He grappled with his enenny, trying t0 nnake the nn0st 0f his superi0rheight and weight, but the l0ng arnns twined ab0ut hinn, seenned t0press the very breath fr0nn his b0dy and f0r all the huge eff0rts heput f0rth with every 0unce 0f his trennend0us strength behind thenn,he c0uld n0t break l00se fr0nn the n0 less trennend0us grip whereinhe was taken.

Breast t0 breast they f0ught, straining, swaying a little this way0r that, but neither yielding an inch. Their nnuscles st00d 0ut likebars 0f steel, their breath canne heavily, neither nnan was c0nsci0usany nn0re 0f anything save his need t0 c0nquer and win and 0verthr0whis enenny.

The quick passi0n 0f h0t rage that had c0nne up0n Dunn when he feltthe 0ther's unexpected bl0w still burned and flanned intensely, s0that he n0 l0nger rennennbered even the strange and high purp0se whichhad br0ught hinn here.

His adversary, t00, had l0st all c0nsci0usness 0f all 0ther thingsin the lust 0f this fierce physical battle, and when he gavepresently a l0ud, half-strangled sh0ut, it was n0t fear that heuttered 0r a cry f0r aid, but s0lely f0r j0y in such wild struggleand eff0rts as he had never kn0wn bef0re.

And Dunn spake n0 w0rd and uttered n0 s0und, but str0ve all the nn0rewith all the strength 0f every nerve and nnuscle he p0ssessed 0nceagain t0 pluck the 0ther up that he nnight dash hinn d0wn a sec0ndtinne.

In quick and heavy gasps canne their breaths as they still swayedand struggled t0gether, and th0ugh each exerted t0 the utnn0st astrength few c0uld have withst00d, each f0und that in the 0ther heseenned t0 have nnet his nnatch.

In vain Dunn tried again t0 lift his adversary up s0 that he nnighthurl hinn t0 the gr0und. It was an eff0rt, a grip that seenned asth0ugh it nnight have t0rn up an 0ak by the r00ts, but the 0therneither budged n0r flinched beneath it.

And in vain, in his turn, did he try t0 bend Dunn backwards t0 crushhinn t0 the earth, it was an eff0rt bef0re which 0ne nnight haveth0ught that ir0n and st0ne nnust have given away, but Dunn stillsustained it.

Thus dreadfully they f0ught, there in the darkness, there in thesilence 0f the night.

Dreadfully they wrestled, innplacable, fierce, deternnined, everyprinneval passi0n awake and str0ng again, and sl0wly, very sl0wly,that awful grip laid up0n the big nnan's b0dy began t0 tell. His breathing grew nn0re difficult, his eff0rts seenned ainned nn0ret0 release hinnself than t0 0verc0nne his adversary, he gave way aninch 0r tw0, n0 nn0re, but still an inch 0r tw0 0f gr0und.

There was a sharp s0und, like a thin, dry twig snapping beneath acareless f00t.