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TlIK AMKIilCAN I! K H- K H H I'H li 



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BOXING AT OLVMPIA. 



■Who*! the Fierce Combats Were Foiia;!n> 

 AliuuHt tu tlif Deutli. 



They -wore cauti(.us, thi so two, as if 

 Xonokles fully realized the power iv.vl 

 achieveiiK uts cf his ( pponout ai.d 

 (41auku>« wishi'd to test the K'^'^'1^ '"-^^ 

 attacks < f uu unknown rival bffcre pro- 

 coodin^ t;) fight in ean;ewt. The snn was 

 alrt^ady dcelining toward the western 

 sea. An horn' had passed. The spt cta- 

 tcrs grew impatient. Were the Ijdxc rs 

 contending only to weary each c.thi r in 

 held' ng lip the weight (f their armed 

 hands? bui h fights hud been, but dif- 

 ferent tactics v>ere locked for from 

 Glaukus. They knew him for no eow- 

 ai'diy trifler. Xenckles, too, must be of 

 good heart to face so famous a fiphlcr. 



"See! Did I not say it?" cried a 

 Krotonian. 



Witliont warning fi-om eye or muscle 

 Glauk..s had sudd* niy closed with his 

 cpp'.-ncut ; but, to his evident astonish- 

 ment, Ihe other, without trying to evade 

 the rush, met it wiih a blow full on the 

 chest which resounded tl]rough the sta- 

 dion. Glaukus' career was chfcked, but 

 Xenckles, not satisfied with this, now 

 sprang forward and stnick again and 

 again with all his streiigih, until Glau- 

 kus rallied from his surprise and, tak- 

 ing advantage of an open guard, brought 

 his rival to earth. 



The Ml .sseniau was on hisfert almost 

 as soon as ho touched the ground. The 

 combat was uo Ir.nger tame. Both men 

 Wire wounded and bleeding, bur thry 

 came together like raging bulls. Their 

 great arms swung throiigh the air, 

 raining d. wn blow after blow, while 

 the ela.shi3;g( f brass upon brass, as tliey 

 guardfd tlic strokes, laiig like the forge 

 of Hephaestus. 



"Will not your AlytoR int(i*pose?" 

 exclaim* d tlic Mede. 



"The niles forbid it," said E\ 

 "but whoever kills an advers;.. 

 his crown. Ha! That was too i; 

 th(^ Messi niau. See how he s\\;.;, s ;. i 

 drepH his hands!" 



"Now, Glaukus, row!'' screamed the 

 crowd. "Strilre ere ];e reec.ver!" 



But the wary Krotonian ])auRrd to 

 watch the < ffect of his la'<t blow. lie 

 kni w that the limit cf hr.rmai endur- 

 ance had bMnaim(st reacl.'d, aid l;e 

 Trislud to cr.nquer with :.r^ little danger 



to his fcje as possible. 



"He has jvidged well, " said ?"vander 

 as (he Misseniau sank down. "Glaukus 

 is too ]:)racticed a boxer to risk losing a 

 won victi;ry. " — "A Day at 0!ymi)ia, " 

 by Dufik Id Osborne, in Scribner's. 



A WINDOW IN BERN. 



Hovr the SwiMK MaifltT.K l'f»Rn Ma-nj- a 5*Jpaa- 

 aat Afternoon. 



Till! wide window s-ils ( ii the third 

 floor are laid out, nr t for flowers, but, 

 in no less characteristic B( rn fashion, 

 for human occupation. Ast.;ut iron rail 

 runs, at a comfortable lieight for n sting 

 shoulders, round the 1< dge, on which lie 

 reel cushions. Settled in a C' rner of this 

 high p'^rch sits a yoimg vee num, like 

 hundreds of lier felhjw townsfolk, look- 

 ing down upon the world, knitting, 

 siiigiiig and gossiping by turns in the 

 leisure hcaiv e>f afternoon and through 

 the 1< ng tvv-ilight ti the summer even- 

 in^,s. 



Somehow there is a fascination in this 

 Bern habit of perching on the windi^w 

 sill, it grows on the sitter with use. 

 Tliat brown haired j'oung woman, for 

 instance, weiuld be hard put to it to live 

 at all without her window cushions. 

 She is an inveterate chatterbox, but it is 

 difficult to be hard on her when one 

 overheiu'S her rapid l<'"rench, her laugh- 

 ter an<l her sallies on her neighbors be- 

 low. She is a Neafchateloiseer a Gene- 

 voi.se, and the W( rds run off lu r tongue 

 i-ight pre'itJy, in contrast to the brusque 

 sound ef the quaint Bem-Deutsch. She 

 is blessed with a ringing laugh, too, and 

 carcds French songs, partly to herself 

 and partly, five parts out of six, at a 

 young niiin < ii<:'>-f o \->\ a .srcrond floor 

 bureau. Ho; i]:e wiuduv,' usu- 



ally wlu i. f i/'j'.is. She has 



bt'U SI I '.s from the 



:-C\v,:\:.< !i ■• iptunied 



1 1 ucei- 

 V. The 

 sej3g g • .1 loud 



thror.;:)) ■!•■ stu- 



dent k.. hidow 



next 1<. .osity — 



UO' ' vii — but some famil- 



iar - - to hje.k at every day. 



There i:-. 1 .f tie tnough io y> v, t;)0, even 

 if lit V, :• :' rrv^lfy— -r brx irre-ru with 

 ga: i':t" and 



m;;; I !i com- 



