Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-02

| lrlnhlOwu annals. sf% !S
Mat Tor man In point Of slze. weight
and courage the two wer~ equally
matched. On HaEgid's side there was
the advantage III superior science anu
the txn,l grnrralship Of the trained hox
er But Rob was the born tighter. ana
his muscles were hard and elastic AZ
the steel whtme forging had Developed
them. whereas his antagonist had been
yp, ~ out Ut training. Amid trnis~ ~.
lence. broken only by the shutting OF
their feet. they faced each other ana
began the ,On,i,at. Gooliy. wartly say.
agply they fought. two splendid Drutes
beasts Of prey thirsting tor each otn
er's bloOd.
Suddenly HaEgin feinted. then
brought hix right crashing to Boo's
temple For an instan, Bob was numb.
ed and blinded with pain. Then all
feeling Of nurt ief, him tle saw AZ
though q red dim had been lowered
before. his eyes. His thin lips drew
back cruelty. and h- pressed forward
to mppt the onslaught of Hagsin. who
hnd Thought to finish hi \ with one
more blow There WAS Il short. her'e
iu,prchana.. then M one knew just
now Il happened Il was ali over Eu@'
Sin the mighty. lay on the t,mr. h-,p
tess aud grmn!nE MS head rolling frN .
SIDE. to SIDE. ~ the futile effort to raise
! liniSalf
firing scene water" En'. ordered
Il. bartender hr .l'hi II bli..kp'rui.
I with VIII |, Hob rnrr-ssN dr.ugrn MA
/ pro>.ra,p antiguuis, Then hr ,urupu
! to tn. hur
",rhp hDys II take another roC3d of
the same they ordered before" TIE SAID
in dry sarcasm
| The spell WIS broken The crowd ,!
/ E1nu who mad In nwed silence watched
| the combat. MrAcoc followers ana
| Hmcmin adherents allie .'hsrrrl the
! victor. each trying tu shake !lis naud.
/ Il familiarity which BE- rnld!y Crnleu
!; hen, AND for The r":,lSai " which they
| strangely admired him the NOR" RaE
! gin. staggering to nis feet. looked Oh
| dunibiy Observation-Disclosures.
| What what's the lnat'erT" he nut.
! 1ered thirkiy.
| "Te'rp licked. Tom fIarr'n' Bob
/ McAdoo licked ye!'' they vel!"d der,
| s!ve:y
"Ye didn't lick me- &c never licked
! ne Bob M"AdnO Nv God" His
vol. rose TO Il lo;1d s!r!"k. the agaa!z
/, I'd .'rv OF nioilnr-!, who secs his
kingdom forever departed from him
Eyes. I did" Bob <aid srernly And
! II yon want more q! the same. come
i on''
Put Ilngc:n did not come on He
took ore steI, toward Bob then " new.
! unfamiliar sensation entered mis- heart
stood t~forr him
My God" M groancd hnnrseiy. ''ye
did lick me-" Then IN Il piiifu AT
| tempt to gather the tutter- Of TITS loa!
prestige around the nakedness Of his
defeat be yelled again: But sc could
never a done 1t when l was in train.
| In. Ye never could"
A der,sive shou, went up. TIA"
snperrd Que. an erstwhile supporter.
Its easy enough To say That now.
| when there . no chanre o provin' It,"
With the below Ut mad buil aag.
gin sprang toward the speaker. who
ned the saloon. The ex-puEilist. grim
aud desperate. turned to the crowd
Come on. ye dogs. Bob McAdoO's
licked me. but ye nuip't. An ye can't
none o ye. all o ye! II there's any
thinks be Gun come on. 40 many as ye
like an III show yer
"kight!' said Bob contemptuous!y
II judge you can handle about doz
en-. Huggin. IL moren that comes I'm
with you
But none came.
The next WAS the hardest and the
greatest moment in HaEgln's life Tn.
der the bully was hidden a crude man.
hood. He turned to his couqueror and
said slowly: - r.
Eye licked me. Bob McAdoo. fair nm
square That goes. Ye're the only
man "a ever done II. There amt an
other man In the city can do 1t
ShaEe"'
..Sure." said Rob heartily. graspins
the Outstretcned nand.
1.-The drinks is ON me-" Haggin con.
tinued painfully. thus completing the
pubic uChuVN VI shS NSASas
a. required by lrisltOwn etiquette.
While the Grinks we're hning poured
and consumed Rob took Hnggin by
the arm ana ted MIN into the rear
room. whittier many a longing glance
was cast. but none dared follow.
.HaGgin" he suid Eruttiy. you're
man WHATS the use Of you and me
f,gh,in'? can lick you after tonight
that's right. mint it?'
.That goes" Hagrtn assented.
'Nbcn went into this political
IN me-" Bob continued. ut was to help
the squire out Hut ! Ike II. and I'm
In II to stny now for myself. I've
rot you lirkpd this time. I can go on
ii,kin' you If have to. 5;i; dent
want to have to. Now. what's the
matter with me ana you hnnEtn to
Epther in this dpni. fsetwern us we
eau hold this ward su no one can hurt
"a. What do you sayy"
.Shake again.. SAID HagEin huskily.
'YOU ~ a man,
Thus Haggin was conquered and he
rame isobs fnithfui retn,nrr. The
squire was renoninatrd ana later re-
elected without opposition.
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