Show i A sade bad sad E eyed man I 1 now row HOW ZACK chandlen CHANDLER GOT effin X WITH conr t adb not care to say that chan chau aler aier drinks to excess ho he might arrest me for fur criminal libel but I 1 think I 1 may venture with impunity immunity impunity i tty to the state statement mehl that he is not a strictly temperate man and that thab after dinner he inclines to become excessively garrulous A 1 7 friend reports me a sample of chan adlers style as follows chandler loves to boast of his strength upon this particular occasion he hb raised his arm cirni over the table sed my muscle said he be t r can lick ilek agn any man of my size anywhere ll 11 if I 1 am M an old man that is because i I 1 larri larli I 1 am in the business but I 1 wont licka lick a man ualesi unie Qs ha lie isa is a gettleman gentleman now when a man 1 wils tells dam lies about me my way vay is to tb go and lick him if lie he i is a gentleman now lookyat gat tat don pott platt piatt platt piatt he tells more dam lies about me and I 1 would lick him bucdon but bub don pott is no gentleman george townsend Town bendl bendi I 1 was going eing to lick once for telling a dam lie lle about me lne and I 1 hunted him fon fan over a week but ber before ore I 1 found him I 1 learned taj that thedas Th he ewas was no gentleman and so his bide was saved I 1 chandlers chandless Chand lers great hobby is hIs hieskill skill as asa aaa a pugilist roscoe conkling is also a great boxer boxer hoxer ho he has a vate in his residence at washington where ahei 6 after dinner he invites such of his friends as are gyana gymnastically inclined fora friendly little bout with the gloves conkling is a very good amateur boxer and as he is a very large powerful man he generally has R it his own way with the guests who alk aik arm amm bold boid enough to put the gloves on with him for seme some time if was in an open dispute between chandler and conkling conklin im which was tho the better boxer of the two chandler would after every overy ninner ainner party of w which he hb was a member calmly assert that he could lick any man of his weight jn in the united states one day last 0 winter chandler dined with con 01 kling kling and the latter inveigled the great war senator into his private gymnasium the gloves were rions donned and tile two doughty champions eions bagin lobon to make maho r sena sona tordal passes toward one another 4 according cording to tho the most approved ru rules 1 16 of thep the ther P IL tho bout how I 1 over civer was waa of a very horb short duration chandler suddenly rec ree received elved elied a blow L between the eyes which caused the h huge ug s senatorial e nat orial form to go over backward backa a rd his hla trusty legs failed him and then ho he set down so hard that tears teana came out of hi his eyes it took four men to get the war senator upon ills his legs but ho he throw threw up the sponge at once without any r further at tempt to punish C conkling on kling 1 the only ohly remark he ilo was wag heard to 10 mako mauo was damn str strange auge ango and lii ill fix ill lii him m yet 4 conkling and chandler were much together in a social asocial way and it was not long after the above occurrence when chandler rece received led ta ah other invitation to como come up to rhia house and spread his legs under Conkling 8 social board chan b iier idler ller sent sont word back that he regretted tery jery much his inability to be resent present but he had a guest at his jituso a valued constituent from michigan and he could not leave him conkling sont sent back word bring your friend along with this form of invitation chandler consented to come up ephe he brought his friend with him and a introduced him as howard of detroit michi michl was a sad ead oyed eyed eyerman man of diffident manners who contented himself with paying a very close attention to the themes of the bill of fare rather than to join in the thee general conversation at the dinner table conkling wab was in great glee during the dinner he jol joi jold told doxer doyer oyer over and over again the story of Chandler chandlery lp discomfiture as a boxer ani and never seemed to tiro tire of asking him what he thought about his ability to lick any man in the united states chandler took all these remarks in an absentminded absent minded way why as if suddenly he had become I 1 lifted above any such ambition of considering himself a fine athlete nth nih lete after dinner conkling led his bis guests into the gymnasium for a general smoke and chat come mid bald lie he pleasantly to C handler chandler dont you want anuth another bout beut with the gloves and then conkling laughed again min in his most cheerful che erful erfal turkey goble sty leas li he put on a pair of gloves no I 1 dont want lantto to botolf box said faid eald hid chandler but fili friend e did fid here would consent to amuse you V turning to ta howard chandler re marked you box dodou do you not howard still looked sad add eyed and absentminded absent minded he did once know but it was such a long along time ago come jicome come said conkling let us haap havea a friendly bout I 1 wont hurt you evidently the great senator was pining to knock some bome one down the sad bad gyl cyl cyfer d howard evidently flattered at the prospect of being being knocked down by so distinguished ed a man began slowly to put on a pairoh gloves asibo ashe yas yav was drawing on the gloves chandler was observed to walk down bittle bittie a little to the background A contented 1 look was on bl hla cl face und and every now and then he be would raise his bis huge uge ugo right foot up under his hii away ing ipg voluminous coattail coat tall tail and give I 1 himself a congratulatory kick ex vp of rn iture the tho sad bad eyed eted mati matt now vow camel camei for ward waid atil and alli tulo tuio round began conkling was for proceeding at onca tio tip to 1 knock knoek his oplA ilent doyn down and he 0 would have havo dono done pe go nad had had he not riot found great difficulty ln in getting anywhere near the sad eyed lilau manthe affair culminated by the bad sad eyed mana suddenly rushing far ward and landing a thunderbolt of a fist between Con klings eyes the senator went 0 dver dier over like h a great tree and i rolled into ahe abe corner mornen of the roam room where he lay for a moment stunned stun hied fied by the concus concussion sidn sidd he was wa sheard heard to sa say afterward i he be thought the house muse had haet f fallen aller alier t ill ili him conkling had enough of hosing floronce fo for ronce once chandler made sever several 41 pleasant little remarks about the skill of ills his friend were nat not I 1 received receive d in the most cheerful way jud judge e of bf concill Con klinga n 8 feell feelings ngi the next next day when he 6 L learned pik played ye d a ajoku joko upon him by giving griffig howard loo to conie conle up and bounce tho eho howard of D detroit michigan was none other othier than lh the tho e notorious pugilist jem jom mace maee C Cr orthor cribar thor ihor ibor leader leada r T |