A REMINISCENCE. 



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"The only trouble," said Jack, " is that I've been in so many scrimmages with 

 the Old Ephraims, that it's hard work to pick out the most interesting." 



" Let us hear about the first time you met him," suggested Mr. Godkin. 



"Well, that's about as entertainin' as any of the other fights, leastways it wai 

 so to me, for it happened a good many years ago, afore I had learned to sling th 

 lasso, but not afore I thought I knowed a good deal more than I'm sure I know now. 



THE GRIZZLY BEAR. 



" Me and Bill Lamokin picked up a sick miner in 'Frisco one day, and took the 

 best care we could of him. He had some sort of fever, that the doctors couldn't 

 handle, but the main trouble with the poor fellow was that he'd got it into his head 

 that he couldn't live, and when a sick man is in that shape, he's sure to pass in his 

 checks, in spite of a cityful of doctors. 



" Howsumever, me and Bill done the square thing, and was with him when he 



