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Show FOR LOVE OF A FAIR FACE GUARDSMEN BATTLE WITH GLOVES . EVIDENTLY tho National Guard officers of-ficers are determined that tho days of chivalry shall bo revived. "None but the bravo deserve the fair," and two officers of the First regiment resolved re-solved to put this to the test last Friday. Rivalry had been keen between tho two for the affections of a certain damsel. The fair maid was strictly Impartial with her favors, showing thorcln her good Judgment, Judg-ment, for It 1b better to receive two boxes of candy per week than one. It is aald that she oven stimulated competition. But one of thorn, a prominent officer of th nigiial corps, made up his mind that things had to como to a climax. It was agreed that on Friday evening they should meet in a secluded spot invar tho Country club, with six-ounco gloves and three seconds apieco. All this was kept a secret, for fear tho newspapors should got hold of It, and the girl. In con-flcnuencc, con-flcnuencc, refuse to have anything to do with elthor of them Tho fatal hour arrived. Late on Friday ovonlng tho conductor on a State prison car stopped at the corner of Mlnth South und Ninth EaBt to let oft eight young men. Ho little dreamed of the desporato contest that was about to take place. If he had ho might have relinquished his post to witness this sixteenth century phenomenon. The combatants were all In earnest, though the seconds wero not wise as to tho reason for tho battle. At lust they were stripped of collars anil all such Impediments; at bust tho atrlngs of tho gloves were tied; at last they had tossed for position. Tho hand-shako hand-shako that Is customary when putting on he gloves was spurned by both parties. For soven llerco rounds both fighters stayed with It, thinking that the prlzo was woll worth the gruelling. The Lieutenant Lieu-tenant of tho SJgnal corps kept his eye on tho main chance, for ho held his guard carefully over his face. At tho end of tho seventh round his opponent decided that' there wero "other pebbles on the beach" aftor all, so ho left tho honors with his enemy and departed from tho-lleld. tho-lleld. Let those who arc ourlous keep their yo out for a uomowhat contused countenance counte-nance on parade today. Tho Signal corps should ho doubly proud. |
