The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27

pay MS sheer o tn expense he cd
nave her an welcome, but she want
gwine to spot no husband into lux
ury an idleness. They want no trifer |,
gwine to git the Widder Goggins, she |
said, an bein' s. she was fun as OBJ
stinent g women. gently is. Bill seen
how want no good tryin' to p'suade |
her.
just nachully. he did try first of.
said to her what they didn't pear TO
be no sense In him doin' nothin,' bein'
a she had enough TO- the two on 'em
10 git along comfable. but she said
what In the co'se o. nature she'd be |
liable To- to be brett ag'in, an II he
was to cash in she'd need the prop'ty |
her own self. bein' 3 they didn't no.
body pear to be overly anxious To- to
marry no wilder II they was po'.
well. II sho' was some hard on
BIZ, be!n' IS he was sho' 'nough quail
ity even II he didn't had no money
long O his pa havin' done squandered
the family fortune afo' II come TO
Bill.
Them days they want on'y three
ways 70 a Southern gentleman to git
money. One was to git II nm the
family. Quality families al'ays had
II. an anybody t b'longed to the
farnbly alays had all they wanted. g
long g II lasted. hut ina, ,dn., do
Bill no good. bein. a his ma was all
fred 'xtrayagant. like 7 said an. d,dn.,
leave Bill nothin'.
"a other way WAS fo. 70 marry
somebody what had money. an. t,st
nachully Bill done reckoned on that
first of, bein' a twas he easiest
way TO sit II. next 70 'nheritin. ~ n.
but luck was ag'in Bill thataway too
They was c'nsidab,e manv gal. an.
widders round Greenyille what
wouldn't n had no Injections to him
a marvin OF EN-. hi, they want
none on EN- had money enough 70
To make 'em marin reah .xcep, tho
Wilder GoRrins an she turned him
A deef ear. like I done said. when he
p'posed 10 her. so thew didn't mar
10 he no show 70. Rui in tina, d'rec.
ton.
"The on'y other vav thew was was
To- TO play cyards. II a man had a
nuchul talent To- draw poker he Cd
set in with his friends an pull down
enough to live on 'thouten bein' obliged
TO go to work, what O. co'se he couldn't
be 'xpected to do II he was sho
nough quality. Ut Bill was. as ] was
a-sayin. So when Bill done found his
self up agin II, like he sholy " n he
just nachully turned hts 'tention to
poker, an I will say what the pros
peck was c~'nsid'able d'scouragin'.
reared IKE they want no Rret snow
TO nun tha'away neither'
~ cose draw poker IL the most
e!eVatih psuit what they - TO tnem
l mas ntelIisence enough 10 70 play
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Il. h"t 'ney was mo I'M" nm n any
oous reeHo"eo up 10 mat 'i"he' nc
lone come round 10 the tavern n
night "nere ! was Heep'" par' an ne
says: Greeniaw. done been mink
IN d neap oout POKER recent. oei" =
the! oont pear 10 DE no'nih else 10
me 10 STUDY ONO an pears 10 me-
ne SAYS, VIVA, 'heS u hs'u 'p'e mo
'hto II II arrays reckone" 'hey was
YES | says. they's "A heap mo-
into II n anybody reckons, an they
is a heap mo n that. II anybody sh'd
asst yo'. But how come 20 all dscov-
cred IL"
well. he says, 7 done been study
in onto II, an the mo- ] study the
mo- II looks to me like they was a
heap o. trifes into the game, like they
is into everythin' else, an I'm all hell
on %trif'es.' he says. I al'ays was
Yes | says. they sho' is a heap
o. tribes into poker, hut tn amt no
mon to he made a-bettin' onto EN-
81 know that I'm 'xper'ence.' he
saws. but sometimes tr,ies is 'mpo'-
tant.'
LAS how 7 says.
well he says, one pair IS gently
trihin' when IL m to the show
down, but IL a man was to better II
into the draw mehbe Il d he with
bet,ir, ONTO
thought he with somcpin' II II
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