A BRET HARTE STORY.
The daughter of Bret Harte, with the aid of a number of her father's English friends, has opened a typewriting office in London. She is a proficient typewriter, and an American journalist, calling to have some copying done, complimented her on her skill. "My skill, such as it is, is due to practice,'' said Miss Harte. "It was acquired very painfully, like the marksmanship of one of my father's Western friends, used to tell of a man called Red--4KI James, a character of California. James, in a bar one night, drew a revolver and shot the ashes from the cigar of a friend on the other side of the room. The friend laughed, and calmly drank off the remainder of his cocktail. My father said to Redwood James : ' That must have required considerable practice.' ' Practice !' Redwood replied, ' I should say so, young man. I guess I spiled more'n three dozen Chinamen a-learnin' that there trick. 1 "
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXX, Issue 8451, 16 May 1906, Page 3
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