The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
TOLD oE muck KILsoRE.
Hi- jumping Match with q Texas woman in
War Times.

Prom the Courier.Journoh
There are men in every quarter of the Union
who will regret to hear OF the death Of Judge
Constantine b.. Kilgorc ut Ardmorc, |. 4. For
eight years Buck" kilgoro was u notable man
in Washington. In person he was tho typical
Texan. Above six feet tall, above sixteen
stone in weight, above tho average Congress.
man in ability, above the average man in sin.
ccrity, straight rs an Indian, and strong ms mn
on, Buck" Kilgoro was II marked man whcro
ever he appeared. II was the kicking down OF
the door leading from the legislative chamDer
TO the House lobby that gave him notoricty.
1t was Characteristic of the man. He wanted
TO 20 into the lobby; the messenger Shut tho
door i'll his face. He knew he had a right to go
into the lobby without asking the consent Of
Tom Reed or any other man. He raised his
foot, clothed In an enormous cowhidc boot and
kicked the door down and went his way. The
notoricty that attached to him on account of the
act was always distasteful to him.
Except Dick Bland and Amos Cummings
there was no more democratic.looking man in
Congress. The boys on the avenue called him
Buck" and after he kicked the door down
every gamin in Washington was ambitious to
shine his boots. Many Of them boosted of the
honor who drew OH their InaginatiOns, as
George ". did when he claimed TO have borne
n conspicuous part in the battle Of Waterloo.
5ayt WG naa he not ,lr ntI landed d,s 9 Se took Sai rooms eo oe Z
street, not far from the Capitol. After break.
fast he went out for q stroll. A co!ored boy
buick" George Washington" replied the
hoy. IT'S an honor | die, not expect" rejoinsd
N NhflSoFs Session siESn 5 isn R'Asc Mo T,Fht walk lni half p9r,n dol lss
squares to give that boy the job of shining his
boots.
During the war he was ordered home TO assist
in gathering up some dcscrters. One evening
about dusk he was out in the country in quest of
n dcscrtor who had been OIL the Layout" for n
year. He was very hungry and very weary.
lie called AT a house by the roadside and there
nicely broiled chicken. The SAVIOR of the fowl
made him ravenous, He had a Mexican dollar
ar p's 10 p %hiSh Nc %H' was D" mn nia attached eHrlrf@ Iof BIT st1 he
was bound to have that chicken and he pulled
out the dollar and proposed a tradeIthe coin
for n sick friend and that She could not sci. IL.
.Rnt, she continued, III lump you for it."
~ mean that we will SEQ which can jump
furthcst from this doorsill out into the yard,
and tho one Of us that beats shall have both
"AIl right; that suits me exactly" said
si fSf tho CHICKEN LICK aO and h Gss gun Pi' sss G lean nsS a ashin Dst
the wall by the door, and Buck" slung his arms
and made a tremendous leap Of over twelve feet.
turned TO the door there was the lady with his
cooked gun in her hands, with the butt against
Now, you just tiirt the gravel down that
road, young man. or I'll make buzzard's food
Of you before hell can SINCE a s"at," she or
S~A|NH
There was shoot in her eyes and buck and
ball in the gun. So Buck" ''firted the gravel
his bosom swollen with impotcnt rage and his
mouth overflowing with eloquent profanity:
BY this time ii, was dark, Over in n field
"Buck'' spicd n ginhouse.. He went to it and
climbed into the loft, laid down on the floor
and soon was fast asleep. !Aftor a time he was
awakened by voices down below. He listened
and made the discovery that one was a female
voice, and n moment later he realized that she
was relating the Jumping" episode to her com:
panion, who gave vent TO peal after peal of
laughter. There were the chicse.. and his dol.
lar which he could see by the light of the tallow
dip. Peering about he saw his gun also. There
was n big hole In the floor OF the loft, and just
as. the man took hold OF the dish TO eat the
chicken. Buck" plunged through that hole and
seized his gun. Before they, recovered from
Madam, you just flirt the gravel back home.
and as for this gentleman he and l will firt
gravel to the office OF the Provost Marshal. He
Is The deserter | have been after for a week"
There was shoot in Bucks eye now. The
woman left. BUCK" recovered his dollar, ate
the chicken, and before midnight surrendered
his prisoner to the Provost Marshal. 1t was
worth n journey across the continent to hear
Buck" tell the story.