The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
THE LITTLE MANS ADVANTAGE.
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
Die ever observe" remarked the
man with the stockyards stogie, how
a big man is always at a disad-
vantage in any kind of an alteration
with smaller man, and how the runts in
variably take advantage of their inferior
size to lambast the big man with their
tongues? The little chaps know perfectly
well that the big fellows will hesitate to
lather them, no matter what they say or
do. and they know, too that when big
duck hits little fellow the sympathy of
the crowd is always with the sawed-off
which puts the big fellow in a mean and
sometimes in dangerous position I've
noticed that the little snoozers regularly
take a-hold Of this edge when they get into
any kind Of a wordy mix with men much
larger than themselves, and 1t has always
struck me that this is pretty cheap work
on the part of the bantams that wear boys
sizes in clothes and hats and shoes.
I'm Baltimore the other afternoon a
crowd was gathered around a hospital am
bulance that had changed UP In front OF a
saloon. Among the people in the crowd
were three small, perky little chaps, rang
ing from thirty to forty years old; They
were together, and they looked pretty well
satisfied with themselves-most understood
men do carry themselves in that way, ac-
cording to my observation. huge. good
natured looking chap, wanting TO take a
look at what was coming off around the
ambulance, edged up, and, in a lubberly,
unintentional sort of way, brushed rather
closely past one of the little men.
say, who you eibowin'?' testify de-
manded the little man of the big man.
Z" ''Scuse me, son. said the big fellow,
alphabetically, beaming down upon the
WHO you calm SOM snapped the
little fellow. Just because you're big
fellow
diligently. First thing you know you'll get
yourself all het up
Don't you call me Buddy" you big
lummox,' snarled the scrappy little chap
with the chip on his shoulder, or I'll hand
you a swift
"'G'wan, now Algy or I'll bite fin of
YOU interrupted the big man, grinning;
"'Win, hey? chirruped the little fellow,
angrily. Say, you big bum, maybe you
think that because you wear No. hat
and have your collars in cheese box that
YOU
Get your little playmates in with you,
Reggy, and p'raps I'll talk little business
with you,' cut in the big fellow, beginning
to look trfie annoyed.
..The other two little chaps were just as
perky and chesty as the one who had
started what seemed to be quite an UNI
necessary chaw with the big man, and
when the latter made his remark about
the little playmates' they actually put
their maulies up and the three of them
made as If to rush the heavy chap
We'll, the big man just picked them up.
one by one, and each of them squirming
and wriggling like an eel on hook, car
ried them to the other side of the street,
where sewer pipe excavation was being
dug, and cooIly dropped them into the
hole The last one of them that he picked
up the grouchy little fellow who had
'sassed' him SO much, and before dropping
this one into the damp. clayey excavation,
he placed him across his knee and depos-
tied a couple of swift slaps on his person
alice samee the scboolmaster of the little
red schoolhouse of other days.
1.-The crowd laughed If the big man
had handled only one small man in that
fashion the crowd would probably have
growled, but when he took care of the
three of them in his simple, lubberly fash
ion, they figured that IL was about an
even up job, and roared unanimously.
The big man pulled down his cuffs with a
grin and walked away, and a couple of
diggers had to pass rope down to the
little men to yank them out of the hole.
They were frothing at the mouth when
they came, and they dared and double
dog dared the big man to show himself
again, but he had already turned the
corner"