Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26

Al. THE "AIlEEs II%Eb N.'.
 steaks sold as iart.ain prices Ina, tight. livery ctnl taselA il, sent L. the walters. When they We're ,i,fs,u.il that place was ;t wreck
 Just as I was about to close up the door and go uptown to look fcr anctn CT job messenger boy came ruai,i,ig ui, and handed me a telegram One Ray of Rope. Here was one ray ef hope, I tore open the message, and inside was au offer to go to Milwaukee and fight t,s clone Johnny Thompson. anothes Dane. had defeated him before and felt sure that 1 would have a cake. walk this time.
 But how was to get there? could not borrow money, and I didn't know what to do. Suddenly I thought "i my five dollar bill that l had got a; l tll" ''stas." qulekly showed this down iH he sole of my shoe. stoie ..i !.si.t!s up (,eatrai avenue and h"asi~o :, :os.1r,i GAa i.i,;tI i;eek ard il"i l Sprlns5 WeS'eyr railroad stal;>.f. ] yaHis
 ! The IFS! train |, -. Louis H;ls jus; ral!iDs cat of the tu39is. and | chased 1 hard after her and i;i d few moment, l had dodged under t4c mail car and was hudd.ed over the trucks Boys. particularly you kids who ars perhaps : inspired over the success 1 had so ia. attained as champion boxer. take heed here There vas. Battling Nel son. the hero even then of almost half hundred ring hattles-seveu years 0? 1 contisuous fighting. cufting and maui ing-arinen o the ,hoire If losing out on chance to win money and laurels D.; rema iglil,. nj the springs or risiinc-, ny neck by rid!n: beneath the trucl~ | af 1. mail traf to keep the enga:-t' nt..1 :n Milwaukee,
 accrpted ,h2 fiespe,ate chance. an,. ti.bt,arti t;,c tri, Y x; fri;ught aiitl iil;an lauat.s, ..t:..'s.t!Gn and pain. l finally .uaua.ed to reael, Milwaukee ,n siine to fight.
 Canss5s ss Riding on Trues:s. 1 forgof te say ina; before 1 .ot ol, the trarb:; Of that train ran bar'; It. the resl:,usani which l had oNl.tG a few hours before aud got two saln wiches. Nothing else was left. and, a' I had to hurry, grabbed these.
 You may think that riding on the trucks Of . passeneer train has q let of fun iii il. .,u; you ;.r,> mistaken. At times iI is like tortuIr You cant tseI in comfoti;t'',e :.'1ee 'i'll' Worst I thing, thouail. i~ :lc tc:nptat'n 10 2" to sleep. Shati never f. r-tt 9c a4nn on that trip. 1 Y'.9>; so IL Il ard broken n, @~@T my ...fortunf' t'!at ! began ,e neti fully realized t':c d'..4, ger. sf ...5.fiE t9 >ierl'. hut l could I" help il. tozt u oil fer q moment. anal ! my faoi dropped froiu it's pilc" "nt stYi,ck one cr he ,ieS of the track. h another sec, iltl l was almost ier'ed off nv perch as rly foot was s,amnl@d against the deer overhead. It + ';
 wonder that my leg was not hr"keh
 Luckily l go. back to my former posi- tIon without injury. bat you can bet that l went to sleep no m"r@ tina, night.
 During my career 1 have sHt.,la IT.. self In nlnay Il ticklish position. hat tef actual bloodcurdling experience tlia' ride on the trucks Vas the most thril. ing of them all, l have been the vie tiu of many jolt in the battle of life, but that one experience is til'
 ihing l shall remember longest. Since that time whenever l hear of any poor wretch who has made q similar jour
 ney I fairly bubble over with syn! pathy for him. Compared with such !
 method of travelling ballooning is bni mild and gently stimulating eHer- else. That I ever lived to reach NH
 waukee will always be to me one of the greatest pieces of good luck have
 ever fallen heir to.