San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-16
THE ",yfMBLEDoN Eye"
Scientific R;fiemen Say That it
Easily Beats All OTHERS.

0aye!"
Tue remark was addressed by q
Star writer to an ex-otiicer in the reg
alar army, whose Lille has contained
mo'e than an ordinary share OF adj
venture and solicitude.
"InaG Is wnat Lney call in England
the Win sledon eye,'" was his re-
ply, "because it Is meant to shoot
with. Scientific rifiemen will Tell
you there is no such eye for marks
manship as the blue one of the color
which has excited your atteD ton.
Black eyes aud brown eyes aren't IN
1t with the blue, anyway, when it
comes to shooting or fighting. That
is why the northern people have al.
ways wiped the southern race out
when il came to war. You Will see
the fact illustrated perhaps when we
come to blows with Chilli.
q did you ever look into the eyes of
q person who was really enTaged? |
did once, and they we're Ivy own.
Their sXpre. sion was so horrible that
/ have never forgotten it. am very
slow TO anger hut ON the occasion L
had cause, as think you will admit.
My adversary had Insulted me in The
grOssest possible manner, but he had
fired four shots At me.
"T had gun myself but l didn't
stop 10 diaw it. The only thing /
thought of was To get at the man. /
jumped upon him ike wild cat. He
was quite my equal In strength, but
was mad with fury and could have
thra' he'd two of him at that moment.
Besides, was a practiced boxer.
However, my powers with my fists
were not called into requisition; we
were at too close quarters for that.
"As L sprang upon him he fell
against mirrow which was behind
him and caught glimpse over his
shoulder OF my own eyes as we went
down together. They actually had
= diabolical expression, and, as l
said the recollection has haunted me
ever since. They meant kill. In an
instant | had wreuched the smoking
revolver out Of my enemy's hand an
with the first blow of its butt
smashed in the crown of his hat.
Incidentally his head was crushed
in also. If be had not carried so
very large pistol the result would
not have been so disastrous tor him.
self, hut it was heavy cavalry weap-
on with a brass ring in the end, and
he nearly died IN consequence.
II never got into but one serious
row In my life. After left the army
1 was employed for some time a. a
printer in the government printing
office. The man who had the case
next to mine WAS person who had
achieved the reputation of being dan
gerous. On one occasion In Balti-
more he had killed somebody with 8
wagon spoke. 7 was told to be on nv
guard against him, but I thought /
could take care of myself However,
not very long time elapsed before
there was trouble.
The dispute concerned a piece of
copy which he chose to take off my
case against my protest. L to d him
very mildly that 1 would not permit |
it, and he INDUCED in various re
marks of an uncOmplimentary nature. |
Instead of getting angry L simply |
laughed at him, which naturally |
made him very much enraged After /
continuing bis aspersive taunts for
quite while in the presence of nv
fellow workmen, he evidently sun
posed that I would not fight, and |
made 8 suggestion rejecting on my
genealogy, implying that Ii was not |
according to Hoyle, as il were.
Il suppose that l struck the man
twenty times before he realized that |
he had been hit. Having driven him |
against the wall with one blow of nv |
left hand L gave him q sockdologer |
with my right fist square in the cheek |
bone. 1t would almost have knocked
down mule. AS 1t was, he fell over
q radiator and proceeded to demol-
t:h him. Before we could be separ-
ated had hit him fifty times, I sup |
pose, and be was so cut to pieces that |
/ really felt sorry for what 1 had done. |
His cheek bone was smashed, his jaw |
was fractured in two places and he |
was fairly covered with blood. A doc
tor had to be summoned and he was |
carried out.
about two weeks later he came
back to the office, still looking very
decidedly damaged. Evidently he |
had some liquor in him. At all |
events he approached me and said !: |
If you will come outside in the |
street L will repeat what said be- |
fore.'
I'm response to that I spoke to him
slowly and deliberately, shaking my
forefinger within about an inch of his
nose. said:
"'I have never desired to engage in
. fight with you. 1t is not my inten-
ton to leave the Office during working
hours for your accommodation. You
know, however, that at 5 o'clock
every afternoon I leave this
building. If you are not anxious to
receive an allopathic dose o. the
medicine which gave you hu.nos-
pathic taste of the other day you will
not be at the door when I come out to-
night"