The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-05-22

The men all receded; and as
Kenelm took his ground, there
was a supple ease in his posture,
which at once brought ont into
clearer evidence the nervons
strength OF his build, and, contras-
ted with Toms bulk, as chest,
made the latter look clumsy and
topheavy.
The two men faced each other a
minute, the eyes of booth vigilant
and steadiast. Toms blood began
to fire mp as he gazed--nor with
all his outward calm, was Kenclm
insensible of that proud beat of
the heart which is aroused by the
fierce JOY of combat. Tom struck
out first, and blow was parried,
but not returned; another and an
other blow, still parried, still un-
returned, Kenelm, acting evi-
dently on the defensive, took the
advantages for that strategy.which
he derived from superior length
of arm and lighter agility Of frame.
Perhaps he wished to ascertain
the extent of his adversary's skill,
or TO try the endurance of his
wind, before hc ventured on the
hazard of attack. Tom, CALLED to
the qnick that blows which might
have fellcd an OK were thus war
ded off from their mark, ,anddimly
aware that lie was encountering
some mysterious skill which turned
his brute strength into waste force,
and might overmaster him in the
lors run, came to a rapid conclu-
sion thatthe sooner he brought that
brute strength to Lear,tho better it
would be for him. Accordingly,
after three rounds, in which, with.
out once breaking the guard Of
his antagonist, he had received
few playful taps on the nose and
mouth. lie drew back and made a
bull-like rush at his foe bull-like,
for 1t butted full at him with the
powerful, down-bcnt head, and
the two fists doing duty as horns.
The rush spent, lie found himself
in the position of a man milled. l
take it for granted that every En-
glishman who can call himself a
man this is every man who has
been an English boy, and, as
such, been compelled to the use
of his tist-knows what q "mill"
is. But l sing not only "pueris," "
but "virginibus." Ladies-"lnill," ="
using, with reluctance and con :
tempt for myself, that slang, in
which lady writers indulge, and
girls of the period know, much
better than they do their Murray
-"a mill"- speaking not to
lady writer's, not to girls of the
period, but to innocent damsels,
and in explanation to those for
eigners who only understand the
English language as taught by
Addison and Macauley-a "mill
pcriphrastically, means this: Your
adversary IN the noble encounter
between fist and fist, has so
plunged his head that it gets
caught, as in wise, between the
side and doubled left arm of the
adversary, exposing that head,
unprotected and helpless, to be
pounded ont OF recognizable shape
by the right fist Of the opponent.
1t is situation in which raw
superiority of force sometimes
finds itself, and is seldom spared
by disciplined superiority Of
skill. Kenelm, his right fist
raised, paused for a moment, then
loosing the left arm, releasing the
prisoner, giving him a friendly
slap on the shoulder, and turned
round to the spectators, and said,
apologetically, "Ile has a hand.
some FACET would be a shame
to spoil IT,
Toms position Of peril was so
obvious to all, and that good
humored abnegaiion of the advan-
tage which seemed 90 generous,
that theIaborers actually hurrahed.
Tom himself felt as il treated
like a child; AID alas, and alas for
himl in wheeling round, and rega-
thering himself up, his eyes
rested on Jessie's face. Her lips
were apart with a smile Of con.
tempt. And now he became
formidable. He fought as fights
the bull in presence Of the heIfer,
who, as he knows too well, will 60
with the conqueror.
If Tom had never yet fought
with a man taught by a prize
fighter, go never yet had Kenelm
encountered a strength which, but