The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-26
HALE FARE
WICHITA TO ST. LOUIS
AND RETURN,
OCTOBER 4th TO 10th,
UICCnUpJ pACIEIn pAJIWiV
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
THEY HAon'T rhE SAND.
A Story of Two CoIored Walters, and tn

A Story Of Two CoIored Walters, and the
Way They Failed to Fight.
The other day one of the walters at cur
hote' made some sudden move in the SER
wing room which brought his elbow against
the worries of another waiter, and the face
of the moon was at once covered with
blood. Some of us noticed their belliger-
ent demeanor, and now and then We
caught such expressions as:
'Yo' ar no gem'lan, sah!"
AN yo' is only niger"
81 soon yo', sah-sco'n 70 fur low trash"
Hui I'd Ike to be shet up in room
wild yo' bout two minutesp
We were not, therefore, greatly sur
prised when We were waited on by third
party, who was mutual friend, who asked
us to arrange meeting between the hostiles
and see the affair through, according oship
shape rules. 1T wasn't 10 be duel, but
set to, with gloves, and as we were tired of
fishing, grabbing, sailing and shooting Dor
poises we hailed the new departure with
glad relief.
'Yo' white folks dun knows all bout it,
an yo' 90 right ahead an fix it up" said
the mutual friend.
We borrowed gloves, bought rope enough
for ring, made stakes, and the site Sc
lected was in the sand behind the scrub.
The tip was given, and when the hour
came about seventy-ive spectators had as
sembled. The rivals were on hand in good
time, but it was noticeable that both were
trying hard to look pale, and there was a
movement Of the chin which betrayed
much mental anxiety. They were known
only as Jim" and Tom" and while we
were putting the gloves on Jim he arose
and called across the sands:
Does you 'pologiZe to me, sah'"
Il dun 'pologize if you 'polOgize, too"
was the reply.
Den dun
But we stopped him and braced him up,
and two or three minutes later they faced
each other in the center of the ring. Each
mans teeth were chattering, each ones
eyes were all white, and there was a wob-
bling of the knees
Look out, now, yo' niggerl lie gwine
to bust yo' head OFF,
Look out yo'selfl II hits yo' in de
lung yo' won't git over it in two weeks"
why doan' yo' hitf'
why doan' yo' hiti'
'Yo's skeert o me-"
SOS yo' skeertf'
They were walking around each other,
pushing at arms length, and il would
have stopped there but for the timekeeper,
who shouted TO them 70 90 in
IF hit yo' IN de eye look out"'
IF hit dat nose you'll be dead"
"Tze comm fur 20 purity quick"
I'll be right around dar.'
The referee shouted again, and moved 10
sudden resolution Jim flung of the gloves
and grabbed Tom by the ankles and lifted
him of his feet and dumped him on the
sand. Toms gloves fell of as be rolled
over, and he had scarcely struck when Jim
made break through the ring, running
ike rabbit. Tom scrambled MP with a
HUI and broke through the other side,
and while one legged it for the hotel tbs
other sought safety behind the sand dunes,
and the great match for blood ended il
water As had acted as Jim's bottle
holder felt called upon 10 reprOach him
that evening At the kitchen door. and be
came out in the moonlight and explained.
Deed, sab, but didu dun mean 10 do
il | meant 10 stan night up dar an fight
dat niger one millyon rounds 'cordin' 20
Miss Q1ee' sherry ruies, but when got &C
gloves on NY sand went right away, sab
went right Of down de coast a-fyin', an
Efore ! knowed X I was back heah IL ds
hotel s-wipin' spoons an z-ssy.n' Cat II !
eber caught dat niger out in &c dark I'd
sm&sh hin. sah-Fd smash him til bis
own mudder wouldn't dun remember hls
sad remzins.'-New York S=E-