Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-08

He Saw Asign.-A Detroit young
man who has been taking in Chica.
20 tells this story, and tells it well;
4 saw sign Of boxing and gym.
nasium upstairs and / went uE
simply to see what sort of place il
was. There were only a few people
there, and one of them was a young
man with black eye and defect.
ed countenance. As he seemed t.
be unhappy, l fell. it my duty tc
speak to him and see what I could
do to make his path more pleasant
'1'll tell you what's de matter
wild me- he explained after bit
Il was q boxin' here two or three
days ago wild de st. Joe Kid, as ht
call hisself, and he struck me foul
and BACKED me eye. I'm a layin'
fur him here, dis mornin', and il
he comes, say, I'll put him to SLEEP
in de middle of de first round. III
show you how he hit me-
He got up, pulled off his coat
and vest, and pulled on a pair Of
gloves, and about this time l re-
marked:
I'm perfectly willing to take
your word for it. You needn't &c
to any trouble to DEMONSTRATE
ooh, its no trouble at all. Come
into de ring and I'll show you how
he did It,
But, you see, I.
Come into de ring. What's d.
use of askin' about me eye if you
don't want to know how de kid
BACKED it?'
He had gone to considerable
trouble on my account and l felt il
was only fair to step into the ring.
Now, den, put up your dukes,
he said, as he squared off at me.
But, my dear sir, l never
Put up yer dukes. Do you want
me to knock yer jaw off at de very
first clip?'
1T looked to me as if he was an
only child and not used to being
crossed, and so ] put up my dukes
to keep him good-natured.
Now, prance around he said as
he began to dance and skip and
feint at me.
What's the use?' l protested. q
can stand still while you explain
matters
France, say he yelled.
1t seemed policy to humor him
in his absurd theories, and so
began prancing.
Oats de idea,' he called, as he
lodged about. Now, den, hold
yer right little lower. OATS it
Up little wild yer left. OATS d.
way
But, / assure you, my dear fell
low, that / didn't come here to
Lead for me wild yer left!'
What for?'
Lead fur me, / say. Do 20.
want to stand there like chung
and let me do all de work.
Il did't want to hurt the youn,
man, but as he was willing to tax,
the risks lead for him. / expect
ed to knock him head over heels
but he was still circling around IN,
after l got through leading. Thi
astonishing fact led me to remark
Il think | will go now. I've go
to be down at the Palmer House il
just fifteen minutes. / can plainl,
see now how the kid
Swing yer right fur me jaw b,
yelled, as his dancing and prancin,
grew more vigorous.
But I don't want to break you
jaw
Swing wild yer right!'
ale had requested me to kil
him and l swung. was wonder
ing what the Coroner verdict woult
be, when the roof fell in and every
thing turned dark. 1t was eigh
minutes afterwards, as a small boy
with a very honest face informed
me, when i awoke and found tn,
roof all right. The boy and wer,
the only ones in the place, and h,
said my jaw wouldn't bother M,
over two weeks. He was a goot
boy. Herubbed me with liniment
brought me a glass of brandy anC
afterwards helped me downstairl
aud called q carriage and told the
driver what hospital to bring m,
mp at.--Defron Free Press.