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assent; tho others pressed around in silent


| this place as soon as you 1eaCa me well enough
to do so, and will never via;. it again. Whist d
shel Lick you T. !;
"In that case You ara safe to premise: Come
it's fair bargain. Isn't it, neighboEs 2"
Won ovor b Ko1elm's easy show Of good ten
per, sud by the sense OF Justice, the bystander1
joined in common exclamation Of assent.
Come Tom, y said an old fellow, 1.-The gcptle;
you be afeared If You hold baclz.'',, =
TOMS face worked; but Ut last he :rowled,
"Wcll, promise -:hat is, il ho beats me-"
All right" said Kenelrn. s'You hear, neigh.
borB; and Tom Bowles could not show that hand
Shake hands on it."
Fighting Tom su1kily shook hands,.
"Nell, now, limits what I call English" faid
Kenelm; "au pluck and no malice. Fail back,
friends, ard leave clcarspace for u.s.
ground, there was supple ease In his posture,
which ct once brought out into clearer evidence
the ne1vous strength OF his build, and, contrast
cd With TOMS bulk of chest, made the latter looE
clumsy and top-henvy.
The two men faced cnch other q minute, the
eyes Of both vigilant and steadfast. Toms blood
began to fire up ca he gazed-nor with all his
outward calm, was Konelm insensib1e Of that
proud beat Of. the heart which is aroused
By the fierce joy Of combat Tom
ELL ACA OAk ulEt, Au4 DIUW NAA pdTI4EIl,
blow, still parried, still unret,,rncd. =. Ken
elm, acting evidently on the defensive, took the
advantages for that strategy which be derived
from superior length Of arm and Lighter agility
Of frame. Perhaps ho wished to ASCERTAIN tho
durance Of hia wind, before he ventured on the
hazards Of attack Tom, CALLED to the quick
that bloHs which might hnve fe1led m or were
thus warded of from their mnrk, and dimly
aware that he was encountering some mysterious
force, and might oyermaster him in tho long
run, came to q rapid conclusion that
the sooner he brought that brute strength
to bear, the better it would be Tor
him. Accordingly, after three rounds, in
antagonist, he had received few playful taps
on tho nose and mouth, he drew back and made
. bull-lke rush at his foo-bull-like, for it
butted full at him with the powerful, down bent
rush spent, he found himself in the position of
. man millod. I take it for granted that every
Englishman who can call himself a man-that is,
every man who has been an English boy, and, as
such, beer compelled to tho use Of: his fists
sn0Ts 1as opz what pnors %" but t. 1.e1bssg BIT sng
ance and contempt TO for myself, thst
slang, in which lady-writers indulge, and girls
OF the period know, much better than they do
their Murray-"a naill"-speaking not to lady
writer's, not to girls Of the period, but to in-
nocent damsols, and in explanation to those for
eigners who only understand the English lam
guage as taught by Addison and Macaulay-a
q mill" penphrastically, means this Your ad-
7ersary in the noble encounter between fist and
fat, has 80 plunged his head that it gets caught,
as in vise between the side and doubled left
arm Of the adversary, exposing that head, un-
protected and helpless, to bo pounded out Of rec
ognizablo shape by the right fist Of the oppon-
ent. 1t is situation in which raw superiority OF
force sometimes finds itself, and is seldom spared
right fist raised, paused for moment, then loos-
ening the left arm, releasing the prisoner, and
giving him friendly slap on the shoulder, he
turned round to the spectators, and said, apolo-
getically, HE has . handsome face-it would be
Il shame to spoil it, ,..
TOMS position Of poril was 80 obvious to all,
md that good-humored abnegation OF the ad-
vantage which the position gave to the adversary
seemed 80 genenous. TINT the laborers actually
hurraed. Tom himsoH felt as it treated like
child and alas, ana alas for h1m M n wheeling
round, aud re.atherln6 Almsen up, his eyes resi-
ed on Jesslo's face. Her lips we're apart with
breathless terror; he fancled they were apart
VIII smile OF conteinPt. And now ne pecame
formidable. He fought as tights the bull In
presence OF tne nelIer, VINO, es ue hno"s zoo
well, will 80 with the conqueror:
ION mao ueVer Jet 1ou9ns WIZ man tau8ns
by Prize Fighter, so never yet had Aenelm en-
counterea strength winch, put Tor the lack OF
that teaching, would ha4e conquered bis own.
de coolo act no longer on tne aelennre ne
conid no longer Play, AAo ue11elo9s Iencer,
With the sledge-nammer5 OF those mighty ear1ns-
ihey oroke throuen n!a euaIo-tnen soanaea On
MS cnest ~ On an ansa. ae 1eis tna1 o1Q tney
aiight on b bis head he was lost man. He felt
also that the no"s spent on tne cnest OF mis- ad-
Veraaly we're 1olo as 'she stroKe OF cane on the
NICE o. fh1noceros but now nls "a nostrls 11 dila,
ted, his eyes nashed hro-henelm C1ll11ngly had
coaaed 6 10 oe pnhosoPher- Cfasn came nus
p!oE-nn" 4nnke tne s"1nglng founoaoout hlte
o. Q :, iom b0"les!-stra1g15 50 rs aim az Inc rne-
Dali OF 1yfolese, OF bIHsn marksmAn AZ A.
tne ssrengtn OF nerve. alne", pur-
pose, ana nuo concentrated Ii It's 71BoI-craen
]uss at .nas PAR o. ~ sne ls9hs M. "ne1a ing eyes
meet and louo"ea up WIN 'ne Iaplolty 21 1gnt.
ming, flash upon hash, by more restrained but
more oleannne Dlo" Win tne 1e1s hena just
where the le1t eur meeta tnfoat and 3a"-oone.
AT the nfnt nio" LON 6o"ies naa feeled and
staggered, At the second ne threw up hs bands,
made Jump IN the a1r aa II enot through the
heart, and then heas1y 1ell FORWARD, an inert
Inc spectators pressed roano % nun N terror
and heart and then rising said hnrb1v and ,s;tT3
,n ali, ~ ono1oov.
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