Union Square Jim 75 



1 You 're a nice one, you are. For two cents 

 I 'd drop you the same way.' 



1 You would ? ' 



'Yes, I would.' 



4 Go along and tend to your gas, and do n't 

 talk ' 



But the sentence was never finished. A pugil- 

 istic encounter of some magnitude took place ; and 

 when at last the harsh c advance agent,' between 

 gasps, admitted he had done wrong and would not 

 do so again, he was allowed to rise. News of the 

 encounter spread through the theatre, and soon 

 reached the ears of the manager. He at once insti- 

 tuted an inquiry ; but when he heard that the cause 

 of the fracas had been abuse of Jim, he not only did 

 not discharge his employee, but gave the advance 

 agent a sound lecture on cruelty to animals. 



It was perhaps an outgrowth of this engagement 

 that caused George to instruct Jim in the mysteries 

 of pugilism. It was a difficult training, but at last 

 it was successful. At the word of command, Jim 

 would back into a corner, stand erect, and put up 

 his paws in the proper pugilistic attitude. Then 



