Judge — April 21, 1883 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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PUGNACIOUS you are real mean ; so look out for yourself!” “Tsay, Garge, PUGNACIOUS DUDES. Hrrrento the Dude has been r harmless idiot, with nom fight in him than there is in jam. Even timid ladies ve not been afraid of them, and the idea r doing anything more sensational or iting than promenading in a Seymour coat, with arms a-kimbo, wearing a hat two sizes too large, toothpick shoes, and a crutch- cane, has probably never been for a moment entertained by any one at all familiar with the s| arded as a are worthless they are harmless,” old lady who does not was made in vain. But arecent event i in this city throws down this pretty, spindle-shanked idol, and must he world that the Dude belongs to | the human species, after all. T' terrible, but we must give the ‘There has lately been a slug tween two full-blown Dudes, rey of their kind, and heretofore quite as harmless as a pair of tw donkeys. But before proceeding with the story of that fierce encounter, let us examine the cause which led up to it. Their names are George VanWort Livingstone Bungstarter, both 1 of ancient Knickerbocker familie: pears that George evolved out of | new skip to the Dude walk Hy when passing lac anies the raising of th Bungstarter, not to be outdone or to have it thought that any other Dude pe sed more brains than he did when it right to the point, invented a new attitude to be used in front of churches and in the vestibules of theatres when cc tions and audiences are of course, gave them great “prominence among the Dudes, but it also made them rivals. Ge accused Livingstone of practising his the promenade, and he sed George of | posiaeing his posture at Wallack’s and other fashionable theatres, and 1 prin- | ies on the street, that he shock is | S DUDE! This of course made bad blood, for they are spirited fellows, as will be seen hereafte and on several occasions they ly “cut? other on the public streets, At length the ‘blood of the Bungstarters wos roused jand without a part hesitation he Jat his club one night, *Gawye VanWort is nd I'm taking lessons | was repeated to akened. On the 1 to say that he had no j need of taking lessons in order to get away with a Bungstarter, and so the bad blood pace, until finally mutual friends of the Dude family took it up and an aristocrat “match | nean club-house w hi the Du three times a year to see h force and un A he + he made b go two or the anise-seed bag. It was teh to tho bitter end, Both Dudes went int as much as half an r muscle uj erything being in re eret (for it ha nd to be kept a secret, liness, those in the of the police,) went to the afo: house, where champagne and cigarettes had preceded them. There was a areal it gather ering of tooth- pick shoes and crute! m over the tremendot But when the prin tume, they made as pillo by their seconds, and apt red really ugly when they found each other in the rin, “AN mi bet a dollar that Livy knocks him ont,” suggested a Dude, who evidently | possessed sporting pre livit but the prop- osition was at once hissed by the other Dudes, | which © | wine. » and not to be ” was called for the first round, nent so intense that nearly every nt forgot to suck the handle of The pugnacions rivals approac chock hands, but t stantly sprang back out of harn began to shove th towards each othe! active on his ne und he made up to taunt him to the the first round they did not cnough to each other to touch gloves. nad poked gloves at each other for three utes without drawing a drop of blood, and the waiter proceeded to draw several cham- ne corks. en followed five rybody si "Then Perey La 1Proud called and the belligerents once more came scratch, There w me cautious shi of gloves towards cach other, as before, but at the suggestion of the referee they went nearer tocach other and actually be spar, while the most intense excitement pre- vailed, Finally Georgie hit Livy on the and he staggered back and looked bewilder- are real mean said he, and wat this point wa loves together several -hammer blows, and “Livy” ‘ound would pre done terrible execution had not I called him off, time the Marquis of Queensbury ri lowed more wine VanWort’s bolder friends congratu' on the prospect of his winning th The next round was all in favor o} He hit i * Fight on the lungs, and made him look egy. and then his friends said That “this ended the fight, amid sighs of relief and a resumption of sucking cane-handle Both Dudes had behaved nobly, and their friends gathered around them with a fresh supply of cham- pagne, insisting ap omit that it’ was y game affair on both side noble specimens of Di friends. Revenge was satisfied, and the eom- batants shook hands while everybody said w! The return home was by carriage, late at night, so as to avoid the polic discreet Dude gave the whe we now publish it. the amid excite danced times in stoppin everybody said > thing away The police may arre ht we know; but it will not be has long enongh been 1 we ure determined deceived and know He is just as ngs are, anid when as a at the world sha a he ger there is in hin cKTOR. has two two feet woman’s the paragraphers atly refer to—the woman who always inserts her feet in the hollow of her husband’s back as soon as that. 1 | individual gets into bed. A western moulder of j cuses an esteemed cotempor pegs for type and coal tar for ink. tar may not be an objection, but we should think @ paper printed from shoe-pegs would harrow up the sole to read it, lic opinion ac- comicbooks.com