Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

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said, straight from Murray Hill.
THE VICTOR DIDN'T WIN.
Two athletic young club men have
long been devoted to one beautlful
woman. She is gem of fascination,
and, IL a trihe ooquettish, honest at
heart and truly lovable. She may or
mag not have encouraged both of her
brawny young admirers, but however
this may be, both were jealous and at
swords points with each other in con-
| tiict for her smiles. The result of this
sntaEonlsm was q quarrel, presumably
arising from trivial occurrence, but in
reality based upon the sad question of
love. Both men are skilled boxers, and
after several fierce insults had been .ezEs
| changed it was agreed that they E5uld
meet within a few hours with'sa few
friends in private room in an athletic
club and fight to finish As8s:
| A young brother of the lady IN the
case had been an accidental witness of
the quarrel, and, knowing OF his sister, IS
| power over both men, he sought her out
and laid the case before her, telling her
that in spite of the ostensible cause of
| the fight, she was to blame for it. The
poor young lady was at her wits end
what course to take. There was no use
of attempting to laugh, plead or scold
the men out of their purpose, though She
summoned them both to her and COM
manded them not to fight. They both
denied that she played any part in the.
| unpleasantness, and declined TO make
any promise.
The men met at the appointed time at
the Athletic club. They went at each
other in true professional style, inflicting
terrible punishment, but both standing
up we'll under it, for they were evenly
matched and strong as bulls. Several
rounds had been fought when a messen-
ger was ushered in bearing two notes of
great Importance for the pugilists. The
men read the notes, and as they did so
an expression that is impossible to de-
scribe spread across their faces. 1t was
noted that as they faced each other in
the next round the blows of both lacked
strength, and that they laid themselves
wide open to receive the punches of the
other. The onlookers were astonished,
and demanded of the fighters what the
matter was.
'Why don't you smash me, cried
one of the fighters, walking straight up
to his opponent.
The other hesitated and then tapped
his challenger lightly on the chest. The
latter fell, and then, staggering to his
feet, said he had enough. There were
groans of derision from the crowd at this
announcement, and in the general hub
hub that ensued as the men drew away it
was freely declared that the battle was
sham. Ee
The victor seemed very disconsolate,
and perhaps the note found in the pocket
of his fighting brooches explaineds@Bls
sorrow. 1t read; s'I shall hafe the
man who wins the fight, andSthe man
who loses shall kiss me. sweafs this ga
my HONOR
This story Is vouched for at the ath- ]
letic club, and it is said that the loser OIL
the fight cannot be made ashamed of
himself by the jeers of every friend he
has. 1t Is supposed that he got
his reward in spite of the argu-
ment made by his opponent. who swore
that he himself was whipped long before
the other.
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
Haunted houses in such an unromantic |
center as New York? Yes, plenty2af
them with that reputation, anyway. For !
many years the haunted house of West |
Twenty eighth street was a land mark, |
with its closed and battered blinds and |
general appearance of neglect and aban- |
donment. The Bond street house, in |
which DR.. Burdell was murdered many |
years ago, was not given much chance to |
get haunted, as it was taken for business
purposes. And SO, too, was the
Nathan mansion, in which old
Mr.. Nathan was murdered in
the most revolving manner, and so
mysteriously, for to this day the crime
has never been ferreted out. The Leuff
mansion in Madison square, in a room
of which the wealthy owner committed
suicide, stood vacant for long while,
but now seems to flourish as an apart
ment house. The beautiful house IN
which the famous and infamous Madam
Restell killed herself likewise seems to
be doing very well as fashionable apart
ments. The house in Forty-second
street in which Mrs. Hull was murdered
has been annexed TO hotel and thus
robbed of its identity. The Sequin
house, in which that unfortunate lady
slew herself and her two children, is
case in which a structure had good rea-
son to become haunted, but it abso-
lutely refused 20 play such role, and.
strange to say, has been almost forgot
ten
The house from whose extension roof,
the well known broker, Hatch, fell and
was killed is still pointed out to the Gu
rious, but 1t also refused to be haunted.
1t has been thoroughly made over, but
the tree, from limb of which the
broker fell, is plainly visible from the
avenue, and the car conductors point it
out to strangers. The Nathan manson
has been transformed by an express COM
panY. It's a strange commentary on
human foresight that Mr.. Nathan
looked upon his residence
as absolutely Impregnable against
all burglars and robbers. There were
double doors. patent locks, chains,
bells and other devices. One would |
think, too, that Madam Restelle's ghost
would have been specially difficult
one to lay; but it has never been
heard from. She is buried in the
beautiful Sleepy Hollow cemetery at