Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20


to him strong.
"You amt doin broadsword act, you know, says
"alked about amn him outside there didn't YOU? WE'LL
lam away! Only don't waste it all on the atmosphere:
Now this time want to you edge in Time. Go tot.
But it's only another prancin bee, with the mtts
cuttin wide circles and never touchn anything more
substantial than air Which gives Pnckney the cue for
his particular line of josh.
"Neatly DONE Mr.. Whttridge!" he calls out the
old boy swing that misses the mark by yard
more THAT almost reached him, by Jove! Now
another! Excellent, excellent You're getting nearer
all the time And what powerful blows
Rufus putin like hoistn engine, his pop eyes
gettin CLASSY, and the dew was oozin out of him
like squeezed sponge. My wa nj quite so moist
but he was breathn just as hard and he threshn
them long of his around with just little effect.
"Ah, in and tag him for novelty says l.
@What do you think this is, lawn tennis! Reach out
Man. reach QUIT There he is behind YOU Well, for the
love of Mike, will you look at that maneuver? Hey,
push in You act like you thought the center of the mat
was trapdoor. Jump in, Abe, old top and throw
mitt at him."
But all that good advice Had about as much effect as
if I'd been coachin' wooden jumpin' jack. HUH
thinks l, "I just let EN- keep this up until they go
utes past the half and at the three they still wind
milln; but both was wabby their pins and with
their tongues hangin out.
"Ah, quit the merry go rOund. says l. Get together
there get together
And with that catches the Hon. Abe on the fly,
plants sudden shove between his shoulderblades, and
sends him staggern towards Rufus just the old sport
amin another swing into space How they man.
aged to do it SO simultaneous can't say but the two
Rufus topplin backwards. and crashn down on the
broadest part of him, while the Hon. Abe does couple
of Spins and then falls all in heap the other side
of the ROOM
@Double knockout and draw" says l, rushin over to
my man with glass of water
A S matter of fact, it of a double collapse
for with them soft gloves they couldn't have put
each other out in week But in the winded condition
they in wrist slap enough to keel either
of EN- | got Abe's head on my knee and sluiced his
face a O q
thought he Tugs back to earth with him, too
"Did-dd l hurt him $3.50 very bad?' says he, be-
tween pants.
"Oh, guess he'll recover" says l.
"Thank Heaven says the Hon. Abe, sighn' relieved
1t seem Rufus is bothered the way, when he
to minute SO later. Tell me- he gasps out
to Pinckney. "Will-wll he live?'
Honest not until we'd hoisted EN- up facin in chairs
would they believe they hadn't done mortal injury to
each other And when they got to breathn a little
easier starts in to find out what's back OF all this ami
mostly between such respectable appearn gents.
"Now that the awful carnage is over, says |, sup
pose you give idea of what it all about. What
was the deadly insult?'
Il guess I'm some blame" speaks up the Hon. Abe
@But when gets sight of Rufus walking along behind
right here in New York. just naturally thought he
Spyin on me-.
But wasn't, puts in Rufus. a heard you'd gone
to Boston,
That's where they said you'd gone" says Abe; $50
l took the afternoon train the other way
and | the express" says Rufus
3Guess both threw the folks at home little off the
track, eh?"
well you know how Matilda fuses about my coming
to New York alone" says the Hon. Abe sort of sheeps
"Same way with Mrs Whittndge,' says
Rufus, GRIMM
Then you're neghbors are your puts
in. "Whereabouts?"
"Tuttfeld, Mass" says Abe.
Charming name says Pinckney "Tutt-
field don't to place it, though"
It's on the Georgetown branch of the B.
& NJ explained Rufus. ave have big Z
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