The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-18
HERO IN HARD LUCK
FATE DEALS UNKINpLY WITH
WouLD-sE REFoRMER.
'suth Who Rebuked Fat Man fol
Promiseucus Expectoration Gets
Into Serious Diffieulty-coarss Man
Wipes Up Floor With Him.

A fat man-fat and apparently
coarse, and with a prediction fol
bullying over the comron people
stirred up big rumpgs yesterday
morning on the Staten Island ferry
boat Robert Garrett. which left st
George at 7:10 o'clock
This person chewed tobacco with
noticeable yehemence, and with con
secutiveness and frequency he was
obliged to dispose OF the usual by
product II was the fat mans method
Of disposing Of his by-product that
made the rumpus. Perhaps there were
euspidors, but the fat man didn't hunt
for them He picked out vacant spots
on the floor instead. There were WON.
en- passengers, and some of them be
came almost panicky. Then it was
that a small, heroic man made his
appearance. He was a young man
with pale-blue eyes, a slim waist, and
an unhalting expression around his
chin He had lodged the big mans
hydraulic efforts once or twice. and
felt called upon to do something. lie
might have chosen a more original re
mark, but under the stress Of great
mental excitement he resorted to the
old saw. Catching the fat mans eyes
he said, angrily.
DO you expect to rate yourself as
gentleman?"
Cswish) ~Huh?" said the fat man.
Then don't expectorate on the
floor, added the young hero
A lot Of 'seryes-you-right-you-horrid
old-thingD looks from the women re-
warded the young man, who thought
he had done his whole duty Perhaps
be had. but
The fat man relapsed from his con.
templative mood into one of strenuous
action. He reached forth his big,
chubby hands, and hooked them fast
to the clothes Of the young hero with
the pale blue eyes. Then he bore
down on the little fellow and doubled
him half up like a knife, and by sliding
him backward and forward on the
floor across the area Of his temporary
tobacco-chewing domain. he removed
all traces Of wet brown from the cabiE
floor.
There was plenty Of feeling over this
incident. The young man didn't like
it. He was in an uncomfortable po
sition, as he afterward asserted with
great positiveness. The aim sought
for had been practically achieved. but
the means-the meansi There was
the rub He was incensed at the rub
Several coarse men gurgled with glee
others swore right out. and the women
set up such a clatter that the attention
Of deckhands was attracted. One Of
these hands was chewing tobacco
himself, but long years Of introspec
tion had enabled him to observe prop
er sanitary precautions. The deck
hands went for the fat man, but he
wriggled between the horses and
trucks and lost himself in the crowd
at the opposite end Of the boat. The
young man with the discouraged-Iook
ing trousers and determined air was
hot foot all over the boat after the
large person. but could not find him
With the deckhands he stationed him
self at the gangway when the passen
gers left the boat at the Battery, con
tident of catching the large person
But he didn't. Somehow It is not
made clear just how. the 220-pound Of
fender wFiggled past them and went
on his way, while the young hero
after watching until the last man had
stepped ashore, went to his Office
chewing the bitter cud Of reflection
New York Tribune.