Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-15

have lust returned from little two
handed tournament with the gloves
have filled my nose With cotton waste 90
that shall not soak this sketch m gore
as write.
needed little heAlthful exercise and
was looking for something that would be
full OF vigorous enthusiasm, and at the
same time promote the beautiful dow Of
blood to the muscles. This was rather
difficult I tried most everything, but
failed. Being Q sociable being. Joke
I wanted other people 10 help me exer-
else, or 60 along With me when / sxer-
cised Some men can 60 away 70 des-
ert isle and have fun with dumb bells
and horizontal bar; bat to me IL would
seem dull and commonplace after q
while, and / would yearn for more hu-
manity.
Two OF us finally concluded TO play
billiards, but We were only amateurs,
and the owner minated that be would
want the table for Fourth Of July. 30 We
broke Of in the middle Of the FIRST game
and paid for it.
Then q younger brother said he had q
set of boxing gloves in his room; and
although was the taller and had the
longest arms, he would hold up as long
az he could, and / might BANNER him
until ! gained strength and finally got
we'll.
accepted this offer becauseI had often
regretted that / had not made myself
familiar with this art, and also because
knew IL would create thrill of interest
and fire me With ambition, and that's
what a hollow-eyed invalid needs TO put
him on the road TO recovery.
The boxing glove Is large fat mitten
with an abnormal thumb and string al
the wrist by which you tie it on. 80 that
when you feed il TO your adversary he
cannot swallow IL and choke himself.
| had never seen any boxing gloves before
bat my brother said they were soft and
wouldn't hurt anybody. So we took of
some of our raiment and put them on
Then We shook hands. can remember
distinctly yet that We shook hands; that
was 10 show that We we're friendly and
would not slay each other.
My brother is q great deal yOungei
than l am, and 80 warned him not to
| get excited and come for me With any
| thing that would look like wild and IN
governable fury, because might in the
heat of debate pile his jaw up on hif
forehead and fill his ear full of sore
thumb. He said that was all right
and he would try to be cool and col
lected.
Then We put our right toss close TO-
gether and told him TO be ON his guard
At that moment / dealt him terrific
blow aimed at his nose, but through a
clerical error of mine it went over his
shoulder and spent itself in the wall oil
the room, shatteripg small hollywood
bracket for which paid him %. 70 after
ward. / did not wish TO buy the bracket
because had two at home, bat he wal
arbitrary about it and bought ii.
We then took another athletic posture
and in two seconds the air Was full oil
p0ulticed thumb and buckskin mitten
soon detected q chance to pat In ont
where my brother could smell Of it, bul
never knew Just where Is struck, for al
that moment / ran up against something
with the pit of my stomach that made
me throw up the sponge along with somt
other groceries, the names OF which
cannot now rtcLl.
My brother then proposed that We TAXI
sufficiently punished him, and that an
OtuoA HOuuO WOOA0 OutuRtot0 b0o OOA4uco
which WAS then almost within my grasp
! took a bismuth powder and squared
myself. but in warding of a lefthandsl
l forgot aboat my adversary's right, and
ran my nose into the middle of his box
ing Rleve. Fearing that had injured
him, l retrea.sd rapidly On my elbows
and shoulder blades to the corner Of thu
room, thus giving him ample time to 70
cover. By this means my brother's fsa
lures were saved and are today as sym
metrical AZ my own.
can still cough mp pieces Of boxing
gloves, and when ! close nay eyes car
see calcium lights and blue phorescenl
CLEANS across the horizon, bat I an
thoroughly convinced that there il nc
physical exercise which yields the same
amount of health and elastic viger e
the puncher that the manly art does
To the punchee, also, il affords large
wad Of glad surprises and nose bleed
which cannot Be hurtful TO those Whc
banker for the pleasing nervous shock
tho spinal jar and the pyrotechnic con
0ussiOn.
That is Why I shall continue tho OK.
ercise after / have practised with q
mule or cOw-catchsr tvo or three
weeks, and feel q little more confidence
In myself.