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The Bad Boy Oces to Belgium—Dad
Buys Fake Souvenirs at Waterloo
—He Goes Swimming with King
Leopold and the Bad Boy Ties Up:
Their Clothes.
BY HON. GEORGE W_ PECK
{Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Former Edi.
tor of "Peck's Bur.” Author of "Pecks
Bad Hoy, ' Etc)
(Copyright, 198 by Joseph BH. Dowles)
Brussels Belgium —Dear Old Skate:
“What is the malter with our goleg to
Belgium?” sald dad to me, as we were
escaping from Germany
“Well, what In thunder do we want
to go to Belgium for?’ =aid | to dad
“I do not want to go to a country that
Bas no visible means of support, except
raising Belgian hares, to sell 10 cranks
in America. | couldn't eat rabbits with-
out thinking | was chewing a plece of
house cat and rabbits is the chie’ food
of the people. | have eaten horse and
mule in Paris, and wormy figs in Turkey,
and embalmed beef fried In candle
grease. in Russia and sausage in Ger-
many, imported from the Leutgard
sausage factory in Chicago, and stuff ©
Egypt with ground mummy for curry
powder, but | draw the line on Belgian
hares, and | strike right here, and shall
have the Interuational Unlon of Amal-|
gamated Tourists declare a boycott on
Belgium sald | just like that, bristling
up to dad real spunky
“You are going to Belgium _ all right”
sald dad, as he took hold of my thumb!
in a jiu jitsu fashion and twisted it
backward until I fairly penuked. and’
held it, while he sald he should never
dare go home without visiting King
Leopold's kingdom, and having a talk
with an 50-year-old male flirt. who had
a thousand chorus girls on his staff and
us, and called the [armer who had |
They said i
we would be skinned to a finish by the |
fake: who got us and they were right.
He showed us from a high hill where
the different portions of the battle were
fought, and where they caught Napoleon
Bonaparte, asd where Bluchier came up
and made things hum in the German
language, and then he took us off to his
farm where the most of the relics were
found, and began to sell things to dad,
until he had filled the hind end of thet
bullets and grape shot,
sabers and bayonets, old rusty rifles,
and everything dad wanted, and we had
enough to fill & museum. and when the
farmer had got dad's money we went
Say, when we came
to look it over we found two rusty Colts
revolvers, and guns of modern construc
tion. which have been bought on the;
battlefields in all countries and prop-
erly rusted to sell to tourists, [showed
dad that the revolver was unknown at
the time of the battle of Waterico, and
that every article he had bought was a
fraud, the sabers havicg been made in
America, before the war of the rebellion, |
and dad was mad, and gave the stuff to
the porter of the hotel, who charged dad
seven dollars for taking it away :
Dad Kept one three cornered hat that
the farmer told him Bonaparte lost
when his horse stampeded with him
and it had drifted under a barbed wire
fence, where it had lain until the day
Uefore we visited the battiefield Say,
that hat is as good as new, and dad says!
it Is worth all the stuff cost, but [ would
not be found dead wearing it, cause it
is all out of style i
We bave seen the king of Belgium,
and actually got the worth of our money
He Is an old dandy, and looks like a
Philadelphia quaker, only he is not as |
pious as a quaker. Dad wrote to the
king and sald he was a distinguished
American traveling for his health, anc
wanted to talk over matters that might
interest both to Belgium and
Well. the messenger came
back and said dad couldn't get to the
went over, and as we were golng
he saw us he sald, "Come here, Uncle
Dad thought it must be some lunatic, |
and was going to make a sneak and get
and we went up to him |
dad If he had come as a relative of the
AND BEGAN TOSELL THINGSETO DAD
could give the sultan of Turkey cards|
and spades and little casino io the harem
game
“You will go along. won't you, bub?’
and he gave my thumb another twist,
and | said: “You bet your life but |
won't do a thing to you and Leopold
before we get out of the Belgian hare
belt,” and so here we are. looking for
trouble,
It is strange we never hear more about
Belgium In America, but actually, |
never heard of a Belgian settling in the
United States. There are Irish. and!
Germans, and Norwegians, and Italians,
and men of all other couutries, but 1]
aever saw a Belgian until to-day, and it |
does you good to see a people who don't
do anything but work. There is not a
loafer in Belgium, and every man has |
smut on his nose, and bis hands are
black with handling iron, or something. |
There Is no law against people going |
away from Belgium, but they all like!
it here, and seem to think there is no
other country, and they are happy and |
work from cholce.
I always knew the Belgian gune that
sell In America for 12 shillings and kill |
at both ends, but | never knew they
made things here that were worth any- |
thing, but dad says they are better fixed
here for making everything used by
civilized people than apy country on
earth, and | am glad to be here, cause
you get notice when you are goluog to be |
be robbed. They ring a bell here. every |
minute to give you notice that some |
one is after the coin, so when you hear |
a bell ring, If you bang on to your
pocketbook, you don't lose
This is the place where “There was |
a sound of revelry at night, and Bel.
gium’'s capital had gathered there”
You remember the night before the bat. |
tie of Waterloo, when Napoleon Hona- |
parte got his. You must remember
about it, old man, just when they were |
right In the midst of the dance, and!
“soft eyes Jooked love to eyes which |
spake again” and they were taking a
champagne bath, fnside and out, when |
suddenly the opening guns of Waterloo, |
twelve miles away, began to boom, and |
the poet, who was present, sald, ‘But |
bush, hark ~—a deep sound like a rising |
kuell” and everybody turned pale and | i
began to stampede, when the floor man-
ager said, ‘Tis but the wind, or the |
car on the stony street, on with the |
dance; let joy be unconfined; no sleep |
till morn, when youth and pleasure |
meet, to chase the glowing hours with |
fying feet.”
Well, sir, this is the place where that |
ball took place, which Is described in |
the peace | used to speak in school, but |
I never thought | would be here, right |
whers the dancers got it In the neck.
When aaa, found that the battlefield of
few miles away
the king for breach of promise or to
re-
marking that he had always rather pay
cash than to have any fuss made about
Dad told him he |
bad no claim against him for alienating |
anybody's affections, or for breach of |
promise, and that all he wanted was to]
have a little talk with the king and |
find out how a king lived, and how be |
had any fun in running the king busi- |
ness, at his age, and they sat down and |
began to talk as friendly as two old |
chums, while the dog played tag with
me. We found the king was a regular
boy, and that instead of his mind being
occupied by aftairs of state, or his |
African concessions with Congo coun-
other tribes, he was enjoying life just
} a8 he did when he was a barefooted boy,
fishing for perch at the old mill pond
and when he mentioned his career as
a boy, and his enjoyweunts, dad told
about his youth, aud how he never got
sO much pleasure In after life as he did
when he had a stone brulse on his heel
and went off into the woods and cut a
| tamarack pole and caught sunfish t'l)
the cows came home
The king brightened up and told dad
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THE KING BEGAN TO
CLOTHES OFF
be bad a pond in the palace grounds,
stocked with old fashioned fish. and
| every day he took off his shoes and |
rolled up his pants and with nothlog
on but a shirt, and pants held up by |
one suspender of striped bed ticking, he |
went out io a boat and fished as he did |
when a boy, with a bent pin for a hook,
PEEL HIS
engaged, and they could all have thelr |
grand functions and balls and dinners |
jand Turkish baths, If they wanted |
them, but give him the old swimming |
| hole, i
“Me, 100." said dad, and as dad looked
down Into the park he saw a little lake, |
i dad held BPLWO Agen, pst as boys
they to say, Jama. at,
Well, sir. you'd a dide to see dad and |
ming place. The king put kis hand in
the water, and sald it was fine and be-
his clothes off. and dad
took off his clothes, and the king made
a jump apd went io all over. and came
i up with his eyes full of water, strang-
| ing because he did pot hold his nose
and then dad made a leap aud splashed
the water like an elephant had fallen
two oid men were
“T'll swim you a match to the other
said the king “It's a go." sald
dad, and they started porpoising across
the jittle lake and then I thought it was
time there was something doing. so 1
got busy and tied their clothes in knots
$0 tight you couldn't get them untied
without an act of parliam They
went ashore on the opposite side of the
lake, cause some women Iriving
through the grounds and then | found
a flock of goats grazing on the lawn,
and the dog and | drove them to where
the clothes were tied in knots, and
Were
THE KING GAVE THE GRAND HAIL.
ING BIGN
when the goats began to chew the
clothes | took the dog and went back
to the entrance of the park. aud dad
swam back to where the
clothes and the goats were. and when
they drove the goats away and couldn't
untie the knots, the king gave the
grand hatling sign of distress, or some-
thing. and the guards of the palace and
some cavalry came on the run, and the
park seemed filled with an army, and |
bid the dog good-by.and went back to
the hotel alone, and waited for dad
Dad didn't get back till after
and when he came
the king's clothes
stomach and too
dad is pussy,
geared
“Did you have a good time, dad?" says
“Haven't you got any
respect for age condemn you The
king has ordered that you be fed to the
animals in the 200.”
I told him that | didn’t care what they
did with me, I had been brought up to
tie knots in clothes when | saw people
in swimming, and | didn’t care whether
they were crowned heads or just plain
dubs, and | asked dad how they got
along when thelr clothes were chewed
up. He sald the soldiers covered them
with ponchos and got
dark
he had on a sult o1
too tight around the
long in the legs, cause
aud the kipg Is long
king, and the servants brought out a
could
mad, and he said no,
enjoyed such things
and | to come the next day and go fish-
Ing with him, barefooted Say, dad
can go, but | wouldn't be caught by that
king. on a bet
that he always
and wanted dad
have In a #anitarium
business for your little
Not any king
HE NNERY
RUSSIANS LIVING HIGH.
Aristocrats of St. Petersburg Spend
Much Time Over Pleasures
of the Table,
War or no war. the ariatocratic Rus
slan pursues his pleasures with an
resources or unlimited recklessness
The pleas
ures of the table are proiractad to
inordinate degree. A lunch In which
are plentifully watered
champagne, will spread [tselt
through the afternoon. You may Lare-
ly escape at five o'clock, though you be
gin to eat at one. The host never sits
plying his guests with a succes-
slon of good things liquid and
Even the afternoon tea in middle-class
circles is a very formidable undertak-
ing. It includes dishes of various
in which meat will certainly
and Russian tea, served in a glas
is but the pale comparison to
sparkling champagne. The appearance
of the streets tells of wealth, too. No
finer equipages exist anywhere than
those which horsed with coal black
steeds, dash at full speed. in lofty dis-
regard for the mere fool passenger,
down the central strip of wood pave-
ment in the principal "prospec 8," as
the wider streets are denominated,
Holding the reins in his two hands,
with armas outstretched, the driver,
mediacval in dress. has the summary
methods of a Roman charloteer. In-
| deed, there is something of Imperial
Rome in this second capital of
an
solid
ris
figure,
with
He Got It
Bosh—1 knew a man once who had
| pever met with a disappointment in his
| Ife.
Josh—How was that?
“He was never looking for anything
| but trouble '~~Detroit Frei Press
Of Bome Use.
Kiia~That fellows head n't of much
BOXING IS PRETTY
WOMAN'S PASTIME
MISS HAYS IS NOT AFRAID OF
A BRAWNY FIST.
DONS THE GLOVES DAILY
Physically She Is a Match for
Jeffries and Puts Her Talents
to Use—An Indiana
Product,
In a New York woman's club at No.
137 West Forty third street Miss
Catherine Hayes and a sparring mas-
ter box at least six rounds every day
When he is absent Miss Sabel John
son, a 150-pound athlete, Is the only
pugiiist In the club who cas last for
even three rounds agalust the club
champion
Miss Hayes has proven herself more
than a match for the average male
athiete In a fivercund She
welghs 264 pounds, not one pound of
which is superfluous flesh, stands five
feet 11 inches in stockings and
has pever met any two women who
were able to last in a fiveround bout.
Ag a girl she attended the Convent
of St. Johu's, at Indianapolis, Ind.
There she began to play basket ball
and before left the Institution she
was captain for two years. Cae day
at an athletic carnival which the boys
of a nearby school were having, the
remping “tom boy” saw the Loys run,
jump. box and wrestle. The girls had
no sooner regched thelr own grounds
than Catherine suggested that they
have a similar performance,
She excelled the others and soon
her records were considered extra-
ordinary. The sisters still marvel at
her performances, the results of
which are tables on the old walls
Within a year she covered the 100
vards in 13 seconds, could jump five
feet high and outbox any girl In the
institution
She and her sister exercise every
day with the boxing gloves and they
attribute their health to this
fact.
Miss Hayes has put her knowledge
of the art of boxing to good account.
She was returning from Brighton
Beach two years ago with her sister.
They were the only passengers In the
car, and as the conductor entered to
bout
her
she
good
| HORSE CLIMBS STAIRS,
LANDS IN BEDROOM.
| Wholly Uneducated Equine Seeks
Refuge in Second-Story Room
After Startling Stunts.
New York—Two large black horses
belonging to a Zondensed milk com
pany, while being led through York
street, Brooklyn, became frightened
and ran away. One of them dashed
into an open doorway of 218 York
street, and, terrified by the clamor
behind him, knocked over several
children, then dashed up a flight of Af
teen stairs leading to the second story
annihilating the banisters as he went,
and terrorizing the inhabitants of the
house
The street is narrow, and many chil
dren were playing In It at the time
both horses took fright. A number of
DASHED UP A FLIGHT OF FIFTEEN
STAIRS LEADING TO THE SEC
OND STORY
men tried to stop the runaways by
stringing across the street and waving
their bands. This effort merely turn
ed the horses at right angles oppo
site the entrance of 218, which Is
flush with the sidewalk
After knocking over several chil
dren both horses reached the en-
trance. Here was a baby carriage with
8 two-yearold boy In it and with an
eight-year old girl at its side. One of
the animals turned and sprang across
a low fence into the back yard. but
the other and the larger of the two
dashed straight for the doorway and
bowled both children over, smashing
the baby carriage into splinters. He
then pounded ahead through the dark
hallway to a flight of fifteen narrow
steps leading to the second story. He
up the stairs, carrying the
banisters away
Reaching the top the horse hoofed
cracking ficor into ths
bedroom, where he seemed preparicg
The bed cracked and gave way, while
the animal rolled over on the floor.
A policeman finally, after many ef-
The children who had been knocked
over by the animal In his rush were
only slightly injured
SHE BOXES
NESS OF
WITH THE
A TRAINED
CLEVER.
PUGILIST
collect their fare he stepped on her
Instead of apologizing he made
an Ipsulting remark.
Quick as a flash her fist shot
After that he re-
on the platform, sullen and
but looking for no more such
punishment.
The club's instructor, who weighs
160 pounds, looks like a stripling
when sparring with her. Even his
clever footwork does not save him at
times from the rushes of this woman.
She lacks only one inch of James J.
Jeffries’ six feet of helght., His neck
measures 17% Inches; hers 15. Her
cBest, contracted, measures 15 inch
more than Jeffries, 42%; when nor
mal an inch and a half more his 43%
foches and when expanded {9 inches,
an inch more than the cham-
plon’s. Her walst measures 33 Inches,
his 35. She weighs 42 pounds more
than he does. Her biceps measures
15 inches, one inch less than the Cali:
fornlan's, and her arm 28% as com- |
pared with Jeffries’ 30%
Taking Into consideration the fact
that she is exceptional active, quick
on her feet, strong and a clever boxer,
it would probably be Impossible to
find a woman who is her match.
When asked how she came to take |
up such strenuous exercise as a)
pastime Miss Haves replied
‘In school | was always active and |
my health was good. As | became
older [ felt the need of exercise. | had
liked boxing so I took it up. It has
benefited we greatly and this was so
apparent that { have induced various
of my women friends to learn how to
use the gloves.”
On all sides are signs that point to
the fact that New York women are
beginning to realize the benefits of |
taking part in sports that were for
merly considered as being distinctly
within the province of men. Nelther
mained
Just
athletic woman.
Lyisg-Down Dance.
REPLEVINS A BEAR.
Thought It Rather an Unusual Plece
of Professional Work to Be
Asked of Him.
Bangor, Me —Deputy Sheriff Mark
Huson of Presque Isle had an unusual
plece of professional work the other
day. A man coming in from Portage
lake early last spring caught a palr of
young bear cubs, which he sold to Wil-
llam lL. Flelds, who lives on the north
miles above Washburn village. They
soon became strougly attached to Mr
Flelds
One afternoon In June Mr. Fields left
home, shutting the cubs in the house,
They became restless, and the female
succeeded in climbing through an open
window. She saw a man at work on
the opposite side of the river and swam
across. The man saw the cub coming
and caught her as she came from the
water. The little aulmal appeared 80
friendly that the man started tw his
home in Mapleton, bearing the cub in
his arms.
A week later he came to Presque Isle
looking for Judge George H. Smith,
whose reputation as a lover of pets ls
widely known Unfortunately the
and the man then
gett; as an all around useful animal to
protect his lawn from young baseball
players and dogs. Mr. Daggett, how-
In the meantime Mr. Flelds had
learned of the whereabouts of his little
As life had been made miserable
for him because of the cries of the
other cub, Mr. Fields sought out his
pet, but the new owner would not con-
sent even to show the animal. Then
Mr. Fields hurried over to Caribou and
got a writ of replevin. Coming back
to Washburn, he telegraphed to Huson
to come to bis assistance, telling him
of his writ of replevin.
Huson was on hand at the appointed
time, and together they went to the
ered his missing pet without a struggle.
The sheriff thinks it is the only case on
record of replevying a bear.
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