Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
OLD MAN GREENLAW
BUYS HIMSELF A DOG
Deeply Impressed Mt Discovery That
Animal Knows How to
Play Poker.
CANINE ALSO coNvERsEs
Stranger, Ventriloquist, Pays Visit
to Saloon and Is So Skillful That
Proprietor Fails to Discover He Is
Being TriCkcd.
ny DAVID 4. CURTIS.

hN DAN I'D y. CURTIS.
Blaisdell and Pcarsall were both
married men with established places Of
abode to which they sometimes re-
ferred as their homes Bassc,t. being
n sheriff. sometimes had official duties
which domain dcd his presence at differ
ent places at different times, and these
duties he would attend TO If he felt
like doing SO Even Jake Wintcrbot-
tom was understood to have some
mysterious hiding place of his own TO
which he would go for periods Of re-
pose at such times as he could find
nothing else TO do.
Owen Pepper was uuprovi;lcd with
any fixed habitat. being a travelling
man by profession. And tho Dove Of
Peace fitted from place TO place as
circumstances dictated seldom re-
naming in old mau Grcenlaws bar
room for any considerable time.
though she occasionally hroodcd over
the bar with one-half open eye fixed
on the doorway ~ II cNpcctant OF
somebody's Sudden entrance.
II thus happened that old man
Greenlaw would find himself occasion
ally the sole occupant OF his little
saloon In Arkansas city. he being tho
only person who was hardly ever
known 10 leave the place for mo-
ment. Such sleep AS even he found
indispensable" he took ~ odd moments
In his favoriie chair by the window.
with his feet on tho Sill He was.
however. a light sleeper AT best, and
Weakened AZ the slightest noise.
Finding himself alone on ono occa-
sion. and having IN consequence. moth
ing Whatever TO OCCUPY his mind. he
took advantage NJ tho opportunity TO
settle himself for q nap. No; for long.
however. did he slumhcr for the door
opened and Z stranger came in where
upon the old man rose promptly and
stepped behind tho bar anticipating
the call for Refreshments which the
stranger would presumably make
He was not in error. The stranger.
front o. the ha. and leaning his elbow
on !, pronounced the cus,omar" for
nula
LARGE DOG PUTS PAWS
on EDGE q" BAR
Let's liquor" he said and "A, tho
sound or the words large dog thai,
was 80 least in some part OF the hound
variety uttered 2 short bark and.
standing on his hind legs pu, his
front paws on Tho edge OF tho bar and
stood with wha, seemed an eager cx-
preston on his face licking his chops
and looking !ntcntly III the old man.
The old man WAS not ford o.. dogs
considering them reproductive and
needlessly expensive. Moreover he
Was Inclined 10 resent the action Of
this particular dos In putting his paws
on the bar, but there was something
about the look on the ooE's face that
appealed TO his sense o: hurror. am!
tor the moment disarncd criticism
''Yo dawG pears 10 be monstrous
tr!en'lv' he said as he placed bot
lie ana Two glasses where they would
be available for use
He sho' be" said the stranger Me
an him is side pardners. I reckon
tim, thar dawsd give nc the last dol
lar he had II he had 1t, But a!nt yo'
al! Go!n 20 j:ne us? meant 70 all
hands - hav drink together when
! pnounc"d tho invite, an yo' all is
on'y PIT our two glasses"
We'll said tho old man in some
surprise they Amt on'y TWO on US
hyar. is they
"sho' they is" said the stranger:
'theys three on us Me an Jack an
80 all can; 70 all count?"
4 en- coUnr, al! right" said the old
man testify, "but want countin' tho
dawg don, reckon ne wants no
whisky, does hc7" And then he gasped
with aston:shment. for the dog an
sweveG. He knew he could not be
mistaken, for the voice was strange
one. ana u came from the dogs throat,
but he could hardly believe his own
ears when No heard the words: "Sho
I does Didn't yo' all never see a
dawg drink afo?'
But he kept mis- self possession. not
whisky. ] hain't,' he said. AN II go