the stranger care
4 lessly. 81 don't never reckon on be-
4 In broke when I'm away I'm hum"
That's the best way" said the old
man with cordial approval. 9TH amt
never no tcllin' what n man may have
need OF stake TO to set in with, IL
| thcy's a game anywhere's round
We'll, s fur's that goes" said the
stranger "thcy's arrays game some
times round in Texas in theys enough
thar TO play"
Most gently it's that away most
o. ~ nc Il H.