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Show KNOTTS' RABBIT STORY. Told to Illustrate One View of Sampson-Schley Affair. Since the Sampson-Schley controversy controver-sy has grown acute again there has been considerable reference to Proctor Knott's "rabbit story" in connection with the credit for the victory at Santiago. San-tiago. It is here reproduced: Ex-Gov. Proctor Knott and John Yerkes were discussing the claims of bampson anu Schley to, the credit of smashing Cer-vera Cer-vera at Santiago. Mr. Yerkes took the ground that all the honor of that memorable conflict belonged to Admiral Ad-miral Sampson, and was inclined to entirely ignore Commodore Schley's part in the affair. The governor listened lis-tened until his companion had fln-!. fln-!. ''d and then with that characteristic characteris-tic twinkle in his eye said: "My dear sir it is exceedingly gratifying to me to hear you take the position you have in the matter. It is like a balm to my conscience and settles a point that has worried me many a day. I was n,i fhrmifh the woods once with a boy friend of mine when we saw a rabbit run into a sinkhole. We stood j around the hole awhile; then I told the boy to keep watch while I went to get some fire to smoke the rabbit out When I returned the boy had the rah bit I took it away from him, claiming that it belonged to me because I told him to catch it if it came out. That was over fifty years ago, and you are the first man who ever agreed with me that I was right in taking it and con-SnceTalrest." con-SnceTalrest." Mr. YerHes looked solemn for a few moments, then smiled a feeble "w"-subject-Kentucky Journal (Frank |