The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-04

J 80 lbitdgo very soon ~
/ lio said u viii be ba-'k there In
about three weeks"
lie said "l ou take that hack and
give 1t 20 her and tell her, 'Damn
her' ! never want to see her as
long as i've"
what do you meau7"
" | mean that We went 10 friend,
and he said that We wou.dnt have
ontreo into higher society unless We
learned to play cards and hit the
booze. And he said. Il didn't want
to. II was obnoxious to me, but my
mother pushed me into society" He
said: II learned to play and com
ueuCcd 20 drink. Huu lA got "a hold
upon me and / shot a fellow at a
gambliug table. lt was a question
OF whether he got me or I got him.
and ! shot him In seif-deienso, but
I couldn't convince the Judge, and
they gave me this indeterminate term
nom one 60 fourteen yeas ana "A
.u hadn't been for the cards. 1
wouldn't have been here
when We leave here youll never
have the chance to stand up and
say that I didn't preach the truth to
you. / VIII Doc free from those that
condemn you. they don condemn
me.
dent say that every body tnat
lHNFN 'hA w " tti b' ~ h'haANRA'Af bbA
say nobody Will ever become a gam
bier that didu't learn to play
that's dead sure,
was never more Interested In
my life than / was In hearing the
story of "A FELLOW born In "a little
town In ohio, not so very far from
. Cincinnati when he grew up he
went 90 Chicago and hired out and
hc went TO board In good for
. pA IHfRaHlIHrlND family (I'I
name an the denominations tonight,
don't worry)
Tho first night they brought out
the cards and said "Will you Join
us in n game 2"
lie said: Il don't know one card
| from another"
They laughed at his ignorance
They said. "You'H gee your eye
teeth cut"
lie said Il hope to stay here a
good white. but hope that | will
never learn to play cards
And time went on and one day
he met young fellow In his home
lie said Wont you go to lunch
with me today?" And he TOOK him
around, my friends, to saloon
called IA buffet. never could un-
derstand why they named IL a buffet
any more than you d call, a polecat
a guinea pig
So they went In and pushed a but
ton and the colored fellow came in
with some booze on a tray and his
friend said Won't you drink"
He said: II never took drink In
my lIfe.'
After they had lunch they
strolled around to gambling room
. whore they had a roulette wheel and
his friend took some chances When
they went out. he said: you did
me dirty to bring me in here. |
never was in "A place like that" and
he gave him the laugh. lie said.
You'll get used to It,"
lie said: Il hope l won't get used
to that"
Time went on. and he was left at
home one night with one of the girls
and he got to thinking a good deal
OF her. and she looked at him and
turned those dove-like eyes and
pearly teeth and coral lips on him.
Gee. that's a hard place to put a fell
lowl There Is many a fellow can
fight anybody In the world with his
dukes. but when nice. pretty girl
that he thinks good deal OF asks
him to do something questionable
his knees jus; knock together. He
gets cold feet.
And she looked at him ana said;
won't you play a game with me?"
NO, never played with anybody,
Bess."
She said: You'd play with me-"
NO" he said, 81 don't want to
play with you"
"Oh. shucks." she said, and put on
an innocent air and the blood ran
to her checks and only enhanced her
attractiveness.
Learned the Game.
And he looked at her and said:
well, I'll play just one game"
And they became so expert they
could defeat any two that opposed
them in any game. They won all
/ the priZes--eYerythlnE.
Finally he saw n shorter route to
fame and fortune and he started out
to be a gambler. And one day he
was down to gambling joint and
he got into quarrel, and he
threatened to return the next day.
The next day he was strolling
along and he met an old friend and
he inveigled him to go down to the
old Joint with him. They went
down, and he raped on the door
and a voice inside said who's
there" He gave reply and they
recognized his voice. He told them
to open the door and they wouldn't
do II. and he doubled his fist and
]
| Pang! Bang! His revolver rang
out and the bullet glanced ana
struck his friend and stunned him
and he left him lying there, the
blood oozing from his wound He
looked to see that he wasn't killed,
but Lot him and ran down to the
Queen & Chescent and took the Inn
tied express and went off up Into
the eastern part OF Tennessee.
And there he sat around gamb-
ling table. and there sat every fell
low with his watch and rings and
icwclrv OFT. and every fellow had
hts gun and knife whore he could
grab them IL II came to show
down. Every fellow that won
would have to fight for II, and
when II came to tho showdown my
friend held the winning hand, ana
an Italian drove the hilt Of his dag
ger into his side. and in the squab-
bling that ensued over the money
and watches and iewelry. he was
tramplod under their feet, and they
dragged him down the stairs and
made their getaway In the morn
ing he was found by n policeman,
VINO saw the blood and kicked open
the door. and found him lying there