Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-23
ONE EYE BUTTS IN
WITHOUT WARNING
Saves Arkansas City'S Sheriff the
Trouble of Hunting
Him Up.
TROUBLE SEEMS IMMINENT
Enters Saloon Where He Had Been
Subject OF Observation-Disclosures
lars of What Happened Will BE
CbronicIcl Later.
~ DAVID 4. CURTIS.

Eye bcin' alive. TIL amt. The hull
world al be a heap mo- comfaDlc .if
he was daid. But as the Good Book
says. faint them things what he does
what ID ought 70 to be holt ar'in him.
Its TIA" low down. orncry way he
docs en-"
The one-cycd mnu WAS trequontly
tho subject Of discussion IN old man
Erecnlaw's little Saloon In Arkansas
city, when, rs il now happened. there
WAS nothing for anybody TO do eN-
cept to talk, or to smoke in silence.
Generally. under such circumstances
the old man and his friends preferred
smoking. but when the old man felt
inclined 10 express such thoughts ms
occurred TO him. neither principaliti"s
nor powers were potent enough TO
prevent him from uttcrance.
often a monoiu2u" cnsucd, hut Oh
occasions there would hc dialogue.
or even II general coAvcrsation. If
tho onc-eycd man was mentioned at
AL. II was likely 10 be u compensation,
because each one Of tia. l!tne com
Dany that gathered nightly in tho sa-
loon had pronounced views concern
ing the noted desperate. and each one
was outspoken IN the matter
Each from - different angle. They dc
tested him heartily. ana many unkiud
things had been said about HING diff
ferent times but the old man Mad this
tim" opened up ucw lin" of thought
hv diNcrentiatiuc between IN. crimes
,'n" Eye had committed and the mat
ucr of their commit s~icn - seemed
somcwha, subtle distinction. and his
hearers as thtir custom WAS. reelected
for a period before commenting.
10; n>SsEr"r FIRST
no SPEAK HIS MIND
Joe Basse,t wax the FIRST to speaS
HIS Hatred Of tho common enemy WAS
perhaps NOR. yirnleut than that OF
tho others and ne was Of worry posi-
tive mature cling impatient OF subtle
tics
.Whni .na holI" he exclaimed
anrrily. after what seemed To he "a
vain attempt TO understand tn" drift
OF tho old mans remarks. ~ q mans
gwin" to steal boss IT don't make no
din'remce II he grabs him by tn" nose
or by tho halter one Eye amt no
mo- OF Il hcllyon long o beiu' "a sneak
nor ne is just nachul. n" "in't n"thin
but plain piHcn, nphow an tn a'ni
no way o maxim out what hc's no
wmss. nor 10 he,ter'n I've Is"
Well dunno" said LAX" Winter
bottom thcughtfully. ia heap
drutheS a man d come at mo with
gun ~ he r'Doscs 10 to st my wad
nor would 70 L. hav" him lift Il
often me when ! was drunk an didn't
know nothr' bout II. Pears like
,hcys c'nsld'able difference
"4tehbe they is" said lin Rlaisden.
who had his own IDEAS and cherished
a secret admiration for tho only man
In the Mississippi VALLEY who was his
peer nj ~" poker table. but one Eve
ain't 'ntir.ly hathaway. atn't sayin
hut what hos a hellyon,' ne added
hastily. as II fearful of hciuG misun-
ders,ood. ''bu; lie sho' is canahlc. They
is = heap en- y. overlooked into = man
what plays guards Ike he does"
''rhcy's cn'y one thing about that
nm what ia be wiilju' 10 look on"
said sam Pcarsall with vicious "mpha-
sis AN thiid hc his daid body !
cd look IT That with - hoHy {" salts
faction. mo- special II Was =" been
the mono what done It,
That's one thing don't understand
about yo' all Jim" h" added half re-
pronclfully. "iIow yo' all cd stomiclS
10 set in with him to poker game
like yo' done recent alter what he's
done did To VIC uus I'm timc To time,
beats me. amt so alinrcd p'ticlar
hour pickin comp'ny my own self
hut I'm dorroncd n ed a did II"
This was In reference 10 q trip Blais-
doll and Winterbottom had taken not
long before for tho express purpose
of meeting tho one-cycd man. he hav-
ing challenged the champion Of ar
Kansas City To freeZcout. The result
% the game had been satisfactory TO
-
evidently distastoful TO Elaisdell, for
ne frowned angrily. Ncvortheicss. nc
was inclined 10 justify himself.
SATISFACTION IN PLAYING
HIN TO STANDSTiI.I.
I'D play guards with the devil his
self" he said. IF he cd put M tho
kyind OF game One-Eyc kin. Thcys
mo- satisfaction in playn' him to a
s,andstill Hike done nor they ia in
winnin' all tho sucker money they is
on tho river. TIL ain't no other man
Twin but him what wouldn't :, beat
out on that hand
That comes tol'abIc nigh bcin' bias
phcmious.' said the old man with cx-
,remc dsapprovai. 'Th amt no real
satisfaction to bc Token outen a game
a. poker 'thautcn 10 gifts the money.
MI that idcc o playin' TO distinction
Is rotten r'dic'lous. Poker's to serious
a matter for 10 be frivollcd with. That
thar artistic temperament O. yo'n II
bs the ruin a yo' all yet if yo' don't
watch cut
Well faint been uoways runous,
so FUR" retortcd Blaisdcll carc1essly.
nor I Amt worried bout it, p'tic'lar.
Mcbhc It's that what makes INC look
at Ono Eye some different firm the
way yo' all does don; like what
he's done dom better II none on
yo'. bu, SO 1"cs dmirc the way
he done 'el: iic sho' is ono expert"
And then tho talk went all M in
the air consisting thereafter of a hope
less tanclc Of conflicting views OK
pressed without logical sequence and
with such emphasis as to bring the
i've friends dangerously nigh to per-
aunal controversy. The dove of peace
nu,tcred and several times seemed
about TO go elsewhere. At length.
sccng Mr.. owen p2rpcr enter the door,
ahe gave II up and fed. as ono without
hope.
Mr.. Pepper was not man who ha-
bitually Wanted himself He was more
likely to effacc himself when. as some
times happened and as was now hap
pcning, there seemed to be n prospect
Of a clash II was not that he had
any special adherence OF strife. on
the contrary, he enjoyed bchoding it
aud would sometimes stir 1t up for the
pleasure OF seeing it. but he seldom
or never participated in it. prcferrinG
The attitude OF Il bystander, and oven