i8o HARK FORRARD! 



landed one hard behind the ear, and he went 

 down like a stone ; he received a real crusher, 

 though, from the other man which very nearly 

 did for him, and so dazed him for the moment 

 that he was content to act on the defensive. 

 He found that his adversary was a foeman 

 worthy of his steel. After one or two rapid 

 exchanges, Reginald managed to counter his 

 opponent heavily on the right eye, though he 

 got a nasty one himself. He now tried the 

 effect of a body blow, but this was neatly 

 stopped, and had he not ducked his head well 

 to the right as he delivered it, he would 

 have got a terrible left-hander, which, however, 

 whistled harmlessly over his left shoulder. He 

 found his man, however, getting short of wind, 

 so feinting with his left, he sent in his right 

 like lightning, catching his foe just on the point 

 and knocking him clean off his legs into a deep 

 ditch overgrown with briers. Just as he did 

 this, a brute hit him from behind across the 

 back of the neck with a stick and knocked him 

 over. He was up, however, like lightning, and 



