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half closing that optic. The men now closed, but 

 broke away again almost directly. Some smart 

 fibbing, in which neither could claim an advantage, 

 ensued. The round was brought to a close by 

 some rapid exchanges, after which the Proser went 

 down. Betting 6 to 4 on the Dullard. 



Bound III., and last. Proser's right peeper 

 badly swollen, the Dullard gory, and a bit groggy, 

 but still smiling. Proser opened with a ricochet, 

 which did great execution, but was countered 

 heavily when he attempted to repeat the trick, the 

 Dullard all but knocking him off his legs with a 

 fifty-pound salmon. After some slight exchanges 

 they began a hammer-and-tongs game, in which 

 Proser scored heavily. Dullard, however, pulled 

 himself together for a final rush. They met in 

 the middle of the ring, and both fell heavily. As 

 neither was able to rise, the fight was drawn. 

 Both men were heavily damaged, and were carried 

 away with their jaws broken. 



There you have the story. The actual result 

 was that these two ponderous bores all but did one 

 another to death. So exhausted were they by the 

 terrible conflict that our comfort was not again 



