The Springdale news., 1914-09-25


 most men inside the ring or cut II was just that dumb. dead feeling I had ] when l was up against regular that always done me up. One evening l was walking along ] near the Bowery. thinking about | things, when along comes stunning ! party. About six or seven they was. all 1 in s*allovtails and these silk hats i that don't shine One Of the gang kind ! of shoves me of the sidewalk hadn't . had scrap in three days, and I just says. Delighted and hits him back ! Of the ear
 Well. we had 1t That Johnnie put up as decent little fight ss you'd d want to see in the moving pictures. It vas on side street and no cops around. The other guy had g iot Of science, but l. only took me about six minutes to lay him out Some Of the s1alloxtails dragged him up against some steps and began 10 fan him Another one of 'en comes over to me and says:
 Young man. do you know what you've done2'
 Oh, beat 1t, says | I've done nothing bu, little punching-bag work Take Freddy back to Yale and tell him to quit studying sociology on the wrong side Of the sidewalk.
 My good fellow. says he, I don't know who you are. but I'd like 10. You,Fe knocked out Reddy Burns, the champion middlexeight of the world II you
 But when I come out of my faint was laying oa the floor in Q drug store, saturated with aromatic spirits Of am monia. f I'd known that xas Reddy Burns I'd have got down in the gutter and erawled past him instead Of hand ing him one like did Why. 1T l d ever been 1T ring and seen him climbing over the ropes Id have been all b the sal volatile
 Well. must De going. said, ris- ing and looking with elaborate care at my watch
 When &as 2o feet away the park bencher called to me
 Much obliged for the dollar. he said And for the dime But you'll never get CT You're in the amateur class.
 Serves you right said 10 my self. for hobnobbiag vith tramp. His impudence,"
 But, as walked. his words seemed 10 repeat themselves ever and oyer again in ny brain. think even grew angry al the man
 III show him = finally said aloud I'll show him that car fight Reddy Burns. too-eyen knowing xho he is
 hurried 10 a telephone booth and rang Up the Telfair residence
 1 soft. sweet voice nswered. Didn't know thaUvoice@ My hand holding .Ee receiver shook
 Is that you" said I. employing the foolish words that form the vocabulary Of every taiker through the telephone.
 Yes. this Is I" came back the an sweT in the low. elear-cut tones that are an inheritance of the Telfaifs. Who is il, please7"
 Its me- said I, less ungramatical- ly than egotistically Its me. and I've got few things that want to say 10 you right now and Immediately straight to the point.
 Dear me. said the voice. Oh, it's you, Mir Arden.
 wondered f any accent on the first word was intended.
 Yes, said | T hope SO And now 70 come down 10 brass tacks thought that rather Q yernacularism. if there IS such word, as soon as had said il. but l didn't stop 10 apologize. You know. Of course. thatI love you, and that I have been in that idiotic state for long time. l don't want any more foolishness about it-that is, I mean I want an answer from you right now. Will you marry me or not? Hold the wire. please. Keep out, Central Hello, hello. Will you, or will you not.
 That was just the upper-cut for Reddy Burns chin The answer came back
 Why. Phil. dear, of course will I didn't know that you-that is, you never said-oh. come up 10 the house. please-I cant say what want to over the phone You are so importu- nate But please come up to the house, won't you =
 Would |?
 I rang the bell of the Telfair house violently. Some sort of human came 10 the door and shooed me into the drawing room
 "oh. well, said l to myself, look ing at the ceiling. any one can learn from any one That vas pretty good philosophy Of Maeks, anyhow. He didn't take advantage Of his expert ence, but I get the benefit of it If you want to get into the professional class. you've got to
 I stopped thinking then Some one was coming down the stairs. Ny knees began to shake. I knew then eI1