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"BUFFALO"
A Tale of the Prize Ring and a Trick That Worked Both Ways

what kind Of a-er-who 10 the lady,
may I asks inquired Jordan.
Its o long story replied Kelly, 'an'
II yer don't mind'-Jordan ~nodded-'Ill
take a bite Of this plug-'twill punctuate me
remarks, anyway
Kelly munohed silently for = moment.
glanced toward the still PROSTATE Manion
and began:
when he was a boy Of II he was a steve
dore on tn East River pier at tn foot Of
our street an near az big az he Is now.
Lizzie Murphy was q little girl Of 10 then,
an her old man kept q booze Joint near th'
dock. Ono day Manion was comm down
tn ~gangplank from q f~reighter with his
dinky two wheel truck an he stopped to
watch @ couple Of dagoes mixin' It up with
bale hooks. One Of tn dagoes broke away
an piokin' up o chunk Of coal took q shot
at tn other Teller. who ducked, an tn
lump hits Lizzie in tn back. Over she
goes, doll an all. an then over goes Manion
with tn biggest splash over was seen from
one tn gang lassoed Manion and
drawed him up with Liszie, who sti1l held
tn doll, an'-yer won't believe this-but I
hope to go to tn chair II Manion didn't land
on tn dock holdin' his truck In tn other
hand. When he jumped over tn handle
got caught In his overalls an It went with
him. 80.
"He must DO wonderfully strong,' de-
olared Jordan.
'strongl' repeated Kelly; 'strongi He
don't know h o own strength. He never
didl Why. believe me, at rough an tumble
his Teller can jest beat any man on earth.
II he should start in to do me I wouldn't
feel safe less I had a oleaver in me hand.
well, that was tn beginnin' Of It. Lizzie
would come down every day an watch him
with shinin' eyes. Then Manion would
stick out his chest an put two hundred
pounds more on his truck than any other
man could handle, just to hear ber say:
'Oh, Maggie, look, quickl See what an
orful big pile that man pushedp
in them days Manion was a wild young
divil. Not any kind Of a crook, you know,
but hghtin' tn booze now an then an even
at II a holy terror with his fists. Every
mothers son was scared to death Of him,
'oeptin' her. After q while she'd hit up his
dinner with him, out Of tn tin pail, an purr
round him like q kitten round an English
mastif. Then at night he'd 60 sit with
her in one Of tn old mans back rooms
an she'd learn him his letters. In two
years he could read an write, an say-he
was 30 well householder he'd feed out yer
hand.
All Of q sudden Llzzie's old man lands
a Tammany contract an tn next thing In
q governess fer tn other Murphy kids
an a boardln' school fer hers. Then th'
old man hired o q ger fer his Joint an
every day hiked to tn pony tracks with
his wad.
'Bime by Manion took the vefl-he was
made boss over a gang on q Brooklyn dock
an he didn't eee much Of Lizzie for three
years. They'd be away all summer an
poor Manion would mope round like q
shanghai rooster with tn roup.e But he
wasn't worried by any one elsa chasin'
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It "a war, then, to the knife between
the two Senators from Sequoia. The. blow
that Senator Mortified had struck anc
Senator Savage had received sounded tn,
note and signal Of conflict.
1t was plain to me that the heavier artil'
lery was on Senator Merrifeld's side. h
still had more than three years OF his presen
term to serve He was the prime favor3t<
Of the Sequola electorate, who had adopted
enthusiastically his ideas Of taxation reform
On the other hand. my Senator'S tern
was about to expire. The Legislature to be
elected in the coming fall would have the
choice Of his successor. How could he ex.
poet to be triumphantly returned without
the active support and despite the active
opposition Of his colleague?
Still, there were discernible advantages
on Mr.. Savage's side. He owned Abel
Schrigley, Governor of the State, body and
soul. The little group Of railway capitalists,
the Transmontane crowd, Of which Hector
Cabaniss was leader, would rally to his sup
port, knowing him to be a safe man.
My Senator's best ally, to my mind, was
himself. A past master Of political art, far
sighted, adroit, daring and u~nscrupulous,
defeat at the hands Of such q tyro as Merri-
field would mean intolerable shame to him.
Already shame wal ranking and Tester
Ing, keeping keen and vivid the memory
Of that blow, the injury 10 his vanity, which
never before had suffered slight or question.
Oh, yes, in fighting for political success
my Senator would make the fight OF his life;
but his struggles would be without zest and
his victory without exultation unless Merr'-
FIELDS ruin was accomplished thereby.
The long session dragged on into the
sticky heat, with both Senate and House
debating internationally and interminably
the Merrifeld railway taxation bill. Ny
Senator no longer pretended to give his
support to this reform. He wal quiet and
thoughtful in a lean and hungry way:
busying himself with routine matters,
and now and again arranging the patronage
OF some Federal post which would aid In
Keeping his fences straight and in order.
In the hard and fast alliance made directly
alter Merrifeld's election the two Senators
mad divided the larger Offices between
themselves, on different lines than had
Formerly prevailed and In accordance with
q redistricting OF the State. Now that this
alliance was shattered, there was more
or less trouble as terms expired and office
holders clarnored for reappointment.
Una morning a portly man. accom-
s panied BY vnry pretty young woman,
came into our Office. It wa the Hon.
sllas Bitch. public land registrar for the
State OF Sequoia, who had como to WASH
ington looking for vindioation,. and had
brought his daughter Jessica with him
TO $50 the sights.
-NOthtn0 would .iv1A ~nA ~naotaH nIaaQ-
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The afternoon workout was over. Three
sturdy boxers had each punched, clinched
and wrestled Manion for Ave rounds, and
tbsn the rubbeB had slapped, mauled and
kneaded him. They had stopped only from
sheer exhaustion, but the object Of their at
tention, as he lay sprawled upon the broad
Of his back under an apple tree In the
orchard, gave little evidence Of having been
annoyed by their vigorous beatings.
Jordan sat down with an inexpreesibly
comfortable feeling and sighed ~oontentedly
as his eye wandered across the rich meadow
Of timothy and clover to the fringe Of woods
beyond. IT was good to live, a day like this,
amid a silence in the country which only
June brings.
A,man stood framed In the open doorway
OF the barn. wiping his .perspirlng brow
freely. Jordan hailed him.
Come out under this maple, Kelly he
said, "it'sa fine spot"
.How do yer think he's dom Mr.. Jordana'
asked Kelly as he threw himself on the
grass.
quite satisfactorily, ] should say. He's
a glutton for work; but do you know, Kelly
fancy the beggar has not much heart for
this sort Of thing
Kelly's shrewd eyes shot q glance at his
companion. Then after bending over him
slowly, and pluoking a single blade Of grass,
lie eyed It critically and said
'Yer come near tn bullseye then Mr..
Jordan. Well, I'll tell yer. Msnion amt
got much heart in 1t an IL II wasn't fer tn
long green he'd chuck it. It's all on
OF that little skirt Of his'n."
ST han v1,,r nm rlNn y onsl To-la.
'Why, his old steady-th' girl he used to
have Kelly explained somewhat impa-
tiently, 'an' only that I thought he'd got all
over it I'd never advised Yer to back him fer
five thousand 'gainst q champeen like Sulli-
van"
This grows interesting, = declared Jordan.
love affair."
'Them's tn kind what gets II worst.
They must have 1t fer breakfast, dinner'n
supper. just like the pork which me an the
boys has had tn last three weeks at every
NEAL
why. country pork isn't bad asserted
Jordan. Don't you like it2'
'ow, wowl' snorted Kelly, with look of
ineffable disgust and soorn. why, I've
ct 30 much pork I'm 'shamed to look a pig
In tn face. The very grass looks greasy
Me red hair can't be told from tn bristles
on a shoat. I grunt ct me meals an root
tn bedolothes In me sleep. I'd give O
hundred dollars fer q plate Of beef an this
minute-an' I need the money at that
he added .refiectively. After a moment 9
pause he resumed:
We'll. I took him to South Africa to get
nd Of It; but, say, he was like q home
sick kid fer six months. Then he licked a
couple Of stifYs, which put some blood in his
neck an sinoe then he's been ell right until
5ust fore we started fer these trainin'
quarters. when he saw her one day on
Broadway in . whizs cart with Phil Dom
avan-yer know, hos s%ulivan's baoker
now-ah' then twas all Oh. 80
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BUFFUM'S "REMINISCENCES
"Eio. for Sequoia."

isn't Senator Merrifeld Just grandp'
cried Miss Jessica. Papa pointed him out
to me from the visitors gallery yesterday.
Suoh eyes and hairl I thought bis photo
graph just perfection. But, oh, my!'
Il don't understand. Senator" faltered
Bitch. "Of course, what you say goes
1t was interesting, even absorbing, for me,
sitting at one side, rs little needed as any
other piece Of Office furniture, to note the
change wrought on his visitors by my
Senator's words-he ingenious hero wor-
ship Of the girl, the gray and fabby dismay
OF her father. I n the one case I seemed
to zee the sudden concentration upon one
adorable object Of vague ideals, abstrac-
tons, dreams, dwarfed by provinoialism
and perverted by romantic reading. In
the other case, I seemed to see the sudden
shock when hopes are dashed and fears are
redoubled.
Perhaps Mr.. Savage saw Is much az I,
and even more. There was close attention
In his narrowed eyes, and the creepy smile
Of his lips presaged a~nticipations which no
one else would share or enjoy.
He shook his head sadly, yet proudly, a
he replied. Il don't deny, my good Blitoh,'
he said, that In the past I have exerted
q commanding influence through my ability
to interpret the wishes Of the people whom
It has been my privilege to serve; but We
have fallen upon evil days. and the good old
fashioned tests are displaced by those Of
expedienoy and intrigue. You understand
the situation without my going into details
repugnant to my ~self-respect. You must
be your own advocate with Merrifeld-you
need none with me. By the way. you might
let me know what he says
MIR. Blitch's hand trembled as he wiped
his brow. ooh, III be back, Senator he
declared, "no matter what he says. I
know you too well not to feel sure that
you won't let an old lieutenant be sacrificed
for his fidelity to you. This means more
to me, far more, than the mere position or
its emoluments-you know I have to be
90 free handed with the boys there 10 very
little In it. But my enemies have talked
I have my pride and self-respect as well
as you. oh, III be back; and likely by
that slime your way will be clearer. I'll
see him, Of aoursei but you are my main
reliance
sJust draW up a formal application for
reappointment, Bunum, won't you.' said
Mr.. Savage suddenly. "Sit down there.
Bitch, by my man and tell him all you
know about yourself. II may be I can
use It In spite Of Senatorial courtesy
As I hammered into shape Blitch's
disjointed encomiums Of his
" administration, through the corner
my eye I observed MIR. Savage draw
the girl aside and talk earnestly with her.
When presently she left, olinging to her
49,, - kar ItNa Ikara aaf With nuY.
pose, even Is her eyes were aglow with
delight. &
MI. Savage paced the ofice floor for q
time. awhat was that bit OF gossip you
told me the other day. Bufum,' at length
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swear It true, to save him. God, I don't
know what I saidi
sThat Ia a good man, gentlemen. Bleed
ing, nearly overcome with pain, he yet
stopped to think what would be right and
kind for him to do toward those whose
m~isfortunes, he said, made them sacred.
You know what he did. Just a. you must
know that as soon as father died ] made
the fullest reparation TO him. ''iF .
you didn't exclaimed my Senator, pale
with CONSERVATION. Then habitual caution
restrained and guided him. He assured
the girl that IL abe had not done exactly
right at frst she had more than made up
for it by her full and frank confession, and
that every one must honor her for her flial
devotion. He sent her finally away, with
eyes, IL not glowing with delight, yet sweet
and soft with relief and resignation.
sMerrifleld IL D chivalrio ass grunted
Cabaniss. II hope he likes It out there In
the oold-it will be . long tins before he
gets baok.' h-.
Il don't know about THAT replied Mr..
Savage, bitterly. "There may have been
method in his madness-piety and pretence
have q way Of being practical. He could
see with half an eye that old Bitch wouldn't
last long. Suppose he counted on bis
daughter doing exactly what she has done,
extolling him to the skies before the people
Of sequoia. Can't you see, man, that II he
wants to get hack now he can give US the
damnedest fght-he may have resigned for
the very purpose -
A messenger boy rushed In with a tele-
gram. It was from Coy. Sohrigley and
must have wrenched well the back Of his
frank book. In effect It said that Mss
Blitoh's statement to the press had reused
the State into enthusiasm for Merrtleld;
that in response to q universal demand he
had consented to become O candidate for
the Senate; that he had issued q manifesto,
d~enouncing Mr.. Savage as corrupt and
expressing his intention to contest his seat
in every assembly district, and that alre&dy
mass meetings were being held, the people
insisting that legislative candidates should
announce in advance their choice for United
States Senator. There was q whole lot
more about the condition being worse than
any primary law could make It, ending with
the cry for my Senator to come at once
and strive by voice and influence to turn
the tide.
It didn't take Mr.. Savage long to decide.
sPaok up the things, Bufum,,. he said.
s'TYs hoi for Sequoia. And you had better
come too, Cabaniss,' he continued, "unless
you want to be last In a three cornered
race
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49, .thY-~. l..L.. ~ a. A.-I..
49, aasNn IN aAs auous nuss,
I'm .nS et. 1asn t~o ~ J. Pnenea,
haa.,nn ~ 49, h:,aps a. ~. -
$500 '"" ''N ~ -
s',,,uaa ~ IN. a.. -, Ill. 49,.
N,s"aaN.a eu Ike "s hsns, pus
.a.M siose "as .n." nna "n un iIo,
stanninn 4, o,,,.-as wnno.s,,, IA. ~. AMI
stepping In sullivan upperout MS rignt mush
W .he Jew' mahion iausneu ahu cineheo'
oo,s anu 10" cafne oon@Va"s Voioe'
nuheiol =
WIN = rusn sullivan closed IN on msnion,
wno ie'reaoeo' warning on tne o'nera oto"s
ti tney hsd crossed the ring. mere they
ie,nseo Ior an mstant Wheh inc pen lans'
Inc seoona round was out q repessaon Q.
the iirst. Again Q voice SAG .buneio,
just oeiore tne round olosed. IN tne tn!ru
round sullivan started 70 work isseer ano ne
nde several hard blows when staggered
Manion. ths ietter was wno4y oh ths 90
fensive' ana tnis plan ev.aentty annvyep sle
champion, unqaestionapIy he was menion1
master In ppoint q scienoe. he wes egg 80
CRAFTY and ne sept nome every pioT ~'en
seihne ioroe ena WIN atmose mscna'o1'
preciaion, Coola ne wear Manloh eSs. u
Inc fourth ives atir hveiler M y I mn
tne essfess,yy nknsnie tousn
eoreains OF oe,.Ept Irom Wy 0a a.Sso. sP! 49,
tors' tw'oe Manion !oieeH ou!nvsn VII VII
wing ieits, out eaoa tmle NO W. nssv.y
ccuntereo m fegarn. suiny1o ~ Homs -
his vinoictiyey wen eoAe ~
SAID -bnnaio, ana lam w ne lush
aho horoe hin "of"'s sAAs w
nig W oornet' u,r,,t. q, IN. efth round
or WIG n. -. man oont,n,,aI,v r,,shin,
IN W. sis,.is.. 80. and dsadly
a,Sn sue - a. Tha onssaueht yosds
saoINN =, .aaSv ana srhsn h,It
MH 49, n,in,,.sa n en-. ro,,nd had
49, .N. .haanion ,sndad a ,rIuhtSui
psssou 80 ~ ..a roint ~ MAMMA
Ilgh' sw"s os. S.ISa-S 800. ~
~ Is.sn~.a and thsn ~ ssli hac.rard
III $50, crosb aIo,v,y ha c,nvied
=" -. -. .nd tha, to M. faet ~yeelino
" 800 S.ssJs.-,~ ~I,h III. bands down
'oe u ~. .~nnn.nt,s ,o.rcv Thai
ne H. H. IA ,srrsd his h+ain
aws.. u N. - AVID y,,,..
~ Sa"and NJ 49,. ftovs.s- Nth
ces oey 800 .,nS. 100 - h~ sla,sd A.
jaw 20, ..I 49, ~. SsSnr s,,lj.
nAA'e, neitpa H. .h.u. 80 1900 r. lana
vsn ssw NV ~htoS .,s,,id t.rrr;nss. ths
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contes.
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All Her Grandparents at Her Party.

RTOyV " hsopucsSSVs
Little Thelma Irene Mohler entertained
a dozen or 90 Of her little playmatee at her
home yesterday to celebrate her second birth
day. The childish gathering had all Of the
dainty features that ere usually attached
to such affairs, In addition there were
features that distinguish " from any other
birthday party ever held In Colorado. per.
haps In America,
receiving the g1ieets were not only her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin ?, Mohiet. .suS
also j. ". Mohler and Catherine Mohler
OF Washington. Ill; John 8. Gaines Ard Fannie
Gaines Of Denyer, srandpsrents; and Wlliam
dena. CAL; Edwin N; Gslnes and Ann Liz
Stephens aud Mednline stephens Of Bufllts-
yille. KY Rreat-grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. W. Mohler, the remain
Ing two great erandparents. Lying In Canton.
I Mere s sRst q ts se9t aon nHfs na deit be pr sss s'r5 0ss sa:s
sCatonn # Pasadena, CAL zen q NJ ?
Edwin N. Gaines. both !S~reatunoies.. Yssc
also at the party. Thelma's a % Oh, older
than both her G~reatuncles. ..,--.4..-
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laugh, 'but come on, we've got q good many
miles TO do before We hit Riyerside Drive
80 you suppose she means THAR
asked Jordan, as the BIG machine was lost
to view In o cloud Of yellow dust.
'Do II We'll, now yer can sleep on that
She1l-be-therel' and he emphasized each
word by O nod Of the head.
III.
Five minutes before II was time for Man.
on TO enter the ring Kelly was giving his
proseg6 final instructions.
"Yer want to remember that Sullivan Ia
tn best In his class and yer can't knock him
out In b thousand years. Yer haven / got
TO, anyway. Only stay th' limit an well
take tn money homo In 4 wheelbarrow.
II yer 20 wadin' In like o drunken long
shoreman he'll leg IL an stall yer or till
yer fight yerself out an then he'll Just hand
yer one on that lantern Jaw o. your'n an
knock yer dead. He's there with th' eoodss
fer he certainly can punohl He expects
yer TO rush an elug. but yer goin' TO light
him nice an fancy, an this'n make him do
some guessin'. Clinoh whom yer q an
protect yourself all tn while"
In the champions dressing room tho
trainers were MISUNDERSTANDING to Sullivan,
whose small, cunning eyes glittered ma
levolentiy.
'This In q tough guy hi, declared, 'an'
] can't beat him till I tire him out. You,
Phil, you keep time for mo, and ten seconds
before tn roundsare over you say Buffalo,
% I can hear is. Then III rush Manion to
my corner an kid him there until the bell
rings fer time. I cit down In my chair an
he has to walk clear across tn ring 70 bis
corner. an all tn while I'm eettln' rubbed
and restin, sesf Then when the bell rings
again at tn end Of tn minutes time, be-
tween rounds, ! don Z got up till he's most
On top Of me-. Yer zee, II takes him twenty
seoonds to walk over and back. and this
gives me twenty seconds th' best Of him In
ey'ry round. Then s'pose I have him Goin'
near tn end ofa round and you yell Buffalo,
then I know its only ten seconds to tn
end Of tn round, an whats the use Of smash
In him thenS No use, cause he may be down
fer nine seconds and tn bell1l ring and tn
round's over. Then ho gets q minutes
rest an ONE up freah again. No good
tryin' to knock him out after yer say Buff
falo.'s
Men were running up and down the aisles
shouting the odds on Sullivan when Jordan
entered the great building, and after gazing
ut the ooAtless mob through q heavy haze
OF cigar smoke followed the usher to his
box. Az his check was returned 1t struck
him that there was something strangely
familiar about the ushsr's face, but the boy
was gone tn Q fash and he had only time to
notice thai he was unusually pale and wore
A
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FAMOUS RIyER boats BURNED.
Dan Breen, mad afRh," 0noe the Mate q
10 Isl ths Osd NIliiafa Tswis.

Dan Breen, "Bad MIRH," noe the Mate q
10 .- ths 0sd MIIian Tswis.
Sioux CrrY, Ia, July is.-when two old
river boats were burned hero this week
! BY tho Government and the paasengse
boat Jossphins ~as sold for sorsp IRON,
old f1vernhcn got 70 talking Of the lively
days tho old boats had seen. s' "'
The Josephine was built at Viotsburgj
Miss, In 1871. and made lis first trip chat
year to the mouthrof ths Yellowstone River
years she worked on the Mississippi, Ohio
and Missouri rivers and transported troops
to the front during the Indian troubles.
She took Gen. Howard's command to
Bismarck, N. D., just prior TO the Custer
massacre, and then abe carried SIT Indian
prisoners from Miles City to the reserva-
tion at Standing Rock. Col. James Quinn,
who purchased the old steamer for the
Government In 1885, was the ofioer to sell
the old boat here last wsek, Just twenty.
n years TO q day after he had purchased
her forthe United States engineers.
The William Towle was formerly one Of
the Diamond 10 line Of Mississippi river
boats, and was bought only a few years ago
for a snagging boat to be used on the Mis-.
souri River. Dan Breen, ono the mate Of
tho Towle, was one Of the bad men aaso-
ciated with stea mboating. His notoriety
gained ihs height when he slew the .Leoni-
'das brothers.' In reality father and SOM
ON board the twin Of tho william Towles
the Dubuque: Tho act wa coldblooded
yet no one was ever held for the orimsv
although q ooroner's inquest did consider
for q few moments before calling the Gims
jostiAable homicide.
The Leonidas brothers had travelled
along the river from st. Louis north selling
patent medicines in the cities and towns
at which steamboats, touched. They dressed
In outlandish garb. leather riding bresohesy
broad brimmed hats and high hesled boots.
They had long hair, and strapped to their
belts were long re~volvers,
day, carried their trunks forward and sas
On them, waiting for. the vessel TO start.
Breen came out OF the lower cabin and
seeing the men, famed With anger. With
o volley Of oaths he ordered the men to take
thet. trunks aft. Tho elder Of the twoi
tried to argue With The mate.
Breen turned on his heel and walked to
his cabin, returning with Q revolver In his
hand. He walled straight to the elder Of
the two men and fred two shots, both TAX
ing effect. The victim dropped to the deck
dead.
AZ the younger man saw his father shot
down he started for the stern Of the boat,
begging piteously:
sPIesse don't shoot my father. O.
please don'ti"
Breen turned on him and the lad starting
to run fred twIoe more, Killing the son.
The boat was about 10 start up tho river,
The captain ordered hor run to The landing
and TIE bodies wore taken ashore. <
ooroner's jury was quickly impanelied and
ID inquest was bold. The verdict was
Dotted. returned TO his boat apd was soon
5oaming up aIiver, q hero among mates
and q bigger bully thao era. =.
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The Scot ts pro verbally careful with money,
but n the following DO true no Is more careful
than we before believed. The other day .
yrd eyed HIghlsSdsr entered o chemists
shop and asked FOR 'Twa pennorth O. Rough
on BATS. AVN sick o. ths hfe.' he gasped
He was Informed that IL was only sold IN
exrehny PACKETS. He looked long and love
hgly at his sixpence. and then said: "Then
AWI no commit suicide the moo.