Connecticut western news., 1895-01-24
RESCUED BY A BOXER.
The Adventure of an American Girl ar
 It's Strange Denouement-

The Adventure of an American Girl and
 It's Strange Denouement-
 This term respect, |" often applied tc professional boxers, will seem very strange, and yet it is the only one which defines the prestige with which those heroes of pugilism are surrounded in the United States, writes Paul Bourget in "Outer Mer," in the Boston Herald. One of my lady friends here, to whom was speaking of this enthusiasm, told me how she owed her life to one of the most famous boxers of the west and under circumstances so singular that it is worth while to report them in detail. She had dined and spent the evening in one of the suburbs of the large town which was then her home and was re- turning in her carriage when she had to cross street which was full of threatening people. She had fallen into the turmoil of big demonstration after a prolonged and painful strike Her horses were compelled to stop. She put her head through the window out of cu- riosity, and an overwhelming olamor at once saluted her appearance The gleam of the electricity which lighted the streets had just struck on some large diamonds which sparkled in her hair. This latter sign of luxury, added to the aspect of the brougham, the livery of the coachman and the footman, and the turnout of the harness, raised the indig- nation of this famished crowd Fists were extended; faces approached with | insults in their mouths. 1T had taken a long gold pin" said the young woman, land was resolved to strike at the eye of the first one who came too near. ." At that moment, and when she be- neved herself to be in extreme danger, having only so feeble weapon, she saw with terror o colossal form breah through the ranks of the crowd, push. ing people aside with so much authority that she took him for one of their chiefs Don't be frightened at those wretohed people," said the man when he wa, near her. ''I will see to it. Only tel your coachman to advance. The young woman once again leaned out of tho window, but this time the terrible crJ did not arise, and she gave her orderI to her servants, who were overcomt with fright on their seats The brough am started, escorted by the unknown who simply rested his hand on the edg, of the window, and the crowd separated to let the equipage pass Once beyonS the strikers, the unknown saluted thu lady. The ooaohman whipped up hi horses and started of at full speed | The footman was still trembling al over as they reached the door of thu | f,,,o orfy hSt n uo anxious to know by whom had beer saved," she continued, "but the tw, servants were Irishmen who had jus arrived from Europe and who knew no body. The description which gave t some of my friends who were acQuaint ed with the personal appearance of th' leaders of the strike did not answer t' any of them. I had therefore given ul the hope of knowing the name of tha mysterious protector, whom l saw con tinuaIly, with his thin face, haught, and martial. his domineering look ant the ease, at once brutal and supple. O his movements
 "Bur fancy, seven or eight weeks lat CT, as we found ourselves, my mothe and I, in a shop buying furs, disturb ance broke out at the door. saw m. ooachman of his seat and one of m, horses on the ground, and a man, to tally drunk, fighting with the police.
 recognized my savior and at the sam time found out his pame and the ex travagant exploit which he had just ac complished- It was John M. V, tn celebrated boxer, who, under the influ enoe of alcohol, had bet that he woul fell horse with his fist Chance had that this absurd wager brought him righ in front of this store, and that he ha just happened to strike one of my horses was able to aoquit myself, at all event to certain extent of my debt towar him by preventing them from prosecut ing him for his act, although he did no run the risk of being condemned to severe punishment He was too popu | lar p