The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
PETTJGREW MAKES
A NEW POKER RULE

! gether makes EN- Latin. long o. Il
ploinin Of EN- That's what Latin's fos
'Tain't used only when they amt no
other way 70 TO tell what's meant
Il reckon Paper was night bout
right" muttered Jim Blaisdell, " Pears
like the old mans belly is chock full
o the east wind. as the Good Book
says"
''wot in ell does yo' all know bout,
tn Good Book demanded the old
man. highly indignant at this bold ab-
tempt TO steal the thunder he sup.
| posed was his own.
'Nothin' much" admitted BlaisdelI
carelessly. but Is done heerd yo' all
make mention Of il some frequent, an
l been lookin' at 1t. Pears like I
found somepin' what fits tol'able we'll"
"Sho' did" said Joe Bassett with
strong emphasis. but 1t d be no mo-
TO the purpose II the old man d CONS
out plain an say what he gwine to.
Mebbe they'd be some peace round this
place II he was to git it outen him"
What | was tryin 10 say when I
was interrupted" said the old man
with great dignity, lis that they 8
laws enough now. Moses done made
ten on 'em in III b'ginnin' an they
amt mo n half O. EN- never been kepS.
| instead o which mankyind keeps ON
maxim new ones an not payin' no at
tentton to EN- when theys made
Let Well Enough Alone.
Minds me o old Deacon Pettigrew.
He was one o. them pestiferous cusses
what amt never satisfied to leave
things go as they lay Wanted to
change EN-. an Just nachully aPays
made EN- heap sight wuss n they
was afo'. Didn't make no difference 10
him if sacred principles was involved,
he was aay's hell bent on what he
colled Improvements.
Got so eventual what he done set
out to make improvements into the
game o. poker. Afo' that II was gently
reckoned what he was Just plain loony,
but when he set in making new rules
TO- the game in his back room every
body seen what he'd outliyed hisselt
an done got into his adage. There
couldn't nobody very well say nothin',
first of. agin his new rules. bein' s
he run the on'y place in town where
they was open game, him bein' tn
chief o police an mighty strict in see
in what the laws was KEEP everywhere
else, but they was good man what
reckoned he'd done went too far in his
idees O reform. He'd been 'lected on
the reform ticket. an they was some
Considered what they been a mistake
made
But, as ! was sayin' didn't make
no difference TO him what sacred prin-
ciples was involved. he'd change en-
every time he seen chanst So one
, night he made a new house rule into
sudden Emergency. an he done it
some arbitrary.
Presumption. But That'S All.
They was a-playin' stud an they
was a tol'able big pot on the table with
three in. Bill Hooper was dealin,' an
the deacon set next with three hearFl
shown an, o. co'se. nobody KNOWN
what he done had buried. Buck Haw-
ley had stayed with a ace shown an
a gen1 resumption what he done had
a ace buried
Hank Waters was t'other one in,
an he had n par o. kings in sight, so
the best he cd hope TO was two par
OF three kings. Looked like the dea-
con had the others studded IL he was
to git other heart. but o. Co'se no.
lbuN uuA lAAll hliuMtN NHNlUtl IL Was
that away or not.
Hank bet IS an thc deacon trailcd.
Then Buck Hawley made out like he
was gwine to stay along. hut afo he
got his chips in the pot 'peared like
he thunk different. an he helt his
| hand minute like he was studying
whether to hist It. 'Twouldn't "a been
no hellroarin good play II he had. hut
o. co'se he had a right II he seen ft
Dealt Another Card.
But while he was hesitatin' he done
put his chips back on his pile, 'ntend-
in, so he said afterward. TO to grab
off about $50 mo TO- raise, an Bill
Hooper, what was dealin', like said.
doled the deacon cyard. Pears he
thought Buck had drapped.
20 co'se they want no 'xcuse TO-
him maxim no mistake, but he done
It, Even good players makes EN-
sometimes. an he want nothin' but
dub nohow They couldn't be no
question o. what had TO be did under
til rules. an Buck speaks up sharp.
Bury that cyard,' he says.
Now II they, Is anythin' sacred into
stud poker, it's that, but the deacon
done seen what the cyard was heart,
like the rest on 'efn seen likewise. am
he rose 10 the situation.
Must Take Cards as Dealt.
The rules is changed he says, all.
fired p'remptory. 'Beginnin' now any
cyard what's showed prematoor must
be tooken 'thout Regard to the mis-
take
well, his gray hairs was ven'abla
even If he want. They was some hes
itation bout dealin out Justice too
sum'ry, an Buck Hawley he begin to
plead.
Deacon he said. that amt reas.
'nable. TIL amt no tellin' how many
kyinds o. hell that thar new rule is
liable TO to let loose. I'm a-rootin' To-
a third ace, an now Hank Waters is
just as liable to git II as I am.
But the deacon wouldn't listen. He
says, Yo all II git the same cyard
what yo' would ha' got II they hadn't
a. been no mistake made. TIL amt
no hardship did to nobody. an mo-
n that he 5ays. L need that thar heart
cyard 70 to fill my flush. l mought
not git one If l was to let that Gi$,
away"
They seen he was determined, ans