The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-18
ATE APPLE PIE.
And Looked Very Sanctinionlous
and Solemn.
FULLER THOUGHT lie WAS SURE
The Yonng Man was n SUNDAY School
Teacher or ma Evangelist Untu lilo be-
held Him Under Circumstances That
Showed That Appearances were De-
cely.nE.

Chicago Record: Fuller was not n
member OF tho Young Mems Christian
!, Association. although hc sometimes
found 1t convenient to get his dinner
ut q restaurant In the association build
ing. This restaurant was ZIP above the
world SO high, that the patrons could
not hear the street noises. Its other nd
yantagcs were cleanliness, prompt ser
.vicc and mother style OF cooking.
The restaurant was conducted by wo-
man and the tables were In churge OF
waltrcssc whose aprons were OF snowy
wilderness.
Fuller had only one objection to the
place. 1t had IN atmosphere of solcm-
nifty. Evidently the majority OF patrons
were men Interested In tho religious
Enforcement" which had It's offices on the
ground floors OF the building. Most or
them wcrc young men, aud they werS US
4 serious and Relt-coEtaincd rs the older
men who occasionally came In and sat
apart while tho four courses wcrr being
served. Sometimes, with thirty men
seated around the tables. Their. would
come an Interval Of chutch-llke silence.
to be broken finally by Kitchen sounds,
Fuller was led TO contrast this rcstaur-
ant with French place OF HIS Rcqualnt-
ancc, where dozen people could keep
UP o pleasant uproar OF conversation,
Lille the other young men OF the
world. Fuller had come 10 believe that
man had 10 be mOurntul In order TO be
profcsscdly moral. The conduct OF the
evening nsscmblagC at the restaurant
helped to strengthen this belief. He
felt himself under constant restraint
when In the society OF the earnest and
Z intense young men from the offices be-
low. Sometimes, forgetting himself. he
would laugh aloud or speak out boldly
10 the friend who worked with him In
the brokers' Office. and then he would
observe that the men at the other tnb!es
were looking at him rs II In panied sur
prise. He would Immediately coll back
/ into his shell and remain perfectly quiet
for nce minutes, trying to live down his
bad reputation.
Among the most silent OF the diners
was n young man who usually sat Mt
the table Immediately next 10 the one
pre-emptcd by Fuller and his friends.
fLhio SoNlAh man AWAY tAaShNs
Between courses he softly turned an
evening paper over and over and in and
s out. seldom pausIng TO read anything.
Fuller concluded that the young man
+ was looking for Church News" and he
attributed his evident disappointment
to the fact that there was no such de-
partment in the paper. For desert the
young man invariably had apple pie.
Afterward he arose aud tiptocd 10 the
desk. paid his check and went out,
gently closing the door behind him.
Fuller was n speculative person In more
ways than one. by the time he had
studied any man for two minutes he
j had mapped Oat life-hls,ory for him.
II was already clear 10 him that the
arple-ple young man had been reared
\ on Sunday school lessons and sermons,
and wes now consecraiing himself to
4 MONDAY mcetlng3 and pamphlets. Full
Ter respected the apNlc-pie young man.
as any sinner mus; inwardly respect
the courage OF 4 rcformcr. but lie rather
pltied him 20 think he was q stranger
10 draw-Roker. billiards and the con-
tinuous vaudeville show.
Although Fuller continued 10 dine
with the pious young men. on account
OF the price, 1t is only fair to say that
! IIt WIS IlOl AVN NNil way
One night he and some other young
men employed in offices around the
! board of trade. went to the west side
TO see u fight pulled or" The tips"
had gone out quietly and the attendance
was to be limited 10 about iifty persons
all OF whom were known TO be reliable.
Z a board Of trade enthusiast had dis
covered o featherwatght marvel who
was to be "trIed-out" against a west
side boy OF local reputation. The hail
was to be in readiness at IL o'clock. and
the spectators were to scatter Into the
place n few at time.
AS soon as the police shy there shall
be no boxing matches. II is'simply mar
vicious how men win undertake any
/ hardships In order to see one fighter
pound another They will travel all
night In the rain. They will remain out
for hours. tramp across plowed ground
and assemble at dnyorcak In some
lonely hay-ba-n. Just to see few san
culinary punches.
The invited spectators at the west side
contest hau put up 81 apiece and were
willing to dodge about under cover OF
darkness and run the risk OF being ar
rested, all for the privilege OF seeing the
new, onder and the west side youth fly
at each other when the word was given.
.I
reached the hill the lights were turned
low and the little company sat around
talking In whispers. a sentinel had
been placed AZ the foot OF the stairway
+ TO give the alarm in case the police
came. Both fighters had arrived md
were in the antc-rooms, receiving the
last attentions.
OF course there was n delay, II was
nearly 1850 when the lights wcr" turned
up. The spectacle closed In about the
ropes and the two combatantg entered
the ring, followed by their seconds. Full
Ter had Il place near the corner where
the west side boy sat. The boy stripped
BEAUTIFULLY. He was thin. but hard. and
when his seconds rubbed him for tho
( final warminE-up. tho slnpplng sounds
indicated that there waa not an ounce
OF fat to cushion the blows.
But Fuller was not studying the
tsEhter.
He was gazing In blank surprise nj
{ one Of the scconds-thc one in the blue
sweater. II was the applc-pic younl;
man, who, Mt that moment. should have
+ been at homo rcnGlng the Concentrates
II Fuller could not Withstand the temp
!, tation.
lie leaned through the roper and
pokcd the second. who turned around.
"Wiiat arc yon doing hcrc?" asked
Fuller.
Then It was the seconds turn to be
surprised. "What arc you doing herc?"
he replied, with emphasis on the you"
I'm here 10 see ascrnp. but didn't
know you ever cnmc to anything like
i this"
We'll. Two got fifty on the lad here
] want you to watch his right II he
gets It In ihcrc'l be another fighter out