The Evening World

MAG'S PLAN WORKED WELL.

But It Brought Desolation to an Admiring Dude.

The youth had apparently been making himself offensive to a certain young woman, and another youth had taken the young woman's part to the extent of punching the first youth in the eye, knocking him down, jumping on him and then kicking him, says the Chicago Post. After it was all over, an old gentleman took the victor inside, and said: "I admire gallantry."

"Wot's that?" asked the victor.

"I say I admire gallantry. I saw you go to the defense of that young lady."

"She's my gal," explained the youth.

"Your girl?"

"Yep. We've been training together for six months."

"Training?"

"I'm her steady company. See?"

"Oh, yes, yes; of course. That made you all the angrier when you saw this fellow annoying her."

"Annoyin' her! Mister, you don't seem to catch on. I've been layin' for this tow-headed dude fer 'most a month 'cause I don't like him. See? He sorter riles me. An' Mag, she don't like him neither. But I couldn't just get near to him to smash him—he wouldn't give me no reason to do it, an' so Mag she says: I'll fix him. I'll jest get him a flirtin', an' then you can step up an' smash him for flirting with your gal. Awful smart gal, Mag is. So she togs herself out an' goes out an' catches the Billy's eye, an' gives a sort of razzle-dazzle, and that gives me the chance I want, an' I comes up an' asks him what he's flirtin' with my gal fer, an' yiffs him one in the eye, an' then jumps on him an' squares up fer all the time I've been waitin'. Great girl, Mag is. She knows how to help a feller out when he's dyin' fer a chance to swipe one of tese yeller-shoed skates."