The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-28

other appearances. Mike comes forth.
.siin down. shonld.r mn. left foot
straight. all imperfect position and ar.
gressiye as q grizzly, While The home
product hangs his arms loose and
tsways bach and forrad. looking ut
Mixes feet IKE 10 Is milking fine aud
he Is afraid OF being kicked. Then!
OF sudden be makes a motion Of
one glove Ike he Is iiagglns train,
sAllkelfarries aud turns loose an upper
cut for the farmers Kitchen that would
have broke every dish ln his pantry,
but somehow tue maG happens 10 I've.
out when Il arrives aud Cau't receive
lit In person. lie shifts ILLS feet ut the
right Instant and Is an Inch out OF
range. Mike drives uii with another
assortment OF .wallops. but tue liube
isn't there 10 sign for 'em. The lamp
light grew muddy with Mikes blows.
when all at once Mr.. By Heck reached
down. picked ,lp Ills right hand. piled
his knucsles VI ID heap on 1t and
threw II atssloJare.
ut hit him abreast OF the lower
maxillarles aud sounded like a buttn.
er beating steak with a clcayer. When
Mike struck the floor he bounced. aud
you'd u thought 1T was a Seminole
corn dance from the howl that r0Se
from that audience. didn't count
him out He wouldn't have under:
stood. and them obscluies would have
been an extravaganza. ] steps TO tile
front OF the stage. lifting my voice. 4
ani u good loser. aud Il sn,lle is always
Oh my face In adversely.
Gladly and genta,' says !, 'Senor
Hiram Oates Wilma de fight. Cougrat.
ulash. Then ! stops. for Hiram taps
ME on the shoulder.
"'fou're next, Papriky.'
".Me what? says ].
"'foufrc next
".So sabe.' says |. struggling my
shoulders.
"tYes. lye dew. Get Into them nit.
tens. for I'm going to clean up the
whole calpodle OF sou. white, yeller
aud black
Il appealed 10 the Roman nopulace
with all the chili cou carne accents In
my vocabulary. but their thumbs Is
down. A gray bearded goat in the
rear OF the hall hops up and. cries:
{ ".Hl-ram. It'll the dago. The per.
ifume nln't NO good.
".DagoH says |, getting sore. 4
ANITA dago. I'm us white as you. you
old dill pickle =
".Do him IN. HI says a motherly
lady in the front row. shaking her
bonnet lie amt no more Of a
.Frenchman than he,
well. sir. l'm getting pretty mad
by this time. And yet l don't banker
none for Hiram and the pillows. No;
! ain't cast IN the heroic mold Of a
Roman; gladiolus, and thcssands OF. the
areens sets my teeth on edge, but lin
fairly forced Into them boxing gloves
aud we 20 at 1t lille We was killing
snakes. Thinks l: I've got to rush
this Kansas thistle OF his feet Mike
was too gentle With him. So ! choi
.up.t air around him lnnd. remove s.
to get more room. l swing and jab
and counter and cross, but am I'm.
sipskssins hitting the places he had just
left. That boy is too shlftylto bit with
a shotgun, which Is surely! n pity. and
somehow | don't connect up with him
none whatever Likewise he don't hit
me. just keeps a glove In my eye or
brushes my hair with 1t till ! have
suspicious that be is playing with, me
and: that I'm being put through my
PAGES like a horse. I'm getting tired
and wabbly' in the legs. aud In one Of
my rushes run into tho organ. lcav-
Ing kncecap and create certain dis.
cords on 1t which don't sound like tile
.Alalden's Prayer, Sweat is running
into my eyes. my lungs feel like they
had on tight shoes. while. like the
rose that was born to blush unseen, /
have wasted. all my efforts upon the
desert air.
"We have fought mebbe. five min:
utes. with never single blow landed,
when grow desperate aud make a
last appeal to the audience.
Ladies' and, gents ] pants, for
heavens sake, stop this brutalityg
But the old man yells:
,isl. Nothing but ralnwaters Hlramn
And then Hiram com mcnted to so
aloref ME like d COOPER haoping a bar'ls
he as6dnded ME atliaroaGdt to see IL I
hdf ahs Mhdller spots; then be played
"a xyi1ph6ns sol6 on my short ribs.
boxed tile Compass with short arm
sjabs and bit me from four directions,
'at oncet, SO that fell forward toward
him. He stepped back. shot one Into
my sink, then crossed to my buffers
pantry. and at last l saw the pretty.
pretty fireworks.
Late that might me and Mike
caught the local at the water tank.
and when we was involved amongst
the straw. he says. feeling the bumps
on bis head tender aud gingery:
!. Them Ministries had Just one weak
point, Kink.,
:. What was itT groans.s
9 we ought to have Kept Balanm.,"