Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
BlA|SDELL IS BEATEN
BY A. DARING BLUFF
Owen Pepper Relate. the Talk Will,
Gusto and FIses for
His Life.
SOME DOUBT AS TO A JOKE
Virgins Bets Out Like He Filled 10
Straight Flush, and His Oppo.
mont Throws Down Four Kings.
A Barefaccd BLUM.
BY DAVID A. CtRrJs.

They 10 them" said old man Green-
'a". what1l takc dvantaee o. them
what has TO do with 'rm ev'ry time
'heY gifts chansi Pears like they'd
ruther make - dishonest dollar n TO
WIN 1t often 'em leg innate. into a game
- draw.
20 cose. it's all RICH. if it's did
regular I'm the co'se o. BUSINESS. an did
onto large scale. sos Z tbey's enough
INTO IT TO to mako Il wuth while. II
u" git6 To be q manufacturer % greet
wealth. th'ain't nobody gwine to holt
" again him. Some o these boiler n
thou ysps says. "taiu't money IL it's
E"t thataway, hut tn ain't aothin' IN
'hlt Money Ia money, an tn amt no
"''se In saying faint. N man has
cough on 1t. n he don't git enough.
hats different
Il reckon It's arsys dinrent then"
80 Jim Rlsisdell in very unpless-
ant tone OF voice. ''rh' amt nobody
cot enough money. not never. th'sin't.
Tho mo- he gifts. the mo lie pesra TO
want"
There were times when Mr.. Rlaisdcu
seemed disincIlned 10 agree with any
it'ng that Was said by anybody.
knowing him IA an artist. lig friends
attributed this to temperament. and
generally let 1t go at that. but just now
"id man Greenlaw was in An arRumcn
fnttve mood. and was also disnclined
To agree with any who assumed a criti-
al attitude toward anything no said.
r.
as criticism.
Therefore his rejoipder was delivered
IN manner that reused the keen In
'rrest of all the others in his little
saloon in Arkansas City, including the
dove of peace who had been brood Ing
contentedly in the corner for con-
@iderabic time.
That's dif'rent again" be rasped
Any fooId ought 70 to know what
the pin, is how much he's got. not
how much no wants"
We'll" ret"rted Blaisdell. stu more
extensively, "hein's 7 aiut no fool, I
dunno what the pin, is Pears like
V" all does. Anyways 20 pears TO
ptond to. Mebbe yo' don't"
I'm he doEgcncd " kin. neither.
Tears Ike tn Amt no pint TO IL. no
bow said sam Pearsail. az " dis
pusted. His tone. however. lacked con-
Nicticn. and i, seemed AS II he were
maliciously intent on promoting dis
turhance rather than concerned with
the question ~ issue
Jake wintcrbottom was also willing
10 fomort. and he spoke up.
20 co'se tn amt" he said. but that
amt no reason why yo' 'uns n ought
70 TO be dev'i'n the old man like yo'
10 harm. an IL makes him mo easy
like. In tho haid."
jos Bassett and m" dove OF peace
were affected adversely. The former
showed every sign Of intense 10Y.
though he said nothing. aud the latter
saved a deprecatory COO hu, evil
|entl% realizing the futility Of II. in
oontinently departed from the prem
'ses. Or, II the phrase be preferred.
II may he said that she fed the scene
~ WAS no place for lady, anyhow.
Raising his voice. tho old man
cursed them all bitterly. continuing to
10 this with great rgor and an 'nd :
mirahle choice of invective until his
Usage was empnrpied and his hume
Iiate supply Of breath ,as exhausted
~ that perforce he paused for a mo-
ment
Before he could begin again. Jake
Winterbottom said calmly. 'NiEh's I
IN understand. they pears To he some
no money, not 'thouten he's got II
aready. Pears like that's dangerous
doctrine, as the Good Book says They
wouldn't be no sense in pleyin poker
if that was 10 p'vB!l"
NO mo- tn ain't," growled Blaisdell,
Who was too cantankerous that even
ing TO enjoy the occasion as much
as tho others were enjoying II. Least
ways. tn amt no sense into it," he
continued If yo' don't know no mo-
into freezeout when drunken
stranger deals EN- to yo'. Mo special
If yo' gifts a ace with en-. Talk about
fool
mere MI SCcHcu NlSc 10
become incapable OF further speech,
not from lack or breath. but because
u Was impossible TO add anything to
what he had said without weakening
the force OF il. No mesner fling at the
old man could have heen delivered by
his bitterest enemy than he. RlaisdeIl.
had accomplished in thus holding him
UP to gderlsion by recalling recent
episoi In which the old man had done
the sery thing described. The cold
rlalevolence of the speaker in INVITING
the old man so cruelty was appalling
even TO the well-seasoued ears OF his
hearers. and they Eazed at him aghast.
COLIAPsES IN SEAT
BY THE WINDOW
AS for the old man. IL Joe Bas.ett
had been so carried away by the lust
Of strife as to gouge his eye out, he
could not have been worse stricken.
All the heart went out of him, and he
collapsed in huddlcd-up attitude in
his favorite seat by the window. Fun
bling feebly at his vest pocket, he
brought out cigar. and holding il
with one trembling hand to his lips
ne bit II In two while he struck a