The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-22
KNOCKING OUT a JEAU.
Resentment Of the Insults of a Big Stage
Driver by "A Little Dude.

Colonel William Greene Sterrett, of
the GalvestOn-DaIlas News, tells this
story:
"Once, a good many years ago" he
said, Il was travelling in a stage in
western Texas. 1t was long before the
snort Of the locomotive was heard on
the pra:ries Of that region. over which
the buffalo Vet r0amed. At one Of the
stations a young Englishman and his
wife got in. He was a little fellow and
dressed As a typical Englishman-what
We now call a dude. The driver was a
big, raw boncd six foOter. He was a
noted fighter. He had never been whip
ped and was a regular terror. He
seemed tO take a dislike TO the little
EngIiehman from the start. Presently
he stopped the stage, got down, came
back and threw open the door.
"'Here,' he said to the Englishman,
You come out Of that and get up on the
seat with me. There amt room for you
III there The Englishm&u didn't move.
Come out, | tell you,' roared the driver.
The Engli-h1nan just sat still. IF you
don't come out, I'll haul You out by the
legs shouted the Jehu. Then the rest
Of Us cXEo-tulated with the driver. I
was too tired 10 fight and couldn't get at
my gun, 50 | just ey~pOstulated along
with the rest. We old the driver there
was plenty Of room inside; that the Eng
lishman was not croWding US, and that
II he (the driver) insulted or injured any
Of his passengers he would be discharged
by the stage company. The driver by
this time was wild. He swOre he was
III command Of that stage and that he
proposed to it TO suit himself, and if
that blankety blank cuss didn't come
ont he'd pull him out.
".All right said the Englishman, at
last. i Will come ont, and when | am
ont will whip You soundly.'
He got out slowly. We all felt sorry
for him and sOrrier for his wife. She
didn't seem scared or worried, though,
and all she said was:
"'Charloy. don't let him scratch YOUR
facc.'
"Well when the little Englishman
got ont lie toDk his coat off and handed
1t back into the stage. Then he started
toward the driver and the driver started
toward him. We heard d sound a good
deal Ike that made by hitting a steer in
til" head with an ak. Down i'll a heap
went the driver. He was up as quick as
Il flash. Down he went again. Actually
that little English dude knocked that
bury six foot driver clean off lis feet q
dozen times. How it was done none Of
Us could tell. The big fellow would
rush at the little 'un with his arms go
ing like fails. Suddenly the little fellow
would make a dash, his right arm would
f. ont. and down would go the driver.
After the dCzenth round that driver
called out:
"'Hold ou, stranger-hold on! I'm
whipped and throw up my hands. You
kin ride anywhere on this stage YOU darn
please, outside OF inside or on the hOsses.
You're the boss now; but he added,
glaring ~sayagely at the rest Of US, 4 kin
lick anybody else on this stage
we didn't eXpostulate. The English
man climbed back into the stage as
quickly as he got off. His wife was sat
iSfied. for 'Charley's' face wasn't even
scratched. At the next station the driver
explained that if he'd only have got hold
Of the little fellow he'd have Rugged him
10 death like a bear; but he exclaimed,
EVERY time just as [ was about to lay
hands on him the ground d fly up and
hit ne II the back OF the head
''Who was the little fellow? Oh, Il
graduate OF Cambridge, and the lest
boxer Of his time at the university."-
Washington Post.