"I don t 'bjcel to ioMin' a reas'ns'.bl.?
sum 11' money when I play," wa- 11?<?
way !u put it. "hut it {^*-11* me heavy
to he did otiten it when I don't riuhtly
undci stand tlie way It's win "
"Tii' ain't nothm' o' that kyind <li?l
into no i4i?in< what's played into my
s'loon." s.uu the oM man earnest 1\.
?'I <h a't r.evur 'low tiolicdy to j<!ay
in my p!ae- . on';.' them 'i I knowr is
r'liable. 'thouton they's some stntUKi"'
comes ;? lor.;;. 'iUt yo'sclf. what "peara
to he ,i all 'round :.|)j'i an' has money
'liou'nli :??' to pay no 't hooteii sr'tio'iiin"
f 5ie !o*. v. .Mo'n. that. ' al'ays keeps ;?
bunitsiarter itimIi ham' to' the ::p'.cial
puppo ?>* serin' what th<\v ain't no
'dvantiit.c took o' nobody. 'I'Iiunp hero
"onts !l all tell y o' v lint them's all
fat's."
They wo;:!?l at.tl they did. So olu
ph:itle were they In tlu-ir tlcelaialtoim,
ami >u heartily did tko.v all appeal to
the ?trantrer to consider himself :? t
home anio'iti his frieiii^, rather Mmu
a* '-in outsider, that after a driiik oi
tv. ? more hi e.\pressed kis willii{fness
to ".set ii; to' a spell," so as to judge
iiii' himself ot tlia imtnrc of the game
Th' i otipon ?? i:ne was started ill thu
back ??ni'in without :ur'.ii*r il.'M'Utsion.
?| i m. a mail what travels with
a l oily servant ai.' a wail i< liable i'o
:?> !,. !?' :i:-kl'ahle 'inpo" ance to the
e miinity afo' in- k aves." said old ma;
?.'i" n!av. alter 1..- ha*! sold chips anil
'.?ettsrned lo the harrooiu.
"iiii. 1 don't know." said .Mr. Ov on
IVppcr. who had been walthinyy the
pr'H'eeilii.KS with keen tnjovinent.
