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Plain Maria Jane!...... That word "plain" puts
us in mind of the rolling prairies of the West, and,
as a natural sequence, the fearless Texas John
or Buffalo William rises to view. Our admiration
for these vigorous actors has always been warm and
sincere. That anybody should have presumed to
question Texas Jack's courage fills us with
amazement. And yet somebody has presumed to
do that very thing. Let the traducer beware!
Texas John is not the man to be trifled with-no,
nor to be rifled with either. He has gone forth in
quest of the villain, but he will return in good
time, and, as becomes a Jack, turn up as a
Bower-y star. [That is exceedingly neat when
it is remembered what a big card Texas
Jack is.].......