Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-12

] 10 look az Bill King he IL fsttiSh Sac
/ Li-iaNored man. with = cast in his hlpiSb
/ graN-eyeS. nervous look OF alertneSs All
! ffllh'r sensual, indulcent. coarse TYNE of
features he l., say. forty-eighf - arv.
J Two years old. and RAISED IN the interior NJ
1 New York, where he was a har lr7,,,f "a rf,.-
! years $40 Striving to he rsSuS..ifa'sst a. an
nSurarce agent, his cheek was ba rif,,s.I -
"a iaollily Agpt IN practice. and he learned
l.tu LESSONS OF tie ard riches. Finally a..
ErinoNf't 10 Minneapolis. n young citv al tbs
ralis oi The MiSSis -ippi. and star III a nerys
! ay,d yr,,,t ilS VIE t'arlet ;he compositOrs
/ Wv No. WIZ gly shaved Tor him. The news-
1910 IN course o. time. made him DoSf
E. .,t ul nc House % Repre- entatlveS-an
A1ihh,t ONCE, bat I'm the minds 81 mo-, -,
pfemely great the post ofi-a - r,,t,,i,,t 49,,
tht senate For years hooked AZ Kan Etn.
A. i ,Si political mental GA =. 20 a wear.
=, - nc came % my house on Canifoi
Hi, J. and asked me a. meant n, ,,,,,,s 49, 49,.
eiec, ION. He said n hat 80 undrrllfas,.
told him that did not even know what sta.s
he rcpf, serted. and II he had been a baa -
/ should no' have said - after The pafoS -
had taken. II always occurred 10 me thsf
he was poo. semi deserving person until
Y:sit"d 81. Paul IN iT2. Then \ found a let
ter anticipating my arrival. asking me n.
drive over 10 Minneapolis. six miles and ~
his guest AZ the Nicoliet House II dur time
lCund Rill King more widely known nv
son than either OF the MINNESOTA Ssr,af,r.
Governor Ramsey drove me over the frieS
% ms city. There hi> little newspaper hal
De- ONE large daily. e,iited bv "A voun,
beirg named crow Foot whose fr,tiscrs,,,.ss
was The hanc Of Ban Kings existence lie
Always put his crow-iCot iIto n wheuav yer he
That fellow" says Bin. ..iS an hcrolItarv
mn cnmpCop. Hes anita .puiyfug mankind ~,
me. aud you know my EXPOSED froatlrr. Ia
What isit Bnle,
why" said ne, I'm developing f!ra west
NJ IT, own expense. I'm ue-of .atIuggr en-
ltTlr>t>-lor "a couSi3CTat ION. H. nav inter
est rot % offend, except "a the way af,is>par-
alton. That fellow thinks he's poet ana q
thinker and he ID bring my bald hair with
In NH.H HnrH
show You my stock"
Prom the suburbs Of MINNEAPOLIS r,~ t,ta
The country, the land ranging in vall. rom
$40 10 ~l.eo per acre, there was properly OF
Bill Kings always iD sight. he owned h,ufS
and hOllOwS. pr3irles and lakes, building
lol>, a I3oe-cour>e Stonc-quarri 's, and cRta-
IrtClS- HIS stock farm would make "A Bel
mont or q SANFORD praise with envy.
An old lobbyist like King han no business
70 nr running Tor Congress. neither some
ut>lIe 10 or lamcut MS wealth with honor
lmpeilrd him. or the necessity for returning
10 Congress since there was no moro hone al
holding a clerical relation there. or appre-
hgnSiou that he must be on the spot 90 pro
cthiwS'il, AT any rate BIN King ran. Even
The regular democratic papers sunDprtfsl
him. His canvass cn>i him a large sum of
money, ANA Then he had the mort fcatiDn Of
being I'm the mine rity. 1 suppose that made
no difference, a. ae could buY democrat, A.
cheap as republicans.
Nearly a year before ne could take his scat
This unfortunate King OF the Lobby was I'M
der INVESTIGATION, and hiS nerve, which was
never OF tlr best iOr>ODk him. lie diNan-
peared In the interior of New York, where he
had struggled in earlier and poorer days. aud
kept one foot piVOted ON the town of Ma
lone. where the FeniauS invaded Canada.
and with the other leg stretched out. deScrib-
ing an arc through the Queens dominiolS.
The deputy Sergeat alarms followed VIII
liam ; instincts, and pursued him to the best
stock farm i'm Canada, where, as usual. M
found Bill, the cynoSure at attraction for Al
deTney and DevouShire cattle, Durham bulls
SOuihdown rams, Yorkshire ewes. and i'm
ported Arabian stations. Manueyering for
position where all This neighng, lowing. baa-
ing. cOck-crowing, and believing came TO q
locus, the deputy Sergeant-a arms had only
10 reach out his hands and put "A subpoena ina
the hand OF Bin King.
Rumor says that William threw back hig
head, turned pale for moment. then burst
into a horse laugh. and said. You're n hell
OF fellow! Don't you know how TO find q
man any better than this? You're interrupt
ing me amidst great national duty. / am
improving the ShOrt-hOrnS. -" LTerIc,." ia
me GrGpIs.c.