The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-11-13
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not waste any tina He sent In q
straight iab to the Jaw, but Court.
landt blocked II neatly and coantsred
with hard one on HArrigan's ear,
which began to swell.
Fine" growled HarrtgRn. "You
know something about the Lame II
won't be a. Il was vallopins n baby :"
He sent a left TO ghe body, but the
right failed TO reach his man.
For some time Harrtgan jabbtd and
swung and gppercn,. often he reached
his oplsorents body. but never his
face. II worried him "a little 70 f1d
that he could not stir courviaadt NOR,
than two or three feet Comtlandt
never followed az any advantage, thus
making Hargigan force the lighting
which was rather TO his likfag. But
presently Il began 10 enter his mind
coEvtacingiy that apart from the In
itial blow, the younger man was work
Ing wholly on the defensive AS II he
were afraid he might hurt him! This
served to make the old fellow furious
III" bored In right and ett. left ard
right. and Courtlandt gave way, step
by step until he was 80 close TO the
line that he could see 1, from the cor,
ner OF his eye, This glance, swift
rs IT was. came near to being his undo
Ing Harrigan caught him with a ter.
rible right on the jaw. II was a siarc,
ing blow. otherwise the fight would
have ended then and there. Instantly
he mrChed forward and clinched b.
fare The other could add the finishing
touch.
The two pushed about. Harrigan
hercely striving 10 break the younger
mans hold He was beginning to
breathe hard besides A little longer.
and his blows would lack the proper
steam finally Courtlandt broke awsy
OF his own accord His head blurred
little. but aside from that he had
recovered Harrlgan pursued his tao
ties and rushed But this time there
sas an offensive return, Courtlandt
became the aggressor There was no
withdrawing him And Harrig1n
fairly saw the end. but with that In.
domiiable pluck which had made h,m
famous In the annals Of the ring he
kept banging away. The swift, cruel
iaos here and there upon his body
began 10 tell Oh. for a minutes rest
and piece OF lemon on his parched
tongue Suddenly Courtlandt rushed
bin ugerlEhly. landing jab which
closed Harrigans right eye Court
.andt dropped his handa. and stepped
back, His glance travelled suggest.
lively 10 harrigans feet lie was out
side the "ropes
Il beg your pardon, Mr.. Harrigan,
for losing my temper"
What's the odds lost mine. You
win, Harrlgan Was true sportsman
He had no excuses TO offer He had
dug tho pit OF humiliation with ha
own hands, He recognized this as one
OF two facts. The other was. that had
Courtlandt extended himself, the battle
would have lasted about one minute
II was gall aud NORWOOD, but there
you we're
And now. you AJAX for explanations
Ask your daughter TO make them
Courtiandt pulled OF the gloves and
got into his clothes. you may add,
air. that shall never trouble her
again with my unxelcome attentions,
| leave for Milan In the morning
Courtlandt left tho field OF victory
without further comment
Well. what DO you think Of that"
mueed Harrigan. No he stopped over
to gather up the gloyes Any one
would say that ho VAS the injured
larty. I'm IN wrong on this denl
somewhere III max Miss Nora CUES
ton or two"
1t was not so easy returning. He
ran into his wife He tried to dodge
her. bot without success.
James where did you act tina,
black eye" traEically.
lis daisy. Amt t. Molly" push
Ing past her into Nora room and clos
Ing the door after him,
Father
That YOU Nora blinking
Father. Il you have been nshtns
With him. I'll Gever forgive you"
Forget II. Nora / wasn't Agbtins