Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-11
ELKo, NEVADA, SATURDAY JULY IL, 1908
ss ~ 4 t.I,N GE s-EfE
HAD TO KEEP DATE
METHoDicAL MAN WAS DUE TO
THRASH ENEMY.
And His Friend, Man 1T Peace, Ae.
companied Him to the Scene
Of Combat, Greatly to His
Discontinue.


II like methodical man." said an
uptown rounder, but my friend
whose den is opposite to the one
where / loiter is excessive in this
line. - ....- -.
"He asked me to dine with him, and
I accepted. WeSwent at it leisurely
We got. down to the foot of the menu
'oaf1ng all the way! Asfusual he was
placid. We had just reached pie anG
demitasBe when he asked me rather
suddenly the day of the month. :
had it handy. =
L" And the day Of the week?' he
asked. And 1 handed him that. Then
he looked at his watch. rs a.
~" You won't mind, old man. he
said, II tell you that 1 must co.
Il told him If it was a matter OF
any moment 1 would consent, but
with regret. l knew he was absent
minded.
This is the day. ne continued,
showing back his glass and using his
napkin hurriedly, when l promised
to give Blinky good thrashing. !
had forgotten it when l asked you to
dine. You'll excuse me, old mai
won't you? .,... ....
''For his own sake. as well as my
own pleasure, / asked him II he
couldn't postpone the fistic affair until
later: ...-3
1T can't be put off, he replied. J
know. exactly where he will be within
40 minutes, and prefer to lick him at
that place. - .".. ':
Then, I replied, I'll go with
you
He got under headway first and
was on the sidewalk before I got my
:op coat buttoned. Then he. called
motor car and giving the chauffeur
the number he told him to take q
oack street and let out at top speed
"On. the way he talked about near.
~ everything except fighting. He
even told me Of a contemplated trip
to the far east. He burned up q box
of cigarettes before the car halted In
front OF the placein which he said the
enemy had his Office.
II asked II / had not better go In
with him. He thanked me, but de.
clined the offer. .... .g
"Tt won't take long he said, and
II might not be pleasant for a tfiii d
party. You hold the car till 1 conc
out t,.@ -. 8 - 4 .f,,fI.
''"As he disappeared j felt clammy
ooze gathering on my brow, and & re-.
moved my hat. looked at my watch
every minute. never knew time ITO
drag as It did while sat in that
car. will never know how long ]
sat there.
II remember a figure coming out OF
the doorway. 1t had changed some
since it had gone III. leaped out OF
the car and approached my friend.
He said he wasn't hurt, but I
quickly saw that he had been up
against 1t. If ever concoct a strik
ing transformation scene for a stage
I'll put in a scene like that for. a
thriller. .-
"'Would you like to see him--tbe
other fellow? asked my friend. .'.
II don't know what made me say
that would dote on SUCH a., sight.
Quicker than a wireless message he
grabbed me by the arm and rushed
me up the stairway to. the office Of the
enemy. -,.. .... ... 81.
my friend opened the door. I
stuck my head through the aperture.
Biff! Just like that! The next thing
remembered I was in the car. My
friend was holding something under
my nose. .. .. 4,
He apologized for the suggestion he
had made and which resulted In my
emerging from the situation In O
worse plight than himself. No more
methodical fracns for me, thank you"
IN. Y. Sun.