The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07

but I'm gwine to find a way to a
him out or bust
well. he done bellyached owe II
To- n c~'nsid'able while, an one day he
TO me an he says. 'Grecnlaw. we
uns is got to have a new house rule,
I've done wrote II down, Sc they
he no dispute
We'll. I asst him what I was an he
perjuced a piece O. paper. He'd wrote
onto II
iAiI.p.,oo..r. beat. VS..
well. ! says. That's all right. Jim.
an we'll make II the rule II yo' all
says so. but what's a lallapalooser"
Tie grinned a little. an he says. 4
dunno yet. but I'm gwine to hold 1t
the first time Pete Grosjean puts
enough In the pot to make II wuth
while. Yo' all better stick it up on the
wall some'res where he won't be liable
to notice It till it's pinted out to
him.
WELL, I e q ere't white light
when he said that. IN I pasted the
paper up. Then he gives me another
paper an tells me to paste that up
too. but not till after he'd played the
hand onc't. That un read
iaii.paloos.r: can; b. played,
But onc't of a settin'.
Then / seen mo- yet Of a light. an
! done put that In the cash drawer.
so s I I wouldn't. lose It. an the very
next night Pete Grostean done come
in 10 a game.
"Wi%nterbottom didn't want 10 play,
him bein' mo- r less Conservative them
days. an not KNOWN what the new
house rule was. long o. Blaisdell bein'
d'sirous O. springin' on II as a kyind O.
s'prise like. Jake d done lose out
repeated ag'in GrosJean. an he says
what he amt no hawg 70 punishment
an he knows when he's got enough O.
that even II he want easy satisfied
when things was gwine his way. An
Pearsall was over To Greenville co'tin'
the gal he married later on. no II
looked like they want nobody but Jim
10 set in with Grosjean. but I reasoned
with W~interbottom 70 a spell. handin'
him a stake. an he SAYS very we'll.
what he amt no 'bjections 70 losin'
a other mans money II Il come 20
that. 30 they was a three handed
game.
II seen what It d be better To- to
have mo- n two into II. case OF a argy-
mcnt, 70 Winterbottom sho' is d'pend-
able when II comes to backin' up the
house. He al'ays comes TO the help o
the Lawd ag'in tn Almighty, as the
Good Book says.
well the game begin like II most
gently done when Pete set In. He
didn't pear to had no greet luck when
Blaisdell doled the guards. but he sho'
done win amazin' onto his own deal.
an his luck helt with the hands he
got I'm W~interbottom. so he was gittln'
ahead rapid. when Jim lone caught HIS
lallapalooser.
stand to reason he wouldn't "a got
Il II Grosjean d a knowed what twas,
ii bein' his deal. an him reck'nin' on
| havin' the hest hand his ownself like
he gently had. bein' n excellent dealer.
But him not KNOWN nothin' bout II,
| II done come by act O. Providence.
well, Il was Winterhottom's age,
an when Blaisdell seen his guards he
done bet out. Pete had fo's all right
Fo' sevens they was II ! remember
| right. an Just narhully he rose II, an
Winterbottom folded.
Jim went back at him with n hun
, bred mo- an I s'plcioncd what was
! comm. but o co'sc Pete didn't had nc
twinklin' Of IL an no done rose II
agin. They done KEEP II up Til they
was quite a pot an Jim closed II. lie
said later on what he didn't aim &c
, bust Grosjean this time. on'y git him
mad. so'st he'd put up his pile when ht
sh'd get a lallapalooser his W self
like he'd most likely do.
Then they both stood pat an Blais'
dell bet a other hundred. Pears like
Grosjean mus, a s'picioned somepin
70 he never rose II. but only called
havin' his To- sevens.
But Blaisdell says. Y wtn.' an
reached To- the pot, an GrosJean says
'Yo' all pears to be some drunk. Yo
amt got nothin'.'
'Oh. yes has says B!aisdell. y go
a lalla p~alooser.'
"'Wotinells that?' says Grosjean.
Cant YOU see fo' yo'self?' say'
fialSueIl. lUeN = III 40 suits ihto ~
an the fifth cyard is a dimond. Tina
ties a straight flush
"Just nachul. Gros1ean draws a gun
II hadn't "a knocked It outen his han1
with a bungstarter they mought a
been a disturbance. But when W.
showed him the sign an Explained
what it was the house rule. he ca'me'
hisself some. an played along like n
was mo- or less ~'Xasperated an reck
oned TO- to git even.
so | done went outside an got tina
other sign an come back In the bacl
room an stuck It up on the wall whei
he want lookin'. Feared like he wa
too busy lookin' TO a la~llapalooser O
his own To- to pay 'tention to VIVA
was goin' on, what's al'ays q mistak
TO n man To do when he's playin' poker
no matter what he's got into his fist
But anyways. that's what he don
done.
Just nachul he didn't had no sue
Of a wad as he done had when he &c
in, To- Jim done hit him tol'able har
the first time, but he had c'sid'able LEI
an he sho' had the courage o. his con
victions, whatever twas he'd don
been c'nvicted OF. We n neve
knowed nothin' bout that. him nc
bein' a residcnter. but reckon 1t mus
"a been solncpin' serious.
"Well, bimeby II come Blaisdell
deal. an | will say TO- Jim what tn
cyards is liable To Law the way n