The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27


she sat in Judgment like a member OF
the supreme court.
You swing with your right, this
way, and sometimes knock the other
fellows head on"
And what were you and that young
man doing up In the garretY'
I'VE had the mitts on for a few
rounds, to keep In practice"
"Mitts? Mltts?"
Boxing gloves. you know"
"Ah! You learned this at college, did
you? While supposed you were put
ting in all your time at your studies
you were hard at work learning to be
a prize fighter. Ell? Instead Of grad
uating lawyer. have, it seems, add
ed to the number Of loafers who pound
each other about for money"
Come. now. aunt" protested the
young man, "but boxing Is a part of
the gymnasium work at every college. .
EFF had known that they trained
young men to be prize fighters you
would never have gone to college.
Never invite that or any other young
man here again. l want those boxing
gloves burned up this very evening"
But. aunt
Not a word, sir! II any one had
told me that you were a thief could
not feel worse. This prize fighting
business must stop right here. II there
Is any more of 1t shall alter my will
in favor of those nephews who are
gentlemen. even II they don't know
any too much"
The gloves were handed over to her
and sent downstairs to be eremated In
the furnace, and the visitor did not
call again. What did happen was that
Ray Wheeler attended the nearest
gymnasium instead. 1t was an almost
daily thing with him to keep up his
boxing practice, and Aunt Hannah
would have been none the wiser but
for a talebearer. Her coachman wan
dered into the place one day and ga '
Ray hard at work, and an hour later
the spinster vas In possession Of the
fact She felt that she had been defed
and her wishes passed by and she was
very sober and s,.--s DIS she faced
the young man.
Didn't tell you how horrified
wasY she demanded.
Yes, but
"And that / wanted no prize fighters
IN my family?"
yes, but you see
"And that If there was any more Of
1t | should change my will? II you
learned that at college you must have
learned other Objectionable things.
haven't heard you swear. and l don't
not, but l am ready to believe you do.
l had built up great hopes around you,
and to have them shattered in a mo-
ment is something hard to bear"
But, aunty, If only you would let
me explain" replied the young man.
'One needn't be prize fighter or q
tough because he knows how to box.
1t is taught one so that he can defend
himself if need be. You see
"A gentleman always carries q cane
to defend himself with"
But cane mny be forgotten. Sup
pose was going down the street and
was accosted by two or three
Il can't possibly suppose any such
thing A loafer recognizes a gentleman
when he sees one and let's him alone.
Ray, you may go to hotel for two or
three days. want time to think things
over. When l have come 10 decision
l will send you word No matter what
else l decide on, you will get enough
ready money to set you up in sa-
loon and as prize fighter. shall ex-
pect to see in the papers some morning
that the Yale Kid has knocked some
other fighter senseless and woe q
purse"
Ray Wheeler went without making
further protest. He had been ut tbs