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Graue Possibility of Such a Necessity
if Three Big Candidates Are in Field.
If None Gets Majority House Must
Decide If It Fail Then Senate, 'May
Pick the Victor Interesting and Pic
turesque Procedure That Would Be
Followed.
BY JOHN ELFRETH W ATKINS.
MEN renowned for their political
sagacity are free with their pre
dictions that a triangular fight
for the Presidency this Fall will throw
the coming Presidential election Into
the House of Representatives. Whether
an alarmist view or not. this Is one
worthy of analysis at this time.
The electoral vote will be counted
before a Joint session of Congress at 1
P. M., on the second Wednesday of Feb
ruary next. The total electoral vote In
this campaign will be 631 and a ma
jority necessary to a choice will be 266.
The Constitution provides that "If no
person has such majority, then from the
persons having the highest numbers,
not exceeding three on the list of those
voted for as President, the House of
Representatives shall choose Imme
diately, by ballot, the President. But
in choosing the President the vote shall
be taken by states, the representation
from each state having one vote; a
quorum for this purpose shall consist
of a member or members from two
thirds of the states and the majority of
ell the states shall be necessary to a
choice. And If the House of Represen
tatives shall not choose a President
whenever the right of choice shall de
volve upon them before the 4th day of
March next following, then the Vice
President shall act as President, as in
the case of the death or other constitu
tional disability of the President."
Senate Would Choose V. P.
But It is reasonably certain that no
Vlce-Presidantlal caniiidate will get a
majority. If no Presidontlal nominee re
ceives one. So what Is to be done In
such an event?
The Constitution la clear on this
point, also. The election of the Vice
President would be thrown Into the
Senate. Instead of the House, and the
Senate would have to make final choice
between not the three, but the two
candidates receiving the highest num
ber of electoral votes. The election of
the Vice-President la further simplified
by the absence of constitutional re
striction as to Senators voting "by
states." They can use their individual
preferences and having only two men
to choose from one candidate would
appear sure to receive a majority. This
majority, however, would have to be a
majority of the whole number of Sen
ators, two-thirds of whom would be
necessary to constitute a quorum to do
business.
Deadlock Seems Assured.
The Congress which would decide the
election under such circumstances is
that now in session. And, as stated, the
vote of the House would be by states
and not by Individual members, each
state having one vote dictated by the
majority of its representatives.
A fact most interesting. Indeed, to
relate Is that In the present House the
political division by states Is exactly
equal, although there are 229 Demo
cratic and only 161 Republican Repre
sentatives. Tet there are 22 state dele
gations In which the Republicans have
a majority and the same number, 22, in
which the Democrats have a majority.
In addition, there are four states, hold
ing the balance of power, each tied with
sn equal number of Republican and
Democratic Representatives. These axe
Maine, Rhode Island, Nebraska and New
Mexico. In these estimates all mem
bers who recorded themselves as Re
publicans when elected to Congress are
included In the Republican column.
A deadlock would appear to be as
sured were the election thrown Into the
House. The successful candidate would
have to obtain the votes of at least 25
states, whereas, as said, the Demo
crats have but 22. as have the Republi
cans regular and progressive be
tween them. How many representa
tives hitherto listed as Republicans will
Join the new party no one can yet estl.
HOW A
THE recently published exploits of
an ex-cowboy. In lassoing wild
animals Is Africa, puts me In
mind of my own experience In that
line when punching cows for the old
AU 7 outfit In Wyoming In 1885.
Among numerous tasks allotted to
me, preparatory to starting on the
round-up, was the care of a small
bunch of "green" horses that I was
to break for use In my work later on.
As a matter of convenience these
. were kept with the wagon stock In a
small pasture a short distance from
the ranch, and the trail to this pas
ture led by the water hole where the
other lions had been captured. Upon
the particular morning I am going to
describe I had selected a pony from my
string known as Hotstuff; he was not
more than half broken, and when he
bucked, which he did nearly every time
I got on him and as often thereafter
as the notion seemed to strike him,
he could jump higher, land harder and
keep It up longer than any four
legged brute I had ver straddled.
I wu a r.ew man with the outfit and
wanted to "make good." I felt that If
I could break an animal of Hotstuffs
apparent cussedness my reputation
would be made. Besides, he was the
handsomest pony on the range, and I
always like to ride a fine-looking
' horse.
Upon this particular morning, after
our usual tilt around the corral I
started off up the trail for the pas
ture. About half way to the water
mate. Many of the "Insurgents" of
the House either have refused or are
hesitating to follow Colonel Roosevelt.
And even if every Democratic repre
sentative should vote for Governor
Wilson, he could not he elected unless
three of the tied or hostile states should
come to his rescue
Therefore, If the election Is thrown
Into Congress the prospects are that
through a hopeless deadlock extending
until March 4 the Presidency must on
that date fall to the successful candi
date for Vice-President. If his election
is thrown into the Senate the possibili
ty of a deadlock would be diminished
by the fact that in that body only the
two rather than the three candidates
receiving the highest electoral vote
would be balloted for by the Senators,
who would vote as Individuals rather
than by states. But there is room for
grave doubt that any faction could gain
a majority in the Senate, where the old
'"Insurgent" Senators hold the balance
of power. The next few 'weeks may
show how many of these will, like
Cummins, remain regular, or, like Bris
tow don the progressive bandana.
To acquire a satisfactory mental pic
ture of the exact procedure, should
the coming election be thrown into
Congress, you should first get a
glimpse of how it has acted upon the
rare occasions when It has, in the
past, been resorted to for a final selec
tion of President and Vice-President.
A test of the process came early in
the history of the republic. In the
election of 1800 the electoral vote was
divided as follows: Jefferson, repub
lican, 73; Burr, Republican, 73; John
Adams, Federalist. 65; Charles C.
Plnckney, Federalist, 64; John Jay. Fed
earllst, 1. Not only was there no can
didate with a majority, but Jefferson
and Burr were tied. The House hav
ing been called upon to exercise Its
functionto decide the choice, the bal
loting commenced February 11, 1801,
and continued until the 17th. There
being then 16 states, the votes o nine
were necessary for a choice. .
On the 6th ballot and the sixth day
of the contest Jefferson finally re
ceived the votes of 10 states and was
declared elected. And Aaron Burr,
having received the next highest, was
under a new obsolete clause of the
Constitution declared elected as Vice
President. The Old Method.
When the House thus chose Jeffer
son In 1801, the procedure was accord
ing to the original Constitutional pro
vision, since superseded (in 1803) by
the 12th amendment. The House at
that time was permitted to choose
the President from the "five highest"
candidates on the electors' lists? And
the person having the next highest
number of electoral votes whether a
majority or not was chosen Vice
President. The Senate had no hand In the elec
tion of the Vice-President, except in
.case of a tie, when it chose "by ballot"
"between the tied candidates.
But the second election to be thrown
into the House was decided by the same
rules that would govern its selection
of a president next Winter. This was
the election of 1824. In the campaign
of that year, as threatens now, politi
cal parties were badly disorganized.
Although Andrew Jackson won over
John Qulncy Adams by 153,000 to 108,
000 in the popular vote and by 90 to
84 in the electoral vote, neither of
the two had a majority. This was
owing to the fact that Clay and Craw
ford were also candidates, receiving,
respectively, 37 and 41 electoral votes.
So, as had been anticipated before
the election, there was no choice of a
President, although Calhoun had been
elected Vice-President by more than
two-thirds of all the electoral votes.
Congress met the 6th of December,
five days after the meeting of the
electors, and, although it was known
that there had been no choice of a
President, no notice was taken of the
fact until the 13th of January i825).
when the House adopted a resolution
appointing a committee to prepare
rules to be observed In the House "In
the choice of a President of the United
States." This plan, closely following
the procedure of Jefferson's election
by the House in 1801, would probably
be as closely followed Dy tne nouse
WYOMING COW PONY CAPTURED A
hole I Dassed a breaking camp which
some of the broncho-busters had es
tablished on a nice flat, clear of sage
brush and coulees or ravines. With a
few snubblnf-Dosta. a corral and a
grub wagon, they were taking things
easy. I had started at the first streaa
of dawn, and It was then not sunrise,
so there was no one stirring In the
camp.
1 had passed the sleeping camp but a
short distance when my attention was
light of the early dawn, to be the strug
gles or a can. isaiuraiiy x was b
interested and turned Hotstuff in that
direction. I found upon a closer view
t . t Inn animal T hlil coan WAS S C3.lt.
and the struggle that had attracted my
attention was evidently Its last, lor
big mountain lion had it by the throat
.. ,1 ha vino annkpntlv ..V.Tli the
jugular vein, was enjoying a dellcous
feast.
1 stopped for a few moments to de
cide what to do. It was evident the
lion was famished, for, though he
watched me closely, he did not let go
his hold on the throat of the calf.
From the satisfied movlngs of his tail
he was apparently enjoying himself.
For a moment I was In a quandary.
The common-sense thing to do was to
leave the lion to his feast and go back
... V. n an.n hilt A ihOTt distance IWSy.
and get a good roper to help me. On
the other nana, l wan tea w onus mi
lion In alone. It had taken two men
to bring each of the others, but I
wanted to go one better and rope that
Hon myself. I knew the foolhardiness
of trvlng to do neat roping work on
a half-broken horse, but 1 also knew
that if I could throw a rope around
that lion s neck and get Hotstuff head
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slty of electing a President next Feb
ruary. In this confsst, the votes of 13
states were necessary to a choice be
tween Qulncy Adams and Jackson.
Adams was sure of the unanimous
votes of the six New England states
and of a majority In New York, Mary
land and Ohio. Before It began its
work a great scandal brewed in the
House, there being charges and counter-charges
of much bargaining and
trading of votes. A. Philadelphia
Journal published an alleged letter
which accused Henry Clay of having
offered his votes in exchange for the
state portifollo, and Clay came back
with the statement that the writer was
"a base and InfamouB caluminator, a
dastard, and a liar." Many other mem
bers of Congress had to write letters
of explanation to constituents.
On the first ballot Adams was elect
ed by the House, receiving 13 votes to
seven for Jackson and four for Craw
ford, Clay having been squeezed out
of the running because the Constitu
tion now limited the balloting to the
candidates receiving the three highest
electoral votes. Jackson's followers
swallowed their pill with difficulty, and
many urged a further amendment of
the Constitution to prevent a repeti
tion of what they termed a National
calamity.
The next excitement of this kind was
in 1837, when the election of the Vice
President had to be thrown into the
Senate. In the previous campaign R.
M. ("Dick") Johnson, Van Buren's
Democratic running mate, ran behind
his ticket, receiving only 147 electoral
votes, whereas Van Buren had 170 and
a majority. A majority was lacking,
however, in the case of Johnson, whose
rivals for the Vice-Presidency, with
Fact Story of Plucky "Hotstiff" and
ed down the trail for the ranch, there
wasn't a lion living that could catch
him. Should it come to a race I
reckoned to beat the lion so badly that
I should pull him off his feet and choke
him.
To decide what to do took me hardly
the time necessary to unsling the rope
from the saddle. After throwing out the
loop to be sure there were no kinks In
it, I urged Hotstuff toward the beast.
The Hon resented my approch by snarls
that were quite terrifying to the pony,
and It was with difficulty that I could
get him within roping distance; in fact,
it was only by riding in a circle and
gradually working nearer at each cir
cuit that I was finally able to make
a throw.
The Hon must have been very hungry,
for he was loath to leave his warm
meal, and, thought he skillfully dodged
the loop several times, I finally suc
ceeded in land it sqifarely around his
neck. At the first jerk he reared him
self upon his hind legs, clawing des
perately at the rope, but soon found
this was useless. The pony could with
difficulty be restrained, owing to the
terror inspired In him by the clawing,
snarling beast at the end of the 40-foot
rope.
Having securely roped the Ion, I was
curious to know Vhich way he would
Jump. Hotstuff. however, bad not curi
osity on the subject; he plainly did
not like the Job and was anxious to
get away. In his terror he Jumped
and whirled around, and In shifting the
rope behind me. to get It on the op
posite side of the pony. It caught under
his tall
This started the fun at once, for it
was something he never could stand,
so. giving one squeal and a jump, he
was off. bucking as hard as he knew
Granger, Whig, 77; John Tyler. Whig,
47, and William Smith, Democrat, 23.
The Senate elected Johnson.
November May Not Decide.
Whether the next election is to be
thrown Into the House may not be
known in November next. Whether
some of the electors listed on tne old
party tickets will vote for the promised
new party's candidates may not be
known until the date when the. electors
meet to cast their ballots.
The voters will, on the first Monday
In November, choose, the electors who,
on the second Monday in January, will
meet In their respective states and bal
lot for President and Vice-President.
All parlies concerned must then be
given a chance to formally contest the
electoral vote, and, through their own
tellers, have a hand in counting it.
Messengers having been sent to Wash
ington with the electoral votes of each
state, the casket containing them will
on the second Wednesday of February,
be unlocked by the Vice-President in
the presence of both bodies of Congress
brought together In the great hall of
the House of Representatives. If there
has been any contest over the choice
of the electors In any state a certifi
cate showing how the contest has been
settled must be forwarded by the Gov
ernor to Secretary of State Knox;, who
must then publish the certificate in
some "publlo newspaper" and send
copies to the two houses of Congress.
Having unlocked the electoral votes
from the casket, placed upon his desk,
Vice-President Sherman will hand them
to the tellers, seated at the desk below
him, these gentlemen having been pre
viously selected by their respective par
ties in each house. After having read
the count as estimated by the tellers,
the Vice-President will ask for objec
tions, and if there be none he will add:
"This announcement of the state of
the vote by the President of the Senate
Is by law a sufficient declaration that
Is elected President," etc. .
The Procedure In Detail.
And here is the procedure which, if
precedents are observed, will be fol
lnweri In the event that no candidate
In next November's election is found.
by this count to have received a ma
jority of the electoral votes:
The Senate having retired to Its
chamber, the House of Representatives
would beein action with a roll calL
This having shown that a member oi
His Feat in Dragging an
how. He fairly outdid himself, and that
is saying a lot.
To be sure that I shouldn't lose the
Hon. I had, before starting, looped the
rope around the horn of the saddle, and
the pony kept me so busy tht I had no
time to release it. Everything might
still have gone well had not the pony
been so overcome by his terror of the
lion and his indignation at having the
rope under his talL As It was he care
lessly stepped into a prairie-dog hole,
and down we went with a crash.
I was thrown clear of the saddle,
turning somersault, and landed on my
back. For a moment I was dazed.
When I realized what had happened, I
saw the Hon was about 10 feet away,
struggling to loosen the rope, which
was choking him. "Hotstuff" scrambled
to feet none the worse, and, getting
another glimpse of the lion, started off
like a shot.
At the first jump the pull of the rope
Jerked the big cat through the air as
though he had been thrown by a cata
pult. He came straight for me, his
mouth wide open and every claw out
its fullest extent. He was looking for
something to grab hold of, to stop the
rush of the awful thing that was chok
ing him.
I must confess that the apparition of
the great brute sailing toward me
through the air, all spread out, so to
speak, was startling. I didn't wait for
a second look, but rolled over and kept
on rolling. -
I have a vivid recollection of a hor
rible mouth from which there issued
a blood-curdling yowl, the hot breath
on my face, and the swish of a big paw
armed with claws, as the beast made
a swipe at me. He missed me, luckily,
but I received a sharp rap from the
end of his tall as It whipped by me.
members from two-thirfls of the states
are present, the House would Imme
diately proceed by ballot to choose a
President from the three candidates.
In case none should receive the vote
of a majority of all the states on the
first ballot for a President without in
terruption by other business until a
President is chosen or there is a hope
less deadlock remaining unbroken un
til March 4.
The doors of the House would be
locked during the balloting, except
against its officers and members of the
Senate. At the request of the dele
gates of any one- state the galleries
could be cleared. From the commence
ment of the balloting until an elec
tion were completed no proposition to
adjourn could be received unless on
the motion of one state, seconded by
another, the question being finally de
cided by the vote of states.
In balloting for President the follow
ing procedure would be followed:
The representatives of each atate
would be arranged and seated together,
beginning with the Maine delegation,
seated at the right hand of the Speak
er's chair and thence proceeding around
the hall of the House with the other
delegations seated in the order In which
the states are usually named In the pro
ceedings for receiving petitions.
Ballot Box for Each State.
A separate ballot box would be pro
vided for each state delegation, which,
if necessary, might appoint theirs. As
the clerk of the House called the roll
of states the sergeant-at-arms would
present to that state's delegation two
ballot boxes, one for ballots and one
for a duplicate of the same ballots.
The sergeant-at-arms would then carry
one box to one set of tellers and the
other to another. One representative
from each state would be appointed by
Its delegation as a teller. These 48
tellers would, then divide themselves
Into two sets, each assigned to a sepa
rate table, which would be in marked
contrast with the arrangement at the
House, when there were only eight In
stead of 24 tellers at each table.
The count of the original set and du
plicate set of votes must agree at each
balloting. Each ballot would be reported
to the House and announced by the
Speaker, and as soon as a ballot showed
a majority for one candidate, the
Speaker would declare that candidate
elected. A message would then be sent
to the Senate, forthwith, communicat
Enraged Beast for Miles to
The next Instant he .started on another
prodigious leap as "Hotstufr" tore on
down the trail straight for the bronco
busters' camp. For a while the brute
kept his feet fairly well but I knew
that "Hotstuff" would never stop while
there was anything like a live lion on
the end of that rope. .
It seemed but a moment when I
heard yells and then some pistol-shots
from the camp. " After pulling myself
together and picking a bunch of spines
from my side, where I had In my haste
rolled over a mass of prickly pears,
I got on to my feet, feeling pretty stiff
from the Jolt I received. Then I hur
ried down to the camp to see what had
become of "Hotstuff" and my lion.
I found that the pony, evidently for
getting the etiquette of the range, had
charged directly through the camp,
which was Just waking up. Some of
the men were .crawling out from be
tween their blankets, others were roll
ing up their beds for the day. The
cook, "Sourdough" Johnston, was pre
paring breakfast, but Hotstuff paid no
attention. He had urgent business at
the home ranch and was going there
by the shortest route, regardless of
anybody's opinion. He was taking the
lion with him, and he was in a hurry.
When I got to the camp things were
in a hubbub. Some of the men were
rolling on the ground in paroxysms of
laughter, while "Shorty" Woods was
making a contortionist of himself, try
ing to survey the damage done to the
rear portion of his shirt and trousers,
which had been nearly torn oft him.
"Sourdough," the cook, was audibly
cursing a certain big cat as he en
deavored to start another fire.
It seems that Hotstuff was on them
before anyone saw him. The sudden
rush Into oamp of a bucking, fear-
ing the result, and a committee of three
Representatives would be Immediately
appointed to apprise, first President
Taft. and then the President-elect
(should he be another candidate), of the
'outcome of the contest.
Should some member of Congress con
est the coming electoral vote during the
procedure of counting it in February,
as described, this would be the process:
Upon the Vice-President's calling
for objections, Senators and representa
tlces could present them, but they
would have to be made In writing and
signed by at least one Senator and
one Representative. Such objections
could properly arise only over such a
question as which of two state authori
ties could properly determine what
electors had been chosen. No regu
larly given electoral vote from any
state where the electors had been law
fully certified to, and where only one
return had been received, could be
questioned. The objections being re
ceived, the two houses would separate,
the Senate returning to its own cham
ber. The majority of one house alone
would not be sufficient to reject the
returns from any state, but both
houses would have to vote the same
way, and they would have to do this
within five days after the first meet
ing of the two houses, or no recess
would thereafter be allowed until the
matter was settled. There Is no pros
pect, however, of such tactics being
resorted to except in a case where
the electoral vote was very close and
where the party seeking a reversal of
the Indicated vote had a majority In
both houses.
Electoral Commission Method.
Such a contest would not, therefore,
have to be settled by an electoral com
mission, such as straightened out the
Hayes-Tilden tangle following the
election of 1876. So uncertain was the
result of that election that thought
ful men In Congress, foreseeing great
trouble over the approaching count of
the electoral vote by the president of
the Senate, got to work early in the
Winter and passed a law providing that
in case there should be more than one
return from any state its vote should
be decided by a commission of 15 mem
bers. Each house was authorized to
elect five members of this body by
oral vote, and with these were to sit
four Justices of the Supreme Court, who
wai-a to select a hilh juaiigo .
MOUNTAIN LION
Its Death.
crazy pony, the yowling lion follow-
ing wun immense vuuuua, " t'
eagled. Its mouth wide open and Its
eyes starting from Its head, was start
ling to men who had Just rolled out
and were not yet fully awake. They
didn't stop to find out what it was all
about they Just fled. In his haste
Shorty, tripping over his blankets, had
fallen flat on his face right in the path
of the on-rushlng animals, and the lion.
In one of his Involuntary leaps, had
landed squarely on his back. Being the
first soft thing the cat had hit since
he had started on his skyrocket ca
reer, he grabbed hold with all his
claws, but before he had a chance to
get well settled he was yanked oft
again, for Hotstuff had no time to stop
and rest, no matter how the lion felt
about it.
In leaving the lion took most of the
clothes worn by the man who had
formed auch an easy landing place for
him.
"Sourdough," In his anxiety to give
the fear-crazed brutes undisputed and
complete freedom of the camp, had up
set the coffee pot Into the Dutch oven,
wherein he was frying meat, and In his
haste to get away had fallen over that
and dumped the whole thing Into the
fire, putting it out Hastily picking
himself up out of the mess, he did not
stop running until he was safely be
yond the reach of the horse and lion.
Upon arriving in camp I asked If
anyone had seen anything of my Hon.
Hearing this inquiry. Shorty began to
curse mo, wanting to know what In
the name of all that was holy I meant
by sending "an all-fired abomination
like that into camp to tear all the
clothes off a decent man and frighten
him out of two years' growth." In
which Indignant protests he was en
couraged by big Sam Mathers, the
with them, and the senior 'ustlce se
lected was to preside over the entire
commission.
Such a committee of physicians was
forthwith appointed to alt upon the
body of Tllden and determine whether
he was politically dead or alive, and
thus we have the famous "electoral
commission." It consisted of eight
Republicans and seven Democrats, the
fifth Justice chosen by the four ap
pointed Justices making the odd Re
publican. It met February 1, 1877, and
deliberated upon the legality of dis
puted returns for a month, the Joint
session of Congress not meeting until
March 2 to witness the canvass of
the electoral vote by the president
of the Senate, who, on the basis of the
findings of the commission, announced
the election of Hayes and Wheeler. It
was the country's widespread dissatis
faction over this arrangement which
caused the passage of a law providing
that the states themselves should de
termine contests of their electoral
votes, but allowing that an appeal
may be taken to Congress in case of
such complications as would warrant
the above mentioned objections of
members during the next official count.
In considering all of these possi
bilities which may arise between elec
tion day in November and inaugura
tion day, next March, bear in mind one
Important fact one now frequently
emphasized by the Roosevelt partisans
that no law save the unwritten law
of party loyalty can prevent any Re
publican electors voting for a pro
gressive or even a Democratic candi
date. Once in our history this has Oc
curred an elector failing to vote for
the nominee of his party. This was In
1820, when James Monroe received All
of the electoral votes but one.
This solitary ballot was cast against
him by a New Hampshire elector of
his own party, who had conscientious
scruples against any candidate receiv
ing such a tremendous honor as the
unanimous electoral vote of the states.
(Copyright, 191J, by John Elfreth Wat
kins.) tin., hii-tur." who had recovered from
his paroxysms of laughter at what ha
called Dnony buuujo.u
For a while poor Shorty failed to sea
the funny side of the affair and he told
Sam so emphatically.
"That's because you ain't standln
where I am," retorted Sam.
When good humor was finally re
stored I borrowed a saddle, threw It
upon a pony and hurried down the
road after the runaways. When I ar
rived at the ranch I found Hotstuff In
the corral, still breathing pretty hard
and trembling with nervousness and
fright. A casual examination showed
that he was none the worse for his
unusual lion-hunting experience. It
seemed to me that I could see a re
proachful look In his eye as he watched
my examination. No doubt he was won
dering what sort of a friend I was to
tie him to that terrifying thing and
then desert him to fight it out alone.
I couldn't explain it so that he could
understand, but I patted and stroked
him until he was calmed. I felt really
sorry for the noble little animal.
Stretched out In the corral lay the
lion, stone dead. The boys were eager
ly measuring and examining him. He
was somewhat bruised and scrarfd In
places where he had hit the ground
in his mighty bounds. Naturally I felt .
proud of having captured a Hon single
handed, but pride goes before a fall,
for I entirely failed to get the boys
to see that I was entitled to any credit
whatsoever. While they were quite
willing to admit that I threw the loop
over the lion's head, that's all the par
ticipation they would allow me the
pony had done the rest, they said. He
had brought the lion into the ranch
alone and unaided, they told me, and
therefore all the glory belonged to
Hotstuff. J. E. H.