THE MAN WHO CIRCLED.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1078, 22 December 1882, Page 4

THE MAN WHO CIRCLED.

A voting man of 2”, built like an ■ox and full of ambition, came in on one of t!ie popular excursions to betroit, and while idling around the I'eutrai Market caught audit of a policeman a. I out half as Mg as himself. He was instantly taken with an itching to try conclusions, but having a grain of prudence in his head he inquired of a smil-keeper—-“.Suppose 1 should walk up to that officer and tell him I could lav him on his back—what would lie del ” “Ted you to mo/e on.” “ Thou suppose 1 circled around and came down on him and offered to bet that I * could stand him on his ead 1 ” ‘ He’d probably give you another chance to clear out ” “ Well, I’m aching to try it on, anil i I’ll begin now.” He didn’t lose a minute in walking | up to the officer and asserting his j belief that lie could dust the floor with his back. “ You move on I ” placidly replied t e‘ officer. The young man took a circle around and came back with the information that lie could pick up the blue coat and make his heels kick the air. “‘I tell yon to go away from me 1 ” exclaimed the officer as he walked on. The young man sailed olf again, and at the end of ten minutes a row was heard at the further end of the market Teople rushed down to see the officer wollopiug the bluffer over the empty benches and rubbing his back on the floor, and handcuffs hid just been snapped when the stallkeeper came up and asked—- “ Well, have you got through circling around i ” “ Say ! w hiit a fool I was ! ” replied the young man. “ You told mo how tlie first and second bluffs would work, ii’ul durn my buttons if I didn’t, forget to ask about t.o tbir I! Why, I hadn’t finished tolling him that I didn’t want over 15 seconds to turn him wrongside out and sell him for pulp when he knocked a barrel to' pieces with my heel ! ”