The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

mob: ICY Esglen, Cy Eagientn This yell
meant hat the last-bamed gentleman was
chosen as referee. Mr.. Eagien was squeezed
out of the crowd and stumbled 40 the CEN
ter OF the ring. By this time every body
was yelling something 90 loud nothing OF
Mr.. EagIen's little speech could he heard in
the rings center. At last q h0arse voice
demanded, "Orderin Others took up the
shout and the chorus of voices changed
with the theme. yelled order discordaut-
ly and srill MI. Eaglen stood making dumb
gestures TO the rIsht and lett, wheelins on
his heel. addressing hrst one side of the
ring n then the other, but could not be
heard. This wac on the sonth drive. A
and the horses stamped the timber and
ratified their harness At last some
degree of silence was attained and
MT. Eaalen, triie ,nsoxisa,ed,
cree this light say co." Tn y all said so
for nearly five minutes, and Mr.. Eaglen con-
timed: "Sence you point mes ~refree.
here's $40 of my money i pur mp TO 60 TO
the winner, providen the fight goes; no
fight none this money goes" Here Mr..
Eaglen drew clumsIly from his pocket q
roll OF bills, aud. instead of taking the 80
indicated, the stakeholder slipped Slo.
crumpled 1t up and put it IN his pocket.
Then said Eaglen: "Vm R'goin' to 90 best
i can; fl don't do right / want you TO kick
me all over Eagle-creek bottoms, but these
men have got TO fight or no money goes"
"IImei' shouted n collapsed sport. with
watch in hand Then 'kic" Henderson
and Jake Grifit tn came out of their horse
blankets, stripped to the waist, with chat
tering teeth and shakv knees. They
touched gloves. jumped back. ran around
the little space allotted them. struck ateach
other. painted, lodged down aud up, and at
the word time" went to their corners o
farce. and Griffith fell like q hog.
without being touched, and the
fight ended. The lights were
aiken away suddenly. The money!
minutes The hacks were again filled and
rolled away to the city. 1t was a small
bunco. but il was n sure one. The noble
and manly art of self-defense.D as the
spalding Criterion puts 1t. has ont q
longer trot-lIne than any other fishing
ton that is practiced upon impostors. and
there never was one that paid SO well.
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Richard o. Orlopp is the humane officer.
He allows . few favored friends to call him
Dick. The day before Thanksgiving he
was trying to sum M what he had to be
thankful for. and came to the conclusion
that about the only thing he needed to
make life entirely worth living was q
stove In the Office at the tele-
graph-pole. at the corner of Washing
ton and Pennsylvania streets. which he
shares in conjunction with patrolman Cor
rigan. He did not know that the fates held
O great surprise In store for him, and when
"a friend came up and made him a present
OF q big fat goOae for the next days dinner
his soul was filed with q calm content
nIent of a IN an who runs a restaurant and
never gets hungry. He put the bird in q
basket and left IT in one of the stores near
until il should be time to 60 home. He
Carried the basket into the street-car that
night, humming a song of bacchanalian
reveIry. and in setting it down iuadvert-
emily hit q mans foot.
What in thunder have you got In that
basket!" yelled the individual.
Dicks HAIR began to curl. That's q
goose for my Thanksgiving dinner and l
guess 1t didn't hurt you much." said he.
Pretty durn heavy goose" muttered the
injured. and then subsidized.
The officer got home and taking the bas-
ket and placing it in front of his wife. made
q nice little presentation speech. He
told her about the nice fat
goose and how good goose was
TO eat and how glad he was to be able to
ave such q nice little surprise in store for
her. BY this time she had the cloth of the
basket and calculated: "Dick. what do
that f~oolishness! What 10 this you've
brought mel"
"a goose. of course." he answered.
mr.. Orlopp. this is not q goose. There
is nothing in this basket but two red
bricks, and i want to know, sir, what this
means."
Richard o. Orlopp does not have much to
say around home now. He waits until he
gets down to the office. and it is seldom