The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30

manly art would burden the stacks of the Congressional Library
 Eleazar sweated, swor, and despaired. He arranged Williams hands to block q lead for the face. Then leading slowly, he fiercely admonished William to block him, but Williams hands stayed precisely where they were put while William backed hastily out of range. After an hours futile endeavor they returned to camp and the corporal sought Jarvey.
 Say" he said in disgust, T pass 1t up. I ain't the man for the job. l couldn't learn that dub to box, not in thousand years.''
 You got to do 1t, son. returned Jar vey cheerfully.
 "Oh, but say, Jarvey,' cried Eleazar, you don't know what it is It's like learn possible"
 You got to do 1t, Eleazar," repeated Jarvey, and the next day he again drove the reluctant corporal forth.
 This time Eleazar tried a different method
 See here, you" he remarked darkly to William. i've fooled with you long enough. I'm goin to show you how to block me. Then I'm goin' to let drive at you with that identical blow, an by all the angels, If ye don't block 1t, it'll knock the head clean off ye, see?'
 This plan worked better for in terror of his life, William strove valiantly, and to his surprise found the lifting really could be done It was an heroic method, but all honor untoEleazar, it worked. Day after day the two sought the seclud- ed jungle together. The sessions grew longer, and at the end of two weeks the corporal was becoming interested in his pupil and, wonder of wonders, William went eagerly to the place of combat.
 Perhaps he found 1t a pleasant diversion after the eternal drilling; perhaps, un- consciously he welcomed anything that took his mind off his environments for even an hour; perhaps, and this is the most likely, the blows and kicks of the past weeks still ranlsled and he nourished hopes of revenge.
 At tn. end of month William walked the barracks with straight eye. which is ever a sign of conscious power of one sort or another.
 "'Bout time to pull off the coop, aint it?" Sergeant Hook asked Eleazar. Lit tie more an he'll be plclSin' a fight with somebody else an if he gets licked the first time it's all off
 ''Ginme one more week. Jarvey," beg ged the corporal, and the time was grant ed. "An' l warn you, old man, 1t aint goin to be any puddin'. He's took to it like a dog to your brooches, once he
  take the count. He cut me one to the jaw yesterday. an If I hadn't been goin' away when 1t landed t would "a done the business
 The following week was a hard one for both Eleazar and William. Early and late they put in every idle minute away by themselves, till the matter became subject for discussion at the mess.
 Eleazar used the time to instruct his pupil in the mysteries of a peculiarly vici- ous left hook which was his own private propet ty. In an historic encounter with Jarvey in the beginnings of their &C., quantanceship 1t was this blow alone which had saved the big corporal from crushing defeat. and it was a signal proof of his interest in William that he now shared with him the precious knowledge of It's delivery It started at the hip, came up with singular twisting mo- ton, which made it most difficult to evade or block, and if 1t landed fair 1t vas certain knockout
 Well" said Jarvey at the end of the weak Ifs he goin' to lick me very bad?"