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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
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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