Evening journal., 1900-03-12
oEoRoIE,s PA.
tle Puts On the Gloves and Is unfor.
tuaate.


Awhile ago the Docktor told paw
lie must Take more Exersize than he
could get putting up awnings and
painting Porches or Ennything of
that kind, so paw Joined a Jim navy
um, and is Turning to be a nathleet.
Uncle wesley wanted him to join the
golf club. but paw told him he hadent
emmy youse for that game becoz it
duzzent help a Person to Lurn the
manly art of self Defense. We could
see a big chance IN paw rite off after
He Joined. The first mite he came
home with a nawful Looking Eye, and
a Few days after that he neerly Broke
a Laig falling offn a Horny Zontul
Bar.
But never mind" he told NAV
when she Complained about it. "They
say these thing happen to Everybud.
dy when they begin. After l get -
little ust to it / can stand q Bio that
would mock a nox down and asst fer
more and its always a Good thing to
no How to put up Your hands, becoz
you never no what mite Happen"
Yes nav says, I've notust that
speshelly when you start ou to Do
ennything."
Besides going to the Jim nazyum
paw fixt up a place to exercise in the
attick with a Punchen bag and In
jun clubs and a Lot more things to
Give you mussul.
The other mite Uncle wesley and
Aunt grace and the Bassets come
over to make It pleasant for us, and
paw Got tot telling them About the
way he had Things rigged Up, and
Mrs. Bassett ser she would give en-
nything in the world to see a Boxing
match becoz she had Herd so much
about it.
So paw invited them up to the at.
tick to see him Punch the bag, and
after he did that for awhile he asked
Uncle wesley if he wouldn't like to
Pun on the Gloves for Friendly
round. Uncle wesley is about q Heal
taller than paw and weighs 200 pounds
before meels.
He sed he didn't care 70 make a
munkey of himself before the folks,
but paw says:
oh you needn't be afrade you'll do
that I'll do it for You"
Paw and Mrs. Bassett were the
only ones who saw the joke, and il
seemed to tickle them Good ell.
I CESS Aunt grace didn't like a
way they Laft about it SO she tpld
Uncle wesley to 90 ahead and Put
them on just to Sho that he had a
Friendly Speerut
"All rite" Uncle wesley says, but
of Corse I don't purtend to be a Box.
er."
When they Cot the Gluvs on, paw
sed:
Now, you see tie Differunce be.
tween oud Size. IVES, you're nelrly
twict as big as ! an and you Have a
narm on you that ot to De Pow rful.
But its Not only Strength that Counts
In this world. Lick at David and the
Giunt. If it wouldn't Of been fer Da-
vids skill what sho would he Ever
stood? Syunce 10 the Thing that
counts in this World Every time. Now
I'll Just Sho you people the Differunce
between Syunce and broot strenth.'
They he'd thare Goats vff and We all
stood Back to Give them room, and
they began to Fiddle 70 a nopenirg.
Paw danced around a good deal and
put on a lot of extra Flourishes to sno
How the thing OF ter be done if a Per
son wanted to be srtistick. and then
he hit Uncle wesley a smash on tbe
Cheak and l CESS Il made Uncia
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hauled off in his big owkward unsyen.
thick style and let paw have one on
| the end of the Chin.
We could see the dinerunce between
syunce and broot strenth with tho
naked I rite there.
After while paw set up and Looked
around like if he Wondered if he had
only Fell offn the Platform or If the
Whole train hal rolled over on Tog
of him, and when he could speeA h
sed 1t was a Cnancc lilo.
Yes" Mrs. Bassstt told Him, eve
wouldn't have chaucel to be thare II
wouldn't of tutchej You. But what's
the Good OF Syunee if it Can't Keeg
the Thing you d at expect from al
ways Happening
GEORGE, in 4 J. cagO Times-Herald