10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUfl.fyVY , NOVEMBER 5 , 1893-TWENTY PAGES.
CHAT WITH THE BOXERS
Tommy Ryan and tha Belfast Bpidci Got
in Their Work.
AMONG THE HORSEMEN AND HIE BYKERS
Tlio Hull 1'liiyrrn nml 11m rlg'ktn IUrker
Chit-urn In the l rly liny * < eio
on Ilin rintto nniJ Unnll In
tlm Mulible.
That tlio prlro flf-liter Im at lost found
lilmsclfin the sixmo boat with Othello be
comes more and moro apparent ns time
wanes ami the cnthuslnst who anticipates
nn early revival of the game Is a short-
Bighlod Individual indeed. Kvcry avallahlo
locality has boon worked until not a single
tiulntcrdtetocl spot remains , nna by the
period when the wliirMjrlB of tlmo brings
nrouiui smother oix > ch ot the sport many of
the , present Hallo luminaries will be but
BiHjcks in Pisttana'n milky way. Anyway ,
that Is how stio looks to u man up a tree.
The most prolific anil vers.itllo of all snort
ing writers , and especially these with a
bent tor the ring , as l > . . ( . Uonahuo and
Mncon McCormiuk , for instance , find themselves -
solves utthulrwItH' ends for substance for
theirdaily and weekly grind. From this tlmo
henceforward to that awcot-bye-and-byo in-
cldontally mentioned ubovo , must their
"stud" bo of a reminiscent character , but as
both are stocked with an almost exhaustless
fund of anecdote and story , It will bo many ,
many moons before they grow stale or unin
teresting.
Peter is ovenTgroxvlnR rancorous in his
pUiuo and dls-ippolntmont over the blocking
of the great international thumping contest
between Ciiixrlio Mitchell and Jimmy Cor-
bolt , and in a recent grist of plaintive ar
raignment lie says :
"There seems to bo just one chance for a
fight ; between CaVbelinnd Mitchcll.and that
is nn accidental meeting in n barroom. So ,
far as the Coney Island Athletic club is con
cerned , the match Is dead to the world , and
us for Now Orleans , it is out of the question.
This is not a pleasant prospect , but It Is the
best wo have , and no must make the best of
it. Corbott is specially desirous of avenging
the insults heaped upon him by Mitchell in
August a year ago , and from all accounts
Mitchell is very much like the famous Barkis
in that ho "is xxillin' . " It may bo that the
fun of fighting will bo thrown overboard for
the privilege of gaining free advertising , but
I will bo I'rcutly disappointed if the men
fall to come together In a real old-fashioned
Gcrnp bui'oro the snow Hies.
Of course , it xxnuld bo disastrous to the
great game of boxing , and It would bo cause
for all lovers of tho" sport So bccotno dis
gruntled , but I cannot sou how the affair can
terminate in any other than a free-for-all
event. "
Well , that is a game they are both familiar
nt , and ifniitttcra little , us long as it Is as
unlawful for thorn to meet ono way as an
other , which way they choose. Charlie is
us much at nome in a bar room scrap as
Jimmy is in the counting room of a bank or
drawing room , and as this fact about equal
izes things , the quicker the.v > bump up "agin"
ono anothcrtho better. "When the event docs
come off. however , always bear in mind Ihat
I want the Knglish end of it. Tbrco cards ,
, please.
While on this subject , I cannot afford to
slight my old friend , Macoti , and in his latest
digest the following clause appears :
"Tho big glove contest between Jim Cor
bott and Charley Mitchell has been o-llsh-
ially declared "off" by Judge Dick Newton
of ttio Coney Island club. The great Eng
lish boxing club , the "National Sporting , "
has doclinud to liave anything to do with it.
It is at an end , for tlio tlmo being at least.
From the very lirst , I had my serious doubts
as to tlio ability of the Coney Island club to
pull it off , and its directors now feel that a
great blunder was made in having any
thing to do with it. It will prove a costly
blunder , too , before the matter Is ended , for
it has knocked out the club for the time
being. Whether it will over bo able to
respond to the call of "time" is something
that no follow can tell with certainty just
now. Its present policy is to lay low , say
nothing and wait in hope that the clouds
which now lower o'er its club house may
pass away , and in the deep bosom of the
ocean bo buried. It has made some money ,
fand Newton , it is said , has piomiscd that
f
Corbott and Mitchell snsll bo reimbursed
for their loss of time and the expense they
have been put to. It this promise is made
good , mniij will bclicvo that the club hopes
to pull off tint match in the indefinite here
after. Time alone can tell whether this
liopo exists. If it does it is a very delusive
ouo. I was always dubious about Corbott
and Mitchell uVuring as principals in the
Coney Island rlug and 1 am more so now
than over. "
Mac follows this up with a long screed on
the noble college game of foot hall , in which
ho shows how innocent and harmless it is
compared -with tun brutal game of boxing ,
and to clinch his argument ho runs the fol
lowing liflt > of < "casualties" which took place
on tbo prld.-iron tield the preceding week :
Lotiigh univetaity'R team , six players dis
abled ; condition not known , but so serious as
to necessitate tlio team remaining idle on
Saturday. Columbia's team , Washington ,
four players "knocked out" at Vittsbuiy on
Saturday. Allegheny A. A.'s team , "Sport"
Donnelly of I'rlncoton "knocked out. " Do
La Sallo's team , Now York , V. Irish ; cpilcp-
tie fit from Injury to the head. Princeton's
team , Hrown , left end ; head Inlurod In
scrimmage : compelled to retire ; King , quar
ter back , "knocked out" tlirco times. Allen ,
full back , badly wrenched iinklo. Cornell's
team , Young , full back , injured in scrim
mage , compelled to retire Crescent A.
A.'s team , Sheldon , left half back , wrenched
knee. Harvard's team , Waters , loft half
hack , injury to leg. Dartmouth's mam ,
Jones , captain , injured leg. Yale's icain ,
Stillman , injury to le # ; Buttorworth , injury
in leg , compelled to use crutches ; Arm
strong , Injured , In what manner not stated.
Naval cadet's team , snveral men reported
injured and unahlo to play. Bollleld's ' team ,
several men injured in the llrst half of the
Buuio with tlio Mount Airy team ; stopped In
consequence.
lM. _
"How would it do , " ho concludes , "for the
Coney Island Alhlctio club , the Columbian ,
Uio Olympic and the Now itockawnv to
limngu Into -improved foot ball clubs.1 Then
Jim. CorUitt could captain the Coney Islund
ttniu and Alltcla-ll ono of the others , The
'pmiio' rouhl bo played on Manhattan Hold
under 'now ruli-s.1 Tlio innovation would bo
wire to attract a tremendous absomblagont
110 , * 15aiid even J3 a ticket. A dispute
twld arise over a knotty point of plav and
the referee roulU refuse te decide it other
Umn to rail upon the captains to 'light it
out.1 They upuia acqulcsco and gloves could
bo brought In to them and denned in order
not to Tracturo the law. ' When the knotty
poliit WUB decided wo should all know who
'was the .iutcruutiouul champion of the
wortd , "
lu reply to a correspondent who wants to
Irnoiv who tlio fellow is who bui contributed
to Tim DEB to many Interesting articles on
the ring from North 1'luite 1 would state
Umt it Is not exactly Uio newspaper custom
to "give > v&y" anybody , but as I huvo enJoyed -
Joyed tbeso contributions immensely myself
and know that "tho fellow" has no iiood to
bo ashamed of Ills identity I take pleasure in
laying before my raiders a private letter
received from him some weeks ago :
Npirril 1'I.ATTK. Oct. 8 Handy Orlswold
SnorMns KUitdr of Tim llt-u : 1 Just wunt to
U'll jou that tlinru have biu'in > uuTul"Bu dyb"
tin ivurfamltv , and will not dutuln you but a
( moment. Tliu most illstliiKiilslii'd cmuof that
oed old Scottish IIHIUU was u cousin of nilno
horrent , tint IIH a cndet In the Kim India
company a si-rvlro und suxr considerable uc-
Uxobervlou during tlio mutiny. I hud tt
puper Mint out cuntatnlnit liU death suuio
years luc * . "At Loliistura UnrdviiB , Hyde
rnrlc. Major tic tie nil Alexander 1C. Uniinnn , II ,
Jl's. Indian Army irpllmdl. jiged 03. " Ho w g
IwuvMOullocI y.uuly lit lioiui ! . My oldc t wm
"fiiuidjr , " Aioxtttidur K. Uunnau , was lately
promoted Iromilrauk'liUnmu to ( . ' ( moral fore-
UIMI of Iho nmclilne ahou on the lUo Uraudo
bltni cotujiuny at Hall J.uku. 'J'Jio
are In tuck , for ills Infant tiuudy took tuo
second jiilzo atababyihow and was , pro-
nomicod hr the abln judges lo tw a
phenomenal kid. ' Indoml. At to my clf ,
I wnitmrn at Onmenhalrn Mat , Onllowxy ,
Scotland , Mnrrh 27 , IH28. My fAtm-r w liio
minister of tlm parhh nnd hrOIrd In 1832 ,
ItMivlna a nlilntr and right small children , I
wnionly4'i year * old. I went to Knglnnd In
1H42 ami sum-linn apprenticeship In.itpnchmo
Miop. I loft Knglnnd for thN country an Or.to-
lior 11 , ISM , to sock my fortune. 1 nm sorry
to ; iy 1 npvcr found It , nltlioimli I huvo been
nblo In Itccp my bond nlmui wntor , notwllh-
Mnmllne hnrlng ral cd a large fiitnlly < tlirniiKti
dropping Into several lezncios HiioUK'h the
drntht of trlntlvei on ( ho ( ithrr Sldo of the
Atliiiitlc , I inn respectfully your * .
JOIIXK. CANXAN.
Can it bo tr.io that the llehtlni ; tr.inio ha"
shifted to cultured IJostlng Iho homo of
John \j. \ nnd the dcllcnto ho.ui ? It looks that
way , nnyhow , when you think of the bloodv
nnd savage btttlo fought by IKO Weir ami
Australian Hilly Murphy In tlio Crlbb olnb
Thursday night last. , That the Spider won
surprised but fow. In his dav ho was un
equivocally the greatest feather in the
world. Hilly Murphy , too , was a Bright star
once , but ho has gone back fast , is ' 'nutty , "
and while ho continues to fight well , doesn't
seem nblo to lick any ono. Ho might pull off
n win , however , if through ttio intervention
of friends ho could arrange a match with
George I > ti Dlancho. ' " 'ho Murlno Is now on
n "knocking out" tour thvoueh the country ,
and no mutter whom ho meets , always uocs
out Just for beer money. 1 might ( Uil. very
properly" , too , that George lias boon put out
so often recently that ho is now looked upon
as out ail the lime.
Our old friend , "Tommy Ryan , it seems ,
won his light with harry Jamison , the
Bridgeport heavyweight , last Thursday
night , in hollow style , as tlio hnssy bms
would put it. lie lulled the big dub into Iho
land of nod with a uunch or txvn early in the
second round , all of which goes to show that
Tommy clearly understands the situation
when lui enters into any of thrso matches ,
for Ilynn to continue taking chances with
men way a bora his clasp , but being always
unsuccessful in his endeavors to pull of a
light with ono of tlio crackajacks of his own
rank , nlways leads his frlnnds to suspect
that there is either something wrong with
the boy's think tank or that ho knws his
blr. better than any ono else a rare thing
with a pug. However , Tommy evidently
realizes that Uio gang who a few months
smco would recoil will ) distrust at an offer
to put up his bauds for a few thousands ,
will bo lucuy from tnis on out to get n chance
to go for a handful of nickels. And then
again , thcro is a hard whiter coming on , and
we lighting boys must do .something lo get
our overco.its "out , " and to guard against
the possibility of a snowball diet.
SANDY GKISWOMI.
Thanksgiving I > uy'n Circuit. Cmiteift.
The foot ball teams of the Nebraska and
Iowa SUite universities ate both practicing
hard for their big battle nt Young Men's
Clirlstian association park , this city ,
Thanksgiving day. Each cantniti has
issued his orders for the active season , nnd
these include that the plpo and ciirarctto
must bo sacrlllced , that till rich food bo
eschewed , and the inon subsist only on a
plain and substantial diet for the next
twenty days at least. They are not to in
dulge in any spirituous liquors and are to .
rciiro and rise us early as is compatible with
their various duties. Commencing with the
last week before the great game still more
strict training rules will be laid down , and
admirers of this thrilling spoil-can safely
count upon witnessing probably the hardest
fought game that has e < er been played on
the local grounds.
The Young Men's Christian association ,
under whose management Iho battle will bo
fousht , are leaving nothing undone that is
calculated to enhance the pleasure nnd ex-
cltotnentof the occasion. Knlarged accom
modations ivill bo made for the crowd , the
Hold put in absolutely perfect order , nnd
everything attended to that will lacilitate
peed pl.iy and conduce to the enjoyment of
thofcpcclators. Excursion rates have been
arranged upon several of tlio railroad lines
running into Omaha and so great is the in
terest intho contest throuchout both states
that a big attendance is anticipated from
abroad. With good weather Omaha will
turn out a vast throne of people , there be
ing a sufllciur.t number of ex-students of
each university to make a respectable crowd
by themselves. Of course ilioy will all be
out , as the interest and rivalry existing
within the respective ranks < of the noncombatants -
batants is on a par wilh that which chases
the blood through the veins of the twenty-two
brawny joung athletes who will bravely
battle for their colors on the field. The
game has becomn extremely fashionable ,
and Omaha us will not lag in a matter that so
afreets their pride us a Struggle between the
intellectual nnd muscmar youth of the two
states certainly { iocs.
The Oin ilm AUtlntiu Arddemr.
The Omaha Athletic academy is a now
mslitution here , but promises to bo a ,
success. It is coiidnctcl by Profs. Gulwits
boxing instructor , nnd Denis , fencins
master. Prof. Guiwits has had nearly
twenty J eai s experience as a teacher of tlio
manly nrt and Is well < ] uajilied for the work.
Prof. Denis was formerly master-at-arms in
thv French army and is an expert with the
foils , broadsword or single stick. Public
exhibitions of boxing and fencing will bo
given every other Friday evening at the
academy throughout the winter.
Around tin. Olllcu Stovn.
Joe "Walsh lias been restored to his old
winter job with the PacHlo Express com
pany.
Winlleld Suott Camp has received a fair
offer to again try his lock in the big league ,
and If he Is wjso will accept \rithout waiting
for something better.
Captain Lisle Abbott of tbo Youne Men's
Chrlstiui-association ; ball team is already
figuring on the campaign for next season.
His team will bo materially strengthened
and nn attempt made to effect a regular
weekly schedule with thestrongest teams in
tlio state.
John S. Barnes of Minneapolis was In
Omaha on Tuesday last sizing up the situa
tion with the view of admitlin.cr Omaha into
the now Western league. Mr ! liarncs met
with absolutely no encouragement nnd the
Guto City's chances for professional base
ball in Ib'Jl are exceedingly attenuated.
Judging Irom the outlook the consumma
tion of tlio Hi'hemo to reorganize the West
ern leaguu with Detroit , Toledo , Indianapolis
and Columbus In ii is mi exceedingly prob
lematical quantity. A boiu-lldo Wrstorn
league composed of Kansas City , DCS Monies ,
Sioux Cily , Omaha , Lincoln , Minneapolis ,
Si. Paul nnd possibly Milwaukee might pos
sibly hi ) successfully organi/cxl.
James 1C. Canavan , Cincinnati's loft
fielder , will bo in good trim next spring. Ho
is one of the sensible young ball players who
do not spend the winter mouths in idleness
and fixing on flesh. The Knclaml Polo
league has given the Worcester franchise to
Canavan , and ho will have full charge of
that team. Jesse liurkett , tlio Cleveland
player , ban been named as one of the mf.
orecs of the league. Manager . 11 , Mo-
Gunnlglo. the old Drooklyn director , has
charge of the Providence club.
"Dad" Clarke has been signed by Kow
York fur JMU , S500 being the jineo Erlo re
ceived for Ins release. Jimmy Peoples , who
recommended Dad to the Giants , has this to
say of him : "Clarke is the best pitcher In
Iho Eastern league. Ho outclasses Fisher ,
whom Cleveland soourud from Buffalo , and
Is tlio superior of Nlcol of Erie , who goes to
Pittsburp. Ho is n right-lmnder. haa grunt
speed and a most deceptive droji ball , lie is
no spiing- chicken , as ho pitched for the
Omatuis-somo time ago with Kid Nichols of
tbo liostons ns his partner and Soleo of the
Bostons ns manager. Sincu then lie has
been improving steadily and is now , in my
estimation , ouo of ttio best pitcher * avail
able. "
/I liu hpurtKuien' * iludget.
The gocso have begun to arrive along the
upper Platte iiud Missouri in something like
their old-time numbers , and it is quite lilcely
that local gunners will make sotno flae bags
within the next fortnight.
John J. liardln , who lias been recognized
ns ono of Omaha's most skillful Held shots
for years , stuck u few additional plumes in
his hat in the recent gun club hunt. His
score fnr exceeded that of all the other con
testants combined.
Judge Ogdon'a handsome nnd valuable St.
Bernard iva stolen from his kuunol on tbo
judge's premises a night or two since. This
wanes the second time the unimal has beeu
stolen. The judge thinks a great dual of the
clog und it will go hard with the thief if ho
happens to run foul of him.
Tlio banquet given 1 > y tueloslrig side of
tbo Omutia Gua club hunt at the Merchant *
last Wednesday evening was one of the
moat complete affair * of tha kind over
achieved 'by this time-honored , association.
Thohotrt people ontalrt thomsclvcsi partic
ularly the chef do cnlslnc. Tbo table w s
ft dream of loveliness , with Its fragrant
blosiomsj\nd trailing vines , whllo the ban
quet Itself was n feast fit for the gods.
The reports that wcro rife during the
summer season as to the prospects fornn un
prpfcdenlcd quail crop tnis fait h.\vo all
held good , as there nro more of these royal
llttlo game birds In this vicinity this season
than has been known for possibly fifteen
years. Kvcry wheat stubble , every plum
thicket or splotch of favorable cover , seems
to hold Us covey , and it Is no trick nt all to
tro out In almost any direction with n good
dog nnd find ns "lino sport as ono could ask.
In his very plcisln ? nnd Instructive re
marks at the Merchants' banquet the other
evening Judge H. K. B. Kennedy said that
the < irst prairie chicken ho over s.w : was
shot on Farnam street in front of the old
pioneer block which stood whore Goodman's
drug store now stands. The bird came
( lying over , nnd n convenient man with n
sholcun brought it down. Tlio Judge also
told how in the old days It was n common
thing for htm to pick up his gun nnd sally
forth , ji short ways out Hnrney street , and
kill his tun or n dozen birds before break-
fust , , and many and many a onu ho had
dropped in his own bark yard. In speaking
about the wild fowl and their gradual but
surodlmlnishmcnt , bo said ho i-oUld well
romumder the tlmo when the geese
would settle on the numerous bars in the
Missouri between this point and Floroncn in
countless thousands and it was n * easy mi
under tn icing to make n good bag of thu wury
old h oil Ue r.s ns It would bo tbuny of English
sparrows , The judge was In ouu of those
fclleilous reminiscent inooJs iu.M is the old-
time siiorlsnmn'.s chief dcllirht , and wl.ilo
ho told many good lllings , ho did not tell
half enough , if Iho applause of Ills assem
bled brethren Indicated anything.
uT thn Whtid.
Whlsuorings are exceedingly taint today
owing to the scarcity of .club news.
M. O. D.ixon is moving his blcyelo store to
Sixteenth and Chicago , his business demand
ing larger quarters.
Mr. and Mrs. Ixjuls Fleschcr left 'for Min
ncapolis and St , Paul Friday evening to
spend their honeymoon.
llapny Jack Kusttn.m of the Omaha Wheel
club has packed his wheel nd hlod himself
to Hcd Oak , la. , where he has accepted a po
sition.
The different wheeling organlzalions are
"
not as eager to "got into tho" saddle and
away" these cool mornings as of yore. Few
club runs arc indulged in and fevtorwhool-
men attend thoso. " The club house hearth
catches the festive biker these days.
The wheelmen were well represented at
church last Sabbath evening. A goodly
turnout from uach wheel cluu swelled the
congregation al Uev. Odell's church consid
or.ibly. The reverend trenlleman cave the
hoys n good welcome and a pleasing sermon
The members of the Tourist Wheelmen
club will plnngo themselves into the mad
whirl -of a "club smoltor" next Tuesday eve. ,
the 7th inst. The Orion Flute quartotlo
and Omaha Xithur club , assisted bt several
other musicians and the club's entorUiin-
mom committee , will endeavor toseothat
everyone has a good time. Light rafrc-sh-
men Is , pipes and cigars will bo plentiful. A
feature of the evo'ling's entertainment will
bo a guessing contest , and the reading of
the election retuuns.
The few players who sat down to the
seventh sot of high live games for the
championship of the Tourist club were
happily sumrlsed to find that one of the
clubmen hau provided a light lunch with
"liquid accessory" for their osuecial atten
tion. Tjouis Flescher. one of the prominent
clubmen , became a benedict while his club
mates were feasting at his exncnse. and
many were the toasts and well wishes
tossed off to him and his "bonnie bride. "
The card party broke up nt 11 o'clock , each
participant fci'Hnc that ho had had a goad
time. .Henry Frcdrickson nnd and John
H.vnes tied for highest average dltrimr the
evening , but did not play the tic off. Sfeventy
games out of the 100 scneduled have now
been played every game missed by a player
after last night's play counts as lost.
Talk of tlio lluu Men.
The Nebraska pacer , Captain "Payne-jvas
named after the Oklahoma , boomer. He has
n mark of 2:20 , and isrthe property of Hon. :
E.V Liowis , Cambridge. *
Per Simmons , the black horse owned by
W. P. McCrenry , Hastings , Nob. , in 18UU ,
was sold nt the Berrv Chicago sale. October
'J4 , to Perry Wood , Chicago , for S2dl ) .
Ella Woodlino , with a record of DiSfly as a
yearling und 'J:23 : > as a a-year-old , has been
sold by E. D. Gouhl of Fullerlon to the well-
known Lexington , Ky. , horseman , John
Modan.
J. M. Rico , Sterling , Neb. , owns a handsome -
some colt by the dead stallion race king , Lo-
basco , ' : lQs , out of a mare rich in Nutwood
George \\iiltes. Volunteer and Satellite
blood , and should bo a trotter and sire o :
trotters.
The fastest fifth heat of last year was
trotted in 2llif : , and the honors rested be
tween the range bred gelding , Kyland U' . , am
Grecnloaf. Alix , the racing queen , and King
Uircctum have each trotted a fifth heat this
ycnrin:0 ! : < J %
" Bcauchamp & Jarvis , Concordia. Kan.
huvo purchased Twin Oak ia040 by Jersej
Wilkcs 'JoUO , dam Mary Hello , dam ot Urban.
Belle 'Ji'JO and Ilex 2S3)i by Brcckoiiridgo
Western Resources ,
Pawnee City , Neb. , is making an effort to
build a mile track. Ben Johnson , the prin
cipal trainer at that point , lias given Iho
public confidence in the industry through his
gentlemanly and busincss-liko manner o
conducting nis business.
Frank and'Pat Kinney of this city have a
mare , Pearl 1C , that is destined to rank
among the great brood marcs in the course
of another year. She is 8 years old and bus
four foals , ail by the same sire , the oldest o
which is : ) . years old , and all show remark
able speed. Marguerite has taken a It-year
old record of 2J-J. : ! and Tom Miller ayear
old record of 2iJf. : ! both iu races over the
iiulf-mllo track nt Lincoln , Nob. The year
litig and 'weanling are llllles , and show speed
They are sired by Williams , ! ! : Su > f.
ix rind Answer * .
Cou.vjir. lluiFKrt. In. . Oat. 30. To the
Sporting Editor of Tin : KIK : I'loasuanswiirtho
following quugtlons and oblige a coi.Ntiint
reader : ( 1.1 Is tliert ) any law UKulnst shooting
riibhlu In Iowa ? (12. ( ) What In the bust recoiil
fur onu inllf on wifi'ly lilcyclu and by whom
Hindu ) (3. ( ) Who Is thuctmiiiiilon wrnstlur ? (4. ( )
Who won more gainus , Iho lostojirltahu ! Hall
chili or All Americas ? ( & > Is u bittern gooil to
cut or nut ) ( G. ) Wlio Is thu champion wtni :
bbotof thu world and of Omaha ? A. F. 1 * .
Ans. (1. ) No.J. . ) J. S. Johnson. 1 ; f 6 3-5.
( a. ) Evan I > wis. (4. ( ) Boston. ( G. ) H is
good to oat. (0. ( ) Captain John L. Brewer ;
Frank Purtueleo.
ST. , lwi'ii. Mo. , Oct. 31. To thh Sporting
KdltorofTllBllcii : I'leiih.o stuto In .Sunday
inornliiK'h paper who Nthuratch-as-ualcli-can
\ ii'nll"r of the world * Ifthli is Kvnn I/owls
givu u lOinotlilngof liN locord , his IIKU , height
und sn f 01 Hi , und obllcu several constant
ruuduis of Tin : lift : T.ll.VII1U. .
j\ns , Evan Lewis IB the , vndisputod
calch-us-catch-cun wrestler of the world.
Ho was born near Madison , WIs. , May 24 ,
1BU ( , and is accordingly in his sad year.
His career as u wrestler commenced on his
20lh birthday , when ho was Induced to enter
a Cornish tournament , nnd was beaten by
the local champion , Kdward Kd wards , after
wrestling cloven bouts. Ixnvla afterward
bucceedod in defeating Edwards in u mutch
for $ -50 a bldo. Ho has competed in tourna
ments too numerous to mention and met uud
defeated all the best mon in , ttio world ,
among them the following : James Gallutln ,
Frank Whltmorc , Michael O HuVa , James
Faulkner , Charles Moth , Andie Christol.
John Loon , Greek George , Tom Cannon ,
Matsudu Sorakichi "the Jap , " Euwin Bibbs ,
JuckCarkeek , Joe Aclon , Bob Wright , Den
nis Gallagher , Jack \Vamioi > ; cf Uuglaud.
Charles Ureon , Knglish champion , ami
KrncBt Itoubor. "Lewis1 height is n feel U
inches , und he weighs in condition 180
pounds.
BriiATronn. la. , Oct. 23. To the Bportlng
Edllur of Tun 1IEK ! To di'cldo a but In a giuno
of draw uokur : A Jark pot U made , A opuns It
for 10 cents , II ruUes him U ) 15 ! cjnU. Tlioy
draw cardb. Is our who lieu tlret , thu man who
opciiH or the limn who ruli > o the onunur ?
I'luiuo unsnur lu nuxt Sunday t JJuu.r-Hport.
Ans. The above question was erroneously
answered in last Sunday's paper , As the
Kama Is played here , the opener takes the
Luilhitivo after a rulsc.
OUAIIA , Nov. 3. To the porting Editor of
TUK HKK : In coutlnuoun pool , such on trus
pluycd at Foloy's lust weeK'botwoon Johnson
nudl'uy ton , is 1 1 not the rulu thut thti ut rlker on
hulluK thu cue uall forf lts U lutll to tbo lablrf
I but sucb li tlio rule , while U bola that for IUU
olfcubu the pluyer puya a pcnaltybr Ouductlon
from hU t.core , Which li corrucU-l'ool Ad-
lulrer.
Ans. B.
B.Oct.
Oct. 80. To the Sporting Editor ot
'UK Hun ! To dcx-liln a bet ploasontuwoMho
otlowliiK quntion : In agnnmof ilfaw nokor ,
vhero fltrnlRhts nro Unrrail , Ahold thelive. .
Ix , seven , clWit nml nlno spots of huarU , 11
ioldf the ncp.luoun , nlno , elsht nnd woven of
Hiimoiidi. V/ It imiid tukoi tlif "pot" under
nlxivocondltl ? Kiiffono Koley.
Ans. Jl'n \ 1.
LINCOLN , A'o 1.Toino Sportlnff Kdltorof
Tun HUB : l'l u - drcldn tlm followlns nnd
oblluo u teii-y * romlm- TUB IIBK. A hats
I $10 tlnit liu tn Uirqtr n Irnno Imll 133 ynr < K
nit since the wimor wn < nindo hn porilstuntly
rcfu Pt to tnnke tlm trial , nllliniich fn-quantly
irRpd to do so by II , who finally Informiul him
but ho must nuiko the throw noxtJ Sunilny or
ese Iliu lii't. I IP 1 1 tbostiikoholdiT , and If Aloes
lees not nmko llfy trial \rhat nm I to do with
thu money ? -J , Jf J ,
Ans , As no tlrno was fixed upon when the
brow should bo made , ns I infer from your
otter , and thcro is no law which will comnol
V to make thu trial , I sea nothing else for
on to do hut lo hold on to thu slakes until
ho two men como to an understanding when
Iho irial shall bo mado.
O.MMIA. Nov. 8. To the SporlliiK Editor of
'HKllr.i : : \\bon Istho lixwfor prnlrluchk'kon
and KnmQ up In Mlnnmolji ) Amwor In
oihiy'.s paper uiul obllgu. 11. 1 > . It ,
-iVns Theopon so.isuti oxplredon WoJnos-
lay List.
niniiYin i'i * MI ? \ niiiiiTivr
tllluliilll , ! ' Ul A LUUHlltUi.
Glnrtnndlt Com mf re fill.
If my wlfo'n feollnija Were the only
consideration in tlio cuso I shouldn't lull
the ntory I'm < * ohiK to toll. She iloc n'l ,
on joy nny rcfcrcnuu to thu very poculiiir
vay she acted uud the lioa ulio told.
Jus ? Yea , lio'i , though lionvcu knows
'vo forjjivoii her , and I have not the
Blitfhtestdonbt the Father Inlienvun will
'orgtve hof , too. Hut slit1 declared point
jljmk a ilMin ( times she did not love nn * ,
lover would ore mlcl love me ; indued ,
wan perfectly indilYoroiit and uncon
cerned in Iho whole matter ono way op
, hc other. Yet , If I had known femi
nine huinnu nature I mljjht have known
ill the time that she would liuvo piven
; ior very eyes for mo. I didn't , anil con
sequently aho worried me n good deal .
But I am } join to tell the htory , so that
the generations now ( jrowlnp up and the
jencnitionst yet unborn generation1) ) of
young mon , I mctm may have some in
struction in Iho way women act and
thereby snve bath themselves and the
women from much strife and unhappi-
nossdui'iiigeour'tship nnd after. Women
are not all alike. I know. Not every
iniin has as stormy a courtship as 1 had.
But if the conflict doesn't como before
marriairo it Lb sure to come after mar
riage , and amounts td just the same
thing. Some live n , few weeks in an im
aginary paradise , and sea what appears
a porfpclly glorious future through un
atmosphere of rose leaves , and in that
state got married. Then , after the
honeymoon , comes the doubt of lore ,
and all that unhappy struggle of the
heart against itself which all women ,
however good they are , must liglit out
sooner or later. They can't help it.
God bless theip' It has been the custom
of us men to bhunc them bitterly and
tell what lives they lead its. But that
is all wrong , for we are quite as much.
to blame as tj > hy are , und in this way :
At this late stage of the world' * , history
we ought to have a fully developed bcience
or manual of the v'arious actions and re
actions of the fgmlriiuQ nature as man
sees it ; wo ought to understand the
causes of their wretchedness and unhappiness -
piness and gi\Hi them sympathy und consolation
*
solation whur no\v wo argue with them
aiid.blurao'thjfiu bitterly lot' ' what , poor
dears , they can't holy. It is'to do HJine-
thiiig toward' asildting humanity to
establish this science-or > manual of the
actions and reactions of the feminine
heart that 1 am going to relate the inci
dents of my < : oiirlship. It may be a lit
tle humiliating to the ladies , and espe
cially to mywife , at the first , but after
it is all over I trust that great good will
bo reaped from it by all concerned. My
wife , of course , will have to console her
self Avith the knowledge that her fellow
creatures may be bonclited , for the hum
bling it will give her pride. I don't
count , since I do not belie vein humbling
women's pride , but I know Ethel to be u
very unselfish woman at heart , and il
any good is to bo accomplished by this 1
feel hiiro she will acquiesce.
I mot Kthol in a country village whore
I went to live a nd whore she lived. 1
knew the same people she know and in
tlio narrow limits of a country village
wo Ixicamc quite intimate almost ni
once. I thought her a very beautiful
and attractive woman. She was no )
large , but very graceful and she hai
light brown hair , a light complexion
full of color and health , and gray eyes
I may bay of myself that I am a "shade
darker than she , with dark brown hail
nnd beard , and mild , brownish eyes , not
much more than gray. Ethel's lips
were very good , and her eyes sparkled
and danced , and she cut up a good manj
girl's capers , though oho was 123 years
old. Soon after making each othor's
acquaintance both of us became very
younfr indeed. I scarcely know why
It was in the hummer time and I went
to see her about live times i week in the
early evening. Wo usually pluyec
together out on the lawn. Sometimes
she lay in tlio hammock while i made
verses for her and gave her good advice
or else wo both occupied the hammock
very innocently , and talked a great dea
of nonsciino that I am sure was not at ul
bad , but which did not mean much o
anything to anyone but ourselves. T <
us it was fraught with the deepest am
most satisfying meaning , luhol was
something of a musician , und played und
sung. 1 sung , too , and many an evening
wo enjoyed together at the piano
These weeks were the happiest of my
life , I can bay with perfect honesty ,
'hope happier ones will como some time
in the future , but I fear they will not.
At the end of tlirco months or so I was
suddenly called away on business for
nearly a month , and during that time I
discovered that I was in love with Ethel
Before f had never had nn opportunity
to think'about it , such a blissful time
was I having. Hut as soon as I got fairly
bottled in Now York city , in the montl
of August , knowing no ono in the whole
region except the clerks in tlio store , am
having my evenings and Sundays on in ;
hands with nothing to do , then it wa
that I had plenty of opportunity to
think , to analyze myself , u > lind ou
without a doubt Unit I was head eve
oars in love with Klhel. Oh , what would
I not have given to huvo hod her will
mo then ! If the preceding three month
had boon the hupphist of my life thi
month was tlio most nrrotched. I was
\3onscious of growing thin and palo. I
nearly got sick , and if it had lasted inoro
than one month I fool certain I should
have had to go to the hospital.
Well , I had no difficulty in making up
my mind what to do about Ethel , 1 de
cided that I would make her my wife ,
That bho would muku any trouble about
it J never for one moment suspected.
During tiio preceding three months she
had evidently been as fond of mo as I
was of her. Ntiilhor of us , I am sure ,
had contemplated .matrimony , because
we wcro enjoying the. present too well to
think of the future- But when I consid
ered that I might bo taken away from
Ethel and spend the whole remaining
part of my life as I was sending that
mouth of August In New York. I did not
hesitate one moment iu deciding to ask
her iu marriage immediately oa my re"
urn , nnd I cntnonear wrtUn/j / to her
about It then nnd thnrc.
The dlfllcuUy , that , cnmo Inter , I think ,
wjjnn in the correspondence which I
resorted to it Umt tltua ns n relief to
iiy overburdened feelings. Ivrot
Hliol long and affectionate letter * . I
all but told her that I loved her. 1 dis
cussed eternal friendship : 1 analyzed the
lonpost relations of our hearts in those
tonoral terms which people who are not
icknowlcdged lovers may use. But
ICthcl hud three gay young mon cousin- ,
' [ oni the citv spending their vacation in
lie country with her during that month ,
ind as thov wcro oven handsomer than
1 , and doubt IUSH somewhat mure polished
nnd clcgunt and moro finished in the
iris of playing upon the vanity of young
nil I es Bho was much entertained , much
liittercd und quite indifferent to me.
Her letters wore whort ami unsatisfac
tory. I concluded that she was not
nueh of a letter writer , but still I wun
< eely dUaupointcd. As she became
cooler lliccninumorc ardent ; and before
Lho month of my absence was up I tie-
Ltially proposed , und was rejected. I
knew noifei'tly well why 1 was rejected.
It was nn account of these ricli city
cousins of hers , who flattered her vanity
and made me appear not quite good
enough for hor. She had a very high
opinion of her own worth , and had no
Idea of giving herself to any but the
liust. Hut I was curtain that none could
bo bettor for her , ot least than 1 , und
1 suspected from what nho said that
Iheso eit5 * cousins of hers wore iloklo
Llilngs , and I also felt pretty sure that
If oim uf thorn should propose ho would
bo rejected as t was. for at the Until
moment she would consider Ihat 1 was
bettor than tills city dude after all , and
since I hud been rejected ho must be re
jected , too. This , I was afterwards in
formed , actually happened two or three
days before my return to the pleasant
bhiulcs of old-fashioned Pumwurth.
When I hud returned 1 saw that Ethel
was very glad to si-o me. She came
down to the tuatn to meet me , as country
girls have the right to do , nnd took my
hand in hers and kept it thcro for a little -
tlo time as she led me oil up the street
to her father's house. She made not
tlio slightest reference to what had
passed in our correspondence. She told
me all the news , lo which I liftcned
quietly , but gladly , and then she begun
the old baliim > re iid nonsense in which
we had before found so much delight. I
felt almost happy again , Tor 1 felt sure
she couldn't huvo infant what she had
written. I grow silent thinking of my
love , which had become very lierco by
this time , nnd my ehce's ' , I knuxv. grow
Hushed , for hers wore Unshed , too , and
she began to look unhappy and to bo
silent as L was. She gave me a very af
fectionate handshake when I left her ,
however , and asked mo to come and see
her soon and tell her all about what I
3iud seen and done in New York. I prom
ised and wont away in a brown study.
What did it mean ? Did she really mean
to reject me ? T couldn't believe that
after the very allcctionnto reception the
hud given me. My feelings were so
xvrouglit up that 1 o.mldn't lot the matter -
tor rest , as it seemed she wiuhed to do.
But just what to sav to her 1 didn't
knovx' .
I went to see her the next ex'ening.
She was sitting on the pia/.xa , apparently
xvniting for me , and she welcomed me
with u smile and both hands out
stretched. I took tbein both , and on the
spur of the moment raised tlio loft ono
to my lip.- , . Ethel immediately snatched
it away , crying with Hushed face :
"How dare you1 !
I bat down on the steps gloomily
enough , and thought in silence. My
norvy-j 'were unsteady -aud my head '
fcwain . Kthol sat in jjilonce , too , Hushe'd _
and excited. " *
"Ethel , ' ' said I , "we" might as. well
liave this thing settled now ab any time.
1 love you. You ought to knowthatl do.
1 think yon have been very unkind to
me. I xvish you xvoulcl give mo some
reasons for acting as von do. "
"Mr. YateS , " said she in a voice bho
had great dilliculty in managing , because
it would keep going down in her throat.
' I have told you I do not love you. I
don't see that it is necessary to give any
reason for it. 1 simply don't. .My feel
ings are xvholly indifferent. I thought
we might be friends still. TJiat is xvliy
1 met you as 1 did yesterday. * ' I .smiled
to think that she reali/ed that her
actions at that time needed some ex
planation. "If you xvish to be friends
with me , as we xvoro before you went
axvay , well und good. I oiTer you my
friendship , aud if you care to take it
you may. ' But this other matter 1 think
we ought to drop noxv for good. My
feelings may change , but I do not think
they will. "
I looked atlier and saw that she xvas
trembling all over. I didn't believe a
word she said ; ypt I didn't know what
else to believe. 'My own feelings were
too unsteady for mo to say or do any
thing that 1 have since wished I had
done. I ought to have taken her in my
arms and soothed her and potted her
and teubed her a little , and bullied her
into letting mo Ids * her lips. If I had
been cool enough to hax-o done that all
would have boon over then and there. But
I did not yet know but she might mean
every word she said. So 1 said we
would bo friends , andvo bhodk hands
very formally and bade each other irood
night ,
Wiion I got away I was very angry
with Ethel , uud quite as angry with my
self. I determined never to go near her
again as Jong as I lived , and put the
thought nf her out of my mind forever.
The next day I plunged into business
afresh , joined a club of young men from
xvhicli Ihad , long hung oil , and pro
ceeded to enjoy myself as xyoll as I
could. It was a noivons sort of enjoy
ment that I experienced ; but it answered
very well. I didn't go near Utlicl for a
fortnight. At the end of that time my
fierceness hud cooled ; 1 began to wonder
if xvo couldn't bo friends after all , and
xvhcn her mother , xvho was a very dis
creet and wise xvoman und understood
her daughter perfectly , met mo on the
fill-out and asked mo to tuu that evening ,
I accepted her invitation and went.
I had some doubts as to hoxv the even
ing would puss , but I was delightfully
surprised. Ethel was very nuiot and
prettier than I had over boon nor. Her
cheeks were full of color , her eyes
sparkled , and her nninnor was exceed
ingly deferential ahd mook. I thought
she hud repented of her previous lofti
ness , und permitted her to gain my poor ,
weak heart buck entirely. Mrs. Burton
xvas present the whole evening , which
prevented any ombarassuicnt , and Kthol
played and fcung , and I sung , and wo
both sang together. I didn't permit my-
bolt to enjoy the evening quite us much
as I xvould have liked to do , bocuiibo I
xx-asn't qnlto sure whether my pride
ouglit to .Jet mo or not. Hut on the whole
it xvus a vary happy evening , and Ethel
bade mo an olTeotlonato good night in
the presence of her mother , taking my
hand and pressing it warmly.
' I djdu't go to boo her the next evening ,
but the evening after I culled boon after
tea. Mrs. Hurton xvas axvay , making a
call of bbmo sort , and Ethel xvas alone in
her hummock on the lawn. I brought a
chair uiul wit down beside her , und for a
time wo chatted on uhout indifferent
subjects. Hut I began to think about
BOincUiingolba , uud uho began to think
about something eiso , and the common
thought , xvhlch was not mentioned , but
xvhicli wo botii knexv was In the othor'u
mind , oherkud our six -oh and gave rise
to very iucidcd embarrassment. Ethel
dhowuri hernolf obstinate , aud 1 showed
my dosiro. I referred incidentally to
the old au'jeet , but she hastily put it
aside , anyingl
"Don't let us qnnrrel tonight. "
Finally the situation became so un
comfortable that I took my hat to leave.
She looked nt mo xvith n very coquettish
light In her eyoa and she gave mo her
hand In adieu" ; it xvus a very provoking
light that iniulo mo angry. She said
she hoped xxe would not cense to befriends
friends , and 1 very coolly assented. Hut
1 determined not to go Ihcro again. 1
xvonl homo and xvroto her the folioxvliig
letter :
Dour ICtliol You say that you do not lox-o
ir.o. It that is so , tlioro la some rcaiou for
it. If you are honest awl my friend , you
will tell mo xvh.it Ills. Ifjou xvotihl ( in
hmicst ami open xvith mo , xvo might 1m
friends , even If you coulil uovor love inc.
Tell me , ul least , if thcro is not some ono
else lor whom you oaro more. If thcro is , 1
will willingly give-you up to him xxbocnii
make you happiest. Hut if jou hax'cno bet-
tin1 frluml than 1 , tlieu gtx-u mo tlio court-
dunce anil trust that your best frlunrt deserves -
servos , and 1 xxlll p.itiuutly xx-ult for things
to "work " themselves out clearly to both of HI.
Most sincerely yours. JOHN Y. YATES.
It xvus txxo duys before 1 received nn
answer to this note , but ut last thu fol
lowing ! xvas handed to me nt the olllec :
My Hear Mr Yatcs P.mlon mo for not
answcrlm ? yotir note sooner. Mother hns
been ill uud 1 liavo hud to xvork iu the
kitchen. .10 liavu not hud the time to xvrlto
to unybo ly.
You askIf , thcro Is anyone else for whom
1 care , i can frankly say tlicro la not. * 1 bat ,
hoxvox'cr , does not ultur my feeling towaii' '
you , nml 1 ilo not think I can glx-o any reason
why 1 do not love you ,
I must request you to drop this subject
once nml forever , if xvo urn to eotitiiiuo to bo
friends. I have uusxvereil and 1 think that
ought to bo enough. Hastily yours ,
KTIIIII , UniToN.
To this note L in title the folloxving
angry reply :
My Dear Miss Hurton I don't think the
friendship you offer is xvorth Uccoptlnpr. Un
less you can gix'o mo your ronlldunco nnd
trust , I want nothing. Very respectfully
yours , .Ions YOUMI YATCS.
After tlmt it xvasopen xx'iir botxvccn us.
"When wo met on the street xvo simply
exchanged distant boxvs. 1 xvus not at
all happy , though much absorbed in my
work , but Ethel grexvyolloxvniiil peeked.
Wo managed to get u glimpse of each
other about once a fortnight , to see hoxv
the other took tilings ; but that was
about all.
Noxv , from my subsequent experiences
I sec what my gruve mistake was. I
thought Ethel cither a great coqiiolte
or very hard hearted and unkind , or de
liberately lying in regard to her feel
ings. I fancied she did care for me
a great deal , though xvhy she xx-ouidu't
oxvn it I did not understand. 1 do mi-
det'btand noix1. All might liuve been
prevented hud I been cool and collected ,
and gone to her in the first place in a
free and friendly way , and taken her
hands and potted her and teased her a
little. She xvus afraid I didn't love her.
She did love me xvith all her heart , but
bho porsuauud herself she didn't by such
reasoning as this : "Ho doesn't love me.
1 never could lox-e a man xvho didn't love
me. Therefore , 1 am altogether indif
ferent to him. Ho imibt be a bud man
to trout me as ho docs , so harshly , so
unkindly. It xvould be impossible for
me to love such a man. ' ' The poor thintr
dared not trns her oxvn heart and I did
not understand it xvell enough to quiet
it for her. I knoxv she must have suf
fered. She struggled xvith all her
might to suppress her natural affection ,
though in vain. She hud made a mis
take , though she didn't for a moment
subject it. She needed u kind and help
ful friend at Unit time moro than she
has ever needed ono since. I ouglit to
liavo been that friend , but I didn'.t kuoxv
enough to be / " _ _
For a fexv months I held my affections
in reserve , hoping that Kthcl xvould
ehungo in borne xvay.- But wJion the
Avinter had come and spring had fol-
loxved winter without nny lessening of
the embarrassment and fooling of an
tagonism between ns xvhcn xvo mot once
n fortnight at church or on the street ,
I decided to try and iind a little
relief in the society oi some other
young ludy. Suolj a friend I
found in the pcivon of Miss Angio
French , a bright , intellectual girl , full
of fun anil good nature , and not at all
sentimental , a friend of Ethel's to xvhom
she had introduced me. I begun by
spending my Sunday evenings with her.
Then I xvent once or txvice during the
week. In a small village such tilings
are reported xery ; quickly by tbo gos-
bips , and I knoxv Ethel xvould noon knoxv ,
too. t had a little malicious feeling in
the matter , for I half thought it xxnuld
muko her angry or jealous , in spite of
the fuel that she duclared that she xva
utterly indifferent to me. Hut xvlien I
mot her on the street or at church she
looked just the biimo , only paler und
moro unhappy , if any tiling. 1 xvas sorry
for her , but i thought it xvns her oxvn
fault , and she could simply blume her-
solf.
solf.It
It xvas curly in Juno that the end
eamo at lust. It xvas Sunday evening ,
nearly il o'clock. I huu1 been sending
three hours in empty dibcusalon xvith
Ixliss French , stuying simply because I
knexv not what else to do. I did not
care f or Angic , nor did Anglo care for
mo , but xve amused each oilier , and that
xvab xvhy 1 liked to-go to see her. 1 bade
her a lazy , affectionate good night xvhilo
she stood in the door xvith the lamp und
saw mo doxvn the path to the gate.
Then as I elo ed tlio gate she xxithdrexv
inside and the door xx-as shut. I wan
dered slowly along , looking up at the
stars , kicking the dust xvith my font ,
feeling verv' dissatisfied with mynelf ,
though not knowing what 1 ought to do
or what I could do , I xvonderod if. after
nil. there wcro not soma xvay of winning
Ethel. I half believed that she did love
mo after all , even more deeply than I
now loved hor. Why xvouldn t she yield
her stubborn little pride and let us be
happy xvlien xvo might bo so happy1 ;
As I xx'ulkcd along I saxv a liguro in
front of mo , and as J overtook it tbo per
son , evidently a girl , droxv aside to lot
me pass. As I did so I looked sharply
to see xvlio it might ho taking a walk ut
that time of night , and what xvas my
surprise to Iind Kthol.
"Why , Ethel ! " cried I in amazement ,
"what in the world are you doing away
oil hoco , and bareheaded , too , a mile
from homey" '
She hardly nnbxvorod me , but her voice
bhoxved that she hud been crying , and nf
bho pushed mo from liur she fell into a
sitting poituro ou the grass.
"Go nway , you fulbo thing , " she crioc
faintly between her solw. . "Lot moulono
I can take care of inybolf. Don't tone !
mo. "
She drmv up her knees and buried hoi
face on them , sobbing * > o violently thai
her small form shook and trembled in
the btarllght. All my hard feelings and
anger disappeared in a moment , over
come by my pity and alTectlon. Hut 1
xvas amazed und totally at a lohs to gnoBS
xvhat could bo the mutter. Sinking on
the grabs beside her 1 put my arm about
her tenderly , and bonding my head near
to hors , 1 asked as Bympathutically as I
could
"What is the matter , Ethel dear ?
Don t you knoxv that I um your friend ?
Let mo help you. L promise I won't tell
anybody. "
"Oh , yen you will , " she answered
faintly xvith u hysterical laugh ; "you
will go and tell your Angle jiibt as soon
aa you can get mo comfortably disposed
of. You hud better go and tell her uoxv ,
and I can wait for you. "
' Tell Angio ! " I cried in amazement.
Then It all dawned ou me what the
mnttor wui.Kthol -was jealous of Anglo ,
and had como U ) wntch mo , Kow my
heart bounded. A girl xvho ix-nn joulous
must first bo in lovo. No moro certain
sign oT love could I receive than this. I
droxr her llttlo limp form closer iu my
arms , xvith n certain energy and decision
that she made no al tempt to resist , xvhilo
1 cried , half Imighing
"Ethel , you dcnr , sweet girl ! Sj you
are jealous of Angle ! Well , you needn't
be-for I don't euro a fig for hor. I lovu
you and yon alone , and now you needn't
deny any longer that you'lovo tno ns
much as 1 love you. "
She was trying to hide her tcnr-wot
face in her hands and the folds of her
dress , but I mumigod to got mine down
ncnr enough to kiss her cur and part of
her forehead , und then I droxv her qukt
clo o into my arms and kissed her lips
' /You mean tiling ! " she ericd , In f.
voice that ti icd to bo very ixiltish , but
did not succeed at nil well. "You'vu
boon doing this to trick me , " she xvent
on. "If I had only guessed what you
xvoro tip to ! "
. Hut by this time she xvas walking
jH-accfully by my side , her arm linked
in minis though she turned her fucu
axvay and tried to conceal the tears that
now and then showed In the varying
J h
light. .
"If I hud only known it xvould have
hnd this olTect on you I should have
worked the trick long ago , " Nlhl I
guyly. "Hut what made von lie to mo
all the lime und say you didn't cure ? "
"I didn't lie , " protested she with
great spirit now. "I didn't knoxv it in i-
.self. I didn't think yon cared for me.
und if I hud let on that I cared for voi
and it hud turned out , Unit youdidn'\ \
cure for jno jiint imagine my position ! I
should huvo been disgraced. "
"Well , don't you think you rim the
sumo risk now ? , ' 1 asked in a teasing
tone.
"Perhaps 1 do , " she admitted , "but I
couldn't liolp it this timo. 1 think it
xxus awfully menu of you to come along
just then. 1 meant to got down that
other street there before you overtook
me. Hut it would have been undignified
for mo to run. "
"Of course , you eouldn't have run , "
said I in great good humor.
Since that night 1 have never hud any
trouble ixith Ethel. I never argue with
her nor ask questions. I alxniys do just
what I think is wisest und bo-a for her ,
wuiting for her to to protest if she dis-
ugrocs xvith mo and in the end xve almost
ulwiiys come to be of the tame mind. 1 f
who shows hei-hclf obstinuks or pettish I
do not blame her , but conclude that the
poor thing is tired orunxvoll , und rather
coddle her u little and treat her in
gently us 1 can , und she soon comes out
of her disagreeable mood. It is the
easiest thing in the world to manage a
xvoinan if jyou knoxv hoxv. But if "you
don't knoxv how it is like trying to
manage the devil.
\VocotiIdnol linprovu tlio quality if D.ltd
double the price. DeWltfs Witch Hawl
balx'e is the best , s-ilve that cxpsriouco can
produce , or thut-monex can buy.
!
A GrUAND OLD SOLDIER.
.Xliirolril CiniiiilHirt Mill l.niicx for Youll
nml ( tin I ) u 11 Itjttlr.
'
Although past 85 , Marshal Oonrobart1 ,
the last surviving marshal of Franco ,
bears his years lightly. TTo xvus c 111-
spicnous at the funeral of Marshal Mae-
Muhon , nnd expressed to the Italian
representative the hc > i > o tlmt Italy
xvould cut loose from the triple ullitinra
und join hands xvith France. His hair
has yroxvn snoxvy white , but his eyes
are as "blue and brilliant us ever , and
but for a little rheumatism ho xvould
have nothing to complain of. "You
have come'ho said to a reporter , re
cently , "to learn my impressions on the
past and present. Alas ! i hax'o not
much to toll yon. All I desire noxv is
repose a repose closed against all the
noise and bother from without , u repose
In xvhiuh 1 can remain ulouo with my
remembrance of former times. I liux'o
xvithdnuvn from 'tlio world since tlio
dentil of my devoted and tender xvife ,
and I live only in the past , xvhicli is
particularly dear to me , for 1 feel that
during my long career I liuvo done my
duty simply und honestly. You tuilc
of my younger days. Alu- > ! I
never cease to thinlc of them , and
only xvish they xvould come uguln to en
able mo to borvo my country on tlio field
of battle should war break out , xvliich
heaven forbid , for xvar is a terrible
tiling. Hut to hour the Miiind of cunii'in
und not be able to take part in tlio lire ,
xx'hat an excruciating torture1 ! und tlio
marshul , overcome by his fochng-t , IMIO
from his sent aim paced the room.
After a few minutes the fiery vutoran
calmed doxvn und resumed the cjnvo.'sa-
tion. "What , in reality , can I tell you.- " '
ho asked. "I nm not a learned man , I
um not a xvrltor ; 1 tun only u nun of
\\-ar. 1 knoxv of nothing hut military
expeditious , fields of b.ittlo und the
shock of urins. From my youth I XVUH
fond of tlio army. 1 have passed my lifo
on horsobuck , throughout Europe und
Africa. I huvo fought ovoryxvlmro und
all for the .greatness and glorj of our
dear fatherland. Today perhaps 1 am
used up. but 1 think if ] < Yunco needed
my Hxxord tomorrnxv I hhould liuve miHI-
cient strength left to nibli tohur roi-eue.
Ah ! the lifo of a Holdior is the finest of
all. To become n soldier agiiin , xvhu u
sweet dream ! To rocinnmcnce the cam
paigns of other days and follow ono'ri
career to Iho end xvithout fear of r.-
nrouch , like Iho vuiiunt Btulbo de Mont-
luc , xvhoso o'lltuph should I ) > that of all
xvarriors 'Hero lies Montluc.xvho never
roposud but in liis gruvo' to live nil
tins over nguln , what a bountiful dream ,
xvlmt n bad Illusion ! "
O CTO
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