"I'd like to try you with them." "I'm agreeable," replied Tom, who had seen Zeigler bang the other clerks around with the gloves as he pleased.

"I learned something of the business when I was a newsboy.

I hope you are better at it than you are at wrestling." While Tom was speaking he was drawing on a pair of gloves and fixing the strings at the wrist.

Zeigler was a little uneasy at the coolness of his opponent, and his readiness in accepting his challenge.

Then, too, when he took his position, with his left foot advanced, his right glove in front of his chest, his left arm extended, the pose was so like a professional, that Zeigler's misgivings increased.