The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24

good Irishniah yon. cant better Ito, but. they'r
dreadful 'nsty. That little cove with the iecr,
face e Calcb. baldwin. the costcr, Inn that the,
CALI the pride Of Westminster. lie, ie but DIV
cart OF a giant. 'E's never been beat, an,
there Amt . man within q stone, of Inn thu
Geprsc Maddox. too. another .. The same breey
and as good n map ma ever pulled his coat of
The Sssn;lem%nIy man that eats mil NTH ,S 4 iO x,
S Ss,a sSs 8 pir Hoi Gu %aGs 2S,'i th %G PANE e ! ISs1 wa :;
his comb for, him. You see the other with the
grasNy, cad and the scars on his faeeS', .-,,,.
.,sr #;Sh Srie ii i%rs Sla TST 9o klS%lIfsn tic line fSS Of STi Hi
Wars stubby foreilnGer: He's the best
underbond bowler. In the Midland'; and ny his
that could stand up against HIM"
You're right there. Jack Harrison: He
fight when the best men Of birmingham chal.
lenged the best men or London: Hes an
and fifty when he cbaiissneed and beat. after
fifty, minutes Of II, Jack Thornhlll. who was
tough enough To take II out Of many n. young.
I,eI y.,I ~ better to give odds In weight than
Youth will be served, !, said a grooming voice
tiers. youth will he served"
"he ian who had spoken was tho most cx-
ttbTa s Tno,n Il If all the = many Hid fur rio rid Figures ;Sc, b IN
at his mummy. skin and fish-likc eyes could
4 few scanty gray hairs still hung about his
yellow scalp. As to his features, they werc
scarcely human, in their disbursement, for
the deep wrinkles and pouchinss OF extreme
age had been added TO n face which had al
crushed Masfs G's and sr SrSis%G IN T Addition an" by 9G m.n SS'a a
blow. I had noticed this creature at the be-
aiming Of the meal; leaning his chest against
welcome one, and fechiy picking at the food
which was placed before him, Gradually.
drink. his. shoulders grew sGuarer, his back
stifened, his eyes brightened, and he looked
Hs Tsd him I'M With SItnr a" r.c air of surprise ,t ,o at first r" q" os II
there. and afterward with an expression Of
deepening interest as no listened with his ear
scoopcI up in his hand to the conversation
That's old BpGhhorse." whispered Cham.
that when l toined the ring. three and twenty
years nso, Time was when no was the terror
He was So" said Bill War;. "'E would
fight like a stag. and e WAS that ard that Q
would let any, swell knock I'm down for aft
CROWN. II 'aa no face to spoil. dye see, for o
was always tho uglIest man in England. But
c ,s,s been Is so. on n, the shelf shelf now : Ssd for near s.fd sls, I. years years.
understand that his strength was slippin'
the old man. shaking his head miserebly.-
g!!ye Old RustScr:e q sup o iiotrap. warm
his sl:rivelied throat, and the effect upon him
each OF his dull eyes. n tinge of color came into
his waxliko checks, and opening his toothless
ike and me most s"G mssisal em ery. A i" h PSGsi'G roar Get Of
and flushed faces. craned over each other to
horse is comm round again"
cried. in ri. LeTkner lane dialect, Holding up
h hss 1--we, Two t TIN ,cnlf I've ELL herds m 1T wont Wont,
S Ss l0" ave sh Been 09 on F Fl s"l con * 'S and 10y ON ' TACK
Broughton's and on Harry Gray's and on many
another good lghtin'. man that ,wns millln, for
n livin' before your fathers could eat pap"
The company laughed again. and encour-
aged the old man by half-derisive. half,afrec-
let 'em ave it., Buckhorse!. Give it EN-
straizht! Tell rs how the millin' coves did
The old gladiator looked round him In great
Ivy. from vot I see." he cried. in his high.
broken treble. there's some of you that ain't
make very good ladies' maids, the most o
you. bnt yon took the wrong turnin' ven you
Give EN- a wipe over the month" said a
zoe Berks,'' said Jackson. I'D save the
hangmsn the Job OF hreaking your neck II HIS
Royal Hishness wasn't in the room;" -.
half:drunksn rutflan. staggering. to his feet.
IT I've said anything what isn't gentleman
sit down. .Berks!" cried my uncle. with
Wy, yich. OF. You could look Jack, Slack in
the fscs;" P!ped the old fsl,oT, "or Jack
KinG o Proosia's guard. day by day: year in
and year out. until e 'ad worked out the whole
regiment of 'em. and the smallest Of 'em six
could II a dint in a pat o butter, and il YOU
Vich among you could get up again after such
g wipe EF;y,talian gondoleery cove gave to Bob
what was that. Buckhorsc3" cried several
"'E came over ere from vorclgn parts. and
e was that strong that whenever e 1T tie
jaw or two il looked as though nothing in the
gentry could stan against i'm. So the King
sal. ,S Ssn to o Rim 81 ' e. F'sn "a oose S YSS er 1 q fiH; a 'b Bone e
every time he lets Wy, and it'll be little credit
to the i9nn1n boys oSs e they lets E,r I'm n Ge. away
he SAYS. 4 do. not know, master, but he may
break one Of his countrymen's ,awboncs vid his
s shall G n"t be i a Pitne e P BREAK ( fIsk iaab" "a" S With A a
sledge hammer. was with Fig in slauehter's
the Kings Kenelman. and 1 goes, so / doesE'
Again he emitted the curious bel; ike cry, and
HsSiR ih and fS apPiaassi Find nRS the fighting me"
Ills ROYAL ,fIishness-thnt is. the Earl Of
Oh, ter-would lie Glad To hear the end of
whom the Prince had been whispering.
We'll, your Royal 'Iehness, twas like this;
Figs amphitheatre,. the same that was in
T0ttInnam court. an Rob Whitaker e was there,
and the Eytalian gondoleery cove e was there,
and all the perlitest, genteelestc crowd that ever
yos. 10000 Of 'em. all sittin'. with their 'eads
like purthties on a barrer, banked right up
round the stage, and me there to pick up Bob,
play. to do vat was right by the cove from
voreiQn parts. They vos packed all round,
the folks was. but down through the middle Of
'em was a passage, Just so MS the gentry could
come through 10 their seats, and the stage IL
was OF wood, as the custom then was, ana
mans light above the 'eads Of the people.
well. then. ven Bob was put up opposite this
great Eytalian man ! say SLAP I'm in the Wind.
Bob cos I could see vid ALI an eye that he
was as puffy as a cheesecake. so Bob he goes
in and as he comes the ~yooriner let i'm ave It
amazin' on the conk. I card the thump Of II.
and I kind o. welt somathin' visit" past me-, hut
when ! looked there wa. the Eytalian a teelin'
OF - muscles In the middle o. the stnge, and as
TO Bob there weren't no sign OF i'm at all, no
mors'n II he'd never been"
His audience were rivetcd by the old prize
fighters story. "Well," cried a dozen voices,
what then, Buckhorse, 'ad Q swallowed i'm.
or WHAT =
I seed two logs a.stickin' up out o.
the crowd a long way off, just like these two
I,.n - nAH nn,rnl H. -.