Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-11
PEANUTTI ABROAD.
qHAF SMALL BRASS BAND OF GLADIATORS
IN OLD ROME.
What the Coliseum Looked Like TO Da Monk
Sparaeas Speech to the 6ladiator-A War
Story That Would Turn tie Century
Magazins" Green With Envy.

study 0at Dlga speech U oPal e@S 20 VS..
da Roman Senate. / getta da book ana
read up. II goes deesa way;
Ina da deep corner ola da amphlthea-
ire one smalla brass band or gradiatorS
were 'sembled, theira muscles SAIL pun
feda up frOma da lasta scrap, da scowl
OF da racket still lingering upon thelra
brows, when SpartacuS, da Jeem Cor
BETA ola da gang, stepping fourth fora
dfth) frOma da midst giya dem "a
chinna music hka dees:
You Gala me da boss, aud you gotta
it deada right when you Gala him chief
who for da twelve Tonga years has met
upon da arena here every mana, wo-
man, child aud Odder beast dat da
broada umpire Of Rome could Showa
up. and yet never has been snockeda
out.
II you hava da three toughs in ALA
yOnr gang who have da nerve TO meeta
me on da bloody sands, letta her go
Gallagher, and Tll dOa you up 70 da
oueensa taste in one jerk OF da lsm0Sa
tail No! You fraid? Anda yet was
not always thus-One hired butcher,
one savage chief OF stilla more savage
men!
NY aunt's sisters came from Olda
Sparta and settled up among da vine
clad hills and watermelon groves OF
Boston.
NV early life ran quiet lika da little
brook ina which l used to swim and goa
home with my shirta-sIeeve tied in one
harda knot, while da odder boys yelled
''chewa beef chewa beef :" and when
at noon l sickee da dog Ona da sheep
and drove dem into one cOrner-on-mut-
ton, hada one friend, a son Of one sea
cook, to joina me in da passatime. He
was one honey lad-generOuS and tough
lika me. de was one slssy-willy boy,
who new new a harsher tone dan a
handOrg', or one hute-note, or one
tight-nOte siXaty days.
To-day I knockeda da lights Outa one
man IN da arena, aud when 1 busted
him helmetaclasp-behOld, 10 was mya
friend. He kuewa me, smiled lika da
monks him sea-sick, gaSped lika da
horse Witha da heaves, said: sparta,
Olda boy, "a, "a, and turned him toes
I'D. Him kic6a da buck Ona da spot.
Oh, Rome, Rome, thou hasta been
one legal tender nurse to da pOOra, gen.
tie shepherd lad who new know slick
er game dan poker, aud who new knew
a rOughera sound dan da patter Of ca
Single as It came slapaty bang IN da
Outaside OF him trousers. ThOn haSta
given 10 him muscles OF steel and
heart ola flint; hast taughta him 10
drive da sword through ruggeda brass
and plated male and makes 10 redda hot
in da marrow and ia liver ola him foe.
You maka me tired ROmal Sparty
didn't wauta be no tOugh-nO rough
no harda-hearted slugger or priza-
lighter. NOa, no! Him wanted to be
one gentle jay-one farmer man who new
knewa da wickeda ways OF da wickeda
WOr.d--wanted TO grOwa no 10 feeda da
j. 0rse, ia pig, and da cow; 20 reapa da
hay and nova da grain, and die l.ka
one white-headed daisy ina da field.
But, Rome, you broughta me here
aud made me kiila my friend in da are
us. New mind. paya you back. /
muka your Tba River run red lika
blood Youa BETA yOura relics Sparta
Gus got noa flies Ona him when 10 come
down to da fna point.
Whata are you chumps standing
there lika giants as youa are? Why
dOnta you git move on? You hava
strength liSa da onion breath ina your
arms Why doata you strike? Da
street ear driver is one smarta man
him strike aRd Strika hard. Him gaIna
MIN points and you might doa ds same.
You have no sand. Iou stuck on your
Owua shape. You monkey rOunda here
smoking da cigarette aud killing da
time until tO-mOr' some Roman AdOnis,
breathing sweeta scents from him curly
combination locks, villa come, and
with him Lily fingers give you ga pat ona
da head aud buy mutula pools Ona you.
You make me sick, Why dOnta you
git one move on? If you are olda hens
sitta down here and hatcha out trouble,
but II you have any man ina you follow
me, knOcka you guard silly, ginna da
mountain pass, or da railroad pass, anda
then 90 bloody work. as dida your grand
dads at olda TDermOpOiB.
You SEGA, Sparty talke lika dat for da
tWOa hours, and him elOQuence Stirra da
gladiatOrs up so ia maka one break fora
liberty. After one harda struggle some
of da gladiators gain liberty, some gaina
a heaven and some gaina ia Odder place.
Some liberty Is YER gOOd-t0Oa much
maka da monk sick-mea too. Deesa
men giJta too much lika ia gresta many
Poop who live now. When dey hava
10, cey donta know jOOst what to do
witha TO. Liberty is freedom, ana free
dom is liGs da monk with noa string
tied tOa him. Soma freedom is YER goUd
but tOOa much is YER bad for mCsta ia
folks ina da worm dey runna loose,
goa wild and playa out. Da monk has
YER feWa brains-him ougbta be held i'm
check-many more peop' ina ia world
Oughta be held In check da sama way,
because when you giva dem da toOa
much rope dey strnga demselyes up
quick.
We examine da Coliseum from da base
where da Roman dudes used 20 sit, 10
da garrat, or fam circle, where da news
Alloys aud tOughs used 90 chuck pea
outs 70 da lions and gladiatOrs ina da
ring below. But da place is plaYeda
out now. 10 reminda me of one banquet
with nOa gueSts-Of one rive with nOa
water-Of one newSpaD' with nOa ads
OF da empty house OF one WidOwman
whose wife has gone dead and left da
ruins Of do emptya house on him hands.
Some a peopr ara ignorant; dey don't
knowa da origin Of da word gladiator"
NY little friend Marshall Wilder eX-
plaina dat 10 me da long time ago. 1t
20 lika dees:
Da greata many years ago one mick
man from Cork had one eroSs-eyed wife.
Him not like heF-she not lika him. So
one day dey croSsa ds ocean tOgeth'.
On da way she gitta slck-da same Oids
sick what maka you lean Oy' da rail
and say Wow"
Well. she leana over da rail to poura
out her troubles tOs da wsyes-da ship
iurch. Blif. Over she go and one