The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-04
He Was Left-Handed.

"'Pearances are deceptive" the
driver of New York Third avenue car
remarked. ''About o'clock last night
young man hailed the car at Six.
teenth street, and came forward to
smoke cigar. He was pale-faced,
slender, foppish, dandy sort of a fell
low. He wore one kid glove. and car
ried the other glove and dainty little
walking stick. As he was goiag to
light his second cigar. he took two
from little case mounted in gold. and
drawlcd 'Dwivah, see heah, will you
take a ciga-a-ahP Can smoke it after
hours, you know. l did take the ci-
gar, and it was a jolly good one, TOO.
''At Grand street trough fellow with
/ bull neck and big, brawny fist got
on and planted himself right next 20
the little dandy. Now, thought | to
myself, there'll be fun and my little
friend is in for it. The dandy, with
his little cane and his glove in his right
hand, was standing directly behind me.
and the Bowery bully--I had see him
often and knew him by sight as an ugly
customer--was a little to my left
"Gi' me cigar my sweet hQantys
said the bully, after he had taken the
measure of the young fellow.
"'Rather unusual proceedings that
should say drawled the little dandy.
But he handed the rowdy cigar, and
then took fresh one himself, lighted
it from the stump of his former one,
and then turned over the stump to the
bully for light.
The bully smoked a minute, and
then made believe that he wished to
get of, and tried to push in between
me and the little fellow.
Git out of the way, will youP' he
growled when the little dandy didn't
stir. Il want to git off,
'''Plenty of woom where YOU got on,
my dear fellah," answered the little
dandy deliberately 'Weally, my dear
boy, I'm too comfortable to move, you
see.'
"'Out of the way, tell you,'
growled the bully, 'or I'll smash your
nose for you.
"'Weally, that wouldn't De kind,
you know, nor wight nor pwopah, my
dear boy. My nose is Gwecian, and /
wouldn't like to have it defaced.
''The little dandy was lounging laz-
lily against the jamb of the car door,
and never even Strengthened himself
up as the bully answered:
"Take that, then, cOnfound YOU
He struck out with his right fist,
following with his left, and / expected
TO see the audacious little cuss knocked
into the street But he just lifted his
left arm. with the gloved hand, as
quick as lightning; caught the first
blow on his elbow, and the second just
below it; then Strengthened out that
little arm of his right from the shoul-
der, ana sent his dainty little fist like
bullet right into the fellows face,
knocking him completely of his pins.
The man reeled, and caught hastily at
the iron rods of the platform to save
himself, but missed them and tumbled
off the car in a heap on the pavement,
I" Stop, said the little dandy in
voice as soft as woman's. But !
didn't care to stop just then, so whip
ped up the horses, and the last thing !
heard was some loud swearing hall q
square behind M
. You see, dwivah, said the little
fellow, busting off one of his gloves
with the fingers of the other, what an
advantage it really is to be left-hand-
ed And then he went en- smoking as
iauntily as ever. n--NeW York Sun,