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Show einiDiu" v j 1 1 I fl Tit JliMJi 1 Jf I By Eno, Emory I ll!tJri tHl T the ago of 19 Ray lit flK" heeler entered col- ilnf1' RSWvsW lege, and three yearH V HiSKlSk later h" aduated ade' 'jgnflfcvtt a; a lawyer He was U fe9KmM taking a rest and nits ol HTt sffflT looking around pre- f r dn' t f"r himsell when M tCb!' , Auut Haunah dls- tio .0(J TM. i W covered something ctl that made her shlv- tfOSMfJ jS er In horror. She had heard no com- eI Yoot " plaints of tho young man'- conduct f jy "while he was at college, and no po- rri6 llceman had ever appeared at tho house to warn her that Ray was whooping it up when away from her Al01 t)) i motherly influence. t& t B The young man had a caller one let toLu, evening In the person of an old claee- HPU fl mat0 Th4 mok?d ftnd talked They . J. jTf talked about straight Jabs, uppercuts, lorltf right-hand swings and other things t j belonging to the Greek language The door of the room was open and Aunt Hannah heard thorn. Later they ascended as-cended to the garret. She crept part way up the narrow stairs and saw and heard. She bew them don boxing box-ing gloves and punch each other around the big room in fiercest fashion, fash-ion, and also mako uso of terms shs never heard before, not even in connection con-nection with state prisons and ward caucuses. When the visitor had departed Ray was summoned to the frozen presence of Aunt Hannah, who began. "I wish to ask you, sir, what an upper-cut is?" Why why," he Btammered in hlB surprise, "an upper-cut is when you bring your fist up from beneath and land on tho other fellow's chin." "And what is a straight jab?" 1 "It Is meeting tho other fellow full in tho face with jour fist when ho comes at you " "And didn't I hear something about rights and swings?" sho continued, as she sat In Judgment like a member of the supremo court "You swing with your right, this way, and sometimes kuock the other fellow's head off " "And what were you and that young man doing up In the garret'" "Wo had the mitts on for a fow rounds, to keep in practice." "Mitts? Mitts?" "Boxing gloves, you know." "If I had known that they trained young men to be prize fighters you would never have gone to college. Never Invite that or any other young man here again I want those boxing box-ing gloves burned up this very evening." even-ing." , "But, aunt. ..." "Not a word, sir! If anyone bad told me that you were thief I could not feel worse. This prize lighting business must stop right hero. If there is any more of it I shall alter my will in favor of those nephews who are gentlemen, even if they don't know any too much." Tho gloves were handed over to her and Bant downstairs to be cremated In the furnace, and the visitor did not call again What did happen was that Ray Wheeler attended the nearest near-est gymnasium Instead It was an almost al-most daily practice, and Auut Hannah would have been none the wiser but tor a tale bearer. Her coachman wandered into tho place one day and saw Ray hard at work, and an hour later the spinster was in possession of the fact She felt that she had 1 been defied and bcr wishes passed b, I and she was very sober and serious as she faced the young man. "Didn't I tell you how horrified I 1 was?" she demanded. "Yes, but " "And that I wanted no prize flght-j flght-j er in my family?" "Yes, but you see " "A gentleman always carries a cane to defend himself with." "But a cane may be forgotten. ! Suppose I was going down the street and was accosted by two or three " "I can't possibly suppose any such thing A loafer recogulies a gontle-man gontle-man when ho soos one and lets him alone Ray, you may go to a hotel for two or threo days. I want time to think things over When I havo como to a decision I will send you word. Ray Wheeler went without making further protest He had been at tho hotel for two davs when he took a walk through a tough part of tho city. Ho was dodging children horo I.. 'y '''.''.vjVV . ! 'i? I I,- ,"V -TV''- and besotted men and women there, and keeping us clear of push-carts as he could when he came upon a brok-ondown brok-ondown carriage In the street. Ho recognized tho driver as the man who drove for his Aunt Burt, and c moment later saw the woman herself her-self standing In a doorway She was on ono of her charity rounds. Half a dozen loafers had taken advautage of the accident to hem her In and menace her She had given up her purse, but they wanted more. Thoy were referring to her as "old gal" and almost tearing the gloves off her hand, when there came an Interruption Interrup-tion Tho adopted son put up his dukee and began knocking tho loafers Into the gutter Ho cleared B path to Aunt Hannah and bid he; be of good cheer, and theu a pretty little play occurred Threo or four of tho gang I camo back for more and got It There were three of them asleep on their I backs when a policeman finally j pushed his way through the crowd and exclaimed: j "Bully f'r you, young man! I'd be willing to give up a hundred bones if I could handle my dukes like that." Aunt Hannah was escorted to the repaired carriage, and she motioned to Ray to get In beside her Sho hadn't a word to -ay until she reached home and had her bonnet off. Then she turned and aBked: ! "Ray, did you upper-ut them?" "Yos. aunt." ! "And give them straight jabs?" "For sure ' L "And deliver right-hand swings?" J "A few of them." I guess you'd better atay home know that you are here, and if you I want the use of the garret I shan't havo any objections, providing you) don't mako too much nolael " - II |