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Show - - L , - .. . O - W . v , . i..J J illJ ..il .1V 1 ly i I -'.3 f :..y I.i (r.vn T"1 I t r re lor.j - ' 'l c- InlMTu; ' 1 ly t'.c r.foes-t-y if kc-a '"3 his Vcst'.ni tr.ie. U - r.t.l. The attractions of C;.!cp - grsw so Ftror.? on the conqueror o 1 .tz .rimons nnd C'nrt. tt t'.at he d!.iyed his depar-tur depar-tur for thirty-Fix hours. Vh?n Je.Trlea- came to town he sent out word to the newspaper men of his acoMaiTitance that he- was on htm. to fcoli fcpto them the "model Life" h was 1 lenalng. ' ' : . : .- ; J. J. ..; : i v : . c:.::- c. . : .- .. . e ..t- ' ' a . : -. . .- J :r vii alcrsr the f.) t vrn to disprove the - '-" i -. - C - ; ation, but his " ' f- rv t t" e- ha'ze 1 t.'jve t.-.o : - ' l t.- .t t:;3 early ' ' ' ' r '.- :-ra of the rlr.tr. Some one inadvertently sujrested a drink at which Jeffries pemed worried. He was told that in Chicago- temperance temper-ance concoctions as well as mineral waters wa-ters could be had. "Oh, well. I will take a little Deep Rock or. something of the sort," said James, g the party went to the barroom. bar-room. The temperature or something of the sort eeemed to- have a peculiar effect ef-fect on JefTrtes. His. down bed af tlve- Stratford hotel was not disturbed Sunday night at alL Tha night clerk was- told that he might have a glimpse of the champion heavyweight heavy-weight before midnight. This custodian Of the records strained his eyes alt night trying to discover the broad form of the sturdy Califomian. Night lengthened Into day and Jef-: Jef-: fries came not. The sun began to crawl higb up In the sky, but the champion cham-pion heavy-weight did not wend his way to his hotel. All night long the man- who hopes to : dispatch Jim Corbett tn August was the renter of an interested party that made the rounds of all the levee .saloons, drinking and Carousing Jim Indulged la. cigarette smoking to an extent that alarmed eveil soma of his- companions. 1 To the mild protestations Jeffries is said to have replied that his longs were boiler-plate and that even a .sick, man of hia build could defeat Jim Cerbett. Jeffriee found the attractions of the i levee s potent that he did not put tn an appearance at his hotel until nearly i o'clock Monday afternoon. Then bis condition was the source of general comment. --At this time the heavy-weight cham--pioa wa in such condition that Harry Forbea. or Benny Yanger could easily have put him out,- It was easily understood under-stood how Jeffrie happened to Bounder around in a Montana ring stung by the fists of an uncouth miner. .' With a few high, balls Jeffries was able to shake off the feeling of drowsiness drowsi-ness that had eotne over him ..... Soro boon companions came along; and the champion heavy-weight suggested sug-gested a return to the haunts he had abandoned but a few hours before. v The Levee held Jeffries In Its embrace Monday sight and far into Tueiday. |