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that a man can feel who has been beaten by a smaller antagonist " Y ou may be interested to know," Rand said coolly, " that a little train ing in boxing-is the greatest thing in the w orld to bring a big man down to C O r n M H T I I M ( Y K A W W C 1 , II your size. You may be interested, also ; bellow of rage he rushed his smaller to know that after you go to sleep you SY N O PSIS ___ .... are going to get a ride in the patrol H enry Rand, middle-aged business opponent, his pow erful arm s flailing wagon. I hope the police station as he sought to land one o f those boneman is found murdered in a cheap S ! A T " 7 1 A " benches are not hard." hotel in Grafton. Police fin.I a yellow crushing blows. " I 'll kill you, you little squirt. stub o f a theatre ticket and a woman's Jim m y had a med at the point of He glared at Jimmy apd handkerchief. The cl.i't stub is traced the other's chin-- the vulnerable " but Y ou-- " to a Thomas F ogarty in Buffalo, who ton," as it is knowi. in prize-fighting hunched his shoulders. He took on« says he gave it to Olga M aynard. Olga circles. A pow erful punch, landing slow step away from the wall and says the stub and her handkerchief then suddenly checked himself. His ir.ust have been stolen from her by a squarely on that norve centre, robs a right hand, dangling at arm 's length, ir.m of consciousness ju st as surely as red-headed man with whom she was dancing. Jimmy, H enry' s son, goes to does an ether cone in the hands o f a had come in contact with his coat pocket. A look o f cunning crept into Buffalo to cleai up the murder. He surgeon. his eyes as he gazed steadfastly at receives mysterious warnings to get " Too high," Jimmy muttered as tie Rand. His hand slid slowly into the out o f Buffalo buu he refuses to leave. Father-- "One thing is certain, the saw the other recover and come Judge-- " On what grounds are you pocket. man who marries my daughter will charging in. " I 'll have to finish him C H A P T E R X V II. Jimmy, watching him narrowly, seeking a divorce from your w ife?" need money." Suitor-- ``W ell, I do, or I'm gone." suddenly sprang at him. " D rop that i Mr. Poe-- " Misrepresentation. When His back pressed closely ag..inst the sir-- desperately." It looked that way, certainly. A guf^!" he cried as he closed i«. His building, Jimmy began to move cau I asked her to marry me she said she * -------------spectator witnessing that fight would le ft hand gripped desperately the tiously away from the corner in search have declared it too unequal. Rand, was agreeable." other's right wrist, while_ his right For Dry Skin-- Minard's Liniment. o f a better position, fo r the street not a small man himself, but straight sought the man's th ro a t light 0:1 the corner picked >,ut every and slender fo r all o f his breadth of He had his opponent backed against nearby object in bold_ relief. shoulders, was actually dw arfed by the wail, one arm pinned to his side He fe lt a doorway at his back and the bulk o f his antagonist, who was and the other prevented from coming stepped into its protective shadow. He Get Your Radio For the Winter Months Now easily h alf a head taller and must into action by the pressure o f his own Baw that he was standing in the en have had a w eight advantage o f 20 right forearm . He tightened his grasp trance to a grocery store. The place, or 30 pounds. on the man's throat. The latter, fight closed fo r the night was quite dark. Once he reached out a mighty paw, in g convulsively fo r air, was trying The doorway, a few feet farth er b a 'k from the street than the adjacent showing surprising swiftness in a man to break the hold on his windpipe. show window, offered him a haven o f such size and grabbed Jimmy by Jimmy could feel him grow ing limp. Jimmy suddenly released his hold on from which he could command a clear the arm, tryin g to draw him close. In on a N EW 1931 view o f anyone that passed without that position his greater strength the man's wrist r.nd thrust his own would have crushed the other into hand into the pocket. His fingers being readily seen himself. Screen Grid Console Radio The sound o f that footfa ll-- at least helplessness. Jimmy struggled against closed on a hard object and he jerked he fe lt positive it was a footfa ll-- had the grip, but his left arm w as held M s hand away, at the same time let This is an Introductory Price for entirely dissipated the feelin g o f un fast. 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Jimmy got a clear view o f the lower part o f his face, the heavy chin and -- and he seemed to be using his right Above the broad-leaved basswood's New hall bearing water remover with over hand twdfcto one in preference to his russet shade, jasize rolls-- W rings drier and quicker. No screw adjusting. He stood still fo r several seconds, left. Invariably, every time he made The poplar spills its silver down the glade looking and listening, and then he the shift Jimmy would dart in with a Guarantee for 12 years. Longest and broad est guarantee ever given with a W ashing Ma moved. A s he drew abreast o f the stinging punch to head or body and And the slim-fingered water-saugh chine. doth shed grocery store Jimmy stepped out into back again in time to avoid the return. the light. 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Duncan. counter must have ended right there. those straight, snappy jolts that were {.-----------It swished wickedly through the air. raining a steady tattoo on the other' s But quickly as it had been launched, face and body. For the Day Jimmy had been quicker, and the blow " Come on and fight like a man," ha Why spoil the day with hate or greed fanned the air in fron t o f his fa ce as snarled at Jimmy through lips that Or any little selfish deed? he sprang lightly back. were puffed and bleeding. His breath W hy fllbr the morning with a sneer T lu man w as still h alf turned with was coming in short, jerky gasps, the Or add one mite to what is here the force o f his sw ing when Rand effect o f those telling body punches. Of bitterness and wrong and sin moved sw iftly forw ard, and all the " You damn dancin' master, you, let Some petty little gain to win? pow er in Jim m y's shoulders was in the me get my hands on you and I 'll break straight thrusting punch that he aim you in h alf." W hy through the brilliant noontide go ed at the other's jaw . It crashed home, Jimmy pulled up short, v e il out o f As one who lives in gloom and woe, and th» man staggered back on his the other's range, and dropped his And coming to the afternoon heels. He tottered fo r an instant, and Thanks God that night must follow his knees sagged slightly, but he hands. Save fo r a bloody ear, where soon quickly regained his balance. W ith a one o f those wild swings had grazed the side o f his head, there was no To end the dreary cares o f day visible mark on him. He surveyed his And put the tools*of life away? opponent, whose tight-fitting cap was still pulled well down on his head, and Rather I choose to this day's end told him, with a good deal o f con To play the comrade and the friend; tempt in his tone, where he could go. To see, in spite of pain and care, " I 'm going to put you to sleep in The jo y o f living everywhere; . 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