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Show PRETTY TOUGH YARN. Tola by am Analent m! Truthful Mariner f of tho LaUin, "," u ' '11 "Ta'ltinit o hfo preservers," said tho trui iful uuirji cr, n ho knooKed thonshca out, U 1 u plpo, to a Saw York Uispatoh jidii, w i remember the eld ateamor K.i laiau. at that used to run from llnftalo tuthka'jl 1 won mate on her the year bo-foro bo-foro sho was lost. We were about sixty miles out from Chicago when Mllio Lan-agan, Lan-agan, who waa do.ng something upon tho mast, fell, ntuick on '.is head on the roof ot tho cab n and bouueed oleau out into tho lake. Well, tbo captain he see htm fall, snd ha stepped and backed that old Roustabout uutckor'n yon oould say 'scat.' Mike went down Uko A DlnmmeU for ho was knouked lnsonslblo, and I kaoWd thero tvos no uao to hoove a Ufe-preaerver for htm, so I Just hurried up the boya In getting tho boat down, although I didn't expect lt'ud do much good. Wo had Jim King on board, raaaengcr from Ouloago. You romomber Jun King, don't you I" , - i-.i "Can't aay hjt I do," remarkod a bystander, by-stander, j- t,(AAI "Well, Jim waa the ohamplen qaolt-thrower qaolt-thrower In tbom days Bo's dead now, poor fi.-Uow, hut Jim waa a hoaa on throwing throw-ing quoits I tell von quoits were n great game tb uiiIjh Every vdlago had a quoit olub and tn" boya on tho farms used to tbi iw liim shoes It was something llko baae ball in those times, although 1 never could . o as much fun In boao-boll as I could seo In u good rnmo of quoita " .. . -ft "Oh, ume off, ' cried tho Impatient llstcu or. "What did Jim do, or did ho do any thlngl Did thomun drown!" i"t "Sow, don't be too fly. Who's teUIn' tils nrnl" - I ''Well, you don't soem to bc"V. "Ooonl Ooonl" said tho crowdVV . "Well, you know, in quoits a 'ringer' was when you put tho quoit around tho stake. It counted double Well, Jim ho picks up tho round Ufa preserver It's llko a great, big quoit, ) ou know nnd as tho Cap'n camo running aft, Jim ho sings out: 'Cap'n, ll'U bet J ou 11 vo dollars I'll make a ringer on that man It he comes up within tho length of this lino.' " is- J "'Bet you twenty dollars you can't,' snld the Cap'n. . .-i " 'Tako you,' said Jim, and Just at thet mlnlt up bobs Mike's head about sixty feot a-etorn. Jim throw tt, and I'll bo durned If .hat Hfo preserver didn't go plump over on Mlko's head clear down on bis shoulders, and thero It stuck. Wo got donn n boat, and when wo got to Mtko ho hadn't como to yet, and didn't for somo tiuio after. He'd been a gonorlf it hadn't bin furth.it ringer, although lt took tbo skin offon his noso." "Did tho Captnln pay tho twonty dollars I" "Puyitl Youjlstbet ho did. And Jim ho handed It over to Mike, and Mlko ha blow It all In when wo got to Detroit. I wish some of It was hero now, far I'm mighty Iry. Thanks. Don't wind If 1 do,"j |