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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1908.
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SIXTH AND MAIN STREETS
A FIGHT WITH
BARE HANDS
The following chapter from "The
Spoilers." by Rex E. Beach, contains
the best description of a bare-handed j
man-to-man fight to be found anywhere j
in modern fiction:
Day was breaking when Glenister
came down the mountain.
It seemed years since he had seen
the sunlight, for this night, burdened
wun buuoe uau u - '
Innw Hu hoHv was faint, beneath
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ine strain, anu yei ne roue uu uu uu, ,
tired dogged, stony, his eyes set to-,
wards the sea, his mind a storm of;
formless, wh.rl.ng thoughts, beneath ; ; ; ' - ?
which was an undeviating. implaca-, H ha(, ,m bef(jre
ble determination a,nna realizing that his weapon was inside
He knew now tha he had sac flee
all hope of the Midas-the "chert 0 , d , ,d hr , h one
Aneli T S? ofrous, yes, fatal, second to open
Helen was gone; in fact he ban to ; stare pach
realize dimly that from the beginning , malignant, their
he had never had the poibility of i , fc b d , h(;
winning her that she had never been ! f
destined for him and that his oye for grlm-purpos-
her had been sent as a light by wh c ! d , McXamara's first pertur-
he was to find h.mself He had failed , ' dangerous;
everywhere, he had become an out- , .. ., . ,
i v. v i i , ,i, , (whereas the continued contemplation
law, he had fought and gone down,! , , , , , , , . ' .
.11 , ii . '.hi ,i ,ul of his enemy worked in Glenister to
certain only of his rectitude and the . . .. ' , . .
mastery of his unruly aplrit-and his . AGtr U T'T P
failure was due at every turn to this I !azftd forth unhidden.
political gamester. McXamara, who'. 1 have J" lajt act.. Mc-
had robbed the miners of their claims. !a".:, noW we 11 haVe 11 out man
Now the hour had come when he j man- ,
would perform his last mission, deriv- j The politician shrugged his should-
ing therefrom that satisfaction which j ers.
the gods could not deny. He would I "Vou have the drop on me. I am un
have his vengeance. I armed." At that the miner's face light-
The scheme took form without con-led fiercely and he chuckled,
scious effort on his part. From the j "Ah, that's almost too good to be
first McXamara had been a riddle to; true. I have dreamed about such a
him, and mystery breeds curiosity. ' thing and I have been hungry to feel
His blind, instinctive hatred of the
man had assumed the proportions of
a mania; but as to what the outcome
would be when they met face to face
fate alone could tell. Anyway, Mc
Namara should never have Helen.
When he had finished he would pay
the price. If he had the luck to es-
cape, he would go back to his hills j
and solitude; if he did not, his future
would be in the hands of his enemies, j
He rode down front street heedless 1
of danger, heedless of the comment !
. 1
seen, entered his enemy's stronghold.
In dressing for the battle at Midas
on the previous night he had replaced
his leather boots witl: "mukluks,"
which are waterproof, light, and pli
able footgear made from the skin of
seal ami walrus. He was thus able to
move noiselessly as though in mocca
sins. Finding neither pencil nor paer
In his pocket, he tried the outer door
of the office and found it unlocked.
He stepped inside and listened, then
moved towards a table on which were
writing materials, but in doing so
heard a rustle in Struve's office. Evi
dently his soft soles had not disturb
ed the man inside. Glenister was about
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to tiptoe out as he had come when
the hidden man cleared his throat It
is in these involuntary sounds that the
voice retains' its natural quality more !
distinctly even than in speaking A j
strange eagerness grew in Glenister's i
face and he approached the partition ;
stealthily. It was of wood and glass, ;
the panes clouded and opaque to a
height of some six feet; but stepping
upon a chair he peered into the room
beyond. A man knelt in a littre of pa
pers before the open safe, its drawers
and compartments removed and their"
contents scattered. The watcher low
ered himself, drew his gun, and laid
soft hand upon the door-knock, turn
Ing the latch with firm fingers
His1
vengeance had come to meet him.
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MOamaras astonishment was so
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prompted by a w
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your throat since the first time 1 saw
you. It's grown on rne till shooting
wouldn't satisfy me. Ever had the
feeling? Well, I'm going to choke the
life out of you with my bare hands."
McXamara squared himself. i
"I wouldn't advise you to try it. I
have lived longer than you and I was
never beaten, but I know the feeling
you speak about. I have it now." '
His eyes roved rapidly up and down
the other's form, noting the lean j
thighs and close drawn belt which
lied only by the neck and shoulders. ''" W '-'' cuimiy. may
He had beaten better men, and he 1 'r'"t r parry or thrust with cold de
reasoned that if it came to a physical 1 liberation ; but when there conies the
test in these cramned nuarters his'Jar" ""y WV
own great weight would more than
offset, any superior agility the miner
might possess. The longer ho looked
the more he yielded to his hatred of
the man before him, and the more
cruelly he longed to satisfy it.
"Take off your coat," said Glenister.
"Now turn around. All right! I just
wanted to see if you were lying about
your gun."
"I'll kill you," cried McNamara.
Glenister laid his six-shooter upon
the safe and slipped off his own wet
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garment. It was meet that - they t lungs wheezing, their faces trickling
should come together thus. It had ! blood and sweat, Glenister's left hand
betn the one certain and logical event ' pained him excruciatingly, while Mc
which they had felt inevitably ap- Namara's macerated lips had turned
proachlng from long back. And it was ' out ward in a hideous pout. They
fitting, moreover, that they should ; crouched so for nn instant, cruel,
fight alone and unwitnessed, armed ' bestlnl-Mhen clinched again. The of
only with .the weapons of the wilder- j flce-llt tings were wrecked utterly
ness, for they were both of the far, ! and the room became a litter of ruins,
free lands, were both of the fighter's 1 The men's garment's fell away till
type, and both had warred for the j their breasts were bare and their
first, great prize. arms swelled whlto and knotted
They
m..f f. r.irl.mslv. McXamara
aimed a fearful blow, but Glenister
met him squarely, bea,tln him off
cleverly, stepping In and out. his
arms swinging loosely from bis should-
el's like whalebone withes tipped with,
lead. He moved lightly, bis footing
made doubly secure by reason of his
soft soled mukluks. lU.gnizihg his
i
' .rr.'u irrnaror it't.tt'ht linMor.
took merely to clop the headlong rush-;
I es and remain out of reach as long as !
' possible. He struck the politician
fairly in the mouth so that the man's j
head snapped back and his fists went I
wild, then, before the arms could J
Erasn him the miner had broken 1
ground andrwhlpped another blow
across; but McXamara was a boxer
himself, so covered ami blocked it.
The politician spat through his mash
ed lips and rushed aain, sweeping
his opponent from his feet. Again
Gleinster's fist shot forward like a
lump of granite, but the other came
on head down and the blow finished
too high, landing on the big man's
brow. A sudden darting agony par
alyzed Hoy's hand, and he realized
that he had broken the metacarpal
bones and that henceforth It would be
useless. Before hi; could recover Mc
Xamara had passed under bis extend
ed arm and siezed him by the middle,
I then thrusting his left leg back of iw battle of bull moose In the rutting
I Glenister's he whirled him from his j Heason. though more terrible, aver
j balance, flinging him clear and with i rng that two men like these had never
resistless force. It seemed that a fa-1
tal fall must follow, but the youth
squirmed catlike in the air, landing
with set muscles which rebounded
like rubber. Even so, the receiver was
upon him before he could rise, reach
ing for the young man's throat with
his heavy hands. Glenister recogniz
ed the fatal "strangle hold" and slew
ing his enemy's wrists, endeavored to
tear them apart, but his left hand was
useless, so with a mighty wrench he
freed himself, and locked In each
other's arms, the men strained and
swayed about the office till their neck
veins were bursting, their muscles
,'aralyzed.
tact of skin to skin, the play of iron
muscles, the painful gasp of exhaust
ion then the mind goes skittering
l ack into Its dark recesses while every
venomous passion leaps forth from Its
hiding-place and joins in the horrid
war.
They tripped across the floor, crash
ing into the partition, which spilt,
showering them with glass. They
fell and rolled In It; then, by consent,
wrenched themselves apart ami rose,
eye to eye, their jaws hanging, their
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i ...uU i.v ih
111,(1 I'll I II U n nmi" I' inw.in j ni"
other's
cunning blows, while Glenls -
ter s every bono was wrenched onu
twisted under his enemy's terrible on-
Uiughts. The miner's chief effort, it
!!u tr( U'HM t( kf('!l MM ICI'L Ilflfl 11)
break the man's embraces. Never
had he encountered one whom he
could not beat by sheer strength till
he met this great, snarling creature
who worried him hither ami yon as
though he were a child. Time and
again Glenister beat uxn the man's
race with tne mows 01 n sieuge. ,o
rules governed this solitary combat;
the men were deaf to all but. the roar
ing in their ears, blinded to all but
hate, Insensible to everything but the
blood mania. Their trampling feet
caused the building to rumble and
shake as though some monster were
running amuck.
I To this day. from Dawson to the
I Straits from I'nga to the Arties, men
I tell of the combat wherever they fore
j gather at flaring camp-fires or in
I dingy bunk-houses; and although
some scout the tale, there are others
I who saw It and can swear to its truth.
! These sav that the encounter was like
i,im known in the land since the days
of Vitus Bering and his crew; for
their rancor had swollen till at feel of
each other's flesh they ran mad and
felt superhuman strength. It Is true,
at any rate, that neither was con
scious of the filling room nor the cries
of the crowd, even when the marshal
forced himself through the wedged
door and fell upon the nearest, which
was Glenister. He came at an In
stant when the two had paused at
arm's length, glaring with rage-drunken
eyes, gasping the labored breath
back into their lungs.
With a fling of his long anus the
young man hurled the Intruder aside
so violently that his head struck the
iron safe and he collapsed Insensible.
Then, without apparent notice of the
interruption, the fight went on.
McXamara's distress was patent to
his antagonist, who advanced upon
him with the hunger of promised vic
tory; hut the young man's muscles
obeyed his commands sluggishly, his
ribs seemed broken, his back was
weak, and on the Inner side of his
legs the flesh was quivering. As they
came together the boss reached up
his right hand and caught the miner
by the face, burying thumb and fing
ers crablike into his cheeks, forcing
his slack juws apart, thrusting his
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head backward, while he centered
every ounce of strength In the effort
to malm. Glenister felt the flesh giv
ing way ntid flung himself buekward
to break the hold, where upon the
other Hutnnmned his wanting energy
and plunged toward the safe where
lay the revolver. Instinct warned
GlenlHter r f treachery, told him that
the man hud wuight this limt reroute"
to save himself, ami us he saw him
turn his buck and reach for th wea
pon, the youth leaped like a panther,
seizing lit in alsiut the waist, grasping
McNftmaru'H wrlHt with his right
i combat they were
it fare to face.
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on tin' instant tiienister reaiizeii
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perfidy, eall.ed the wres le s
! l,'nt ,wr "'' k"w
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The telling takes much time, but
so quickly IihiI these things happened
that the footsteps of the soldiers had
not yet reached the door when tho
men were locked bculde the safe.
Of what happened next many garbl
ed accounts have gone forth. Some
claim that the younger man was siez
ed with a fear of death which multi
plied "his enormous strength, others
that power died In his adversary as
reward for his treason, but It was not
so.
No sooner had Glenister encompas
sed McXamara's waist from tho reiir
than he slid his damaged hand up
past the other's chest and around the
back of his neck, thus bringing his
own left arm close under his enemy's
left armpit, wedging the receiver's
head forward, while with his other
hand he grasped the politician's right
wrist close to the revolver, thus hold
ing him In a grasp which could not lie
broken, Now came the test. Tho two
bodies set themselves rocklike and
rigid. There was no lunging about.
Galling up the final atom of his
strength, Glenister boro backward
with his right arm and it became n
contest for the weapon which, clutch
ed In the two hands, swayed back and
forth and durted up and down, the
fury and resistance causing It to trace
formless patterns In the air with its
muzzle. McNamnra shook himself,
but he was close against the safe and
could not escape, his head bowed for
ward by the lock of the miner's left
arm, and so he strained till tho breath
clogged In his throat. Despite the
grevlous toll his right, hand moved
back slightly. Ills feet shifted a .bit,
while the blood seemed bursting from
his eyes, but he found that tho long
fingers encircling his wrist were like
gyves weighted with tho strength of
tho hills and the Irresistible vigor of
youth which knew no defeat. Slowly,
Inch by Inch, the great man's arm was
dragged back, down past his side,
while the strangling labor of his
breath showed at what awful cost. The
muzzle of the gun described a semi
circle and the knotted harids began to
travel towards the loft, more rapidly
now
across his broad back. Still he
struggled nd wrenched, but useless
ly, lie strove to fire the weapon, but
his fingers were woven about it no that
the hammer would not work. Then
the miner began forcing upward.
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The white skin beneath tho men's
strip of rlnthliig wh stretched over
great knots and rlilp'rt which sunk
liliil swelled and quivered.
"Its the hammer lock - tho hammer
Jock." ,
lly now MrNtttnarn'H arm was bent
mid cramped upon his buck, ntul then
they saw GleiiUter'H shoulder dip. his
elbow come closer to his side, nud Ills
body heave In one llnal terrific effort
lis though pushing n heavy weight. In
the silence something snapped like
a stick. There came a deafening re
I i ft and the scream of a strong man
overcome with agony. MeNnmarn went
tc his knees and nagged forward on
to his face as though every bone In
his huge bulk hud turned to water,
while his master reeled buck against
the opiHislte wall, his heels dragging
In the litter, bringing up with out
flung units us though feurful of fall
ing, swaying, blind, exhausted, his
face blackened by the explosion of
the revolver, yet grim with the light
of victory.
The Judge shouted hysterically:
"Arrest that man, quick, don't let
ti 1 111 go!"
It. was the miner's first realization
that others were then. lUlsing his
head he stared at the faces close
against the partition, then groaned
the words;
"I beat the traitor and am! I
broke h I in with my hands." From
The Spoilers. Copyright, 1 !!, by Itex
H. Beach.
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