The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-10

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TWO STORIES or JOHN L.
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From the New York Sum.
John L. Sullivan. one flne day . couple
of seasons ago, was displaying his rowes
ut a semi-private boxing bout in the out
skirts Of Boston HiGhlands. Quite AS the
affair was kept ny tl,e several gentlemen
Interested I'm Il, q crowd soOn gathered i'm
the vicinity. blocking the way Of carriages
passing. One carria9e finally came To =
halt. the coachman hein9 too timid 10 risk
a bold dash through . crowd that showed
no disposition tn make way for him.. The
lady. who was the only occupant Of this
carriage, was one who enjoys q reputa.
ton for ccccntricity ahove amy of her
set. Born and bred i'm New York and
married into one of Boston's most exclu-
sive families, her vagnrie's have long keen
discussed with awe and amusement by
the staid matrons among whom slle
moves. But as the lady herself exults in
her Independence, she has long ago re-
duced her critics tn that state of mind
that leaves them for anything.
Finding her carriage stopped. she put her
head out of the window to inquire the
~a%iana aa% "t On rcceivins onc. her inter.
est waxed warmer. She ordered the
I1IRut l1bk OLE Ut EteN VI SOuthIIys ohb
the crowd lid not give way.
just then the champion, paiising to lake
breath, noticed the ripple OF commotion,
crowd to make way and let the carriage
pass. But the crowd was unhceding. See
ing this, Snllivan,s cH W i%pIi.es
for further parley he broke through the
crowd aud his very presence causing il to
thus secured a clearance he waved to the
coachman ito drive on. and turned his
hack upon the scene. But the occupant of
word that he should he brought
forward and receive her personal thanks:
Al his he took fright. grew abashed. and
crowd. The lady spied mn aristocratic
acquaintance amid the lounRers, and i'm
answer To her question II he knew Sui!i-
answer i'm the affirmative. Then would
he bear her card to him and request him
s se S%.n her a m%%s!' + Th see i@ sanr,nSe a' m,c cs-
senRer tried tn obey. but the big man was
nowhere to he st.en. He had mysterio,sly
disappeared: and the dame was driven
d~isappointedly home.
But she was not one to he balked in her
whims. She bethought herself OF n liter
she had heard was just then very much
Interested in Sullivan-especially as a
work OF art, his statue being then receiv;
him to bring Mr.. Sullivan to her house.
The message was delivered, hut on re-
celVll1Q u tic champion ls Solu to nave
quailed as he never did before All oppO-
nent, uttered a few confused excuses
mingled with one or two s~ulphurous ejac-
ulations, and. despite all p~ersuasions by n
few men who would have hugely enjoyed
the fun Of seeing John make his debut i'm
q Black Bay drawing-room, maintained
his refusal.
The lady was very much disappointed,
indeed. She had just exhausted several
fads and longed for u new sensation, and
the Sullivan scheme was just daring
enough to suit her. The only satisfaction
she had was i'm p~atronizing the display of
the champions statue Immediately after.
Apropos of that statue, here il a bit of
a~necdote.. Like many another great man
of Drawn before him, John looked down
from an i~mmeasurable height on art as an
effeminate thing for him to waste time
and many were the feints and de-
vices used by many Interested friends to
get him to pose at all. When the statue
was finally finished he was lureh in one
day tn look upon II. He eyed il critically.
Then he finally asked an expert stand
ing by:
"~SupposinR the thing sells, how much
do you npposc il will ever ring"
"Oh.' answered the connoisseur. "that
depends upon time and circumstances.
Perhaps six. perhaps eight. perhaps ten
thousand"
John blew a long. low whistle. "Well,
all I've got tn say IL. the fellows that pum-
mel clay coin their money d easy"
Was his comment.