Show IThe The Reasonable in Draw Poker L Old Od Man Mn Greenhut Discusses Bade Suicide and Hears Hear of bers New Nw York Sun What Wat Arkansas Arkansan City Cit pears pear to need moren anything else is a a rattling good goodcase goodcase case c o 0 race suicide said aid old man Greenhut as a he and his hl cronies sat st outdoors outdoor one day y around the th front door of his saloon salon I IFor For an interval the party continued to eat et their in silence waiting for tor such further furher remarks as the speaker might see fit ft to offer ofer As S he continued smoking peacefully as DS a one who has freed his mind Joe oe Bassett asked aked a a question QU ton this hr race suicide he said what sort of a fish is it i I hant heerd heerd o none on em bein In these thee here waters I ater Do tl tey ey roost high night times or kin you ride em bareback Be B they good to oat lat lator at or ony fit ti fr wagons Old Ok Odman man Greenhut looked at him with wih some surprise and much dignity digity Yore Ignorance Joe he said saId se severely severely verely verly sure sur is Race suicide aint alt no different fm fm any other sui sill suicide suicide cide ony you run rn a race for it It some like a donkey race to a county fair The Te onet comes in last wins the prize price e eThe The last one I seen f was managed fine There was wa three thre citizens In Greenville what had been ben bentold told many times for lor to go jump in the the river t they got sort of In the notion noUn of It I ony they none on m go first firstI I 1 reasoned with wih em all al but twant tw nl no use an finally finaly the citizens got to together together gether geter an greed fer to have a race suicide When the three on fer em was notified they kicked some but they was wa give red liquor an was made to see t was wa fr r the good o 0 othe othe the community an after atter had more liquor or they started They had a run to the edge o the levee an the last one over was to have another anoter bottle o whisky afore aCore in There was some curiosity about happen beta t n nas as we all an want to be belat last lat They started stated off of fine an the lull hull hulltown ul town was there to see they run fair None Non on em to be hur hurried ned ried about gettin there first but they th y got to the edge of the water In good time tm all aU together Then Ihen they looked at each oth ot other r an all aU of a sud den Sol So and Pete Kinkhead pushed Billy Mush overboard rd an then tackled tackle each other They hey had a fine match fr rr fr about ten minutes an there ther was bettin betIn done by them t was lookin on but Pete Kinkhead finally Sol In the river an we give him the extry ex tr bottle botte By the time hed finished that he said sId he reckoned hed rather ruther drown nor to drink any more o 0 that an over oyer he went Pears like some o 0 th sur stir surplus surplus plus o 0 this here com corn community communIty be utilized that way thou ten any danger to the th town Oh I dont know said Owen Per Pep Pepper Pel per coming around arund the corner corer With considerable more briskness than seemed fitting on so 80 hot a day I dont know What was ws you talking about Come on and have a drink boys he continued In the same same breath without apparently caring crIng whether he was answered wa or not His Invitation to drink however was held to have ha e the parliamentary potency of a motion moton to adjourn adour and old man Greenhut led the way to the bar When the ceremonies were con concluded cn eluded Mr r Pepper said sId again agin What Vat was you talking about and old Id nan man ran Greenleaf explained Looks like Id be bJ a excellent thing fr Vt fr Arkansas City he said to have some o 0 them race rc suicides right here hee We cd get shut o 0 some monstrous cn desirable citizens an innocent inno ent entertainment fr fr the te public to the same time Oh I know said Mr Owen Pepper the matter mater ith ih draw drw poker There Ther aint no thin the matter mater wIth draw drw poker responded the old ld man with wih quick Indignation But that got to do with wih race suicide Draw poker dont dont get rid rd o 0 nobody Its Is more like a fertilizer Makes a good man better beter an a citi citizen citizen zen count 0 o goin broke same as a fertilizer makes the crops an the weeds both grow Have Hae to do your weedin weed In just the same Oh I dont know said Mr Pepper r Draw Drw do that sometimes I a tamly o over In Tennessee nigh where I was raised Rich Had a thousand atre afore the war Bein as they want none on em cm great geat spenders they was considerable loose change in the house when the was freed fred an when th tho old man come to die twenty year ago he hO Jef about quarter o 0 million an ana ana ana a will wi This here will wili wi was some The old man appointed one o his cronies name o 0 trustee o th thO whole shoo Un match an he was to hold It till ti one o the two a sons died wa an then give all al t was left lef to the tie one that die But up to that he was to give either on em any money that to be reasonable Sim an Jim Bamberg was wa the two sons an they the was all al t was was lOft left l ft o the family Pears they hated each other right bitter biter an they went to In the courts right away Both oh Ott im em m claimed t one die ohe had ought for to been disinherited but thuy they both lost an n then haUn hatin ha each h other like they th y did they set to work r e to get away with wih the hull hul estate so t there tere be left lef when either one on em died neither r one on em eni stopped to think t he thought be bo left If U lef his brother died first frt but they was both hell hel bent rt rot r spendin all al ws the money so sos s he died r one get gt nothing Well Wel Sim d 1 go to old man ger an nn brace him f Fr r money an get it He H alays alaya get gt all aU he went It after but old r was liberal an beta bein as the will vl f fr r fr anything t neared to be reasonable hed mostly m sty giVe Sim Situ what he reasonable ast for lor Then Th n Jim would go f fr r his haul h ul an get all al he could an next day dy Sim im d go ly back back an so on Things Thing was w some som live lve by old r begin to think the thi boy was wu an au h they both on em come to me inn to know what excuse they cd put up to get more mor money Ony o cose cose they th the come They never go no nowhere nowhere nowhere where together Well Wel I told em to tell tel lost the money at poker an had to pay It J quick quick If I on earth arth arthIs Is reasonable over In Tennessee Its Is payin a poker debt debt That Tat worked fine f tr ft r a spell an It I begin to look Jook like there be left lef o th thO Bamberg estate when whelm old had a bright Idea ide Pears P rs he seen through what the th boys bo s was goIn to do ao so he says s s to If It they was was reely rely hell hen bentIn ys In the te money away he as w wel well ell get some of It I for Cor his own self FIrt First thing he done was wa to get a couple cuple o 0 short card players fm im Mem Memphis Memphis Memphis car up to his house bouse for fora a visit an put em wise wis to his little plan Then he told Sim an Jim Im ony separate o course as a how he had ha some lome friends on a visit an he felt like Ike havin a a little fun tun his self while w le they was there So he says to Sim Slat an then to Jim Im you can bring bringa a friend along with Ith you an well wel have havea a little littie draw Well Wel Sim an Jim Im was agreeable so they ast me Sim did an Jim did to togo togo togo go with wih em emI I mean with wih him an play An I went with both on em Say you never neyr seen sen anything more harmonious us like n q them poker games was I want lookin for to make no fortune the game f fr frI Fr FrI r rI I what wh t the old man was up U Uto to anI I reckon hed let a heap hep get by him but I did ld manage to pick pickup pickup pickup up enough to keep kepp me the poor poorhouse poorhouse poorhouse house fr a n spell an no nobody nobody nobody body then pea red to begrudge me what I got Lipton an Draka the two But when I seen they was gettin some grouchy guchY I let em know on the quiet quiet t I knew about dealin my own self sel an anthey anthey anthey they cooled off offWell of offWell Well old he make m ke keno no to bein hem a player an Sim Siman Siman Siman an Jim was to get through with wih that Bamberg money an Lipton an anDrake anDrake Drake was wa helpin em best they It I were as happy an pleasant plesant ns as SS a 3 prayer meeting Fur as I was concerned ther want no kick com corn coming comIng corning ing I IOwen Owen Pepper paused at It this point and busied himself himsel lighting a fresh cigar cisar He was so long about this that his listeners list ners who were W re greatly inter interested interested ested estl became berame be ame old man Greenhut especially so He some rome and arid at length said Dont you reckon we cd cl maybe get these here over to Arkansas City for to finish up that there game gme We uns uris cd give ghe em a good god run f Fr r their money an pears like Its Us plumb sinful for to let two such tinhorns as them get away with real money There aint to be no finish to that there ther game Greenhut said sid Mr Ir Pepper Pe er the same bein by reason rason of Its bein done finished at the time tm I Iwas IM Iwas was M tellin tehlin about about First night Sim he played playe enthusiastic enthusiastic Twant long afore he found an excellent way to drop money Hed wait wal till ti he got a hand with wih In It I an hed bet big Then Ten if anybody raised him hed Just call cal It worked tine fine fe an he hb dropped about abut four tour thousand that night nIght Next night Jim an me come around arund an the old man told him about Sim four thousand Then Jim he frothed at the te mouth an gibbered an squeaked d f tr Fr r a whole minute afore he cd speak plain he were that mad BlowIn in my money is he he sputtered when he found his tongue Ill Il teach tech the loafer Just wait walt till tl I git a chanat 0 o bettin some of An that th t po misguided victim of brotherly defection Jumped jumpe Into that game o poker so ve ye vehement vehement like t we was w play In 10 ante an bettin a hundred at a clip afore we knowe where we was wae Jims play was wa different Sims Pear d like he want satisfied with wih just gettin a raise rise or two when he have an then down down What he played plad for was wa to lose as much as he could every ever throw an anh hed h raise an a raise till ti the other tel fel get as fur in inas inas Inas have to call cl an so as he could could Consequence was t he lost consid considerable conid erable crable more at a clip cUp n Sim had ha but buthe buthe buthe he win too You see we want exactly broke to his style o play an It were some somO som for tor forto torto forto to open a pot fr tr fifty say an have another feller teler raise rise It be liable lable for to lay down to risk more even If I you knowe in a gen general general general eral way what his Intentions was wa That away It come about t Jim took many good pots but buthe buthe buthe he played so well wel t he ho managed to drop afore old got tired tred out an a stopped the te game gme He let It go on touten him being In it I to watch same as if he hews was ws a kitty kity Sy I never seen In my life was more nor Sims be behavior behavior havior te when he heerd hap happened happened next net day When he finished he says Slowed 00 o 0 omy omy my money hey Wel Well there aint ant mo comin to him ater to tonight tonIght tonight night see when we begin bein the first dealer that night night me m frt an Sim lm im havin the age he throws in fifty sayin Calls CaUs a hundred I says to myself t here was a good place fr me to get off oto but theres others to hear from first so 80 I looks on I Drake stays and drops i iThen Then Lipton raises rises It I 50 an I throws down my cards havin ony a pair pall o 0 sevens That brings It I back to Sim Siman Siman Siman an he never looks at his hand hand but he says very cool col I 1 raise rise you a hundred thousand f Then old man says You aint got no such money left lef Sim an moren morn that reasonable You know the will wU says you an Jim im aint to have ony reasonable reasonable Well Wel how much Is there left lef says Sim an an the old man says theres theresa a balance of ot I reckon reasonable aint It I and old ger lows It I Is IsSo IsSo IsSo So Drake he drops an Lipton says I aint got that much but An Sim says Ill Til Il lend it to you But they decides t he cant do that bein as its i hes all al In So S he gets impatient an says Ill 1 take your yourI I 0 O TV U So Sri then Lipton calls c ls an a I get ready to serve servO the draw drw Sim says Ill Til Il play these but he looked at his cards cards LIpton aint no chances though tough an he draws two to his three eights an a dont better beter Sim aint got but queen high hIgh an If I ever you seen a man happy he was that man There was a holy cam on his face as he says to old There aint aIn com In to that lowdown brother o mine when I die is there thereAn thereAn thereAn An the old man says there thee sure aint aint So Sim says Then I reckon Ill Il make sure of oJ It now And afore he what he was up to he a little white I paper an two minutes after atter he was stone dead dea This startling string finish to Mr r Peppers story stor took his hearers considerably i aback ab ck but old man man Greenhut soon son re recovered r recovered covered himself Drawing a long breath breth he ho h said sid id Proves what Ive 19 always said sald sid Draw Drw pokers pokers the chosen Instrument for tor to work out the te ways o 0 Providence Providence Twant fittin ti tn for tor them tem two fools to have ha money an the money wont went ent acrIn to them that the game gme You was sayin you got some on It It Mr Pepper And Ad Mr Pepper admitted that th t he heald did ald I didWell Well said skia sila old bid man i Greenhut Oree h theres teres a game ge on in the back room |