The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-09-15

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He came slowly, with two or three
steps, toward me, and the ,scowl upon
his face grew blacker. A series of
accusations he made against me:
You took her away. You defeated
me at the elections You plotted
against my life. You hired those
brutes to kill me.
Then followed q. volley of awful
profanity. He was swaying to the
right and left; then like a flash he
sprang upon me. | felt his cold hands
upon my neck, and realized the vise-
like character OF his grip But my
quick movement put me out of line
and soon worked myself loose from
his grasp and sprang to one side,
laughingly remarking:
. You're pretty quick and strong
= Yes. and I'm ugly strong too.
he responded.
'All the while the madman's eyes
like live GOALS burned the horror of
their gaze into my very soul as he
fixed them unwaveringly upon me.
He caught me glancing furtively at
the exit and his suspicious were i'm
medlately aroused.
Ha! ha! ha!' he chuckled, with
fiendish glee. as his face distorted it.
self in an appalling shape. You
can't get away from me this time. l
have you sure now-dead sure-dead
sure
His tall form began to undulate like
the movement of a snakes sinuous
body as it crawls along the ground
His hands reached out in wild gestic-
ulation toward me. taking on the
shape of a condor's talons, and again
reminding me of the claws of tiger.
His maneuvers were uneasy and his
step and movements were all stealthy.
He would approach and recede make
a feint toward me- raise his towering
form over me, and crouch low. @. s..
Out of this by-play he rushed at
me again, crying: Now I have you'll!
But I dexterously evaded him. and.
feigning to be amused. said. laughing
ly: You must do better than that.
Stop fooling and get down to bust
ness '' ..t.-.-st. r
He seemed to be caught with a
slight sense of the humorous. for he
laughed, but l knew all the while that
he was merely playing with me as
cat toys with mouse. The laugh on
his face quickly gave way to mali
cious scowl which was rapidly sue.
ceeded by a sardonic grin of gloating
exultation. and he strobe up to me in
full height of his great stature
squared himself and began to rain
down blows upon me which bore
down my guard with terrific force,
struck my head, and would if they
mad continued. have felled me to the
floor. s.... o..
My case was getting desperate.
knew that I could not divert him
much longer. for his fury was in
creasing and ! would be utterly at his
mercy. I was getting reckless. I
let out the first thought which came
into my mind.
. You are not scientific in using
your fists. You break the Marquis of
-Queensherry's rules, Il declared
Immediately | was surprised at1myself
for saying that. But it had the effect
of making him pause in his blows and
commence an incoherent criticism on
the Marquis Of Queensberry, who he
denounced with the most awful pro
family. <..
And so you propose to champi on
the marquis. do you?' exclaimed the
maniac while his head shook in a
very frenzy of anger. His lips were
tightly drawn across his teeth his
hair bristled up and his breath came
short and thick and his huge form
heaved and writhed with the frenzy
of demon. .-1..
Il shall never forget that twitch1ng;
contorted. livid visage with its glar-
ing eye balls red as live Goals of fire
glowering down upon me. I felt that
the end was near and I would not
have given a shilling for my life. He
plunged toward me. 1nvolun tarily I
lifted. my hand to ward off his move
ment. He seized my wrists and lifted
me bodily from the floor up in front
of him. Into my appalled, face he
thrust his leering and wrink]ed fea-
lures his breath hot as steam blown
upon my cheek. while he laughed that
horrible, chuckling. rattling conca-
tenation of sounds emitted by the
organs of speech when reason has
been dethroned and the beast has ab-
! sorbed every other element
The extreme violence of this raven
Gus laugh broughe on spell of
coughing and he lowered me to the
floor. He let 60 one hand, and when
in another paroxysm I twisted my
other wrist free But he never re-
moved his eye from me. and the cough
having passed he closed on me again.
All the resources of boxing which I
was master of were brought into
exercise
"A sudden hope sprang up in my
breast that I might be able to deal
him some staggering blows and
possibly get the better of him after
all. 1t acted like wine upon my mind
and nerves. The mailman made
rush toward me. but !. with unusual
quickness, evaded him, and. his
momentum carrying him a little
beyond my line. let him have one
right back Of the ear with all the
energy L could put into il. He reelad