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14 GOODWIN'S WEEKLY H Open All Nlcht Telephone 361 S. D. EVANS UNDERTAKER AND H EMBALMER H New Building:. Modern Establishment. H 48 State St. SALT LAKE CITY H Lconc Done Charles A. Rice m LcRoy A. McGcc BONE, McGEE & RICE H Attorneys and Counsellors HI x 414 Felt Buildine Wasatch 5881 H PARLEY P. JENSON M LAWYER H Suite 410 Utnh Savings & Trust Bide H Telephone Wasatch 5011 H SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH H ANNOUNCEMENT M Y. PENDAS & ALVAREZ H NEW SIZE WEBSTER H Invincible Chico. Rare Old H Tobaccos. Delicious Taste. H Rarest Fragrance. m Hemenway & Moser Co. M Dealers in Quality H Ask For our home-made I UNION SCHOOL H SHOKS H For boys. None better made. H Satisfaction Guaranteed H "MOUNTAINEER" and H "WE LADER" overalls Hj dprM rip are honestly made. Old Man Greenlaw's Place By DAVID A. CURTIS, In NEW YORK sUfi. "This horo congrogation o' talont 'pears to bo somo like tho Chlldron o' Israel what's told about in tho Good Book," said old man Greenlaw rather mournrully. "Pact is yo uns Is c'nsld'blo like 'cm mo' ways 'n ono. "Tho pood book says how they was stlir, naked an' robolllous, and Gawd knows yo' uns is robolllous onough, lot alono boin' stiff pokor playors. I reckon th' only reason yo' don't go naked is 'long o' that boin' onrashlonable slncot tho Dark Agos. Boin 's that was whon tho children or Israol was started, didn't make no p'r tlcl'r dllT'ronco whother thoy wo' clq's or not. Nobody couldn't sec 'om In the dark. "But what I was thlnkln' mo' special was whon thoy ustor gather 'round tho Pool o' Salome. Oncot in a while they'd como a angol what'd tu'n tho water Into wine, an' all hands 'd get a free drink. 'Pears llko whisky does yo'uns Just as good as wine, but yo' sot 'round waltin' ro' a angel Just tho same." Tho old man was accustomed to speak his mind rrcoly at all tlinos, and it was by no moans tho llrst occasion on which ho had roproachod his cronies for what ho consldored shortcomings on their part, so that this outbroak, albeit ho was rather more uncompllmontary than usual, did not stir them to immediate reply. They con tinued to consume tobacco as ir serenely JndllTerent to his opinion. Gradually, however, tho Idea that ho Intended to express reprobation in some way appeared to seep Into their conscious ness, and Jake Wlnterbottom spoke up. "Yo' all 'pears to bo somo bet up over somopln'," ho said gently. "What's bo oatln' or yo' recent?" "Don't have to bo nothln' p'tlc'lar dld dln' fo' a man or Incrimination to reolizo how yo uns is rrlttorin' away tho days o' yo' youth, as tho Good Book says," ro tortod tho old man with a touch or bitter ness. "Whon I was yo' ago ir business was as dull as 'tis now I'd a bon out Into tho by-ways an' hedges a lookln To' strangors an c'mpollln' or 'em to como and' p'takc o tho roast what's p'pared." Ills hoarors looked at him as ir slightly bowlldorod. Then thoy lookod at ono an otlior doubtrully, shaking tbolr bonds with an air or great concern. "Beckon it's tho woathor?" askod Sam. l'oarsall. "Judgln' r'm 'poarances I sh'd say what ho 's mo' 'r loss crazy with tho boat." "No, 'taint tho woathor," said Jim Balsdell. "I bon tookln' notlco or him ro' a c'nsld'ablo spoil recent. 'Poars to mo llko It's nothln' but old ago. I reckon he 's dono roll into his adago." "I ritinno what a adago is," said Joo Bassott gravoly, "but ir bo's aono roil In bo's drlvollln' somo palnrul. Th' ain't no bodges In Arkansas City's rur's I know, on I ain't hoor'd o' nobody p'parln' no roast ro' no strangors." "Ain't thoy a game ready ro' 'om In the back room?" oxclatmod tho oia man Yip lontly. "ir yo' uns had th" intolllgonco H DO YOU KNOW THAT H "The Brightest. Spot i Broadway" I THE PALM GARDEN? H PAT A MIDDAY LUNCH OR TUffO 1? l&FL 1 AN EVENING MEAL O&KI&r H Service and Prices will Please You Just around the corner from Main or a wild oss o' tho wlldornoss yo mought 'a'knowed I was talkln parabolic. But 'poars llko th' ain't nary ono on yo' what wounldn't sot 'round r'rovcr ruthcr 'n to hustlo ro players." "Mcbbo ir his head was to bo shaved ho mought como to," suggested Jako Wlntorbottom. "Pears like thoy 'd ought ro' to bo some 'xtreme measures took." "Oh, I don't know," said Owen Pepper. "I reckon IT his head was to bo shaved plumb orr they wouldn't bo no sense into it. 'Cordln' to what I dono heer'd a doctor say ono tlmo thoy has to bo somo kylnd o' gray matter into a man's head aTo' he c'n bo 'xpected To' to have 'ntelle goncc. Mo'n likely his gray matter's gono blue moulded." The old man grow purple and reaching Tor his bungstartcr ho mado at Mr. Popper, exclaiming: "ir yo' all has any brains In yo' own head p'paro To' to have 'em shed." But Mr.Pepper sat undisturbed. "Oh, I don't know," ho said calmly. "Yo' all was makln' mention o' strangers. I dono mot up with two on 'em up to Little nock yesterday what was lookln' To' a poker game. "0' co'so thoy is pokor enough played thar, but 'poars llko thoy dono got tho local talent somo tlmlNod, bein' 's they was mo girted 'n common, an' I was tcllln' or 'cm how thoy was mo' scientific pokor played in Arkansas City 'n they was anywheres else, so tuey 'lowed they'd take in Arkansas City next, a'ter they done cloancd up Little Rock. "Mo' n likely they'll have a healthy wad. They dono mighty well so rur, an' thoy was lookln' to clean up a other party last night." "Havo a drink, Topper," said tbo old man, Joyously. "Them sho is good nows. Thoro's times well yo' all 'pears to not know s'much 's yo'd oughtcr, c'nsld'rln' how yo' has to go 'round alone, but 'long sldo o somo what's nigh hand, yo' 'poars to bo plumb tulontod. ir thoro's any Justice in tho 'rangomonts what's made ro' a horoartor, I reckon yo' all 'd ought To' to havo a extra halo gave to yo'." "uh, I don't know," said Mr. Pepper, holping hlmsoir with a liberal hand. "I don't 'pear to take no gro't int'rest In haloos. Groc'rles Is my reg'lar business, an' I draws down a sal'ry an' 'xpenso money To' sollln or 'cm, but when I takes on a sido lino, like ropin' In suckors to a pokor gamo, I al'ays looks ro' a c'mlsslon. I reckon all yo' all has to do is ro' to doclar' mo In the gamo 'tnoutcn rer'renco to no haloos." "Th'aln't hut mighty row things what's mo' d'scouragln' to thorn what's lookln' To' tho bottormont o' mankylnd, 'n to soo slch a graspln disp'sltion as yo' all 'pears to havo," said tho old man, grudgingly. "I wouldn't bo thatawuy ro' gold an' dl'monds. 'Pears llko yo oil moght bo satlsriod with knowln' what yo' all is doln' a good turn ro' thorn what's d'sorv in' it." "Oh, I don't know," said Mr. Popper. "Mobbc I bo, on' mobbo not. 'Pours llko that ain't 'mpo'tant, ono way or t'other, but I ain't rotchln' lo playors ro' nothln. ir th' ain't nobody olso adoln or it, I rockon I'll doclar' my own soir in. An' that goos." This preliminary holng sottled, dis cussion Tollowod or tho two strangors who had distinguished thomsolves in Llttlo Hock, and old man Greenlaw was plainly dlscomritod whon loomed that they were mountalnoors rrom tho Ozancs. "Thorn Ozarks sho' is ondosirablo," ho said. "Thoy 'poars to bo somo llko thorn othor swlno what's mentioned in tho Good Book. 'Pears llko thoy spends their tlmo mostly runnin' down stoop places, 'mo' 'r less vi'lont. Gon'Jy whon ono on 'cm comos In hero thoro's a hollova eloanln' up to bo did a'tcrwardSj an' ir thoy is 'two on 'em to onst, th' ain't no tollln'." But to this Jim Blaisdoll mndo a scorn ful rejolndor. "I rccon," he said, lortlly, "how (th' ain't no two players gwlno to got away with this crowd, not ir I'm a-sottlh in tho game." ' u " "Well, thoy is somo grounds ro' b'llvln' that," admitted tho old man, though sbjnq what doubtrul. "ir I didn't think so, I wouldn't bo backin' yo' gamo. But whon It comes to Ozarkors thoy is somo 'ctfSlon ro' to remember how tho Good Book says what a man what's buyin' chlp3 didn't ought ro' to avaunt hlssoir llko him what's cashln' in. "Anyways, thoy wouldn't bo nothln' lot by bavin' a c'mltteo 'p'ntod To' to moot those horo two whon thoy como, an' kylnd o' size 'cm up aro, thoy sots into tho game. Th' ain't nothln like boin' p'pared To' the wust, an' ir thoy 'm r'm th' OzarKS, llkoly thcy'm nigh 'bout tho wust thoy is." "Oh, I don't know," said Mr. oWen Popper. "I've saw wuss'n Ozarkors aro' now." " It was ovldont that ho Tolt encouraged to unusual rrcodom or speech by roas8K"or having established himsoir, as ho rockonod in tho good graces or tho company b$ his missionary work. His complacency, h0v over, was or brier onduranco. The, did man reached again Tor his bungst'artor and Ba' 't made a quick motion that Mr. Pepper i. .orprcted -orrcctly. In conse quence there was an Immediate vadancy In tho llttlo circle. Tho old man was not wholly dlssatlsTicd with this, but insisted with somo reason that it wass all tho more necessary ' t'o havo tho committee ho had suggested mCot tho coming strangers bororo Mr. Feppor should havo av opportunity to conror with them. "Pepper sho' is erratic," ho said, and Bassatt and Wlntorbottom wore sonl out forthwith to moot tho train that was thou duo rrom Little Bock. Somo four hours lator, tho train having arrived as punctually as usual, thoy ro turned to tho saloon with two strangers whom old man Oroonlaw rogardod with mingled apprehension and astonishment. They wore cltlzons or ontlroly ordinary appearance, who soemod th.visolvos con siderably surprised by tho a.iontlons that were, shown to them and more or loss doubtrul as to tho moaning or their hosts. When thoy woro lnvitod to llquor.howovor, they showed prenoncc or mind surriclont to avail themselves or tho opportunity. "Thoy uns 'pars to bo c'nsld'ablo, on usual ro' Ozarkors," said the old man In a cautious undertone to Wlntorbottpm during an awkward pause, and Wlntor bottom noddod. Ho too was puzzled. As no ono olso soemod Inclined to load up to tho subjoct that was upporinost in his mind Jim Blaisdoll broached it. "Wo uns is dono hoor'd c'nsld'ablo o' yo' uns' dlddlns up to Llttlo Hock," ho said ploasantly. "'Poars yo' dono tolablo woll into tho pokor gamo." "Well," said tho oldor or tho two strangors, "I dunno but what wo did, c'nsldorln. 0' co'so wo didn't brook ovon. Mobbo that wa'n't to bo 'xpoctod but wo didn't loavo no gro't amount bohlnd wljon wo como away." Ho spoke somewhat hosltantly, and to his ovldont surprlso his hoarors laughed heartily. Thoy woll approclatod tho sub tle humor which tho roply soomod to Indicate. As a trlbuto to H old man Groonlow immediately proppod anothor round, and again tho Strauses domon- strated their gumption. It was ovldont that thoy woro not destitute or Intelli gence. Whon Blaisdoll, however, proposed that . thoy should play a llttlo more pokor thoy showed no such eagerness as might havo boon lookod for. "Wo uns was rocknln' how wo wouldn't