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Show Land Was Out of Sight. "Yes," said ono of tho traveling men, who was telling stories In front of tho hotel. "I was onco out of slgtt of land on tho Atlantic ocean twenty-ono twenty-ono days." "On tho Pacific one tlmo I dldn'i soc land for twenty-nine days," silft another, A little,- bnld-headed mnn tilted his chair against a pen and knocked tho ashes, from his cigar. "I stnrted across tho Kaw river near Ijiwreneo in u skiff onco when I was a kid," ho said, "itnd was out of sight of land before I reached tho other sldu." "Aw, como off," ennic from ono of tho crowd. "Tho Kaw Isn't moro than 300 yards wide anywhere along near Lawrence." "I didn't say It wns," snld tho Utile man qulotly. "Tho skiff turned over and I sank twice." Kansas City 'Nines. |