The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-13

because l wasn't tehre. I'm with
Bailey. Bailey FIR prisidint! Bailey or
bust or choge!
I'm not sure that if 1 was in tn
same place I'd do tn same thing. But
I'm no statesman. Who am 1 to say
that what wudden't be manners in d
barroom is not all right in tn sinit?
Diff rent men has different raisons FIR
fightin'. lvry man will fight. Ye can
bet on that. A brave man will fight
because he is brave an a cow'rd be-
cause he is a cowrd. All men will
fight an all men will run. Some will
fight befure they'll run, but they'll
run; some men will run befure they'll
fight, but they'll fight. They'se a
pretty good fight an a pretty fast
run in ivry man l know. TIL debate in
tn sinit don't prove anything about
tn merits iv ayether pug. In some
other circumstances, Biv'ridge might
have hunted Bailey up a three. 1t hap
pened to be Bailey's day.
LAS | get on in years, | believe less
in fightin'. IT'S a turr'ble thing to see
tn aged an infirm 'swingin' away at
each other. It's so unscientific. l hate
to think iv a man with wan leg in tn
grave usin' tn other to thrip tn free
foot iv a fellow aged. I'm glad Bailey
an Biv'ridge ARE young men. What
a scandal if Sinitor Cullom an Sinh
tor Morgan shud mix it upi Wan iv
tn things a man larnS as he grows old
is to dislike fightin'. He dislikes an
nything he can't do as well as ne cud
I'm that way. But 1 wasn't always
so. No, sir. They was time whin I'd
fight at tn dhrop iv hat, FIR money
or marbles or pool checks, FIR tn good
name iv women or tn revarse, FIR po-
litica1 principals or unprincipled poll
tics, FIR tn gate receipts, FIR me relli-
gion, FIR tn look iv tn thing, because
tn barkeeper heard what he said, be-
cause he whispered to her, FIR tn sa
cred theory that tn buildin's is higher
in Chicago thin in New York, FIR tn
fun iv tn thing, an fr tn Fight. That
lasts tn best iv all. A man that won't
fight FIR tn fight itsilf is no rale fight
err. l don't know what wud make me
fight nowadays. l know lots iv things
that wud make me want to fight, but
I've larned to trepress me desires Me
heart is full iv song. but I've lost me
voice. In me dhreams I'm always
punchin' somebody's head. l shall
niver f'rget tn night whin 1 put JEFF
fries out iv tn business with wan well
directed punch an me in me bare feet
too. I can niver frget it FIR / fell out
iv bid an bumped me head again tn
rocker is chair But in me wakin'
hours. I'm a man iv vilent impulses
peaceful IdySuliSs lib d IlSnL 4 q
be like a deef-mute in q debatin'
s'ciety. But as 1 said, Hinnissy, they
was a day whin tn lightest wurrud
was an insult. Nowadays / say to me-
silf: Consider tn soorce. How can
such a low blaggard as that insult
me? JUS because some drunken
wretch choose to apply a foul epitaph
to me, am l goin' to dignity him be
knockin' him down in tn public
sthreet an p'raps not, an gettin' the
head beat off me? No. sir. I will ray
mimber me position in tn community.
l will pass on with a smile iv bitter
contempt. Maybe I'd betther run a
little. Dear me, why didn't l think to
bring an axe with me-
9TH las throuble / got into begun
to think Nv tn new suit / had on an
I know me marryor days was over
Whin man raymimbers his clothes or
his appearance in battle. tbs high time
f'r him to retire firm tn ring. TIL
cam, almost deathlike smile that rests