Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-11-02
4 LESSON IN BOXING.
The Young Man Who Saw . Sign, After.
ward Saw Stars.

The Young n1an Who Saw Sign, After
ward Saw Stars.
A Detroit young man who has been
taking in Chicago tells this story and
tells it we'll:
Il saw a sign of boxing and gymna-
SUM up stairs, and went up simply to
see what sort of a place 1t was There
were only few people up there, and one
Of them was young man with black
eye and a detected countenance. AS no
seemed to be unhappy, felt it my duty
to speak to him and see what could 40
to make his path more pleasant =
"'I'll tell you what's de matter wild
me, he explained after Bit L was
a-boxin here two or tree days agowid de St
me foul and blacked me eye. I'm a-layin
say, I'll put him to sleep in de middle OF
me-
"He got up, pulled off his coat and vest
and pulled on pair Of gloves, and about
this time remarked:
Ppm perfectly willing to take your
word for it. You needn't go to any trou-
BILE to demonstrate.
de ring, and III show you how he did It,
But, you see, p
"'Come into de ring. What's de use
of askin about me eye II you don't want to
know how de kid BACKED It'll?
He had goa.e to considerable trouble
on my account, and felt 1t was only fair
to step into the ring.
Nov, den, put up your dukes he
said as he squared of at me.
"'But my dear sir, 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?' I protested. / Gun
stand still while you explain matters
"'Prance, 1 sayl' he yelled.
lit seemed policy to humor him in hi
absurd theories, and SO began pranoing.
'''Dats de idea, he called as he lodged
about Now, den, hold yer right little
lower. OATS it. Up littlo wild yer left.
OATS de way
"'But, assure you, my dear fellow,
that didn't come here to-
LEAD for me wild yer left!'
"'What for?'
"'Lead fur me, say. Do you want to
stand there like chump and let me dc
all de work?'
II didn't want to hurt the young man,
but as he was willing to take the risk led
for him. I expected to knock him head
over heels, but he was still circling around
me after got through leading. This as
tonishing fact led me to remark:
~ think will 20 now. I've got to be
down at the Palmer House in just 10 min
utes. can plainly see now how the kid
"'Swing yer right fur me jaw' he yell
ed as his dancing and prancing grew moro
vigorous.
"'But don't want to break your jaw.
"'Swing wild yer rightl'
''Ha had requested me to kill him, and
I swung. was wondering what the cor
oner's verdict would be when the ROOF
fell in and everything turned dark. II
was eight minutes afterward, as a small
boy with a very honest face informed me
when awoke and found the roof all right
The boy and l were the only ones in thu
place, and he said my jaw wouldn't both
or me over two weeks. He was goot
boy. He rubbed me with liniment, brought
me glass of brandy and afterward helped
me down stairs and called a carriage ant
told the driver what hospital to bring VI
at. "-Detroit Free Press