The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-10

Of these days when he realizes his dream he
will go about curing his patients and writing
prescriptions. and they will never dream thai
he once danced around a ring a. a fighter ~
How did you ever gel such a queer idea in
your head?" asked Mrs. Doblsy, curously.
When Freshington and ! were at college.
s ssssd tn n p 1SNl:t: W When ssIe one st Of n x. U Champions
took Q cottage a few miles from the university
town to train for a contest he was to have IN 4
month or two we decided that we would 60 over
his personality. At this came time our IDEAS
Of q champion puSilist were like everybody
alss', !, !; rather a. ,r. %R5isiSd GSst,.r. We .D d,O Via. Sv der S Sns
I haven an idea. said Mrs. bobley.
He was sitting on the piazza of his cottage
with his wife. helping her TO make a dress Tor
the baby, His department was buttonholes.
during the resting spells between his exercising
him to sew, and she told us that hs made the
most beautiful buttonholes. She showed them
to us. and We thought they were fine. but, OF
she got Freshinston and me 70 Try TO make
stransest thing was that the man had got 30
t RSas%d Of Al h ;h e1Sa Clothes i aas % me i,si sut fS @A cs
them than were necessary on account OF the
strange whim Of the mans. -
-Buttonholss are very dihicgIt to make.
said Mrs. Dobley. thOushtfully. Perhaps
he may have been a tailor at some time"
We'll. at all events, they were a very charming
couple, and the baby was great fun. We
while the baby umpired the game, The pugi-
lists wife was only q girii and he was very ltue
more than a boy, and she was . great pitcher;
that was a dandy. The baby sat on a shaw!
at one side Of the field and applAuded the good
plays by cro<ing. but it sided with in mother
every time. When the game was over we all
AruDk wnfaP with OATMEAL in N Dr0nArNd nv
by degrees we found out that the match had
been an elopement and that the girls folk
fused 70 see her or write to her. And the pusil-
LIST had promised that II he won this fRht he was
going to give up the ring and settle down on ac-
separation and quarrel with her family more
than she would admit and she wasn't very
strong Just a slim little girl with big blue eyes
One day we went over and she was in bed. She
had caught a cold and the pugllist was nurse.
II was perfectly wonderful to see how he took
care Of, her But she died and her people came
asked TO see the child. SO the fighter was left
alone with his trainers and a fix months, old
baby to look after He was jpIt about '1 Z, broken oxen
him up all we could. but We play ed no more
.Ose summer night, we both rode over on
horseback with the idea that we'd, get the
Ia hN't 4 N"h' p"
We thought he was getting morbid and meian-
choly and his trainers said that, unless ne got
over IL he'd never win the coming battle that
was now only a few weeks, on.
we tied the horses at the gate and went up
the path to the piazza. II was getting DARK out
we could see him sitting In. the hammock
around the corner with the baby IN his arms.
not 10 wake It and spoke TO him but he never
answered US. just kept on rocking the hammock
softly and singing away TO the chlld SO we
walked away and found the big trainer hud-
died up on the steps crying away. like a child
what was he crying about. asked Mrs
Doblev. u..
well. II seems that the baby had died that
evening and the father didn't seem to realize
Il and had taken it out to put II to sleep. JUST as
he had done ever since its mother died. The
trainer said IL was all over with the fishtr
Was that why he cri,ed.' asked
smiling In her handkerchief.
III he was crying for the whole outfit:
What did you and Mr. Freshineton dor she
4We-oh we-yes, I r~ecollect now. ve 81
down and cried too"