Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-06-17
APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE.
a Bully Convinced % the Aavantags
Of Being Lest.Hsndea.

A Bully Convinced o. the AAvsnsass
Of Being Lest.Faandea.
Now York SUM-
"'Pearances are deceptive" Che
driver of o Third-avenue car remarked.
About O'Clock last night young mar
hailed the car at Sixteenth street and
came forward to smoke cigar He
was q pale faced, slender, foppish
dandy sort of fellow. He wore one
kid glove, and carried the other glove
and dainty little walking stick. As he
was going to light his second cigar, he
took two from O little case mounted in
gold, and drawled, 'Dwivah, see heah
will you take a ciga-a-ahg Can smoke
il after hours. you know I did take
the cigar. and it was o jolly good one,
too.
At Grand street rough fellow, with
q bull neck and big brawny fist, got on
and planted himself right next to the
little dandy. Now, thought / to my.
self. there'll be fun, and my little friend
is in for it. The dandy, with his little
cane and hi, glove in his right hanJ,
was stan ling directly behind me, and
the Bowery bully-l hal seen him often
and knew him well by sight as an ugly
customer little to my left.
sci me cigar, my sweet beauty"
said the bully, after he had taken the
measure OF the young fellow.
"'Rather unusual ling, that, ]
should ,ay, drawle the little dandy.
But he han lei the rowiy cigar, and
then took fresh one himself, lighted il
rom the stump o. his former one, and
turnel over the stump to the bully for
a light.
The bully mokcl a minute, then
made believe that he wished to get off,
and triei to push in between me AMI
the little fellow.
"'Git out of the way. will your lie
growle !. when the little dandy Didn't
stir. :. want to git off,
Plenty o. woom where YOU got on,
my dear fellah, answered the little
dandy deliberately. 'Weally, my dear
boy, I'm too com ortable to move YOU
zee.
"'Out of the way. | tell YOU growled
the bully, or Ill rash your nose for
you.
"'Weally that wouldn't be kind, you
know, nor wight, nor pwopah, my dear
boy. Ny nose is Gwecian. and !
wouldn't ,,he to have it defaced.'
"The little dandy was Longing lazily
against the jamb OF the car door, and
never even Strengthened himself up as
the bully an ,werei:
Take that, then. confound YOU
He struck out with his right fist,
following with his lett, and expected
TO see the audaciou. little chap knocked
into the street. But he just liftel hi
left arm, with the gloved hand, as quick
o lightning; caught the first blow on
his elbow, and the second just below it
then straightenel out that little arm OF
his right from the shoulder, aid sent
his dainty little fist like a bullet right
into the fellows face, knocking him
completely of his pins. The man
reelel, and caught hastily at the iron
rods of the platform to save himself,
but missed them, and tumbled oil the
car in heap on the pavement.
Stop said the little dandy, in
voice Q, soft as wonans. But didn't
care to top just then. SO l whipped up
the horses, and the last thing 1 heard
was some loud swearing half square
behind me.
You see, dwivah,' said the little fel-
low, busting off one of his gloves with
the finger, OF the other, what an ad.
vantage it weally is to be left-handed.'
And then he went on smoking ~ jaun.
tily o. ever