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"HE PUTS MAGUIRE OUT ON THIRD BASE."
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"NOW PLAY BALL!"
And unintelligible as this latter sounds, it was near enough the truth
to suggest inspiration. But there is no need to reprint the article that
followed, for now it is possible, for the first time, to tell what
actually occurred; and this contribution should alone permit this work
to rank, as no doubt it is otherwise fully qualified to, in the dullest
class of all books, that of the historical novel.
The facts are, that Peter alighted from a hansom one evening, in the
middle of July, and went into the Manhattan Club. He exchanged greetings
with a number of men in the halls, and with more who came in while he
was reading the evening papers. A man came up to him while he still
read, and said:
"Well, Stirling. Reading about your own iniquity?"
"No," said Peter, rising and shaking hands. "I gave up reading about
that ten years ago.
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