New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JUNE 50, 1907

give hundred for just one round-two hundred
S-s-~h'" saws Take 1t easy
Ever see an old lady tryin' 20 shoe rooster into
"a fence corner while the old man waited around the
end of the Woodshed with the Az You know how
gentle and easy The trick has To he Workedc Well,
that was me cxpla.nln 70 Curlvlocks how we was
Just a little harmless tappn back and forth. SOS
we could sleep veu afterwards, and didn't he feel
like tryln !, tor "a minute with Chester. smooth!
Some of that talk of mime would have creased aNe.
0yNIc. old boy. he bhnkS at me through h,S
glasses, like POLL parrot Siztn up tre, Ner rht
little Jimmy wants 10 hand HIM. He don say any
thing. but he seems some interested lie reaches
out for one If the mtttS and pokc~ a finger into thc
raddn. lo"hln It over as If 1t was some kind Of
Res1ar swans down cushions" says
Like 70 have YOU try "a round or ~o. V.ckcr~.
puts Chester careless as he could. Professor
eC2he will ~how You hoy to put them he On
Nh, really. saws CurlVlocks Then he has TO
step up and inspect Chester frame up
That's The finish thinks L; for Chcttvs a veu
built boy. good and bunthy around the shoulders,
and when he recls down to sleeveless Jersey he
looks most as wicked as Sharkey But, Just as
We're cNIectu turlyockS To show how wise he Was
ne throws OUT a blum that leaves us gaSItn for
Do you know" SAWS he If l was in the mood
for thar ~or, ot thing. III be charmed. hut-er-
rather rec. us some poetry" Md q, that one
oj Chester chums ~nickcrs right our. Svric
iu-hcs up like some one had slapped HIM on The
Beg pardon" SAYS he: ~but believe Will .-,
II for little while and he holds out his paws for
me to slip the gloves
Better She'd the rarlor clothes. says l. You're
liable 10 get cm dusty, which last tickcs the audi
cuyc q lot
He didn't want to peel off even his Tuxedo but
lolhes hm into lcttln 60 OF it, and partln with his
collar and white Tie and eve glasses too. That was
lar he'd 90, though
Course, 1t Was kind OF low down game 10 put
up ON anybody. but Curylocks want outcllssed
any IN height, nor much in weight, and seem as
how he'd kind of laid himself open something of
the sort, | didn't feel as bad as | might .\n the
time Chester was tryiu To keep the grin off his face
nudgn each other.
Now, says |. when I've got Curlylocks ready for
the slaughter. whdtll II he-two-minute round~:'
Quite satisfactory, says Sylvic and Chctty mods.
Then let cr 60 says |. stcppin back
Onc thing I've always coached Chester on was
oIcniu lively. L. don make any difference whether
The mlttS are hard or soft, whether its a 90 To- Il
nnlSh or private bout Tor fun. there's no sense IN
Waetm the first seconds IN stirrTn up the air
The thing To do Is to bore in And Chester didn't
need any urgIn lie cuts loose with both bunchcs
Hndn right on the ribs and pokin' the left into
the middle OF Sylyics map, So sudden that Nh
Poet heavcs up grunt way from his socks
All, string II out. Chcttv,' SAYS | String ii
out, SOS 1t II last longer
But he like hungry kid with a hokvpokv sand
Wch,-hc wants 10 take 1t all al one bite And maybe
II d been much gone Angelica as ne was and
had been put ON siding tor this moonlight po'try