The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-10

question OF guarding He relied rather
for protection on the unusual length "
his arms
Nor could blow be planned before
hand. 1t was hit, hit and keep on NIT
ting Fully twenty youths and men
surged forward Mt him, and at nearly
every blow one went down among the
there were always two moro to take his
place. The impact and crash Of blows
sounded above the yells and shuttle OF
feet. This was not boxing. 1t was
butchery.
Only his semi sheltered position and
the sef-confusing hurry and numbers
OF his assallants kept Give on his feet
and allowed him to hold his own.
Yet as he dimly realized even through
the wild lust OF battle that gripped and
intoxicated him, the fight was but
question OF moments Soon some one.
running In, must grapple or trip him.
or a kick would reach and disable him.
And once down, In that bedlam OF stamp
ing, kicking feet, his life would not 20
worth scrap OF paper.
While 1t lasted though 1t was slori-
Gus. The yeneered shell OF civilization
had been battered away. He was prltni-
tive man, gigantic, furious, terrible; bat
ting against hopeless odds. Yet battling
Gas had those ancestors from whom his
yellow hair, great shoulders and bulldog
jaw were inheritedD all the more gladly
and doughtiiy because OF those very odds
He was aware OF man WHO, running
along the box rail- from the stage. had
dropped to his side and stood swinging
gllded. blue-cushioned box-chair about
his head. This apparition and the whiz.
zing sweep OF his odd weapon caused
tho tougls to giev back for an In.
slant
Good old Ansel!'' painted Give
Save your BREATH grunted Karl.
you'll need It."
Then a yell from twenty throats and
tho rush was on again. At first, an
ticpfting the easy triumph which their
type so love, the toughs had turned
from the milder fun OF frlshtening a
girl of the better class to the moInentary
work CT thrashing the solitary man who
had interfered with that simple amuse.
ment. Now, bleeding faces, swollen eyes
and more than one fractured Jaw ana
nose had transformed the earlier phase
OF rough spirits into ono Of murderous
rage.
The man who had so mcrcilcssly pun-
ishcd them must not be allowed to cs-
cape alive. The tough never fights fair.
When fists fail, gouge, bite or kick IS
considered quite allowable. When as in
the present instance, the Intended victim
is so protected as to render these tactics
difficult OF success, pockets are usually
ransacked for more formidable weapons.
Ansel's arrival on the scene had but
checked the onrush. No two men, big
and powerful as both we're, could sub
due nor hold out against that assault.
Give struck, right, left, with the swift
ness of thought. And each blow crashed
into yielding. Keeling flesh.
Down whrled Anscl's chair on the bul-
let head Of one man, and down went the
man beneath the impact.
Up whirled the chair and again II de-
scended on another head-descended and
shivered into kindling wood.
Dropping the fragments, Karl ranged
close to Give and together the two
struck out, the one with the wild force
and fury OF kicking horse, the other
with the colder but no 'ess terrific acc
curacy of the trained athlete.
A tough, ducking one of Ansels wild
swings ran in and caught him about
the waist. Doubling his left leg under
him, Karl caught the mans stomach
with the point OF his knee. The assail-
ant collapsed. gasping. But the mo-
mentary lapse OF the tall New England's
fistic attack had opened breach through
which two more men rushed and flung
themselves bodily on him.