Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31

learn FIN 'NDrrcncc. - co'ss he's got
I" be learned what the rules IS an
what tho diff'rcnt hands IT, but that
inn"h comes nachul
"EverSbody knows them things. am /
III amt no call TO nobody TO know no
mo bout ii ony them what makes "a
liNin' outcn il. AN the fewer they IL !
. them the better Off they be. Pears I
like 20 ais talk don't git nobody no
where's
"'rh' amt no question ht; wha, that's |
'.reck. II it's token az Il aen'i Drcpo-
siiion. said the old man promptly. /
but they is catruneous circumstauta (
what Justifes IL. sometimes.
SAM pEARSAI.L REPLIES
IN SNEf;NiN. TONE /
- reckon they must be dogsoned /!
cHtrancous." said sam pearsall sheer /
iasly He was not always patient with /
the old man. having had his disposi- 7.
ton. as tho old man said. spoiled by :
inatrimony.
''rhey be sand the OLD man. but
they 8 iowanccs has TO be made 70
en-. Take case like that cuunel
Racket. Tn. Cunnci was prot'!y the
best all-round spot in Greeuvillc III his
uay'
"Uh. Crcenville said pcarsan. and
he vent away from there. lie had an
invincibie prejudice asains; M:s. Pear
Sails birthplace.
But they come a time. continued
the old man, when he Was fo'ccd to
c'nsidcr his future Things had went
along all right with him in his younger
DAYS long o his pa havin' done lefi
him c'nsid able mon enough 70 to live
Oh comfable am him harin did it all
his life. They wan; nothin' what him
an his family wanted but what they
don" had II. AN ii done took nigh
, bout all the cuunel made at poh n 70
u pay what he done lose on hosses an
chickens.
"He done raced horses au' ii, cocks
disregyar,iless - conseuuentA. an bcin'
pow fui onlucky at both pSuits he vas
c'nsidable put [" IL 70 to pail out even |
n, the poker table. his family x
penscs done .; into his family state. |
I'LL they want nothin' loft OF il. on'y !
his youngest son. all tho others havin' |
died on his hands, AN Bin the Young
est. not bef, much account
COLONEL BECOMES
MuCH IMPONERiSHED
'Fust Off his money IN the bank give
out. an he was blecdged 70 TO moS
giee his reel estate clean up 10 tho
+ handle. y fact when he cashed III final
an they settled up his affairs, the
mosgiges mounted 10 c'nsid'able mon
tile land fetched. Then his uigser was
sold. all but a few what was too old
10 feach price. an was KEEP 70 10 take
kecr % the hosScs an chickens an tho
family. an the most - them died. So
the hosses an chickens Was SOLD an
all the money went some way, 50 : 4
/ the cuunel was c'nsG'abe rejuced int"
4 mis- circumstance
is them the circumstants what 80
all done mentioned" inquired Jos Bas.
Scti with all air OF concern.
we'll, in WAY. YES" said the old
''put tney others
e,ttin' along IN years. an lie couldn't
&c: into game mon hfty-eigh, hours
t. time, like lie done did frequent
when I've was younger. an just ma
+, chnlly his earnin' powers was less but
his Spenses was less. too long . not
haNr' his chickens an bosses I" Keep
an The most OF his family beiu' daid.
J IN, lie done come 10 a time when hc
couldn't make both ends meet no mo-
an peared like they want on'y one
thing 70 10 do 20 git along.
Just nachully Bill Racket wa>
Gi'iin' along, to- same s his pa an
he was just comm outen hi. tennis lo!g
about the time when cunnei was nigh
1 'hou; foceG 10 10 give up.
. DETERMINATIONS SHOWN
IN his PLAYING
They couldn't nobody say hu, villa,
he done struggled manful Hr'i Sc,
int" the game reg lar. same : he al'ays
done, bu, his game done fell off c'usd'-
boit. 20 one tnins he want : Spry
with weepins : he had been. an juSr
nachuliy tha, put him To c'nsi,i'able or
disadvantage case Of ANY argument"
i've aiaNs been some SIX - that
\ my own self" said Jake Wintcrbottom
4 Sympa thetically. That's why | tool.
+ /" totin' mine in my vest pockets. Yu
! en- git at EN- quicker Mr. Winter
/ bottom. though still vigorous and ex-
I ceDtionally active, was also we'll adj
vanced IN life.
Sho' IS q good way" said old man
Gr.-nlaw with q nod of approval u
+ favor bungstarter my own self. bun
/ - ro's- q man can't tote hungstartei
/ on has puSson. not recl handy. hc cant
i It's a almighty sood rtcpli, though, IL
mans p'fession makes ii ncc'ary 70
o: keep II night hand all the time"
We'll. all that amt sol nothln' to
/ do with Cunnel Eackeit's tiyin TO learn
somebody how 10 play poker" said Inn
Biaisdell impatientiS. II reckon that's
20 ali il = aimin' at" he added.
'Sho' is said the old man, "an' il.
got . heap TO DO with ii. If tho Gunner
the evil tender - his ways they
| wouldn't a been no call TO him trainin
mp Bill 10 foiler into his feetsteps like
/ what he undertook TO do, an mouEht o.
| did successful II Bill had had IL into
/ him. but no.
! BILL Is CALLED
GOOD. AVERAGE CITIZEN
They couldn't nobody say nothin.
/ REILLY d'sparagous q Bill. He was a
! good av'rage citizen. but he want never
4 no sich man 5 his pa was. lie just
nachully blonged into the sucker class.
! an ali the good he got outen the edi-
! cation he got was on'y supcrfish'l
The Cnnnel laburcd with him siren.