The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-02

| can't do ANYTHING for you n you don't
obey. stopped that fight before wanted
to, because I saw that some one had gone
for the police. and Ididn't want you 70 pe
arrested. It's inoonvenient. A kick In
the stomach Il the quickest way to stop
the fight and still win. that's why l sug-
gested it,
we were walking down a quiet street
as Mooser talked, and pretty soon we came
TO a corner where a half dozen men were
grouped, saying good night to one another.
Without a word Of warning Mooser gave
mo a shove into the centre OF this party.
l knocked three men almost over the
whole six jumped on me at once. l don't
know where Mooser went, but he WASH
In sight when the field cleared. 1 was
alone, fighting six men.
-Iknew Mooser had his eye on me, though,
n although | regarded II as a little rough
to give me a job like this, l was beginning
to understand Mooeer. So l went in and
fought the best I knew how. i handed
out punches right and left and they counted
because | was a pretty strong fellow, and,
then, / had confidence. l knew Mooser
was somewhere nearby and that az the
proper time he would bob up and help me
out. and my faith in Mooser's ability 10
lick an army was absolute.
Pretty soon two of the three men re-
tired from the fight and two others were
scarcely fighting at all. But the other two
gave me a fierce battle and my eyes were
all pulled out when Mooser came on the
scene with his usual weird suddenness
and sent n Of my opponents into dream
land.
Kick him In the stomach whispered
Mooser softly to me l didn't do II. KICK
him in the stomach repeated Mooser, a
trife more firmly. Again l could not
bring myself to do IL. II seemed such "a
dirty thing to do when had only one man
against me. Suddenly l was attacked
from the rear by one Of the men h had
quit, and as | turned to beat him of the man
in front up and kicked me in the stomach
and that's all / remembered until l came
TO and heard Mooser telling a policeman
how he had seen me attacked by a band
OF highwaymen and had come up just as
they were about to go through me. The
policeman took II all down and the next
day 1t was in all the papers, and detectives
were assigned to find the band of thieves,
when Mooser got me alone he merely
said: The value Of obedience must DO
obvious to you now. It is unnecessary
for me to say any more Mooser, l said,
you are q great man, but your game Is a
little too swift for me. Goodnight
Il firmly resolved that i was through
with Mooser, but two nights later l was
out with him again, and Tor weeks after
that he and l travelled around together,
and no put me INTO fights just as long az !
was able TO stand them, and he thought
l was in need Of the training. ] got to
love them, and II he didn't give me one
every block, l didn't like IL at ALL. Oh,
but he was a genius at the thing. He al
ways planned it out in advance. never
lost his head, and In two months OF his
ompan / never got arrested once. | got
licked many, nan times, but 1t was gem
orally because l didn't follow Mooser's
advice.
Toward the end l got so I would kick
n man in the stomach without the slightest
hesitation. l learned that on many occa-
sions il was a case Of kicking or getting
kicked, and | always found that Mooser
only advised this sort of thing when there
was good reason for bringing the fight to a
close and there was no other way 70 termi-
nate it.
"Mooser didn't teach a lot OF people 10
fight, but when he took a man in hand ho
was like Mark Twain's old pilot, Bixby-he
learned him or he killed him | don't
know where Mooser is now, but | guess he's
teaching men TO fight yet. Without boast
ing, ! can say that when Mooser finished
with me | could lick any three men in tho
country In a rough-and-tuInble fight,
Mooser, of course, excepted.
Il can readily believe IL, aid the minister
as he bade ~Chollymiko goodnight.