The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-10
It Evokea PersifiaRe.

'Lemme tell you something" said the
drummer, as he slowly caressed the band
ages which held the piece Of raw beef
tightly over his left eve and got hts right
knee up where he could clasp both hands
around it, says the Detroit Free Press.
You may have whisky nose, a boil on
your neck, hat out of style pair of
bow legs, or the mark of Cain on your
brow, but nothing gives you away like
black eye. In the first place ii is some
thing you can't conceal In the next,
every man forms an opinion as to how
you got it. and all your talk only makes
him smile the more. Are you on TO that
fact?"
The interviewer pulled out his pocket
glass and looked to see if his eyes were
all right, and answered that he tum-
bled.
You see," continued the afflicted, II
nave to take a certain amount of exer-
else with the clubs every night before re-
urlng. Doctor recommended it for my
lungs, you know and I carry clubs
in my trunk. Expands the lungs, braces up
the spinal column, and strengthens the
arms and shoulders. You follow me, pre-
sume?"
He was assured that he was followed,
and, after wiping a sympathetic tear from
ms right eye and heaving a heartfelt
sigh, he said:
Last night while I was practising, as
usual, with the clubs, l accidentally hit
the bedpost with one of them and it flew
up and struck him in the eye. The clerk of
this hotel knew that I was in my room
and that it was my habit to practise and
yet when 1 came down to ask him for a
Dit or raw beef he smiled and shook his
head and asked how long l lay uncon-
sclous, and whether 1 had the fellow ar.
rested. l had to go out and hunt up a
butcher shop, and as the butcher cut me
on piece Of round he inquired whether it
was an upper cut or a straight blow, and
where L landed when I countered. / met
five or six of the boys when 1 came back
10 the hotel, and despite all I could say
each and every one would have it that 1,
had been slugged. Can you realize the
painful position man with black eye is
placed in?"
The interviewer said he could, and after
the bandage had been frightened a little
the drummer remarked:
My time is limited, and I can't stop
work for black eye. l generally put in
three days in Detroit. but tomorrow L
leave for Grand Rapids. 1 have got asa
much nerve as the average man, but I
can't stand the pressure. Here is my note
book, and here are a few of the inter
esting inquiries and observations called
out during the day:
Hit you with his right did hep
How did it feel when it landed?'
Splitting wood, and a stick flew up, of
course!
What made you call him a liar before
you got your hands up?
You'll get over it in a couple of weeks
ana next time you'll know enough to turn
the back of your head
Kun agin lamppost in the dark! I
see! Have done the same thing myself
1t was always a wonder to me why
man who can't fight should go around
sassing folks
Right in the eye, Ell! Lor', but if that
INST had landed on your nose you could
never have scented q skunk aginn
Train ran off the rails and you were
caught between two cars, of course! Well
you have got good case, and ought to
get at least $1,000 out of it
4-e-s-been there myself! No excuses
or explanations needed! Probably had you
cornered up, with no show to dodge or
run, but why didn't you offer him a dol
lar not to do it?'
Those" sighed the drummer as he
reached for his notebook, ARE but sam
pies selected at random from a tremen-
dous fall and winter stock 1 had to give
up about o clock and come in and Law
down Didn't dare show up in the dining
room, and the waiter who brought UP nv
meal wanted to know whether I was Rob
t1tzsimmons or Jack Dempsy. Yes. I'll he
gong In the morning. l know a lot of fell
lows at Grand Rapids, but they are not
the
AT that moment along came an ac
quaintance on his way to the billiard
room of the hotel, and at sight of the ban
uaged eye he halted, threw up his hands.
and exclaimed:
Holy smoke! but if you can't fight or
pIuI or run, why don't you put on roller
Skates and fall down before you are hit?"