Excerpts from the Book 'The Abysmal Brute':

... from some unheard-of post office in Siskiyou County, and it ran: ? Dear Sam:? ? ? ?You don't know me, except my reputation. You come after ...
... all. Wait till you see him. But the garrulousness of age was on old Pat, and it was long before he permitted Stubener's eyes to close. He can run ...
... an' outfooted Corbett in his best, I tell you, I've taught 'm it all, to the last trick, and he's improved on the teachin'. He's a fair genius ...
... know a man ever lay down or threw a fight. So don't turn the boy's stomach. That's why I put in the null and void clause. The first rottenness and the ...
... the great Pat Glendon, while Stubener held his peace. It was a good press surprise package to spring later. Came the night of the fight, after a month ...
... his young charge. You don't need to get angry, he said, you're so thoroughly the master of your man at any stage. At any inch or second of the ...
... that had suddenly shown himself a fighter of quality. Where was his manager anyway, that he was not issuing the challenges? And then fame came in a day ...
... his character in print was that of an ox-muscled and dumbly stupid brute, and one callow sporting writer dubbed him the abysmal brute. The name stuck. ...
... inexhaustible borax deposit in Nevada, and, from hauling it out by mule-teams, had built a railroad to do the freighting. Following that, he had poured ...
... the mettle? she suggested. Yes, that's it, more on my mettle, I found I did care for it??? a great deal, in fact. But still, it's not so absorbing ...
... young man, with the body of a giant, who was one of the kings of bruisers, and who read poetry, and went to art exhibits, and experimented with color ...
... he said, then hurried on awkwardly to make an explanation which the warm light of admiration in his eyes belied. I mean because maybe you have opened ...
... demanded. We're finished. A hell of a mess you've made. You've never stood for meeting a reporter alone before, and now you'll see when that interview ...
... the turn after all, and a crooked turn it was. Glendon shot a swift glance through the ropes to the face of Maud Sangster. She was looking straight at ...
... her hand, almost flung it from him. God! he breathed. You were made for me. He turned partly away from her, sweeping his hand to his forehead. ...
... I took it for granted. You see, he was very wise. He was a great man. But he didn't see you leaving the ring. I don't know. He was so careful in ...
... And then it will be you, YOU. But if you don't want that last appearance, say the word. Of course I want it, Big Man. I want my Big Man for himself, and ...
... if you try that on, and I'll not promise you that you'll survive this crowd if you cheat it out of the fight. Besides, I'm going to fight. But ...
... right to and we have taken three-quarters of a million out of the pockets of the fighting public. That's the program, but the money is dirty. And ...
... but his feet never touched the pavement. On heads and shoulders, clutched at and uplifted by every hand that could touch his body, he went ...