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And now that they saw they
were not going to get away with II
I they began 10 feel ashamed Of
| themselves.
Finally they said 10 Dartie:
young fellow, we have begun to
like you. We are going TO quit
trying 10 kill you, and We are now
sorry we tried 10 do so, for we see
you are n good sport. We like you
so we'll we are going TO give you a
chance to join our gang and be
crook, too"
Dartie smiled.
He recognized that II was
triumph Of mind over matter.
But he would not for one moment
think Of becoming a crook.
The offer angered him.
He felt seorn.
He drew himself up 90 his full
height and gave them one look.
There were no words that could
make them feel the full extent Of
his scorn.
So he did not speak 10 them.
He started 10 walk away.
But they felt his scorn.
They got II from his look.
II angered them so they lost all
sense Of caution.
The whole seven Of them sprang
at him again.
It seemed as If the slender young
fellow must 60 down beneath the
assault Of these seven burly ruff
fans.
But Dartie used jiu-iitsu.
He was a master Of the art.
He had prepared himself for
newspaper work faithfully.
Every good reporter knows jiu-
/ iitsu. He never knows when he
leaves the Office in the morning with
] his notebook to wander about town
and gather up news items and jot
them down what kind Of persons he
may meet.
A clever touch here. a bit Of
pressure on just the right nerve
center there, a bit Of a scuffie and
six Of the seven burly. rufiians were
soon lying on the ground helpless.
CHAPTER XXI.
But the seventh burly ruffian was
another matter.
Dartie perceived with astonish-
ment that this seventh fellow knew
| jiu-iitsu himself.
None Of the books he had read had
ever told Dartie what 20 do in a
case like this.
Always in the books the burly
villain did not know jiu-jitsu.
Il was only the slender hero who
knew il.
Dartie felt that there was some
thing wrong about this.
The burly ruffian made a clever
| jiu-jitsu thrust at Dartie's pneumo-
gastric nerve.
Dartie parried IL just in time.
He feinted at the burly ruffian's
thyroid gland, and then rapidly
iammed his forefnger at the mans
optic nerve.
The burly ruffian cleverly par
ried Dartie's thrust also.
Then these two antagonists fell
back and looked at each other.
Dartie was surprised 10 find so
much fnesse in the fellow.
The rufiian, on his part, was sur
/ prised TO find so much strength in
Dartie.
They paused only for a moment.
Both were eager for the fray.
Each extended his forehnger
with his arm outstretched. The
digits crossed with a clang.
For the next three minutes
neither one could get past the
others guard.
So intense was the struggle that
sparks flew from the grinding
fingers.
Then the ruffian darted a ter
rife jab at Dartie's solar-plexus. II
would have been the finish Of a less
distinguished jiu-jitsu artist than
Dartie. Dartie parried Just In
time. But IL was so near a thing
that the fingernails touched and
spun round on each other.
"So!" cried the ruffian In aston
ishment. "The little man knows
that thrust, eh?"
Il invented H." said Dartie.
calmly. And he settled 10 his work
with a grim determination.
In the end, Dartie knew, the
cleaner living must tell. II al
ways does.
Suddenly Dartie decided on a
coup 70 break the others nerve.
Still fencing perfectly with his
right hand, he reached into his coat
pocket with his left. and drawing
out tobacco and cigarette paper
rolled himself a cigarette with his
left hand, stuck Il jauntily into his
mouth and lighted II.
With a sneer his antagonist did
likewise.
ITO Be Continued)
DON MARQUIS.