Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-14

cellent cigar. which he bit In two 40
cording to his habit. eating ono por.
ton OF It and lighting the other. TAX,
inS his favorite chair by the window
he put his feet on tho sill and said.
II recon the Squire won't never eli
over them ontortnit habits O. hisn
'TainT's altogether long O. bein' IS
hasty s he sho' Is. They is times when
q man is got TO he hasty. An faint
because he's vi'lent Whence is nec'ary
a; time. mo- special when others is
Token hathaway, an / never knowed
him TO bust loose 'thouten he reckoncd
there was some 'cason TO to- IS
long s they don't nobody rifle him he's
peaceable enough.
An he sho is torable good
spender. Tn amt no danger o. him
ever b'comin manufacturer O. greet
wealth Keeps his money circ'latin' 8
last he sits IL an sometimes faster
Ihey,s heaps O good pints into him,
an II 'twan't 70 them habits he moucht
peen Considerable mo- of a man -
he ever will be not thouten he sits
over EN-. like he won't never.
SHOT THE HORSE INSTEAD
OF "PLUGGIN'" THE RIDER
Trouble is what he don't aim right,
20 uns all seen how he done shot
Mathews's horse spell ago stead O.
piuSsin' Mathews. l amt sayfn' what
want mistake. Mebbe he Intended
10 TO hit Mathews, but whichever way
us token 1t works out tho same III
ne was amin at Mathews he didn't
ann right, an If he was "A. amin at
IN hoss he hadn't ought TO- TO did 1t,
so he want Amin right thataway
neither
a al
like he don't never aim at the right
thing. or If he does he don't aim right
an thar yo' he.
Il reckon they want never nobody
didn't had no better chanst TO to rise
hisself in the world n him. long O. the
engagements his pa done made TO him
when he done laid onto his death bed
rcco' Min the c'nditious lie was into
Tn OF man was nigh bout the highest
roller what they was IN the hull state
o Arkansas, an what he done TO the
family fortune sho' was sin an a
shame.
They want hardly nothn' left To-
him 90 leave TO his ony son-that was
Tie Squire-ony c'mplete set o. the
most 'xtravagant habits they was, an
a plantation what had mo- mortgages
onto !, nor they was nissers. An he
hadn't never gave the boy no SIGH
edication s he'd ought 70 70 had. BEN
that Token up with 'musin' h!sself
Feared like they want no ky'nd Of
outlook TO- the Squire. on'y O. cose he
want no Squire them days. hein' on'y
IA pup.
Pears tn OF man was some strick-
encd with romorsc when he seen what
twas too late 70 to str3iehten things
out like il gently is but he done the
best they was 10 be did under the cir
cnmstancts. He sent 70 Eellyband
Bush to come an sec him onc't mo-.
an he done went.
"Bcilyband Bush was a p'fessional.
lie done got his name I'm hein' the
latest man i'm the hull Southwest an
hein fo'ced TO wear surcinCle TO hold
hiSsclf together. but ne want noways
fat in the haid. bein' a highly success
fui poker player an respected accord
in. b'sides bcn' some Indifferent bout
tho use O weepins
He was extremely conshenshous.
though. an hearin' what OF Hapgood
/ was dyin'. Inc done laid ev'rythin else
TO one side an went to him promp'.
They was chanst what tn OIL man
moueht be lookin' To- one mo- freeze
out afo' cashin' in.
But 'twan't that When he got
thar fapgood done reminded him what
! he'd done Win the heft o the Hapsood
/ prop'ty often him at poker. so they
| want nothin left TO the boy ony
debts, an he 'pealed TO him TO- to give
! the boy "A cdica,ion what his pa hadn't
never did. like he'd ought fo' to-
We'll, Bellyband Bush, b'sides b.iu'
coushcnshus, like ] said. was also ten
/ der hearted when II didn't interfere
/ with business, an he done said he'd do
/ his damdest. an alter the OF man
croaked he set In To- to learn the hoy
how 10 play poker scientific.
"s0MEPIN' HAPPENED WHAT
'rEAIuED TO DISTURB HIS AIM"