Nevertheless, he said no more.
"Are you ready?" asked the boy who acted as timekeeper.
"I am," said Dick.
"So am I," returned Baxter, and hurled himself at his opponent
without a second's delay.
He had expected to catch Dick napping, but he found himself
mistaken. A blow aimed at Dick's face was well parried, and in
return Dick hit Baxter heavily on the shoulder.
"Hurrah! Score one for Dick!" cried Larry Colby. "That's right,
old man, keep at him."
"Keep cool, Dan!" put in Mumps. "You can polish him off at your
leisure."
The blow on the shoulder staggered Baxter, and he fell back, to
become more cautious; and then the two boys began to circle around
and around, each looking for a favorable "opening." At last
Baxter thought he saw what he wanted, and struck out again, and
Dick was hit on the cheek.
"That's the way, Baxter!" came the cry.
"That was a teaser! Give him another!"
Again Baxter launched out, and now Dick was hit on the arm. He
slipped to one side, and struck out like lightning, and the bully
caught it in the neck, something which, spun him around like a
top.
"Another for Dick!" cried Frank Harrington. "Keep it up!"
Again the two boys faced each other.
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