Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-19

Does Blackenod Eye. No Matter bow It
was Obtained

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was Obtained
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"Lemme tell you something" said
the drummer, as be slowly carsssed
the bandages which held the piece OF
raw beef tightly over his left eye and
got his right knee up where no could
clasp both hands arc ind it, "You may
have whisky nose, boil on your neck,
or hat out Ofstyle, a pair OF bow legs,
or the mark OF Cain on your brow, but
nothing gives you away like a black
eve. To the hrst place, IL is something
YOU can't conceal In the next, every
man forms an opinion as TO how you got
Il, 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 10 sea il his eyes we're
all right, and answered that he tum-
bled
"YOu see" continued the afflicted,
"I have 10 take certain amount OF e1-
erciSe with the clubs every night before
retiring. Doctor recon mends il for my
lungs, you know, and 1 carry clubs in
my trunk. Expands the lungs, braces
Up the spinal column, and strengthens
the arms and shoulders. You follow
me, presumed"
He was assured that be was followed,
and, after wipinR sympathetic tear
from the right eye and heaVing heart
felt sigh, be said:
Last night, while I was prsctieing as
usual with the clubs, l accidentally hit
the bed post with one OF them aud 1t
few up and struck me in the eye. The
clerk Of this hotel knew that / was In
my room, and that it was my habit 20
practice, and vet when l came down 70
ask him for BIZ of raw beef he smiled
and shook his head and asked how long
/ lay unconscious and whether l had the
fellow arrested. / had 10 go out and
hunt up q butchershOp, and as the
butcher cut me of piece OF round be
inquired whether il was from an upper
cut or a straight blow, and where l
landed when / countered. / met five or
six of the boys when came back to the
hotel, and despite all l could say each
aud every one would have IL that / had
been slugge Can you realize the pain
ful position man with = black eye Is
placed imp
The interviewer said be could, and
after the bsndage had been frightened
little the drummer remarked:
My time.is limited and l can't stop
work for a black eye. 1 generally put
in three days 10 Detroit, but tomorrow
/ leave For Grand Rapids. l have got as
much nerve as the average man, cut l
can't stand the pressure. Here Is my
note book, and here are few OF the
Interesting Inquiries and observations
called out during the day;
q" Hit you with his right, did hep
"Saow did you feel when IL landed?'
Shifting wood, aud stick flew up,
Of courssv
"'What made you call him liar be-
fore you got your hands up?'
you'll get over IL in couple OF
weeks and next time you'll know enough
10 turn the back Of your head
Run aEin a lamppOSt Ia the dark!
! see. Have done the same thing my
sslir
cit was alwaysa wonder 10 me why
q man who can't h7ht should go around
sassing folks
Right in the eye, Ell! LOr', but II
that fist ever landed on your nose you
could never have even scented skunk
aginr
"'Train ran of I'll rails and you
we're caught between Two cara OF
course! Well, you have got Mood
case and oughttO get at least 50, O04Ct
OF il. NJ
'Y-e-s-besn there myself! No (ex|
cuses or explanations needed! PrPb-
ably had you cornered uD, with no sh PW
20 dodge or run, but why didn't y Pu
offer him dollar not to do it?'
Those" sighed the drummer, as lie
reached for his note book, "are buk
samples selected at random from
tremendous fall and winter stock. /
had 10 give up about 4 o'clock and come /
in and lay down. Didn't dare show up
in the dining room, aud the waiter who
brought up my meal wanted TO know
whether l was Bob FltzlmmOns or Jack
Dempsey. Yes, I'll be going in the
morning. I know a lot OF fellows at
Grand Rapids, but they are not the"
At that moment along came al &C
quaintance on his way to the billiard
room of the hotel, and at sight Of the
bandaged eye be halted, threw up his
hands, and exclaimed:
holy smOkel but n you cant fight,
bluff or run, why don't you put on roll
sr skates and fall down before you are
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