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"At Dartford!" added Barnabas

"And when Bell was knocked down, at the end of the fight--"

"After the ninety-seventh round!" nodded Barnabas

"My father, sir, was the first to ju and clasp the

Champion's fist--and proud he is to tell of it!"

"Proud!" said Barnabas, staring

"Proud, sir--yes, why not? so should I have been--so would any man

have been Why let n ar, and the srandfather carried at Blenheim, we have the belt John Barty

wore that day"

"His belt!" exclaimed Barnabas, "my--John Barty's belt?"

"So you see I should knohat I a about Therefore, when

you condemn such a justly celebrated man of his hands as my friend

Carnaby, I naturally deht the science by

that very Nathaniel Bell and 'Glorious John' you mention"

"Hey--what?--what?" cried his Lordship

"I have boxed with theularly every day," Barnabas continued,