St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-11-04
I BLUFFiNG THE sCRAPpERs
Aow Slim Young Man 1ntimpassed the
Sports.

aow Slim Young Man Intimpdaseta the
Sports.
Il saw 9 funny thing in cnevnnne
D few weeks ago,a said & Detrolter
Ill., ono oyner Jay. Il was wandering
a atoanO .own to see the elephant and
- ICE led me into big saloon where
I'll the scranpers made their head.
quarters. Back Of the saloon was a
puii0lng where professor of the
manly art gave instructions, and
where the pugs thumped each other
vt exhibitions. They were TRYING
cut new arrival that day and |
should say there were forty or flftv
to"gAIookinS chaps in the place,
'o3on after | entered a young man
VINO hao come through from Denver
70 ny car dropped in, lie couldn't
'a'e been over x years OF age, while
re was over six feet tall and his
Ncl8lle only about 100 pounds. He
was iohg-faced, thIn and long-legged
uiu reminded >ou Of nothing so much
- boy 90 stills. Two men were
HeIe'hE ready to 60 on when long
leR>z peeled off his coat, vest, tie and
:1.IaI, put them in my charge, and
CIlnncd upon the platform"
mat was def to the cr0wdop
hxactIy, and in about a minute
Vney tut a man up TO punch his head
w. lucy gave lOng-legs a second
anu 1he 'lrSE thing he did was to take
t 1ne RlaSS>ts Off the young mans nose.
i ile after reached for them and said:
Excuse me, but | always fight
with my glasses on
but they'll get knocked off or
CANNED into your face
Drnt you believe it. It's never
happened yet, and [ don't think il
will now
Ihe scrapper over In the o1ha,
Horncr couldn't make 1t out, Here
was 'han so sure Of himself that he
was going to put up his dukes with
t2Sir OF eyeglasses on his nose. lie
must, perfofcc, be knocker-out from
hnockcrsyille, and it was better to
tetfeat tltSn to carry around a broken
Jaw lie therefore reiterated. Sew.
eEal others came forward, but when
shcy sa" long-legs Seated cross-legged
IN ms corner with those glasses
poised so j. ,utily they didn't want
an[th'1Ty Of him. Then he got Up
and sid:
Gentlemen, there is no limit to
weight. | always fight in glasses, as
I'm little near-sighted, | will, |
however, remove my glass eye and |
false teeth if deemed best. viii your
best man step up here for a couple OF
rOunds?'
But no one stepped. He waited
minute or two and then pulled of |
she gloves with look of disappoint- |
meut and got into his clothes and we
went out together. He didn't look
% me at all like scrapper, and as
we walked down the street said:
What sort of a deal were you
giving that crOW1?'
"a gigantic bluff, he answered
with a laugh.
Are you f1ghter?'
II never struck blow in my life,
not even in fun
But suppose one of those scrap
pers had tackled y0u?'
Il s. ould have backed down and
askeq 'em all up to drink. But there
was no danger. I've tried it half a
uozen times before, and the glasses !
always settles EN-
How about the glass eye and the
false tceth?'
81 simply rung EN- in to help on
the bluff. Haven'tgo a false tooth
In my head, and both eyes are per-
feet. It's bluff Of my own inven-
ton and works like charm. Please
don't give 1t away.
"And that afternoon" said the De.
5roitcr in conclusion, when we took
he train east there were a hundred
sports down at the depot to see long.
egs of, and In a duffer If they
iidn't present him with a bottle OF
vine and give him three cheers and
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