Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-18
OLD MAN GREENLAW
IS BROUGHT TO BAY
BY an Indignant Parent. Who
Listens. However, tn
Blaisdell.
HIS CLAIM is FINALLY MET
Makes Vigorous Protest When His
Young Son Loses $40 During the
Course of Poker Game With the
Older Men.
ny DAVID A. CURTIS.

don't pear 20 have no decent Regard
70 the speech O. people" declared old
man Lireenlaw III violent outhurst OF
righteous Indignation. First. yo' know.
this Yer sloon II be Sittin' a bad name
long q yo Giddin's.
"Gawd knows I've did my best 70 10
build up reppytable business into a
Legitimate wav. instead o which yo
uns is liable 70 to invite calUmn'ous
repots OF yo' don't Quit playin' il low
down on dfenceless ch!llun an on'y
gittir' $40 outen 'em. My p'centage o
the game Won't pay 70 the wear an
tear on the fixtures. let alone the pop
lar INDIGNATION what's liable TO 10
ho did If il Gits 10 be known
81 wouldn't call Hank Bowers no
d'fenceless chillun." said jim Blaisdel.
sullonlv resentrul Of the old mans tone.
but semiapolosetically withal rs If
unable 10 deny that reproach was
merited. He done licked his pa last
week, All he sho put up a good fight
afo' yo all done put him out"
Don't make no difference il he is
husky said the old man. He amt of
age an that makes him a infant into
the eyes o the law. They mought "A
been some 'xcuse II he'd "a had mo- OF
wad onto him, but $50 amt no justi-
ication 70 vi'latin the traditions o
the place like was did: Pears like yo
don't understand what they's liable 10
to be trouble come cuten it,"
"Yo' all pears TO understand hell
ovalot alter a things done been did,
exclaimed Jake Winterbo;tom. ansrily.
'Yo' all is as deep in the mud $ We
uns Is In the muck How come yo'
didn't say nothin afo' II was did? Yo'
was willin enough to stand in when
he come along an opposed TO to play"
RECkONED HE "NUST
HAD NIGH THOUSAND"
How'd ! know he ony had s4o?"
demanded the old man "JudEin' I'm
the display he done made, ! reckoned
hi must a had nigh onto thousand.
an o cOse that'd IA been worth takin'
a chanst TO. But when $40 is spread
round among FIVE tn amt enough into
II TO pay TO what damage was did TO
the furniture. not sayin' no;hin bout
what's liable TO be did If his pa takes
it up with the neighbors. faint as if
he'd been a stranger. The c'munity
g liable TO TO be hell roarin' critik'l
If citizens is took in"
back the fo'tys" suggested Sam Pear
sail in an ofhand way. He alone of
the party seemed To see something
humorous in the Situation.
"Th' amt no call TO to git CAV"
retorted the old man. still more IN
6ienantly. He done lose it, didn't he"
If TIL Amt no better sutton offered
n that. tn Amt no sense cnsid'rin tn
question: ! ne NNlSl !! nave " be
took. whatever it's.
"Oh, shucks!' exclaimed Joe Bas-
sett. Whats the use bclyachin'? TIL
amt liable to be nothiu' wus'n riot
happen Mebbe We uns en- git some
little xcitement outen it, anyhow.
That'd be some compensation To-
wastin time like we done onto a pup"
And his eyes lighted up at the pros
pect
''wastin' time amt nothin' s fur s
-, IL ,l,,
in Arkansas City" said the old man.
"But it's done too Years TO to stab
fish the reputation o the business like
uns is sho' did il. an pears like
It's liable TO- 10 be busted up right
now. Whntll boone o me into my
old age II my place gifts into dis
r'pute In the c'mUnity? One O. the
carnal principles rs aiays insisted
onto is not never skin none o the citi-
zens an now it's been did 70 $50"
"Yo' all pears 10 he some het UP
over nothin." said rearsall. Even if
they * gwine TO lie some poplar indiE-
nation long o Hank Bowers bein' did
UP like IL was comm 10 him TO be.
tn amt been nothiu' did. not yet. is
they? Tn amt no sense layin' awake
nights kase they $ liable 70 TO be a
food ncN Fchuary.'
"Mebbe not" rctorted the old man,
but reckon this p'ticlar indunation
is liable To- 10 come along Considerable
Bowers's pa.-is'rGmin' down the street
right now. Judgit' I'm the Expression
Of his feetsteps. sh'd say they was
somepin' onto his mind. no, sayin'
nothin' bout them other three citizens
what's comm with him"
ASSUMES SUDDEN LOOK
OF CALM RESOLUTION
Il is no new thing to say that an
Impending crisis often serves TO bring
to notice those characteristics Of the
man who faces il which under other
circumstances are likely TO he over
looked. or, ii recognized, moderated
Old man Grcenlaw's friends had never
called his courage in question They
had seen 1t tested too frequently to
doubt IL What they were not pre-
pared for was the look Of calm resolu-
ton that suddenly !rradiatcd his rugged
countenancc.
Only q moment before he had been
nervousiy apprchcnSiVc Of trouble
Now that IL had seemingly arrived, he
vas cool and collected. CHANGING at his
bunsstaT'cr as II 10 make sure it was
ready for use. he took a cigar from
his left-hand vest poke, and hi, il
in Two.
Jus, as he was in the act Of striking
match and before he had finished
eating that portion Of the cigar ina,
he had bitten of Mr.. Bowers and his
friends entered the saloon. hut YOU
wouldn't have thought from old man
GFeen!aWs bearing that ne looked for
ward TO any distur;rtrrrv ;, hatcyer. He
smiled !ngca:iat!nsly
tto"e|, bowers" he said a. one
greeting close friend
MI Bowers response 20 this was
briefly
Under the r.Eid requirements Of IN.
a-eNquet mat Obtained, not only in
Arkansas city bat IN an o:her macs
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