The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-25
Game is Described by Pepper,
Who Has to Flee from
His Life.

They is them, said old man
Grecnlaw, "whatll take 'dvuntaEC q
them what has to do with 'cm ov'ry
time they gifts chNnst Pears like
they'd rather make a dishonest dol
lar n to win II Offcn 'Cm Legitimate
into game o. draw.
90 co'ss II all right II It's did rCg-
lar In the co'sc o. business, an did
onto large scale. so II I thoy =
enough into II TO- to make It wuth
while. II he gifts to be- manufaC-
turcr o. greet wealth. tn amt nobody
gwin to holt II RGin him Some o
these holicr n thou yapS SAYS "Toin't
money II its got thRtaway." but tn
amt no sense In saying 'tnint. II u
man has enough on It. II he don't
sit enough. that's different"
Il reckon it's al'ays dirf'rcnt then. '
said Jim BlRisdcll. in a very unplcRs-
ant tone OF voice. "'Th' amt nobody
got enough money, not never. tn
amt. Tho mo- he gifts. the mo he
pears to want
Inclined TO Disagree.
There were times when Mr.. Blais-
dell seemed disinCllucd to agree with
anything that was said by anybody.
Knowing him as an artist. hts friends
attributed this to temperament. and
generally let It go at that. but Just
now old man Greonlaw was in an ar
gumentative mood and was also diam
clined to agree with any who assumed
a critical attitude toward anything
he said. And ho took Mr. Blaisdcll'8
utteranCo as criticism.
Therefore his rcJoinder was de-
llvered In n manner that reused the
keen interest OF all the others In his
little saloon in Arkansas City. inClud-
ing tho dove OF peace who had been
broodlng contently in the corner for
a considerable time.
That's different again" he rasped.
ANY fool d ought TO- to know what
the pint is how much he's got. not
how much he wants"
Well" retorted Blaisdcll. still
more Extensively, "bcin's l amt no
fool. dunno what the pint IT,.
Pears like yo' all docs, Anyways yo'
pears to p'tend to. Mebbe yo' don't. "
Also "Nyillin' tn Fomcnt."
I'm be doggoned II | kin. neither,
Pears like tn amt no pint to II, no
how" said Sam Poarsall. ms II dis
gusted. His tone. however. lacked
conviction, and II seemed as II he
were maliciously intent on promot-
ing disturbance rather than con-
cerncd with the question at issue.
Jake Winterbottom was also will
ling to fOment, and he spoke up.
60 c'ose tn amt" he said. but
that Amt no reason why yo' 'uns ID
ought 10 to be dev'lin the old man
like yO' be. Let him rave. Don't no
body be harmed, and 1t makes him
mo- easy like in the haid."
Joe Bassett and the dove Of peace
were affected adversely. The formNr
showed every sign Of intense JOY,
though he said nothing. and the lat
tor essayed deprecEtOr COO, but cvi-
IDENTIFY realizing the futility OF II. In
contlnently departed from the prem
ises. Or. II the phrase be preferred,
II may be said that she fed the scene.
It was no place for lady. anyhow.
"OId Man" in Rage.
Raising his voice. the old man
cursed them all bitterly. continuing
to do this with great vigOr and an
admirable choice of invective until
his vIsage was empurplcd and his I'm
mediate supply Of breath was ex-
hausted. 80 that perforce he paused
for moment.
Before he could begin again Jake
Winterbottom said calmly. highs |
en- understand, they pears to be some
idee what man didn't ought TO- to
git no money, not 'thouten he's got
II already. Pears like that's dan
gerous doctrine, as the Good Book
says. They wouldn't be no sense In
piayin' poker Il that was to p'vS:i. ="
mo mo- tn amt" growled BlRis-
dell. who was too cantakerouB that
evening to enjoy the occasion as
much as the others were enjoying IL.
"Leastways tn amt no sense into II. %
he continued, III yO' don't know no
mo- bout II n to go broke onto TO-
kings into n freeze out when drunk
en- stranger deals 'em to yO', Mo- spe-
hal II yo' gifts ace with 'em. Talk
about 4 fool"
Loses Power Of Speech.
Here Mr.. Blaisdell seemed also TO
become incapable of further speech,
not from lack Of breath. but because
II was impossible to add anything to
what he had said without weakening
the force OF II. No meaner ding at
the old man could have been deliver
ed by his bitterest enemy than no
(Blaisdel) had accomplished In thus
holding him up to derision by recall
ing a recent episode in which the old
man had done the very thing de-
scrIbed. The cold malevoIence Of
the speaker in twItting the old man
90 cruelty was appalling even to tho
well-seasoned ears Of his hearers,
and they gRzed at him aghast.
As for the old man, II Joe Bassett
had been so carried away by the lust
Of strife as to gouge his eye out, he
could not have been worse stricken