The sun., 1903-06-21
THE GIRL AND THE BLACK EYE;
TALE TOLD ny A PROUD FATHER
TO 4 TENDERLOIN ARTIST.

| TO A TENDERLOIN ARTIST.
It Shows That All the Eye Painter's Cue
toners Do Net Cherish Hard Feelins'
| "A Mothers View OF Similar Inc'
dent-Bls ck.Eye Art Made Useful
You ought to sec the other fellow
that's what about nine out OF ten OF en- say
when they come In here to get their sinners
reduced, said the man who makes business
of painting black eyes warranted as good
! as new. I'm supposed to take It, fo'
granted that all OF my customers that come
here TO get their lamps trimmed have really
and truly and honest Injun made frank
| furters OF the other fellow.
Handed him hisn. hey'' I always Say
when they try to get away with that joke
What did you do to him?'
Well, II you want to find out. you car
| just telephone down to Bellevue. That's
where they took him when got through
with him, is the reply that good many Of
/ them make. = .t
"Once in a great while. though, big
frank duck slews in who owns up with nary
q whimper. ,.,
How'd get it9' said one OF them OF
that sort to me while ago when I'd put the
question to him. Why. I got the hull conk
punched of Of me last night by lively little
gazoob about the sise Of roasting ear
You were sudsed, suppose9 said
to him. to let him down easy {.
'sudsed nothing he replied. Didn't
] have three drinks In. He just circled around
me like an upholsterer around Louis-the-
Fourteenth-street padded tabouret,' and
when he got tired, was all in,
Well, you sure look husky enough TO
| take care Of yourself in q mix, l said to
him.
Well, there's another look coming
somewhere. then, said the big man. Tcan't
fight for shucks--never oould-never tried,
fact is. Icouldn't lick a two-weeks old fox
terrier pup II you'd chain him to q stake
in the ground. But there's one thing-l
can stand lot Of punishment And then
went ahead and fixed up his purple one
that extended way down to the end Of his
jaw. There are not many like that one,
though. .
Business is slack with me just now"
went on the rejuvenator Of discolored
eyes. 'and it'll be that way until next fall.
The Tenderloln has got to be moving with
whole lot OF velocity to keep me right
busy My custom la almost entirely Ten
derloin work, although during the past
couple OF years I've been going out lot
to AZ up sinners at the homes Of people
whove noticed my sign as they passed on
the trains -. =.
Il had funny outside call few after-
moons ago. Was telephoned for by man
occupying toppy hou up on tho Park.
West.
Il hustled up there with my kit, and he
met me at the door with as cunning CLEANER,
covering pretty near the whole left side
Of his chart. az ever dxed up. He was
stocky. good-looking man Of forty-flve or
80. and he seemed to be heap amused
over the situation, considering the shape
his lamp was in.
That's about a. neat . thing you've
got there as I've done in oil for quite
bundle Of moons told him.
Baby, isn't it?' said the stooky man
he looked like a broker or something like
that. Ny daughter gave It to me- Little
school souvenir. you know ~. .....'
THAT was my cue to put the paddock on
my trap, never do any slamming into
these family Affairs by making comments.
yep went on the tenant OF the fine
home, Gertrude certainly did paste her
poor old dad good and plenty. and maybe
didn't take a peek at moro Milky Ways
than these astronomical photographers ever
charted! Well. say!'
The young lady must be right strong
said I. taking a little chance then.
Accident -,
Accident nothingr said the delight cd
man that I was working over. I should
IL to ,~k s,1 AI,~k
things accidentally She just feinted with
her right, you see, and then she hauled back
and planted her left-short arm jolt, It was--
right on my left optic. and then her pop
went to the mat for about ten times more
then the full count. Say, I didn't come
around for ten minutes. What dye think
of that?'
Il did another up-stage dummy stunt
didn't say a word. I had my own opinion
of young woman that I'D deliberately
mark up an indulgent dad like that, but
wasn't there TO turn any opinions loose.
well. can see that you're not going
to ask how 1t happened my man said to
me after he got through chuckling, and
30 III tell you.
My daughter Gertrude was graduated
the other day from q girls college that
she's been attending for three years. She
was pretty near the best athlete in her
class, but didn't have much Of an opinion
Of girl athletes-until 1t happened.
.'She mentioned to me when she got
back the other day that she had done quite
q lot OF boxing. and Of course snjled
patronizinSly over that. I had taken .
few boxing lessons from Corbett myself
q few years ago and felt pretty wise on
that subject.
at must be . sight for the gods to
see a girl trying to make q bluff at boxing
I said to Gertrude. what do you do,
my child, when you see an uppercut comingt
Put your gloves up before your face and
scream7"
"''would you like to put the. gloves
on for a few minutes. pop7~ she asked me
A1 IT told her that was too glad to have
her back home to feel like hurting her the
very first thing but she pressed mo %
and M ali that. il I accidentally hurt her. that
l finally consented to exchange taps with
her, and we went up to the gym that my
boys have got rgged up at tho top Of tho
house. ",
80 Nov. don't be scared, daughter
I said to her a. We put the gloves on. I'm
not going to hurt YOU. You can hit me a.
hard a. ever you like, and III barely tap
you "C