The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-09
Mr.. OWEN PEPPERS
PONDEROUS WAD
Plays an Important Part in
Old Man Grcenluw's
Poker Game.
MAD STAYS: PEPPER Cues
By DAVID A. CURTIS.

$500 -
Pepper win an AIR ot lordly lhd'ier-
.hce "heh Ola man ''recniaw asked
nm now many cIips ne wanted 10 puy
ior u starter III thc poker game 10
mought Gimme a couple % thousand In
whites case o they ocin' II small
pets. an reds an blues an yallers In
ppotion.' And he fingered a pom
derous wad uhcohcernedly as II well
epare TO pay Tor any numbcr OF
STACKS the ola man might see NJ 10
PIE up TOT MIN.
~ was ~undcniaply Wppant. NO man
could possibly nave use Tor s2'ooo
worth OF wh!te chips IN a poker game,
ana no one knew "'ter IMAM the o'd
man did mat even Mr.. Pepper was
wei acqualnte" WIN thht elementary
fact. Moreover, Mlppancy In c"nnec-
ton with draw poker was utterly alb
horrent to the old man. He loathed 1t
MI all the intensity or MS ardent
southern soul. and when he really
ioathc ne could do IL remarKaoiy
wei. the others in the room would
NOT nave been SURPRISED II ne nad
administered a crushing rebuke to Mr..
Pepper.
For a nm" II seemed as II he was
~ ~ "'
were eNceptiolal. tie controlled him-
self ny a mlghty eItort ard even
achieved a smile when he answered:
j amt got "A heilova lot % whites
IN the house. Pepper. but ! got "A few
hght greens what en- he eckoned
whatever = dslraclo. They won't be
no difficulty bout NUN go oui with
chips. Spos!n' 90 was to take 81 .ooo
Nnlh IA "a h'fFF 81
"Oh. | don't know said Mr.. Pepper,
d~iscontentedly. Il reckon that won't
80 fur II ] was To- sit hct up any
He was enjoying himself greatly I'm
contempiatins the hewild.red looks or
me entire company. They MA all
Nn""l MI i'Pp'r u" q '"hs ''Ih'' put
'"y Hau n'.hcF'" entertainer scan.
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ova,i,. .rd h.d r,ci,.a -, lola
80 h,yi,g on, ,ho be,,o, -, ,ro rios,
red,uh,, b,e gambler who travelled The
river in a game mat had recent,v been
Mia, od a., ono ,f rho ho,.s ,hcy h,a
,,een staggered. IL not entirely f,abber
-ssted.
Whenever on previous occasions the
great American game had been dis
cussod In Mr. Peppers presence he hat,
romported himself with becoming
modesty. processing no particular skill
as a player and declining with diff
dence To JOIN in any contest In which
experts were engaged 50 that they
rad relocated nm to the amateur class
n creulteu MN win snrewuhess' al
leas'' III a'o'oihs ther 'iu'ches' e'eh
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uues'io'a"'s nave zee" coh'''heu III
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l eoh'p"'e'9' f''" o"he winner
po'torh' WHO WAS usually p'acid ever
uhoer great ProNo1atioh' showed s'ehs
"'i''''""' ca'" aea'saii pesah u
/Set nervous JIM n'a's"e'. was I'M
patent anu Joe hassett spoke ou'
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