The sun., 1909-02-21

and knew IL. and bit EN- az fasf as
they came NJ me. AsIt vas got come
kicks in the shins that | can show you
the dents of to-day and that made II hard
for me to talle a RiGc . SSze walk for quite
a long time atterward.
mot only that, but tho conductor of
the train blew the whistle for the cops
and at the next station, while l was still
fighting EN- of, was grabbed by three
roughneck bulls and ppctty badly messed
up in my efforts to stop them from twist
ing my arms and ! was taken TO a>cell
and had 10 send for bail and on the fol-
lowing morning, the rnnb appearing
tried to beat him TO death with NJ
cienched fists, ! was fined $40 and got
n good hard tongue lashing from the
Magistrate IN addition. .-....-.
"On another occasion. q few years
later. | was walking up the steps pf q
ferryhouse righ. behind Q httte ~ Of
an aggressive looking nnan who had
an umbrella held under his. arm ia.slich
a way that the rear Of Il projected bshind
him a couple Of fect and jeoparded the
eyes Of people climbing the st5irs behind
him. l had hard timo dodzinB the
sharp ferrule Of the runt's umbrella, for
u seemed that whom tried 70 move aside
he'd move the same way. so, sonieexss-
perated growled so,uetHas te the gen
eral essence that that was q aAsllavNrwRy
to carry an umbrella. As,. -
~1he little bit OF tnoD turue3 around
upon me-by, this time We were ~ the
top OF the landing Of the stairs->aud be-
gan TO give me the big DUB and big stiH
and lummox treatment with his tongue
runts are mighty handy with that line
OF talk when they have q runin with "a
big chap. j was In a hurry. and In Addi-
ton ! didn't want any more mussiness
with little men, and 80 disregardinG his
chaw was for beating il out Of the ferry
house.
But something that he said halted me
He called me that name that In the West
u man hGs got 10 accompany the use Of
with a smile, SO turned, walked back
to him, grabbed his rolled umbrella out
Of his hand as he raised il 90 lab the point
Of II into whichever one Of my eyes came
handiest and then just lifted him clear
of the ground and deposited him ON the
floor on the small Of his back with the
same amount Of care that you'd Use in
depositing box containing glassware
on the floor.
Il merely wanted TO mortify him a
little for the name he'd called me, not
hurt him; but he scrambled 10 his feet
and set up an awful roar and grabbed
hold of his umbrella and mPde for me,
and ! had TO grab him and hang on 30
him and hug him to keep his little hands
out of my face. and at that he was work
ing, his shoes all the time into my shins.
w Nithout taking the slightest heed
OF the circumstances Of the case or OF
how leniently | had handled the runt
for his abuse Of me all hands Of the mob
passing through the ferry house hoped
me- and ! had 70 fight all | knew once
more to keep them from dragging me
20 the ground and kick ing my teeth out
They'd have got me down pretty soon
at that If four or five cops from outsids
the ferryhouse hadn't popped in and broke
up the melee,
Now. cops themselves hate big man
when he isn't wearing their own uniform.
and they began to work their arm twisl-
ing stun on me- and bucked about that
and did some wriggiing, and | came
mighty close TO giving them q chance
20 beat tho head Oh of me with their clubs
before / realized that this was just the
chance they were look ing for. Then |
regained control of myself Was pinched
again. charged with disorderly conduct
and resisting officers the next morning
and fined $40.
I've been real foxy as to little men
ever since then. There isn't anybody
in New J ork who is so chary OF Tpnt
as ] en-, and there's reason
The reason ia that in HE mussy DEAL
ings with n big man the runt has about
100 per cent, advantage, and knows,it
Which is why I'll take about twice ,as
much back talk. rs you call IL, from a
little bit OF a sawed-of as I'll take from
a man Of my own size or bigger ~ -