Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 2 (1924)
“ Just as it seemed as if his lungs were bursting and his senses going he heard a hoarse shriek and the grip on his throat ceased as Sawyer threw his body sidewise to save his arm. Sobbing for breath and half blind, Tony struggled to his feet, expecting a crashing blow which would finish him. Seeing a face like a white flower against the moon, he hurled his weight and failing strength into one punch. ”
Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 2 (1924)
“ The mutilated native’s arbitary choice would, he feared, despite Bodiker’s easy acceptance, aggravate the situation. Tony was nobody’s fool; but, generous and good-natured to a fault, he was too apt, in spite of experience, to take a man as being as straight as himself until, as the law is supposed to do, he was proven otherwise. But what motive Bodiker had he could not guess; merely apparently the man’s temperament coming out at the contact with the primitive. However, a rational explanation of how a wound is caused doesn’t take much of the suffering away. ”
Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 2 (1924)
“ Streaming obscene abuse, Sawyer charged head half down, upsetting the table in his passage. Tony’s jaw set, and the trembling left his limbs. He knew the man was murder-mad for some incomprehensible reason. Waiting, cold as marble now, until he was within striking distance, Tony dodged a wild swing and drove with his left. Plunging sidewise, Sawyer went to earth and came up instantly, spluttering oaths. Tony danced backward, maneuvering to get the moon behind him. ”
