Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-14

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~ the initial phase she looked upon the
scene as she would have looked upon an in
teresting picture in anj art dealers window.
Four men, with gray, patches for faces,
swarmed over Jeremiah and obliterated him
temporarily. Almost Immediately there
anne an -upheaval and Jeremiah stood free.
He was the reincarnation Of that anaiable
fuftlan whom we know as Ajax, who chal.
,lenged all Troy daily to come out Of its
walls and fight him.. Homer doesn't mention
this so particularly. supposing, no Coubt, that
1t would be understood. misunderstanding
the Lords exalted-fought because his soul
and body demanded it for all he had suffered
that day. He had no other notion. It
wasn't to protect his lady or his wallet in
which were several thousand dollars and @
sprinkling Of eneralds. No:it was the lust
of battle, the pride Of flesh; in an instant
he went back several thousand years. The
, piop Of his fist in a face or against a chest
was to him what the thutnp Of the tympanies
is\to a symphony orchestra the \basic
color. j,
The men, weaving and waving over him,
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but again he bore up and through. laying
about Justify. Whenevetsslhe saw the right
opening Heaet so his .bo6t effectively. Therel
were no rules to this combat; no chivalry:
kills or be killed. He could have pulverized
! any, two Of these unnanly rats--but four!
One Of his eyes was closing, his lips were
pulp, his nose was bleeding, and there was
a dagger-like hurt in the small ribs. But he
was giving mark for mark, hurt for hurt.
1t was when,i for a second, Nancy saw his
face, bloody and battered, in the street light
which hung obliquely from the alley that
she came out Of her hypnosis. She rushed
into the melee as a tisress after her whelp.
! With furious hands she seized one Of the
ruffians by. the collar and dragged him back.
When he saw that It was a woman, he
snarled, wheeled, gave her a! buffet on the
mouth that smothered and stunned her. The
male animal will not fight the female Of the
species; but there are male humans who
like nothing better than to pomrnel the soft
flesh of a woman.
The blow did not take the fight out Of
Nancy, but it made her reasonable, She
turned and ran dizzily down the street-for
help. She never thought to cry out. That
was one. of the peculiar phases of this battle
against odds; there were no sounds above the
painting lungs. the thud Of buffets and the
s%cuf1ling' Of feet
As the Homeric enthusiasm began to ooze
out of him and civilization edged it's way
back, Jerry found himself sorely put to keep
from going down for the third time. which
he guessed would be the last. D now the
notion came 0 him to take to his heels; but
it came too late. A blackjack descended
upon .his, skull; and after a, ingular.oonstella.
' ton, not to be found upon any chart left by
copernicus, q soothing velvet ,blackness took
all Jerry's pains and troubles away.
& Around the first corner Nancy sighted help
q IN the form Of a policeman. They are fire..
ou1ently found in New York when you need
them. But the discouraging fact 10 this:
they are skeptical beyond belief after mid
nieht. A thousand false alarms to contend
with: wife.beaters. husband ,beaters, neigh,
borhood rows, childrer's squabbles-air bulb:;
bles. The cry Of murder no longer thrills;
generally it is some won1an's trick to avoid
! beating. So when Nancy rushed toward
him, disheveled. he did not greet her with
enthusiasm; her appearance had all the ear.
marks Of the old stpff!. &S
"Quick!' she cried. They are killns
him!
" Who?" askedsthe policeman, arniably,
Here was o pretty youns woman, Tor all that
her hat was hanging soyeraan ear and aSslittle
trickle OF blood was ssigzagging down her
chin. A row with her Y steady z; wanted hin
locked up tonight. and tomorrow she'd be
tearing at the bars tos, set him out.
Now Nancy was still boiling With fury
and it oyeraoweds at the sight Of the police
mans lack % Professional interest. sh.
7 caught him by the sleeve.
II" YOU Sblockheadl1l I'm telling 0 thai
bandits are killins my escort. Kinini
4, aim!. n ,ss. 5sF5 .I1 !,
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