The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
OLD MAN CREENLAW
TELLS A POKER YARN

tn amt no call to worry bout what
the boys adoin of while be is in bed,
but want that $40 An I'm goin' TO
git it,"
That $40 Looms Up.
We'll. Of all the low down, c'ntempt-
BILE specimens ever seen yo' all sho'
is the meanest. said the old man, bot
ly. "Yod ought 70 to be fiat on yo,
knees thankin' the Lawd 70 givin' yo'
all a son with the instinks Of man
into him. stead O. which yo're whim-
perln' over $40. That there boy is la
Bile 70 to do yo' all proud If he gifts
well. Here he is. not OF age, yit an
able to take his own part into a fight
or poker game, He's mo- Of credit
TO yo' all n yo' is TO yo'self Hell
mon likely be rich an respectable
when yo all is dead an gone,
What good II that do me- said
Mr. Bowers stolidly 9TH amt no
question but he is cnsid'able OF a
man, but that amt to say what I've
got to lose $40 every time he goes out
To- a little pleasure. ] want that
money back right now
"Mebbe yo' does" said the old man
defantly. but hoy yO' gwine TO git it?
TIL amt no proof o nothin' on'y what
yo brat was drunk an disordCrly an
done got ruined over mebbe alter he
done got put outen respectable s'loon
To- raisin' hell into it like he done.
I'd ought 70 to send yo' bill TO-
breakage. never seen nobody smash
bottles like he does when he's mad.
Pears he don't take no count o the
cost O. nothin'."
LickingS Don't Count.
That's him. said the father proud
~. He sho' is good fighter. l
haint been able to lick him To- the
last five or six years. But that amt
got nothin to do with that 40 what
yo' all is gwinc to give me back"
"Yo better turn over on yo' back
an dream different" said the old man
with bitter scorn, 9TH amt no law
in Arkansas City says got to give
back no money what's done been play
ed in"
"Mebbe tn amt no law what says
So" retorted Mr.. Bowers. "but it's
gwlne to be did, 'thoutcn yo' all piers
to have yo' s'loon busted up. Me an
the C'munityll see to that. Tn amt
no ELECTIONS to 20 uns dom what yo'
dam please to no outsiders, but yo'
can't rope in no chillun an take $40
often em 'thouten gittin what's com
in to you TO it.
Principle the Main Thing.
There was a deadly earnestness In
his manner that forbade any to think
that he was trining, and he looked at
his friends with an air OF entire conf
dence. AS for them, they nodded
again, grayely and silently and the
old man saw he was facing the inevi-
table. Yet he would not yield Sus-
taIned by an indomitablc spirit, he de-
fed consequences.
81 don't keer nothin' bout $40" he
declared, "but ! won't surrender my
principles fo' nobody, an it's agin 'em
to pay back what's done been win
legitimate" 1t looked as If the end of
all things had come.
Blaisdell'S Winning Hand.
But there were others interested.
Jim Blaisdell had been listening atten-
lively, and he spoke for the first time.
81 keer mo- TO- my good name N |
does TO principles" he said, AN if
they is anythin' like that gwine to be
said bout a game what I've set into,
I'd ruthehr give up the money. can't
affo'd to have nobody say what don't
play fair. Here's yo $40, Bowers, an
I'll set EN- up"
They had a round and Mr., Bowers
and his friends withdrew Then Blais-
dell said
"Them drinks is on yo' all, Greenlaw,
an yo en- hand over the fo'ty, Pears
like yo' all amt got no sense at all"
And reluctantly the old man did it.