| Show MRsKEllY WAS GURIOUS Wanted to Know Whether I Middlemiss Would Shoot CAPTAIN PULLED HIS GUN I Excitement Caused Last ITight in a Second South Street Saloon by a Gentlemanly Argument Over a Point of Etiquette Bystandcis Bobbed the Undertaker of a Job I Pugilistic Peacemaker Received a Poke in the Jaw and His Assailant Shed Tears Couldnt Stand Abuse Just to save the porter the trouble of cleaning up a few gallons of blood legs arms and other fragments of the human hu-man anatomy the bartender nnd bystanders by-standers In a West Second South street saloon Interfered with a tragedy which one gentleman seemed anxious to perpetrate per-petrate on another gentlemen last evenIng even-Ing Owing to this untimely Interrup I tion It Is I not known and probably never will be known which gentleman would have become the recipient of the flowers and slow music If 1 the affair had been allowed to reach a climax Capt J R Middlemiss the well known mining man and a gentleman from Colorado named Kelly also an exploiter of the hidden treasures of the earth were the gentlemen involved Each had been slaking his thirst In front of the mahogany when the trouble trou-ble started A difference of opinion arose over some point of etiquette possibly pos-sibly the number of smiles a gentleman can take before breakfast without forgetting for-getting the number of his restaurant Thp argument grew heated and it is alleged by some of the spectators that the gentleman from Colorado handed the gentleman from Utah a punch of the sort not described In the bartenders bartend-ers guide The doughty Captain then conducted a hasty search of his pockets pock-ets and brought to light a revolver The gentleman from Colorado threw out his breast and pointing to a G A R button in his coat lapel exclaimed Shoot right here Whllo the Captain was choosing a site for a puncture the bystanders rushed In between the combatants and hurtled them out different doors of the saloon Capt Middlcmlss was persuaded per-suaded to go down the street but Mr Kelly of Colorado seamed anxious to return to the saloon and find out whether his adversary really meant to shoot or not A prominent sporting man who has Igurcd more than once In the prize ring grabbed Mr Kelly by the arm and attempted todissuade him from his rash purpose Much to the peacemakers surprise the gentleman gentle-man from Colorado drew back his arm and gave him a terrific blow on the Jaw which made him see all the animals Barnum ever heard of He gently reproved re-proved the bllllgcrent Kelly In such language as this i 7 MI r i I The gentleman from Colorado burled his face in his hands and as the tears came between his fingers he exclaimed ex-claimed I I never ould stand it to be abusedi |
