[Elbow-Room by Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)]@TWC D-Link book
Elbow-Room

CHAPTER XIII
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And after that Judge Bullerton and General Harney, they took a turn together, and that was the prettiest contest of the day.

First the judge'd beat the general, and then the general'd put in a big effort and give it to the judge, and the two'd be about even for a while, and all of a sudden the general would give a kinder jerk or two and leave the judge just nowhere, and by the time the general passed the third quarter the judge keeled over against the fence and gave in.

They say he broke his leg, but I don't know if that's so or not.

Anyway he was used up.

If he'd passed that quarter, he might have been all right." "What was the matter with the quarter?
Wasn't it good ?" "Oh yes.


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