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Show One of Bret Harte's Stories. Hrct Harlo was once asked In Lon j don If ho did not exnggerato some ol 1 his western chiTiirtcr creations. He dcclnreil that he did not nnd told this, as a true story, which ho had always 1 feared to put into print: A well' ' known desperado came Into 11 saloon, I nnd, of count", thoso who know him had business somewhere else at once. I An English tenderfoot remained and the bail man Invited hint to drink. Tho Ilrltlshor Innocently said he did not I euro to do so, a dangerous remark to I make In those days, whereupon the ' desperado wearily reached for his gun ' and said In a tired siirt of way: "Good 1 Lord, can't I ever have a drink with-1 out killing a man?" |