The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-09
THE PUGILIST.

no rash promises about futur' reformation,
becuz it amt In me to be good, an II
wuz to try should only DO 'umbuggln
myself, But one thing will promise ye,
an that is that 1 won't never go in for no
more bruisin.
mot as I'm afraid O. nobody, livin or
dead, for, fair an square, l can knock my
man out or take my Cruel with the best o.
'em, but the last roun as / went in for
landed me in this ere jug, an, with all
respects to ye an 'er majisty, 'er 'orspi-
tality is a leetle too pressin for the good O.
my 'calth.
lit wuz like this way: wuz well
knowed round about as the champion
middleweight an though says it as per-
APPS didn't orter could knock most any
body into the middle of mex week inside
o. three roun's-which I'll show ye 'ow
ere, II yo like to put 'em up. MOI Well,
ye knows what's best for yerself, s'pose.
Hows'ever, as l said I'd got good reppy-
tation for bein good, 'eavy, smashin sort
of bruiser an wuz dom fairly well at the
game, wot with prize fakes an little COM
missions an so on.
Commissions Why, from blokes wot
wanted to mark somebody by deputy.
There's plenty as would willingly give
henemy black eye il they wasn't afeard
o. gettin one themselves. An It's by I'M
dortakin jobs o. this kind that gents in
my late perfcssion pulls through the dull
times.
lone AFTERNOON gifts Invite to meet
one o. the clerks O. the bank ut the Pig an
Pie that evenin. turned up to time,
an there wuz my toff, ready an waitin.
'Wot can ave the pleasure o. doin for
you, Mr.. Wicklesf' says /. Private les
eir i,,t hn - 4
the course, cash In advance, an drinks for
the sweeper as clears up tho bits'
Mr. Wickles, &c laughs at my bit o.
joke, an % says, says e. 'Bulger,' o says,
i don't want any lessons in boxin, but I
want ye to exercise yer undoubted tai
ents ON my behalf. Who's the partyi' I
inquiries Mention lis name an consider
i'm wiped orr the face of the earth. If I
can't spile lis manly beauty for i'm, o
must DO nndsome-always pervidin the
terms is agreeable
"'Ill make the terms all right says
Mr.. Wickles, orderin me another pot, AN
the gent / want ye to attend to is Mr..
Lynx, our cashier
80 Els hoasy Job, says 1. 'On'y low
to git at i'm, that's the question. e
never stops out late at night, an @ don't
attend no places O. amusement exccp' local
parlyments an local board mcetin's which
amt In my line, says, respectable pubs
with good sized lofts to practice the noble
art in bein good enough for me. So, 'ow
to git at i'm, that's the question
That's none o. my business, says Mr..
Wiokles. I'm not goin to pay ye an do
the job myself He's cut me out with the
managers daughter with that handsome
face o. his an / want 1t spoiled before
the weddin day. Very well, I says,
don't upset yerself, it'll be donel Wot
sort o. smashin do ye want mo to give
'im-jist to paint is hoptics an tap is
olaret or reg lar jellify imp Ye pays the
money, an ye 'aves the oh ice
"'Jellify him. says Mr.. wickIcs.
Smash him, spifiicate himi Do anythIn
with him, only make him as ugly as he's
now handsome. III give yo flyer for
the job an another sovereign If he can
show his face for weekl'
II closed with Mr.. Wiokles' kind offer,
an then my troubles begun. Icouldn't git
that there cashier to ave "a row with inc
no matter wot done. tried all ways an
everything, but it wasn't no go. even
swollcred my prcjudices an went to chapel
a-purpose for to tread on lis toes. But
that didn't make no difference; all 'e done
wuz to beg my parding an opo us wash t
'urt, me us wuz doin all knowod to raise
lis dander an rile 'iml l took to calm
i'm names when % went to an fro to the
bank, but that didn't upset i'm no mure'n
q ily on a helcphant's back-'e even arskod
me TO come roun TO lis 'ouse, SOS o could
reform me, if ed got timcl
AS u larst resort, / took to follcrin i'm
'ome with lis ladylove. / reckoned that
would DO sure to be more'n o could stand,
but o on'y smiled sweotly an said it wuz
nice to be purtccted by somebody as could
DO trusted. II made me fair wild I'd
'ad to do with men, hut begun to think
% must be a hangel, o wuz that exasper-
Btinl An the weddin day drawed nearer
an rearer, an i'm still as beautiful as
waxworks ilggcri
Then / thought about surprisin i'm at
is 'ome, but | always likes to play fair,
an there wuz some soldier friends a-stayin
with i'm as might ave hinterfered an
spilled everythink. So that game wasn't
no good, an | 'ad to cast about for some
other plan. At larst l come to tho conolu-
sion that the on'y way could git at my
gentleman wuZ vile q wuz at tho bank
found out that . always stnid late, after
oil tho others wuz gone, on tho larst Fri
day In the month, to balance up his cash
accounts II wuz alone then from arr
past till arr past 8, when the night
Waterman come, so thought that would
DO tho best time for to call ON i'm. l
knovcd that the bank was guarded with
patent door fasteners and winder catches,
an that there wuz steel mantraps an
burglar alarms all over the shop, 60 1t
would DO hcasy enough to get In.
Well, the very mex Friday as ever
wu2, | strolled roun to tho bank an went
in through one o the back winder1 to Mr.
Lyn@'s OFFICE
Good Ttcrnoonp says l, oponin the
business p9f lite an affable,
Good afternoon, Buyer says Mr..
Lynx, jist as though was regular GUS
toner called In the usual way o. trade,
an what can l do for yei The banks
closed, ye knowl
"Yus, says !, maxim bold to lock tho
door an put tho key in my pocket. 'Yus,'
! says, 1 knows it is but my business
amt with the bank. It's with YEP
Indeed, says %, quite coollike, and
seemin no moi. afraid than notbin ab
ALL Indeed % says. This is an unex
pocted honor, but really cannot imagine
what a gentleman Of yer well known sta
ton can have to do with a humble bank
cashier.
~ don't want mono o. yer sarkism, I
says BOtuln TlIeui loT ulub Ilke beln
tainted with bein a gentleman of station.
'Ye knows mo well enough-my business
is bruisinl'
"'Why, yes, o says, as II cd jist come
to 1t, 90 course, remember to have heard
It In tho village Ye arc a pugilist, pre-
sumner
"'Yo've it It,, says, William Bull
ger, pu9ilist, at yer service.
"'Well, William, says &c, If 1 were to
give you n 20 note, could ye give me
thoroughly good thrashing while waltz
when q out with that l nearly give
myself away by telin i'm what ad come
for Ye Soc didn't know but wot o
might show fight an give me a bit o. trou.
Bile. an ere q wuz arskin mo for the very
thing wuz goin to mako i'm take. 1t
wuz the hoasiest job ever see an paid for