Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-27
IX.--l Meet a Cyclone
By BATTLING NELSON. lightweight Champion of the World

HE train on which l had start
 ed from Hot Springs and on nG which l had experienced such narrow escape from death V1tile riding on the trucks thundered Ito St. Louis on the morning of April
 It was fast train, and when the o,& &erting engine backed It's long string cars into the beautiful Union sta ,+ esn 1t was found that the brakes tnldn't work properly. Bang went .r end coach against the huge steel oA 1bed safety bumpers. and the crash teTed every bone in my body, tossing (e out from my iron ribbed bed above r7ze wheels and on to the ties under car. The bumpers were strong Fl didn't give. Had such been the tse surely would have been ground nran9pfeces beneath the train.
 <; VA dear old grease, begritned car re Vy1fer, whose name l afterward leara~
 was Mike O1oo.e. happened to he Eht on the spot at she time and. ses- fg my prcdIcamen;. hastily sprang tnder the car and yaMi.ed me out. leAEas black ss the ace Of spades My St 1othes were tottcrcd and torn. and Tfas bruised frcns head to foot The rgefd fellow was very angry and said ,rnhe intended turning Ine oyer to the big ., loNceman Wht, was even then stanG E at the entrance gate $ few feet o" fTdy. With tears ia my eyes l hegsvj onVee old fellow not to arrnst ,ae
 hrea "Let me tesl you who am and .i,e robAkrd luck 1 have had" pleaded, nAEnd maybe you won'i iii1ia so haati a.M Old Car Grsassr a Friend
 .;,I The old car greascr saw the tears is. N eyes as they triekled over tht. scot Ind grease, and without saying fn(Ford he led me to a little room in the fahrds.
 dgtWash yourself, kid.' he ordered, tI tnd then I'll talk to yez.''
 ! While sl,uttering in the water and 3Ep I told him that l was Kid Nel- fn aud the. l had given my word to D tn Milwaukee shortly 10 fight Cy- lone Johnny Thompson. l told him ! my misfortune at Hot Springs and ! my old mother at Hegeuisch. He fopped minute as if thinking.
 "Hcre's the clippings said. and ' hlled out the dope that l fati ,uf rom the Chica-a papers.
 |, l'Iock here. kid he suddenly eA. lalmed, 'agp yon the boy that licked bat Ole Olcseu out at Hcgewisch:" l sf Pld him that was that selfsamc boy, lThe old ,s4af danced wi,h s,lce W hen showed him ,te clippings tel!in. of bw I licked several negroes down buth.. He then got towels fer me and w that was nicely fixed up.
 He secured a clear ncir pf overall. ,r me, after which he naat, ne .;az Ike of his morning lunch. He then bowed me fast train which was eaded Chicagoward and would pull ht i'll half an hour. The old man even ent so far as to tip of the fireman hat was Kid Nelson. the great tile Hegewisch boxer. was pretty N ell taken care of after that, and late hat evening I rolled into the Polk Ereet station, happy, though pretty hd!y used up. It Was a record break
 trip and. mind yo,l didn't cost me
 penny. pulled out the friendly ye spot upon my arrival and fed the tiger" on real steak at my old stand
 E's place. Flynn Bros restaurant.
 Bit Has a Real Feed.
 z After putting away the first real led 1 had had since leaving Hot brings felt pretty good, only that as dust begrlmed. and ny clothes ere all worn out. after the thrilling tperience of "A Night and q Day" 1rried down to one of those ten cent hop houses on State street where bu get bed and bath all for a me. l. of course, broke the rules of (e house by taking the bath before