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Show THE TOUGH AND THE DUDE. A -H.17 tla.h liana toi lala aa ln.lai.. i.rr air '"' roii"i An. 1'robably oiio of tire moat urprl-d bnlllea that etir attempted lu linko iraure of a man now nurne-i a black eo ninl n broken mw down on tire Hoiilli Hide, win re ho lit ea. I In wna atnlidlim In tho doorway of a Kroiid inciiuo itoro a tow nlgliU ilneo talkln with another toiii-ii man and leering at ovcry man ami woman that chanced to n that way, when umflr tho clcitrlo light whkli bid tire weary wayfarer welcome in front of tire rionklneton Honw, Ire aw what Ire waa plecl to call n dudo coming hi tlitlr direction amoklng a cigar. "li'yoacntbcrdudo coniln', NhbyP bo raid to lila couianloii. "Ye an' I link lt'a n dirty aliame dat Ire la polllu' dat nice clirir when Ire la only lit to ainokn cigarette." "Dat'a a fact, tire boy, an' I'm blamed It 1 Intend to aland IL He..!" "Wliut you going to do about HTJ "Jo-t watrh mo nil' It 1 don't havo dat cigar ln Ido of a mlntito den I'll cat lire bat, dat' alt." Aa tire )oiuig man draw near tire bully alcppol from tho door, and, p-prnarlilng p-prnarlilng tire unilaecllng iiedentrlon, aid l ''Hay, me la.l, let mo tako your cigar, will your' Tlio young; man. thinking tliat tire fellow dralrcil A light, knoekeil tire anhm oft hla wreil and handed It to tire atrauger, who, with d amlle, plnccd It bctwriulila teeth. "What do you mean by tliatr atked tire natonl'linl young fellntVaalrextw tire uae hla cigar had laxn put to. "Ohl dat' all rUht, bnb,"ntd lire lough man, "dla la n pleaMint littlo way dat I h1ro when thire hangi heav Ily on my Intida. Hun nn liouiit now i or our mother will Im worried, aeeT "Ye, I think that I eee," rrplliil tire ! young man, oa he r.trppc.1 up In fnint of tire loafer, "but, alraugo aa It may ci'iii, my luother la not In tire habit of fretting worried, and then la tin oecn aloii of my ahortenlng my r.tay with )ou. Itildi, 1, tiai, hat a pleasant htllo way of my own to vim uway tire tlnre when tire aamo luiuga heat Ily iikh my banda. It la Miiiivthlug llko thla" In another moment tho bully wai atrctched out on tho aldewalk wlthoire eyo cIonhI. and when Ire nro-c a blow on tire brldgo of Ida no oucn inoro laid hlin nut. Tire young man whom lichadflzed up nandudo turndlout to bo one of tire crack lmicra In tho xrymnrulum. and two blow of lilarvieii. tllmflat bad la-en lulllclmt to put tire tough to alcep. l'cck'i Hun. |