One of them had both eyes blacked, while the other lost two teeth, had his lips split and his nose knocked out of plumb.

But they smashed the stuffing out of the furniture while they were doing it.
"I climbed up on something in one corner and did my best to cheer them on.

I sincerely hoped both would be killed.

The dogs seemed to feel it their duty to enter into the spirit of the occasion, and they chewed each other more or less.
"Then the police came in.

I came near landing in the station house, along with the two men who were fighting, but they concluded not to pinch me.