The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-28

| bungalow on the further shore a young
man who could never have passed
through life unnoticed II only by rea-
son OF his extraordinary stature. He
stood at least feet 3 inches, and was
heavily built, having the round, wide
shoulders OF the natural born boxer
the round, wide. sweeping shoulders.
one expects to find In a man
who, IL he is not puncher OF other
men. or a Teller OF trees, or a boiler
maker, may at least be counted as
hustler
Yet, John Strong. son OF Sir John
strong. Bart. descendant OF more bar.
onets than one can count fingers on
both hands. had so far never hustled"
In the body. Up till then. indeed. he
had never hustled" either In spirit
or In mind. None the less, he had
the shoulders OF man who fights
hard In this worlds dealings. And
IL Is just as well to cast an eye over
mans shoulders as II Is to glance
into his face when one desires to read
his character.
John. as matter OF fact, was non
chalant.. which is only polite way OF
saying ne was lazy. because he had
no work to do. His face was remark
ably handsome. being OF that square
set. big-boned type which comes under
the category OF strong.
| fhis peculiar strength OF feature
alone saved him from being ridicu-
lousiy good looking. for his eyes were
Dig and blue. and his hair brown and
curly. To have carried out his appear
ance he should have dona- nothing hat
lounge through life as the hero OF
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act or obstinacy. Of self.assertivenes
or self-denial. wins maiden possess
ed of face and figure Hike no other
face or figure in the world.
Now. from this 1t is easy to see that
John Strong was unutterably self.suf-
hcient He was, but II was self-snf-
hciency TO be excused later because
OF spirit OF dominion that was to up.
set the reckonings OF self.satisfed
civilization.
When Strong came out of his bun.
galow. however. there was no prom
Use OF this genius for domination. ex.
cept, perhaps. the almost tigerish
CLINT OF his strong, white teeth. which
he showed In broad grin between a
pair OF lips so bold and beautifully
chiselled that they would have salts.
ned sculptor of ancient Greece.
Strong possessed the heaven-sent
gift of never being surprised. which
only comes TO those born of long
lineage, an attribute which is quite
understandable when one considers
that as rule such persons must be
bred In an atmosphere OF perpetual
wonderment as to why they were born
at all.
He was genially and genuinely
amused by what he saw. Ii struck
him as being surprisingly inappro-
pirate. /. and therefore marvelously
amusing, that one man should fire on
another with an air gun on the
1 Thames In the sunshine OF May
morning, and that the man so shot at
should destroy his enemy was more
diverting still. For Strong had seen
the CLINT OF the air gun as it was lev
eled. had caught the sharp passage OF
the flying bark OF the tree trunk. the
quick but wicked CLEAN of the revol.
yer OF the man behind the tree, and
the soft. sickly pitch forward OF the
dead man In the launch.
He was Observation-Disclosures in the
vague. superior way Of yirtuous per
son who stands In crowd to see a
drunken man arrested. Moreover, up
W thcus nc was innocent OF any SIN
against his fellowmen. and therefore
without fear. He was brave because
he was devoid OF any little qualm OF
conscience. blessed state of being
which makes for the greatest bravery
OF ALL
So interested was he that he step
, ped with gently inquiring air from
the bank into punt. and with few
deft strokes thrust the square-nosed
lcraft across the water
Meantime, Mr. Jones, beneath the
beech tree, had resumed the quiet. in
vestigation of his excellent cigar.
Strong put the punt in shore and
} wedged 1T between bank and pole.
He grinned affably in a wide and
childish way that Mr.. Jones misread.
and thereafter rued the misleading
: Of
"A bit careless, surely Strong sug-
gested. ito let that other fellow get
; away upstream with dead man.
RI Mr. Jones came down to the waters
edge, took his cigar from his mouth.
J and surveyed with an apparently ar.
| fectionate soIicitude the hot, red glow
, OF the smouldering ash. IA
No. he said thoughtfully and with
mild assurance. mot In the least. He
will come back
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