Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-21

per. TIL on'y thing 'hou; il what
struck me as bctn' anyways remark
able was where he done got SIGH "a
wad as he set I'm with, 70 he sho'
was drunk when he come abo'd at
New Orleans. an l hecr'd him pleadin'
With the Cap'n TO TO fetch him home,
pronisin' TO pay him when he got hyar.
Pears the Cap'n knowcd him, an he
greed to do It. some ongracious."
This yer story .h'cins all right
said Wintcrbottom. Didn't never make
no Offence TO Sam how drunk he
was, he arays knowcd enough To- 10
sit home when he was busted"
oh, ] don't know said Mir. Pepper.
"'CoIdtn' TO what Greenlaw says. he
pears 10 be gwinc the other way now
He seemed to intend this as "a pleas
antrN, hut seeing that i; was not we'll
received hc hurried on with his story.
WENT TO SLEEP AS soon
AS Ill; % ON RuNT
Just nachully nc lone wen, to sleep
soon as he 20; on the boat he con-
tinucd 'bu, nex, day he Was out on
dcck. an afo' night he Was settin' into
u game With a stack % blues in front
OF him. ! reckon he must 81 borricn
q stake firm somebody, but never
kuowed who twas"
That was sam" murmWrcd Win
tcrbottom adriringly, and The others
nodded while MIR. Pepper went ON,
They was SIX on ON playiu. Inn,
they want on'v two on '.m was
Professionals outsider sam. one on EN-
was Bellyband Bush and other was
Hank Cpartrcc. What made il C'nSid'-
able int'rcstin' Ia me was how / done
hcor'd some time afo' that what they
WAS had hood atwcru them two an
the gcn'i IMPRESSION was how they
was mo- liable TO 10 bc shootin' at one
another ii they was TO 10 play into
the same game together"
II dunno much bout upatrev," said
the old man, "hu, < fur g Ecuybonds
c'uc.rncd they wan, uotbir, s,urisir,
hon, mn, n. y,s oi.,ve ,,rshI.ohio
cave ia ,mus,r, hi.ac,r In, mo 1iIr.,
never low I, IN in,.rrora witb h,.iras,
,cordi,, n ,h., ,.o, ~ a., c,,.,, ,,.,
80, - haom ,nr.a ,,a =.
I,., ,n.Lru, ~, ~ a.;do ~ iaao -"
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" ~ i - ~ VI 'er" sN'i"'"
"''", - -" NJ icPrc''
h'"'. ~ va" '".ec on 'H' h'N
own Scl,' 'rH' OH '"t cor"ih TO WHAT
seen ia'"r on the! must Il been TO,
c"nhtih sam
LOOK a hyar! exclaimed Bassett
Win soni- hca'. IF 70 all Is gwine
I" tell what happened, tell II. They
amt no call 10 no reflections onto
Sans character
"oh. ] don't know" said Mr.. Pepper.
coolly. "rhcy WAS some cause 70 re-
aection into what l done seen. Mebbs
20 all moueht think so 20 own self
If 20 was TO listen TO "a while, stead
o. hnt,in' In cntinval.
.pepper's righ, Zoe" said Rlaisdell.
we uns won, never 81, to hear the
w,y SAW ,I,rod th.n, hInoa ~ %, all
ka,ps ln~,rrrnni,n. the wav yo. be-
"a. - me VIA. rnhb thnv.s some
,l,, 60 mo tn,r,, ,hor, ro,., .n. ,h,,,s
..i,,,. u.u,n u.n,,o" ' 80
~ ~ no. .,i, -. p
~, : i. Mn"T, IL n, ro,l,''
cuy,omcd "a hold the attention Of his
audience. aud he was more or less
puffcd up They didn't pear 20 lie
no,hin' much "a be learnt. ou'y what
NOT, to do. an that's what he sho' done"
n" continued.
"Iia Want never n winner. not a,
40 nt"Ge " ths zane, hnt he KEEP on
Yns c,on.n ro' Lonn ,,n, Inc
"a N. ~ y, $50 i" ~" = -
"a a., ut ~, y,
on.d ~n,s ~, ha ,.,s = nn,;n, $50
y]yaii,,, r.. cn,rs, -. 49, -,
In l.ookod like he dIan,t kncr noth;n.
rtlclar bout no small amount.
wh.,hcr T." win or los. nn. + snvs 70
myself what mo n likely hen rit ,
honey cooler afo' the settln' s over,
an vas amin To- 10 swat the others
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