Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-10

jerks Ieaped into the air and yelled with
laughter. The mate and most of the crew
joined In. What was strange, Constitu-
tional Smith Joined in with them.
I'm course 1 want to fight with you, you
Jackanapes!' answered jerks; what did
you think this was-a Quaker meetin'?"
Let her go, then" said Smith. The mate
fired pistol shot into the air.
Now. on the occasion before this, as in
every fight, jerks had determined to take
his time and draw the excitement out.
He invariably had been precipitate. 1t
had been too soon over. This time. how
ever, he determined to control himself I'M
til the end. This time he would knock his
man out by slow degrees. He even de-
termined to give his man an apparent ad-
vantage or two at the start. He entered
the ring and shook hands with his OPP
ponent. Smith gripped his hand with a
grip that was nothing II not weak and
trembling. Smith stood in the ring, an
apparent tyro, before a perfect master.
Smith. too, was bluffing just bit.
Gee! he amt got ghost OF show"
muttered one of jerks crew, remembering
he did the former fight. The eyes of
the crowd were on Captain jerks rather
than on Smith. They did not take note of
few of the best points of Constitutional
Smith.
Smith, with his arms half limp and al
most every point unguarded. stood up and
faced Captain jerks of the Sarah Mar
garet." Captain jerks aimed a slight but
vicious blow at his opponents head. 1t
struck somewhere up In the empty air. and
Captain jerks was leaping, perforce, back
wards in the direction of the outer edge
of the ring. Smith had upper-cut him on
the chin.
Il beg your pardon, Capt. jerks" said
Constitutional Smith. jerks laughed with
fury. II let you do 1T let him do It," he
really thought he had. The crowd believed
him. Then. with a string Of oaths. he
rushed again at Smith. He had vague
idea that he could get somewhere near that
tlA,~ yrnnr q a a
In his life. Smith assumed merely the de-
fensive. He simply parted every blow and
permitted himself to be chased around and
around the ring.
HUH" grunted jerks. been takin' les
sons have you? So much the better; just
SO much more"
He was about to say fun" but the fun
was cut short upon his tongue, and cut
short because his tongue was cut. His
teeth had come together with click ana
his tongue had been between them. Con-
stitutional had merely tapped him once
more upon the chin. AS he did so he
laughed tauntingly In the captains face.
with a smile. There good many
things to be preferred before attempted
mastcation OF the tongue. jerks ugly
humor was so aggravated by the pain in
his mouth that he flung caution to the
| winds and bounced suddenly upon Smith
| with terrific swing of his right. Smith
| simply stopped the swing and knocked
|
| jerks fell heavily and rose Immediately.
= Before this he had been half man and half
| beast. Now he was all wild beast Wild
J with rage, a fury incarnate, a man all
| hands and arms and feet, he flung himself
| all at once upon his enemy. He cast
| science to the wind He was fighting blind
| ly, terrihcally, Nth claws and feet and
| teeth. In his flight through the air he
| struck Smith in the mouth, splitting his lip
| open, and grabbed Smith by the hair. pull
| ing out a handful as he went. No science
| could brave an onslaught of wild beast,
| and Smith in his turn threw science to the
| winds. He was maddened by the sudden
| wrenching of his hair and by the blood
| that was flowing from his mouth. 1t was
| no longer question of science and rule
| and rote-it was simply question of going
| in to win. Before him was jerks clawing,
| biting. kicking and lunging at him. Smith
| made no attempt to dodge him. He simply
| stretched out his long right arm and grab
| bed jerks by the throat. Then, holding
shim almost at arms length, he hammered
| blow after blow of his left into jerks face
| Not enough, however, to render him uncon-
| scious.
"Ohr walled jerks. stop it, stop it.,
| stop itr'
| Smith did stop that particular method
| He drew jerks toward him, and holding
| his head in chancery firmly under his arm,
| he punished him heavily and systematically
| from his chin down to his waist line. jerks
/ groaned as each blow was delivered.
| II can break every bone In your body"
yelled Smith; do you believe Ii, or do you
| want me to prove it?''
| Lord. nor screamed jerks. 81 believe It,
| Help, help, helpl" Up to this juncture tnN
spectators had stood spellbound. Even the