He had a very different kind of a creature with which to deal,
than a Kentucky gentleman of lengthy lineage, a creature called
sometimes a "tiger." Yet curiously enough, the same firm voice, and the
same firm manner, and a "mutineer," though this time a man instead of a
horse, was effective here. All New York knew that something had been
done, and wanted to know what There was not a newspaper in the city that
would have refused to give five thousand dollars for an authentic
stenographic report of what actually was said in a space of time not
longer than three hours in all. Indeed, so intensely were people
interested, that several papers felt called upon to fabricate and print
most absurd versions of what did occur, all the accounts reaching
conclusions as absolutely different as the press portraits of
celebrities. From three of them it is a temptation to quote the display
headlines or "scare-heads," which ushered these reports to the world.
The first read:
"THE BOSSES AT WAR!"
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"HOT WORDS AND LOOKS.
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