The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-01-19

way fellow, Charlie. IL lack irssietins.
nc ~ thS most desperate fcllsw ip mi.
I Pst' ~ the country. EyciybO,ly il at.uid
" MIN D. cdu'e he takes tvrrv ooportu.
MY To annoy aud bcrate, and sometimes
even Ocat people who have never males.
'ed h,m in any way. II was only the
.n uay that he brvke up a party We
hsl mere. lie camc aud wanted 10
lance with Kate Roy. She wouldn't
aanc' with him, auL he swore he would
make her. lie actually seissd her by
the avn, WHOM James Beaehmsn conld
stand % no longer, but interfred for
hatc. lie Knocked Jamc, down. md
peat him most Numerically. Jsmes 10
AZ bed now from tie 0iTesls Of il. Nov.
dear Charlie, forgive nc for putting ron
ID lhis test, but you are strong and cours-
geuus, | know. know lust vby no,
are sighted here to-day. bat ! viii not
leli you until y"u -yan"--h~re the boid
Ella faltered, bIushcd, end then psled.
We'll Will 20 on, Ella. vi course
| wil'.'
"Chariic, don't think me unmaidenly,
but the rcqucst have 10 m.ke"--ahd
with heightened color she looked him in
the iaec--"is that you whip Jack Hnz.l-
the if he int rrupts US again to-day"
"Whip Jack llazoltinel Dless nv
soul 6et III do il or die trying. I'd
whp the d Tor your sake"
"Fhcr', | dd't siy anything, did Is
let Us 20 aud see how this rrdiubtabls
Jack llaaslline intends tJ conduct him
sgl.' The bravo had come up to tho
party by this lime, aud, when our twJ
trends reached the group, was engaged
IN making most lrUgthy and elaburIte
bnw to one ol the frightened sirlss
D,awiug himsclfup with pompous strut,
an IA a dcYilish twinkls IN his Keen
gray eyes, ho said:
"llaviug tine time, girlsl" NJ ans
Wer. Are You haViuga good time p ho
said. NJ answer. wei, you neednt
answer unless y u want to right bad"
lie ssuntercd oil to the swing and sat
down, bu, almost Immediately srusc again
and eamc back.
81 say, girls," he comm need. "lcts
have little dsnce-1 r5al hoe.dowp---
something after this manner." Here he
uut oaper that iut cn;,Jually landed his
loot against Ons v tho boys, rnd nearly
EnOck I'd hin down. "Ah mi eHruss
me, s,ti unintcntonsl, sirl | beg psrduu.
| Come, slrzh,' he continued, taking q
girl by The aru, "you'l be my partner,
IwJn't yoUl"
~, won't," and she i,rkcd away
| from him.
'Wunu Let's see about that" And
he made another atteppt 10 seize her VI
the arm. At this iuneiuro Captain
Charlie stepped quietly in II, way, and
slit:
"lt seems, Mr.. lIl1altinc, that tho
girls don't like your company. In that
case it would look well in you to leave st
once"
The fellow stopped and looked very
much astlnished at the others presump-
tion. Then, recovering his wits, he
lslidi
"And suppose, brave soldier. ths, I
don'G" thrustiug his bullot.head clear
forward into the Ciptpin'. ince.
"Ihcn III make you!" said the Cap.
tain, quietly watching his movements.
"lou win"
al whip
"Now look here, Captain, l know you,
and what you ure. You can't bully me.
you know. You're Captain Patton, the
man The papers say was kicked out Of
The army. What right have you got to
tiiuse yellow lhirgamics ON your shoul.
dprs! The papers say you're y coward,
aud shoJt me II didn't know il long
lngo"
Coward! take 1t baek!" Charles face
was pale with anger, and his eyes blaxea
with resentment.
, IL take nothing bsckw said Jack; but
at the same time he threw himself in
attitude, with his huge sledge. hammer
e. ll.ts hold before his fee, aud one foot
advanced Ia Hrcnan.
Charlie waited for no more, but quickly
, sprans forward aud dealt blow which
:. tie bravo had some trouble 10 stop. The
! bravo u n let forth hlB lett with greu,
licrcruCss, which was barely parried by
y the suldicr. H2re was evidently to be .
/ mill. Both men We're equal apparently
:, in strength aud science. The boy'
formed a ring, and the girls, crying ans
hiding their faces, ran off togelher To Z
4 safe distance, some of thcm Whispering
y to each other their hopes thar the Cap
" tain would be victor, and wondering how
a fellow who would beard Jack HaIeltin,
~ could be coward. ..., %
y Alter much leinling snd change o
r. position, Charlie got IN = telling blow CT
!, , The bravo's nasal organ that culminate'
- IL blood, and shout went IN from tn,
~ crowd Tor Charlie. The bravo recovered
' aud made q rec blow at his opponent'
~ iIce, but which al equally determined
y parry sent harmlessly over the Captain'
u shoulder, while counter GLOW at elos
: range laid the bully completely an
d Charlie stopped no, here, but belabote
n his foe untll he took back his taunt, and
promised never ugain u molcst anybody
," whatever. t.a
d Tho bufllad fellow was then allowed q
y get up, a whipped. and cowed man. II
d 1tarled ,f, and the next day len tn
vicinity of his signal discontinue.
J. II is needless TO say, that when III
party again came together, Ella Stanton
4 taxing paper from her pocket, sn'
y pointing % the paragraph in the dss
- patches, told hrr lover, amid tears an,
b. sniles, and vivid bushes, that the secrs
Il. of his negloet was contained therein.
IN He read il, and the co.or mounted 4
N, his iac2, Tor he saw il all now. and ex
as plained at once that 4 Captain by hi
~ own name had been dismissed, but iron
"a, another regiment than his own. IL j
II, necessary to conclude by averring that n
re more sly sllusions were made on that da
yu sgaiusl Charlie Ee cewGrd? f13
he tTA Vermont farmer sen,to an OF
phan asylum for a boy that was smsrl
active, brave, traotsble, prompt, indus
: triuus, clean, pious, intelligent, gos