A Mighty Mean Man
"Speaking of gol!," remnrked an Eastern printer la.st ëvening iu a C street beer snloon; "talinng of solid cheok, I ncver saw a man who hud more of it thau Polo Blivens, of Kansas Oity. Three of us used to room togethnr there in 1872. One night in Jnly - it wat so hot that if yon'! chuck water on the side of n house it would sizz like so much hot iron - we coucludc-d to go down an;l sleep on one of the tiinber rafta on the rivpr. Well, wö got on the raft with our blankets. Just before torbiag in Pete Blivens said ho guessed lie'd cool oft" by taking a swim. I knew the current would siuitch hini right nudez, but didn't want to givo him any advine nnd he dived ttt' the end of tne iniK 'Die undertow cauglit and Bent him ont of sight in nbout three seconds. As soon as wo f.aw that he wae drowned me and the other chap wtint for his effects. We fonnd $8 50 iu his pants pocket and an old watcli. We. took 'em up town and Boaked the clothes for $9 and p.old the watch for $12. Then we went 'round tosrn ou a gort of a jamboree and spent the inouey. About 5 o'clock in tho marniug we wero drinking up the last dollar with eouie of the bojs at the Blue Corner, when who shoukl walk in but Pete himself in an old snit of clothes that he'd borrowed oflf a man three miles down thé tivér. Aud hang me if he didn't demand his elothes, and the noxt d:iy he was 'round dunning us for the paltry 88.50. The gall of gome men's enough to paralyze a Louisiana alligator," - Viryinïa City Chronicle.
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