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 fessional eye. "You've got the shoulders, and your neck might have been made for it. Your reach couldn't be better for your height. And all you need is another inch round your wind. In a couple of months I could have turned you out equal to anything up to six stun seven."

"But the Bible tells us to fight," argued Anthony. "Yes, it does," he persisted in reply to Mr. Dobb's stare of incredulity. "It was God who told Saul to slay all the Amalekites. It was God who taught David to fight, David says so himself. He helped him to fight Goliath."

Mrs. Newt, having regard to Mr. Dobb's age, had advised him to read the New Testament first. He had just completed the Acts.

"Are you quite sure?" demanded Mr. Dobb.

Anthony found chapter and verse and read them to him.

"Well, this beats me into a cocked hat," was Mr. Dobb's comment. "Seems to me to be a case of paying your money and taking your choice."

Mr. Dobb's scruples being thus laid at rest, he threw himself into the training of Anthony with the enthusiasm of an artist. Anthony promised not to fight till Mr. Dobb gave his consent, and for the rest of the term bore his purgatory in silence. On the last day of the vacation Mr. Dobb pronounced him