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Vol. XLIX,
GEORGE
1770 & VA!
ol.
AJQURNAL OF INSTRUCTIVE 4!
MUNRO, Paopnirror,
NDEWATER STREET,
NEW YORE, Marcn 26,1892. - |
PRI $1 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. -
Oe SO Corles FUR $8. ~
No. 1274
( Issven Weexty.—Ewteren acconpixa 30 Acr oy Cononess IN THE TxaR 1902, BY GEOROE MUNRO, IN THE OFFICE OF ue Lrnnanian oF Conakess, Wasnixorox, D. C.—Exrereo aT Tar Poot Orrice at New Your at Seconp Ciase Raves.
_ Se SSS SSS ——— =
“THE COUNTRYMAN SEIZED TRE BIG POLICEMAN, AND, WITH A ONE! TWOt THREE!—GO! TOSSED THE BLUE-COAT, CLUB AND ALL, OVER 15 INTO THE MLD.
Envered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by Georgy, une fn the office of the Librarian of
‘ovgress, Washington, D.
©LD RONSIDES |
THE GIANT
, BY OLD
Avion or “Oup Pnenomeat; on, Tae Doun
“Bunty Joxce, Taz Govensmesn SPrciaL.
Bor,”
[rai stonY WILL NoT DE PEMLISHED IN BOOK FORM.)
. cm APTE ER I.
“ Onsl two! three!—;
Before eit o'clock fithe sas an uncouth,
are ‘one of the
aly 8 santas okie man, and sot
asa laughing
eg3
cibee clown or a mascumn
His general appearance areal indicate that he
wi ears of age, aud a man who cared
Tittle tor vit sites might think of him,
‘Tho old fellow seemingly was merely gazin
round, bat a. clos observer a a ve
that w keen od inten * ¢
Bonally fastened upor of fratian workmen
‘were at work repairing the street 1a, close
Proximty fo. tho fist boardivgs of the dock.
ere were a niiber of stevedores ou the dock,
Who at the moment were tle, anil their attention
was attracted toward the odd-looking man, who was
& perfect specimen of the way dows cast cocoate
cant
8 fruiting schooner antonding at the
jecayed fruit was scatter
f spilt ot medeone mteet
ue of the stevedores rotten baua
god drew it at tive odd Jook ig
pede later had been atten ttt to bie own
and theact
feel sberforued byaman milo relied upon she fart
that there was a enng of his friends around to sus-
Indecent ageatt
‘The raten felt ned Boon thrown for their amuse.
ment and vw his own funninesa and
Endta‘coaese gh greeted the act,
‘Tho throw was 1 one, as th ro!
struck the tnvifeudig, harmless looking strange
square upon the orbit the rotted etuff ran down
INK,” Patren
Hero,” “Dow 1 4 Coat Mise,”
‘Imsn Detective,” Erc., ETC,
DETECTIVE.
SLEUTH,
mie Teroeyys” “O1p sizcTH, Bancen & Co.”
Durectivg” Won Man Was 's Foot; ot
fork; on, THE Wosnenren
‘Tom, THE Derrcr
el, MIKE, Tim Inte
orsiwen
chief, quietly wiped off the stush, aud did not even
ook toward the quarter whence it ad conte, al
though the fod laughter of the gang of brutal me
fully tudicated the author of the ineutt
A fow mome and the feliow v sho bed
a the banana rather gloried fn bi
aistnetoD, and @ moment Inter picked uj
me and hurled it at the unoftending COmmLrSIan.
thsome missile struck the country
rma kets! right i the bend
is ino the old man walle ‘over toward the
f men, When one of them, a great, stro
powetful fellow, ready ud airxions at all
times foPe halt or knocktoge, stepped forward,
and without waiting for the countryman t
word, demanded:
“What do yer want over here, yer bloody, yellow-
faced Yankeer"
hore stranger, ain't I been a-mindin’ of
nny ova bash
ne, eh Taven’t, yer mean skunk! aod go you
tho dock ‘iow, ot P11 toss ye over into
the water!
It was low tide, and the water was
three"foct deep cldse in at the butkhendy but The
depth of mad might cary a man down to his waist
or shoulders,
“I guess you won't throw nobody over in the
waters; stranger?”
“Yer quess I wou't throw nobody over in the
water, ch?”
“That's what I safd; seein? 1 ain't done nothing
to you fellers, I don't bee why you Want to miolest
me
“Well, go off now, or I'll give yo a swat on the
cheek!”
‘The threat of the giant bully was recelyed with
shouts of laughter and encouragement from his
Fongh, bully companions,
number of carmen who were on the dock; also quite
@ number of seamen belonging to the several ves-
sels moored In the slip.
‘There were those present who had measured the
ad-looking Yankee, and bad come to the tascine
how.
The latter decision, however, was not on the part
of any of the gang ‘of rnfflan's who had ruthlessly
Insuited the stranger, and who were egging thelr
Ponderous companies abt.
it was their Tent, the first moment ab
was etruck, 10 as is thelr cowardly
Tustomn, aon tie counteyinén end beat btn
rereitall
low
for once, the bullies, a8 oar sequel will
show, had caught a ‘Tartar—a mau who required no
help, end was.gn old hand at scrimmages, ana fully
capable of taking his own part without asking a
tance.
“Come Dow," said the bully, “go on about
dusiness, I tell yer, or I'll toss yer over Tato the
water!”
od am mlndin’ joy own basiness, and it's you fel-
who are meddiin’ with me: gud I tell ye it's
better to attend yer own affairs.”
“What! 8 that yer a
suite scoundrel” erled
a bo spoke he drew back his
ponders ani end mands ar terrible Iunge at the
ntryman,
ite yully'a great fist cut the air; the countryman
lodged aside, and countering with the quickness of
Mtiina he serve iis ascatlant a blow that raised
hin cleat fren his feet, and sent him staggering
it
feet
ater plese Into the sip.
ne whole gang of ruttians set upon
the tnoffeading countryman, Shd'a scene Of the
letiost description followed,
ont who had witnessed many
a feat, Dut were stated that moraing with ove ot
the mést extraordinary exbibitions they bad ever
wituessed in all their lives.
CHAPTER
TAR countryman ered ese If one of the most
Forlerfal men who had eetto,t @ mel on that
dock other around New,
locked down four of ‘vo mien In Tees time
nd then, wi ith a ha strength
the gan mtd u fen 7 the fy a and
them’ over into the mitd and wa ter pins as auch
6, tnd ease as though they bad mero
School-chitidren instead of grext, burly, rough: fisted
‘A policeman at length came rushing down the
dock—a burly, red-faced fellow—wcho, without stop
‘Tuo’ controversy had attracted the attention of &
Ping to inquiro nto the merits £ tho case, strt
the countryman a blow over tho {Youd with bia club.
‘The countryman swung Foand and acized the big
policeman, and, With a one! two! three!—go! tosse
‘the bluc-coat, club and all, over into the mud and
water, a “the midst ot the gcrambling, Olth-besmear-
od ase who had preceded hin
‘A shout greeted Who policearau's invotimtary dive
Ine the water,
hero waa a clear space about the powerfil coun-
tment there was not a man upon that dock who
dared go within three fect of him with hostile in-
tent.
The whole sceno, as described, , eanepired within
the space of threo minntes, Kl the cou
walked oft the dock and ent ered a sipscrniy sora
on the opposite side vot the ettecty feat
dozen policemen came dancing down up Son ine
oc
‘The men who had been tossed over, and the fel-
Lows wh 0 had been kn socked \ down, cro
officers, and like SP miean dowandly
hound cothmenced ‘eting'» ‘ow ther dd been oe,
‘a gia th a elud aud
site ‘vcapans ‘Of o
vistcamo fromm the adjoining docks, and a
wholetmed tnd aacembled, seling for the life of the
man who bad merely defended him
Drutal attack
‘The ed themselves with stones and bar
relataves, ond 5 elie an and threatened bloody venge-
ico of the direst
‘Tho polies were tuformed that the countryman
had entered, the al fore, and @ howling
cram gxthered in front of the eaters in question,
n guarded the en-
trance, while thave 03 tered the oftice to the
rear ‘of the store.
iyreo men Were seated in the offloe—three quiet,
genticmaniy tooking
cocame stamping in, aud one of them de-
ane, in lord, bolsterous runner:
re is that thieving scoundrel and murder
3
‘One of the gentlemen in the office, a pleasant-
faced, firm-looking business man, at once arose an
asked
“What do you mean
“A Bie thet, ‘id ‘murderer came into your
storey where
Theres no such tan as soa deserfbo in here,
o een
fay ree, he ts and you bad better not attempt
him"?
to eoneza
“Ne will not attempt to conceal any one bere:
you are at perfect pee my to Bcarch our place, and
k You find any suich man as you deseribe, you are
it liberty to aarest ti
te Of éoo1 well west, him! and you too, if ye
sock 10. Stee hin a us!
sour moan and make Four arrest, and if you
can not ad oy ae out!”
“Ob, find bi n Boom, on enough! and the tires
csficent ‘commened pre
‘Their search was ‘complete: an and thorough! wu ther
found no clew to the “niurderin’ thief,” as they
called ths masa they were after.
hour before the police left and the
greater © portion 0 if the crowd disper
After the Talcemae bad gonoand t the balk ¢ ot tbe
crowd bad disperiod, one of the three gs
said to the man who bad held the oolloqay with tho
police
“Welly Ned, you are, without exception, tt
coolest afd most nervy man T ever savy ia my lite
E may surprise our readers to learn that tho quict
jeman who had first et the e policeman, and the
Sadooking customer who bi ang and
the policeman into the ock, were one ouoaud Sho aaue
pers
Contrary to alt dramatio rule, we have pat our
farce forward first, and reserved the
atterpiece,
Net Balfour was a famous down-east detect!
ame of those remarkable men, physically, ‘wlio aro
BOT ‘once ih a century.
as the Giant Detective, not
cause othe ime a tature;—for he was butau ordl-
narily good-sized m of bis m
marvelous phivsieal strength.
We wich our readers to lunderstand that we are
pot exagcerating the physical wonders of our hero
for the cake of cur adrrative, aewo-afiren tha any
fecording our bevors feats of strength, we are re-
lating actual incidents
en in New York to-day who wili reo-
ognize the original of our Gescription, who ean re-
count hundreds, of # physical iperforn-
mn Market, a8 mere pas-
owerfut fulow weighing two une
fice pounds, and playfully tossed
mother would toss an infant,
effort.
I'the man did not know his own
ere Kero many who could testify to
a Se seu of it, asl
ras known on the force
i of his gian
sient waa abeat ae years of aye,
a gentle, kind-hearted, bra
oe, be
1 be was 0
ny ery,
re lay" at fhe Tae smortent when the gaug ‘of
futiabemeds the ausnck ore hand pied aya
Tartar iustead of a groen Gouutty toa
CHA’ m.
Ix a certahi Now Enetand town there bad tiv
factory girl who was considered the bello of deve
I
Robbins was an ordinary Yanks
soar, iaeligent, and beantifal ) Ya0see girl
n orphan and the adopted daughter of
poor Sacto ory workinen who bad no childrea ot his
en and who had lavished a world of affection Upon
is
dopted child,
radesman in
towa, and quite well toda iy w ual ‘wayy but one
ee wer ere ee tay
_peeteeeed