National news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1915-19??, 1915-12-18

~ AN ST. BENER ran through his
mail carelessly aud rapidly As
~ became . manager Of prize
fighters. be was accustomed to
various and bizarre correspondence
Every crank. sport. near sport and 70
former seemed to have ideas to impart
10 him
From dire threats against his life TO
milder thrests. such as pushing In the
front OF his face. FROM rabbit foof
fetishes TO lucky b00eshoes. from
diuky jerkwster bids TO the quarter Of
Q million oners Of irresponsible pobod-
Les. be knew the whole run Of the sur
prise PORTION OF his mail In. his time
having received a razor strop made
FROM the skin OF a iynched negro and
Q fnger. withered and sun dried. cut
from the body Of white man fouad
10 Death valley. he was OF the opinioe
that never again would the postmas
bring him anything that could startio
him
But this morning be opened . letter
that he read a s~cond time. put away
10 his pocket and took out for Q third
reading IL was r'ostmark-d from some
unheard Of p.ostoa1c~ 10 Siskiyou eean-
~ and u rup:
Dear Bam-You douft snow ne sIespt
my rsputation You come after ny tyne
and I've been out OF the game . lons tssna
Bat take IL from me | amt bssn asleep
I've followed the whole same and I've
followed voc from the time Ks Aufrnan
ksocse - you out OF your last hs ndinS II
Nat Nelson and take u you're tie nifti-
ct thing In the line Of mans gers that eve
came down the Pike
got . propositioo Tor yos / got the
svsstOt unknown that ever hspp>nsd
This Ant con it's the straight seoas
Wast - you thrns Of HUSKY that tips
the sea6s Of II Ioundl hShtinG Seisst
70 ts.n,y-so .-srs Old sao can ait
hIeb tvsos ss hard .s my s.ss ever
Tssts him m, boy. Yosns Pat 0ef,1on.
thsrs the ssns he'll night snasr rvs
piannsS u sp out Nov the sest hing
yss - - 10 hit the nrst iraia and come
W s~N
srsd hirn. and | trained bisa All that
] svW hAA II ny head I've hsnmsred int
hss An maybe yss Won't ss,tsss u. bu,
as's sdded 70 u Hes born nSttsr Hes
~snSsr OF time and distance lie lust
kssss 10 the s-cond and tn. lneh. ard
he don't have TO think stc., II q, 81
Ms sin ,seh lol, 10 more tn real sleep
medicine than II. tVi arm swing - most
ssslsrs
TAN ssoot the tops Of the whit. rae.
IhAs - him Tome ana TAG. p~~y
WHEN yes ~ss managing JsGrss you
vas Grassy about hunting
CosDs ateng and III sivs ysu so~, r..,
santiaa asd nshina that vii mai. your
moving picture ~inninss spes nk. = cen I.
IN ssnA Young Pa, out with ysu. | ain
able to get around That's way TN ssnA
ias for you
vas going 20 manage HIN rnyss,f eu
II stint 90 sss I'm all IN Asd ns.ly q
pass oot any time Do Gst . move on
want you to manage him rhsrss q fos
tune IN fer both Of yoa. but I ~.n.
ara- NJ the contract Ysars truly
PAT oLESros
stuben<r vas puzzled II SCENE,
- the fass Of It, q jots-ths msa
the fkhting game were notorious \
srs-nnd be tried TO discern the q
ha ad Of Corbett OF thu big frien<
paw Of fitLsiD mons IN the scre>d
fore him Hut II 1t we're genuine.
knew II WAS worth looking Into.
Fat Gipndon vas Oefore Ills a,
though. az q cub. he had Unce |.
Old Pat spar al the benefit for j.
Dempsey Even then he was u
.Old" Pat aud had be.n out of
ring for years lie had antedatet
Ivan In the Old london prize
rulez- though his last fsdins -,