The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-05

hettci them carefully, ana measured lleUl
together with an eye us strict as ever gal
ant paired rapier with, till, satisfied of thcil
equality, he put his top-coat over his should
ers, and departing by the back door, rapidly
cIeare two or three small gardens, and
made at once for the fields, AS Dolan
dropped from the high bank into the lane
near the bridge on one side, Evans lept tho
gate opposite
You've lost no time, feGs,' observed
Matthew, as they drew together, shoulder
to shoulder stalking rapidly on,
I've been veyed-to keep you waiting, this
time, anyhow" replied Johnny, and few
other words passed.
just beyond the bridge they LETT the road
together, and mounting the course .! the
little stream, in few moments were shnt
out from the possibility OF observance III a
wild narrow glen, at whose head was a
waterfall of some eighteen feet. The pool
which received this cascade was exceeding
deep, and having but one narrow outlet be-
tween the huge stones, the pent waters
were forced round and round, boiling and
chafng for release; and hence the not IN
poetic name of TIcll.kettlc given 10 this spot
The ground Immediately around it was
Wild, bare and stony, and in no way dero@
atcd from this fearful title
Near the fall is little platform or level
of some twenty yards square, the place dcs'
ignated by Evans fer the battle ground.
Arrived here, the parties halted; and as
Dolan stopped TO raise some Of the pure
stream in his hand to his lips, EyauS cast
his coats and vest on the gray stone close
by, and pulling his shirt over his head,
stood armed for the fight, not so heavy OF
tall man rs his antagonist, Doian, but
wiry as terrier, and having, m his agility
and training, advantages that more than
balanced the difference of weight and age.
1--WE been thinking, Johnny Evans, cried
Dolan, as he leisurcly stripped IN turn,
"wc must have two thlys, after all, to show
who's the best man; you've got the a'peens
wild you, see, ana I'm not the boy TO say
10 to thin. but expect you'll ha' the best
ind O the stick, for its well known There is
not your match in Wicklow, il there is IN
Wexford itself
THAT days past, Matty Dolan, replied
Evans. "It's five years since you ana me
had bad words, at the Pattern o the Seven
churches, and that was the last stroke |
struck with stick. There's eight years
betune our ages, and you're the heavier
man by two stone or near it; what more I'D
yen have, man alive"
"Oh, never fear, John, we'll never split
on trihes,' quietly replied Dolan, bat, see
here, let's dress one another, us they do pc.
tatoes, both ways, Stand fairly up to me
for half dozen rounds, fist to fist, and I'll
hould the alpcen till you're tired after id.
"Why, look here, Matty, you worked
overriding on Georges quay, and we're over
friendly with the great boxer, Mister Don
olan, for me to be able for ycz wld the
fist" cried Evans But Well split the diff
ference; I'll give you quarter of an hour
out o me wild the fists, and y0u'll give the
same time, if I'm able, with the a!pcen
after; and we'll toss head or harp, which
comes first,
Evans turned a copper fat on the back
of his hand, as he ended his proposal, and
in the same moment Dolan cried:
Harp forever"
Harp it is" echoed Evans, holding the
coin up in the moons ray, which shown
out but ftfully as dark clouds kept slowly
passing over her cold face.
In the next moment they were toe to toe
in the center of the little plain, both look.
ing determined and confident; though an
amateur would have at once decided in IA
vor of DoIans pose
TO describe the fight scientifically wonid
be too long an affair; suffice it, although
Johnnys agility gave him the best Of q
couple of severe falls, yet his antagonists
straight hitting and superior weight left
him the thing hollow till five rounds left
Evans deaf to time and tune, and as sick rs
though he had swallowed glass Of Gntmo-
nial wine instead of poteCn.
Do!an carried his senseless foe to the pool
and dashed water over him by the hatlul
Look at my watch was Johnnys first
word on gaining breath.
81 can't tell the time by watch cried
Dolan, little sheepish.
"Give it here, man." cried johnny, add
ing, as he rubbed his left eye, the other be
ing fast closed, "by the Boyne, this is the
longest quarter of an hour | ever knew--it
wants three minutes yet and as he spoke,
again he rose up before his man.
"Sit still, Johnny" exclaimed Mathew;
III forgive you the three minutes, any
how"
"Wcll, thank We for that" sad Johnny;
~ wish may be able to return the com
plimcnt presently; but by St, Donagh, I've
mighty little concait left in myself, just
now
Within 1--WE minutes, armed with the we'll
seasoned twigs Johnny had brought with
him, those honest fellows again stood front
to front, and although Evans had lost much
of the elasticity Of carriage which had ever
been his characteristic when the alpecn was
in his hand and the shamrock under bis
foot, in times past; although his left eye
was closed, and tho whole Of that side OF his
phySiognomy was swollen and disiigurrd
through the m0uling he had received at the
hands Of Dolan, who opposed him to all APP
pearancc fresh as at the first, yet was his
confidence in himself mistaken, and in the
twinkling of his right eye, close observer