Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 16, 1922, Page 2

Cop;righ! by __(Continued from last issue) Tusbed again. Nothing but his temper, the lack of self-control that made him see red and had once put him at the mercy of a first-class ring general with stamina and a punch, had kept Jerry out of a world cham- plonship. He had everything clse needed, but he was the victim of his own passion. It betrayed him now. His fighting was that of a wild cave man, bling, furious, damaging. He He Threw Away His Science and His Skill in Order to Destroy the Man He Hated. threw away his sclence and his skill in order to destroy the man he hated. He rained blows on him—fought with head and knee and fist, was on top of him every moment, controlled by one dominating purpose to make that dancing figure take the dust. Clay was cqol, quite mnaster of him- self, Before the fight had gone three minutes he knew that, barring na chance blow, some foul piay, or a bit of bad luck, he would win. He was covering up, letting the pugilist wear himself out, ahd taking only the pun- ishment he must. But he was getting home some heavy body blows that ‘were playing the mischief with Jerry's wind. The New Yorker, puffing like a sen llon, came out of a rally winded and spent. Instantly Clay took the of- fensive. He was a trained boxer as well as a fighter, and he had been taught how to make every ounce of his welght count. Ripping In a body blow as a feint, he brought down Durand’s guard. A straight left crashed home between the eyes and a heavy solar plexus shook the man to the heels. Durand tried to close with him. An uppercut jolted him back. He plunged forward again. They grappled, knock- ing over chairs as they threshed across the room. When they went down Clay was underneath, but as they steuck the floor. he whirled and landed on top, The man below fought furiously to regain his feet. Clay's arm worked like a piston rod with short-arm Jolts agamst the battered face. ping for breath, Durand suddenly. collapsed. Clay got to hig feet and waited for him to rise. His enemy rolled over and gronned. “Had enough?” demanded the west- erner. No answer came, except the heavy, frregular breathing of the man pn the floor, who was clawing for air in his lungs. “I'll ask you once more where Kit! Mason is, And you'll tell me unles you want me to begin on you all over again.” The beaten pugilist sat up, leaning against the wall, He felt ashamed and disgraced by his defeat. Life for him had lost its savor, for he had met his master. “She—got away.” “How?{" i “They turned her loose, to duck the bulls,” came the slow, sullen answer. “Where?” . ¥ “In Central park.” ! Probably this was the truth, Clay reflected. He could take the man's word or not us he plensed. There was no way to disprove it now. He recovered his revolver, threw the automatic out of the window and walked to the door. “Joe's tied up In a backtroom,” he said over his shoulder. Thirty -seconds later Clay stepped into the street.” He walked: across to a,subway station and took tan uptown train, Men looked at him curiomsly., His face was bruised and bleeding, his clothes disheveled, his hat/torn. Clay ed and thought of thesold answer: to see the other feltow, apparently a col- vine had looked upon tae wine when it was red, was moved to come over and offer condolence. “Say, I don’t want to butt in or any- thing, but—he dido’t do a thing to you, did he?” “I hit the edge of a door in the dark,” explained Clay solemnly. “That door must have had several edges” The youth made a confiden- tial admission. “I've got an edge on myself, sort of.” “Not really?” murmured Clay po- litely. “Surest thingsyou know. Say, was it a good scrap?” “I'd hate to mix in a better one.” “Wish I'd been there.” The student fumbled for a card. “Didn’t catch your name?” Clay had no intention of giving his name just now to any casual stranger. He laughed and hummed the chorus of an old range ditty. CHAPTER XIII Johnnie Comes Into His Own. When Clay shot off at a tangent from the car and ceased to function as a passenger, Johnnic made an effort to descend and join his friend, but al ready the taxi was traveling at speed that made this dangerous. He leaned out of the open door and shout- ed to the driver. , “Say, lemme out, doggone you. I wantta get out right here.” The chauffeur paid not the least at- tention to him, He skidded round a corner, grazing the curb, and put his foot on the /accelerator.. The car Jumped forward, sweeping down the wet street, mow .and again skidding dangerously.; It ‘swung Into Fourth avenue, slowing to take the curve. At the widest sweep of the arc Johnnie stepped down. His feet slid from un- der him d he rolled to the curb ucross the’flet asphalt. Slowly he got up and fpested himself for broken bones. Hfe was sure he had dislocated a few hips and it took him some time to persunde himself he was all right, except for some bruises. But Johnnie, free, had no iden what to do. He was as helpless as Jolmnie Imprisoned in the flying cab. Of what Clay's pkin had been he had not the remotest] idea. Yet he could not g0 home amd do nothing. He must keep searching. But where? One thing stuck iny his mind. His friend had mentioned that he woald like to get a chancg to call the police to find out whether} Kitty had been rescued. He was anxious on that polnt: himself. At the first clgar store he stopped and was put on the wire wlth\hm\dqunr- ters. He learned that a car\supposed to be the one wanted had been driven Into Central park by the police a few winutes \earlier. Johnnde’s ' mind carried Mm on a straight {line to the simplest! decision. He run -across to! Fifth avenue and climbed into a bus) going uptewn. At || the Sewventy-second street emfrance Johnnie' left the bas and plunged into the pagk. The impfsh gods who de- light In. turning upside down the best- laid plams of mice andimen\were work- ing ovexrtime tonight. They\arranged it that a girl cowering:among\fhe wet bushes bordering an unfredquiented path heard the “Hi—yk—yl” of Arizo- na and gave affaint cry: for help}¢That call reaehed Johnnie and hrough;\hlm on the run. A man bedlde the girl jumpedsup with a snarl,igun in hand. But the Rynt had caught a sight 14 Kitty. A file of fixed bayonets cou‘.’d not have keyt him from trying to res- cue her. Hg: dived through the brush like a footbéll tackler. A gun barked. Theylittle man did not even know it. Hevand the thug went down together, rolled over, clawed furiously at each other, and got to their/feet simuitaneously. But the cowpuncher held, the gun now. The crook glared at him for a moment, and bolted for the jsufety ‘of the bushes In wild flight. . Johnnie fired ‘onve, ) then forgot all about the, private, little wer he had started, For his armsiwere full of a sobbing/Kitty; who clung’to him while she wept and talked anld exclaimedall in a breath, t) st “I knew yowd ;comie, Johnnie. I knew you ‘would—you gor Clay. They left me here with hlm;:\')me they got away from the police.] .”!'. Oh, I've been so scared, I dido't know—T thought—" “'S all right. 'S all fright, T girl. Don't you cry, Kitty.; Me "n’ Clay won't let 'em huxt you fimue. ‘We sure won't.” i She nestled closer,/ and Johnnie's heart lost a ‘beat. He had become aware of a dull pain fin the sNoulder and of something \\-eé1 trlcklingxmwn his shoulder.” But wHat is one\little bullet_in your geogrsphy whem the § arms? “I aln't nothi¢ but a hammered- down 1’ haysed w8 a cowpuncher,” he told her, his vace. trembling, “an’ you're awful pret’y an'—an'—" A flag of color fluttered to her soft cheeks. The siliien lashes fell shyly. “[ think you're iine and dandy, the bravest man that ever was.” “Do you—figate ysey could—? I—I ~1 don't reckof xuu could ever—" H& stopped, “ayushed. To him -this reature, of soft curves was of heaven-, st gitl in fhe world is in your ‘| sent’ charm, Al the beauty and vital-i ity of her youth catled to him. - It seemed to Johnnie that God spoke rough (her,;: Which, is another. wuyii bf 'saylng that he was in love with her.' tea-ghgmade o rustling little stir'inhis'| armg and lifted a flashed face very tender and appealing. Iu the darkness her lips slowly turned to his. Johnnie chose that inopportune mo- ment to get sick & the stomach. “]—I'm goin’ to faint,” he an- nounced, and did ‘When he returned to his love-story Johunie's head was in Kitty’s lap and a mounted policeman was in the fore- ground of the scene. His face was wet from the mist of fine rain falling. “Don’t wiove. Some one went for a car,” she whispered, bending over him so that flying tendrils of her hair brushed his cheek. “Are you—badly hurt?” He snorted. “I'm. a false alarm. Nothin’ a-tall. He.jes' creased me.” . “You're so brave,” she cried, ad- miringly. 2 He had never been told this before, He suspected it was not true, but to hear her say it was manna to his hun- gry soul, ‘The cab stopped at the house of a doctor and the shoulder was dressed The doctor made oue pardonable mis- take. “Get your wife to give you this sleeping powder if you find you can’t sleep,” he said. “Y’betcha,” answered Johnnie cheer- fully. 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