The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14
ANOTHER YARN ABOUT
OLD MAN GREENLAW

on'y skeeters. 1 never herd o
them afo'. What be they?"
"oh. l don't know" said Mr.. Pep
per. Il never seen 'em played my
own self. but they say its nine, Ave
and deuce O. different suits, with two
guards In between. They plays 'em
in Boston, an they beats three Of
a kyind. They don't nobody in these
parts know nothin' bout EN-, on'y
him."
We'll. just nachully that gives him
c'nsld'able OF a 'dvantage, KNOWN
oil the modern improvements II he
en- git away with EN-" said the old
man." but pears like he'd have some
trouble doln't of 1t.
ooh. don't know" said Mr.. Pop
per. He hain't had no trouble, not
yet, bein's 3 that quick with n gun.
Tbey's done been some argument, but
he pears to got away wit 1t, SO fur"
We'll. don't hold with none o.
them new ideas in poker. not as n
genl thing, | don't" said the old
man. but they so is important into
n 'morgency. l al'ays posed to 'em
I'll Blalsdell invented the lallapaloos-
er, in time o. need an seen how It
worked. TIL amt no question but
that was a stroke o. genius" An
then the old man made the remark
recorded at the beginning Of the
story.
Then he lighted fresh cigar. or
what was left of cigar after he had
eaten one end OF 1t; and went on to
tell about the lallapalooser.
When l come TO Arkansas City
first off," he said, 81 done seen what
they was long felt want into the
immunity what hadn't never been
tended to proper. They was a heap
O. poker played when two or three
gathered into together as the Good
Book says, but 'twa'nt did onto
Gystem, bein' mo- r less p'miscous,
an outsides bein' s liable To- to win
cut as the citizens was.
o co'se that was all wrong. They
couldn't nobody 'xpect the town to
git ahead none S long s crossroads
gamblers an Professionals I'm often
the boats was comm hyar I'm time
to time an glttin away with big
chunks outen the foatin' capital o.
the c'mmunity. Thing to do was to
organize, an done organized.
II begin pickin' out the best play
crs they was in town an gittln' 'em
together with the idee o. maxim n
team what d be pow'ful enough TO-
to get away with the strangers. In
union they is strength, rs the Good
Rocks says, an / showed 'em how
if they'd play TO- the common well
fare. they'd do heap better TO- their
sells. an build up the town b'sldes.
That's whar the real prosperity o.
Arkansas City begin.
Just nachully they was some DIFF
fcultles fust off. The'd be strang-
crs set In occasional, what was mo-
talented n usual. an they'd put n
crimp into the house wad nfo' yo'd
know whar yo' was, so we uns done
systematized tho business leetle
mo- an l done got in bungstarter
TO to use in 'xtreme cases, IN alter
that thinga run along mo- regular
like. Afo' that they wac difficulties
FIN time to time. like l done said,
"One Of 'em was Peto Grosjoan. He
done p'tended what he wero Creole,
but I al'ays 'splcioned he done come
from tn ozarks, on'y he want much
over six foot high. an no was mo-
civilized like n Ozarkers gently ls.
But anyway he sho' was n slick play
or. reckon II he'd n been salts
fed to a settle In Arkansas City an
jine forces with tho homo talent, he'd
been rich an respectable afo' now,
instead OF what no dono pr'fcrred
roamin' round seekIn' whom lie cd
devour somebody.
THAT was afo' Bassett lined IN
with the local improvement party, an
afo I done laid in my bung5tartcr.
so nachul enough. Blaisdell and Win
terbottom want dom q wells they
does nowadays, not haviu' the same
moral spot what they en- genly relv
onto now case of Emergency. They
done the best they could. but Pete
Grosjean was night bout as good
with the cyard's as Blaisdell hissc.f,
an he sho done had the devils own