Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-18
The Dapber Little Drummer Fl.
nally Became Aroused.
LET OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT
Whereupon the Wise Ones" Ran
Him Up Against Sailor sharkey.
Small Man Was Game. However,
and Hit the Heavy Weight.

tue washington Bali Clun
the other night" said an old-time IA
matte, land 1t took me some time to get
my fingers ironed out straight after
that Assortment of handshakes. they're
a. strong lot of colts, md there isn't
any absence of heartiness in their way
OF gripping your paw. The power in
their fingers remind me of an incident
that | once witnessed in connection
with a Bit of t%oo.hearty handshaking.
IL occurred in the cafe of the Palace
Hotel. San Francisco, and Tom Shark
ey, the ppg. was one of the central
figures.
"A travelling man from the East met
a big gang of Manifested sports in the
Palace Cafe on this night. He was i'll
roduced to the dead-games by the
clerk OF the hotel. The drummer was
a small man, and the first dead-game
who took his mitt gave 1t n squeeze
n a shake as If trying to COP ont n
manicure set at a country fair tight.
nst-grip contest. The travelling man
'hAsh u III Dutc uluOT tho
pressure. The sport tipped the thing
long to the rest of the bunch. and
they all gave the drummer's hand n
Done-crushing squeeze. The drummer
got paler and paler and madden and
madder>aS each of them took his hand
and tried TO knead ii into a meat cake,
but he didn't explode until the last
man to whom he was introduced, n not,
ed middle'weight fighter, got n yise-like
clasp ON his right duke and came near
m~acerating it 70 pulp. Then the drum.
mer snatcheaE his hand away, threw
back his chest, and blurted out:
Say, this is too blamed much of n
good thing! I've got some use for this
hand yet awhile, IL the. next low
forehead that comes along and tries to
break it OFF has got to fight, and he's
got to know how to fight! I'll knock
the block off of him, l don't. care IL
he's II feet high, and you hear me
a-talking!'
The sports let out n rom over The
funny wrath, OF the dapper little travel.
ing man, in which at length he had to
join. but he repeated what. he'd sard,
all the same, and declared that. he
wanted to g&on reeor TO that point.
THE very next mug that tries the
bone-crushing game on me- he said
again, is going to get one right in the
nose, and that's no airy pcrsilape.
eithe:.'
"One of the dead-game sports slip.
ped out TO theirotunda of the Palace,
where Tom Sharkey was holding down
a leather chair.
Hey, there, Toni said the sport to
the pug. 4 want you to come into the
bar to meet a good fellow. He's one
of our kind, and he wants 10 know you.
And, say, Tom, give him the right kind
of n CRIPPLE was just saying a while
6 that lie always judges a man by
his handshake. and that he's got no
use for q guy that pushes him a dinky.
jellyfshi handshalie.
oh Oin aitind T. thot. all roight.'
said the Dundalk pug. who was a pref.
ly ruw 'un at that time, and the two
went into The cafe.
MIR. Snowahoyel.' said the sport
who had dug up Sharkey to the drum
iner let mo make you acquainted With
Monsieur. lie Sheearkey, one of our
best known citizens and Aldermen, ami
a man.
Glad t meet yeeZ,' said Sharliey.
holding ds,tshisfhand TO the drummer.
Same here said the drummer
WHO didn't know Shhrkey from DR..
Parkhurst!
"Sharkey red mitt--its as big as n
horse collur--folded around The drum-
mer's white slim paw ard the drum
,mer's whitN, slim paw and the drum.
mer rose to his toes and gave n gasp
CT pain.
Then, bif- and the drummcr's free
left hand shot cut. catching the fight,
err right square OIL the left eye.
why. we Protestant blaysard.
yeaz!' yelped the enraged Sharkey.
II he led of with right and left for
q rough house. 'Ye murtherin' runt,
Oil tache yeez-'
The swings he. aimed didn't land
or the drummer would have had taps
sounded over him q day or SO later.
One of Tho sports threw his arms
around the pug from behind anil an,
other yanked the frenzied little drum
mer ont of harms way.
"Aftersailegitumnltoys hnot there
were explanations and Shnrkey and
the drummer got together all right,