Knew That Would Scare Him

Collier's gets credit for one of the best stories of the season.

When James J. Jeffries went back to his home in CaIifornia after being beaten at Reno by the negro, Jack Johnson, he was so miserable and humiliated that he stayed in his home and refused to stir out, or mingle with his friends. He sulked for weeks and would have traffic with no one, not even the convivial spirits behind his own bar. Finally they persuaded him to come out of his retir.ement, and everyone turned out to welcome him and make him feel at home. A warning was sounded to all concerned not to say anything that would remind him of the Reno affair. Everyone prom- lY. wHor.FsALE LUMBER

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNI"A SALES AGENTS FOR

The Iittie River

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CRANNELL, HLTMBOLDT CO.

OPERATING STEAMERS:

W. R. Cbanbcrlin, Jr.

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OFFICES:

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1025 Mateon Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO

LOS ANGELES ised, including a dwarf who was a town character.

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PORTLAND-I2I0 Ycon Bldg.

SEATTLE-1401 Whitc Blds.

All went well, and the party was warming up merrily, big Jim getting his spirits back very rapidly as they drank a few rounds, until finally the big fighter got playful, and seizing the dwarf by the seat of the pants with one hand, he lifted him up to a seat on the bar. The little one slid down, only to be seized and lifted up there again. Once more he slid down. Again he was lifted to the same position, in the same way. Wrath overcame him, and sticking his face up to Jeffries he shouted: ll ,**u mills have succeeded ,t* .t ll ll rsol. Flere is a pencil sketch of the ll ll -itt built in 1878-which stood for ll ll mo". than 40 years t{rereafter. It had ll ll a cuaing capacity of 60,OOO feet dailf. ll ll fni. mill made its uniform q""Iity ll \n"a*""d famous.

"You big so.and-so, if you do that again I'll go out ahd black my face and come in here and whip Hell out of you."