The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-29
HE LOVED HER.
Ills Wife Insisted That He Should Ne
Her Champion, and He Got Com

Lem, that man in there stepped on
my dress and tore it,
What MANI"
srhe man with the goggles on. He's
holding on to a strap. When the car
stopped started to come out. and he
put his great big foot on my dress.
just look at it, will you? It'sruined. !"
ut was an accident, wasn't it?',
sNo. He did it on purpose. 1T
was a man I'd go back and knock him
down.
"Why, Fan"
'And if had husband that had
any spunk he'd do it for me.
The street car had got half a block
away by this time, but Mr.. Finken-
binder did not hesitate. His courage
had been called in question. His
knnlghtly honor as champion of the
family was at stake. He ran aft.
er the street car, caught it and went
inside.
Are you the man that stepped on
my wlfe's dress just now?'' he demand.
ed, brlstling up to q d-whiskered
party who wore a pair ofgreen goggles.
"Was that your wife that went ont
just now" asked the whiskered
party. ...
at was, Sir"
"lf I stepped on her dress I didn't
know it,"
"She says you did it on purpose
III she were a man I'd make her
take that back"
81 represent her."
"You do, hey?" ....
eyes, sir, and I'm a man"
'"To some extent, sir; to some ex-
TENT" rejoined the man with the 600
giles, as he looked Mr.. Finkenbinder
over.
'Tll show you"
'Say! Look here! I don't want to
have any trouble with you. Ii vou'll
bring your wife back here I'll apologize
to her''
"You'll apologize to me, sir"
MI. Flnkenbinder was becoming
belligerent.
you'll apologize to me-" he repeat
ed, cor, by gum, I'll"
"You'll what?"
"Ill punch your head!"
"4ou little speckled bantam, ''roared
the other, ttif you don't step out of
this car III step onyou!'
Mr.. Finkenbinder' reply was a
swinging right-hander. 1t lit suuarelv
on the red whiskered party's goggles,
knocking them all out of shape, and
bro Ike the glasses all to fragments.
The next two or three minutes SEEM
ed like a dream to Mr. Finkenbinder,
He dimly remembered afterward that
he experienced sensations as of man
being tossed from one side of the car
to the other, fattened against the
roof, damned under seats, whirled
round on his own axis, opened and
shut like a jackknife, and used as
a football.
There was a roaring in his ears,
sparks OF fire danced before his ewes.
and an odour like that OF birthstone
filled the air. Women screamed, men
lodged, and there was general rush
for the doors. H..
At the expiration OF his engagement
with the administered party Mr.. Fin
kenbinder found himself sitting on the
ground. He was alone. The car was
turning the corner a block away. He
picked himself up, looked about him
to take his bearings, and the recollec-
tons of what it was all about came
to him by degrees.
He went slowly back to the crossing
where his wife was waiting for him.
His hat was gone, his coat was split
up the back, his nose was twice it's
natural size, one end of his shirt col
lar was loose and dangled mournfully
over his shoulder, one eye was closed,
and he was covered with dust and hui
initiation from head to foot.
''Did you demand satisfaction from
the brute, Lem?" asked Mrs. Finken-
binder, as her husband hobbled
toward her. .-..
90, yes" he replied glaring at her
with his only visible eye. II demand
ed satisfaction from him. And I got
it! | hope you are as we'll satisfied as
I am. Has there been any other
giant that has stepped on your skirt
or dared to look at you since I have
been gone? If So" he went on with
horrible calmness, "I'm ready to 60
and paralyze him madam! Want me
to go and whip anybody else? Any
other seven-foot man with a fist like
a canvas-covered ham that you'd
like to have me go and knock down
for daring to live in the same yard
you do? You don't happen to think
of any? Then come on, madam.
With your permission your champion
will escort you home.
And followed at q little distance by
Mrs. Finkenbinder, he hobbled down
the street, somewhat demoralized,
but thoroughly atisfed--Chicago
Tribune.
intoxlcants and Muscular Power
In conjunction with M. Quinquard,
M. Grehant has been measuring the eff
feet Of alcohol and other intoxicants
on muscular power, the subject being
a dog, and the muscle being the ten
don OF Achilles. Compressed oxygen