The sun., 1916-09-17

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he nothin' left ondid TO- TO pass
the time pleasant. Tn amt no hoss-
racin' this time n e but they's |
gwine TO he a chicken fight In the
of o. day or two n Squire Hap |
good fctches in the rock hos been
braggin' on recent. We uns IL bettin'
on ~ bird o. Rlaisdell's what ain't
never been licked not yet. but mebbe
that's long O. local Enthusiasm. We
hain't saw this Hapgood bird. IN
yo' all II pier to put yo' money
on him. Yo' mought make a KILN
thataway.
But that won't come of afo' to-
morrow or mex day, an ruther'n to set
round doin' nothin' while were waitin'
TO- It. prob'ly yo' mought like to set
into a game O. draw. 'Tain't played
hyar much. but I reckon the boys II
start a game ruther'n to see yo' all
NOPE. This yer's a public house. an
We aims to please"
Mr.. Murdoch thought a game Of
draw would be an eminently desirable
way to pass the time. II was plain
tina he knew less about Arkansas
City than they knew Of Greenville.
THAT bein' thus" said the old man,
Guards an. chin. h. ready an. arrL.
en- no fetched to On. :. ,r.aw.m,..
d,s;red"
Az v,ra..,,. -.a
IL In pavins sor ~. oh,r. n.o,,.a &C. =.
! ~ a .izo s,,po,o,. e. 49,. u.
| pearsau,, haired ,r-o,a,n.,aIv .I
| never .aer that .,rnv,s =, Hs...
| monc, aso," ha m,,,sr.S ,~aa,,s,S,,.
| and clinched nj. teeth ,ivh,,w In,.r'
| pretinr rirhtiv On. y,sarn in nj. ~.
| hi. friends loo "a ,oru,ard .,..,,u,. ~
| the cxcitement th.v ia ..osor 80.
! meet in the course =, tho sa,no
Az n ru,o Ar t.ar.ou.. ,,.v ,u.
bnsed IN -ma,hsr,ticai o.in,,i,."as
| and was nwrclv ,,nn,r.orai in char-
octer 81 aa~ir,hia ESQ, 4, ,ha, T.. No.,
won long since Tho rosnnc, -, Nj.
fcllows ho,dinc bigh rnnL no |. nrn.
fes.icpal ro,nestcr and being e..
termed greatly in c-on.eouence Now
when thev sax a.. thev Ala tho, n.
had in addition % hi. na,,rai o.
op-ls,tivene.s Tho s,,~,hor ircar,,v. =,
malignant enm,tv Va rouse him 70 nv.
ertion. they locked M, u,,,bo,,t -n
son for ro,ahIe doing. % .n.,,o
In a sense thew were mo-, a,s,r.
no,nted ,ho,,ch On. o,tcoro a,.yora,
somewhat from ,he,r eSnectot,or NJ
Pearsall did unoue.tionabiv disnIav
great zeal in his EFFORTS N dasnoiI ths
uncie NJ hi. u,se hut n. ,bo,. tho,,oh,
M IL aft,rward tbe,, u,erc inc,incd
tn be,,cv. ha, NJ. n.. ,.o,o,. oy.rN
much and nm, b,. .xce.s ~ ,la.,rs
hod u.ornoa III, ,,,d.rn.n,
Thus. when ~or.r,nr, ,o,,-
NOT did so Tor the .i,o n, a, n: uo.
c~us,o,,ary paar.ou s,t,cr nav,
hardly waited n ,ool AZ hIs hand no,
for. bo r,,.od tho no, h,. ,r o,,,
auoun. +h,s maLico q, rcco.sor,. %,
nv who ,r,,ld ,n,rS % u,t -, oon.
aidor, bie sum ,,r ,h. nr;,iIaco -,
,ro n,ira ,,ra, passa,, "a U,;rr
hot,or ,;,,inr rox, 4, o,dor .,,, -.
inst,lr,tinn in u,s,, ,hsy heId to,
io,rino in a,v coptas, q, ,,., ,nr.u
down the,r ba
Matthew nos p,,;s,o,, t,.,,aoa a,
cop,,nuiry b,. ,py. hol,os ,a could h,y,
Md In ut. hs,rg oh,o IN ,.,, ,ha ~,
for himsalf he holding M more .ba,
-. r,ir 80 ,.,..n. IT,. .ona,no, -,
cne aftor him howcvcr who con,,
NO ~ any u..,s,.rco % roarsau 4,
case =, should hc advis,b,e N net n,
:. :, crossare on N,,rdocL so he .l,d hi,
chins into he moi and waited.
! lie had M, long 20 wait for MIR
dock With n ,ook ~ calm conten, IN,
! mediateiv made /, siOo more 10 MA
, \otbinp had been said ahout n limi,
! or table stakes, 90 he was cntire,,
within his rights when no drcw hi
w,d from his pocke, To make the be,
The amount was large enough. how
ever. 10 give pause to Pearsall. and hi
inter more careful consideration OF hi
e hand. Jaw the inadyisability of remain
a ing. so he dropped.
Blaisdell could do nothing else. an
Murdoch raked, the pot. laying hi
cards on the table to Justify his open
. ing. When they saw that he had onl
n pair Of queens they perceived tn
quality ~ the foe they had engage.
and yrudgingly rendered him the RI
( spect due to his prowess.
e Mr.. Pearsall's temper was no VIII
;nproved bv the failure OF his III
Judged attempt, neither did he loo
n .oasart when he broke a fragmer
I of one of his teeth gritting II, but h
Is endurance had not yet reached II
d limit and he remained in his sea
{. though he squirmed a little uhu'
II BiaisielPs reproving look.
a single error however was ~
= enough to impair MS commences
Q. himself. Neither. IN fact' d'o II low