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THANK you, Sir" said Eric. as they
shook hands. Adam Cars hand was
soft but firm. IT was hardly what Eric
expected. He looked like q main who
had known nothing but hard labor.
Father says you and he are great
friends. It's very good of you to come
and cheer him up as You do" His
amer was tender, but his voice and
eyes hard as flint, If the metaphor is
permissible.
Old Jabez chuclled. II reckon he
gets something for his trouble, Adam.
i ill his brain chuck full of hair .raisin'
lies He'd oughter make a grand move
writer, II he a jest remember all
tell him."
You surely don't believe all my dad
tells you. do you?" said Adam. remov-
ing his pipe to grin the better.
INC, sir" said Eric promptly. He
always tells us when they're not true"
That's more than he ever did at
home" said Adam with u sly wink.
Are you q saiior?' asked the boy.
deliberately. 'Ive been a little OF
everything in my time. 1t don't pay to
stick to any II thing too long. You
get in u rut. n lifc's a poor job If you
stay In the rut so long that you don't
feel like making the effort to get out of
Il. Been In q scrap with somebody"
he asked, cycling Eric's bruise.
Just a friendly boxing match" said
Eric. with quick glance at Jabez.
'sF,eller much too big for him" re-
marked Jabez. Ellis cousin. A dirt
mean college chap"
Adams hard. mirthless smile re-
turned. do you know much about
boxing rs Eric confessed his ignor-
ance OF the finer points. 'Ill give you
= few instructions, If you'd like en-"
said Adam Carr, a strange light coming
into his eyes. u a show you a few
n - & tnk - ~,yiJy III II NIJ~E Il. -.-z,- H.
won't g%etsover h surprise for a week"
Erir jumped at the chance. TN
borrow the gloves" he cried.
AL right. said Adam, sitting down
n c~omplacently relighting his pipe.
Well begin tomorrow morning. I'll be
here for o week. Can you come to my
room in the Massasoit House,"
The next morning Eric appeared with
the gloves. Every day for a week, he
visited Adam Carr's room In the cheap
water ron hotel. hi mains skill with
= gloves was a revelation TO tho boy.
Chetwynd was the merest novice In
comparison. Try as he would, Eric
could he, in all his wild clumsiness,
dispell the calm Indifference that
marked his manner Adam was as
light as a feather and as quick as a
q despite his stocky frame and phleg-
anntic bearing. Time and again. the
N WY WOulQ sup, puLAIIlE, III grin SuGSp-
ishly and bewail the TACT that ne could
make no impression on his adversary.
You're doing splendidly,' said Adam.
without SO much as d quicken
ing OF the breath. "The main point
is this. cant hit you as cas-
ily 10 did In the beginning.
You're learning how to take care of
yourself. You're managing to keep
cool. and that's the chief thing in box
Ing. You are sidestepping and duck
ing very neatly-something you could
not do at all in the beginning. Idon't
wonder u cousin Knocked your block
OFF. Now, I'LL begin to show you a few
tricks at the game, a few punches. You
wont learn EN- very thoroughly while
Pm here; but you'll have 'em well
enough to upset your cousin in good
shape. There's one thing to guard
against: don't let him rush in and
clinch. He's too biz and strong for
you. He'd murder you in a wrestling
match. Keep dancing away all the
time. Get him ratified, get him mad"
Two days after Adam Cars depar-
ture from Corinth, Eric, In the pres
encesof half a dozen envious boys who
q suffered ignominy at Chetwynd's
hanSs. very effectually humiliated his
big and raging cousin. He hit him at
will. successfully evading the returns
that We're meant to lay him out, kept
out Of clinches, n cleverly %outboxed
Il III cock OF the walk. No greater In
suit could have been offered to Chet-
wynd than this. He returned to Cam
bridge fully a week earlier than he had
Intended. much to the surprise of his
parents, who, somehow, rejoiced in a
Is certain profound thouEhtfulness that
cnmo over their son.
Eric was not a~gboaster. He took his
Triumph ver Chetwynd with becoming
ace.s Its nothing to brag about
las explained to his friends. That's
asnly once for me. just think how many
MINES he has whaled me-" Neverthe-
he q come upo y new joy In
living. His heart was lighter. His
victory may have increased Chef
wyndss hatred. but 1t also served to
create wholesome respect In that
young gentseman's breast. There was
something Ia that,
There5@Wa % dense atmosphere OF
Myatery surrounding Adam Carr. Eric
WaA unable 10 penetrate it, and he
could obtain nj light from the mans
father Old Jabez was r~esolutely non
acoMlmittal. He would shake his head
Eric's eager questions, and an
WMer evasively when driven to a cor
ner Il.
Now don't poster me amy more
about aSsAdam. he finally exploded,
when Mary added her Inquiries to thos
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