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...point out that Brig.-General Francis La Jeune Parer, chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, was a bachelor (soltero) he called him a solitaria (tape-worm...
...kept betting down, but proved unfounded as soon as Walker's first rights and lefts thudded home. Before long Hudkins' coarse face, misshapen by the beatings he is accustomed to take even when he wins a fight, was made even more than normally ferocious by a red worm of blood that crawled down into his left eye. In the eighth round he pushed Walker against the ropes, shouted, "Come on and fight." The referee, indicating the winner of each round, thereupon pointed to Hudkins. but after most other rounds he pointed to Walker, lifted Walker's hand...
Councilmen rose, started to worm their way out through the crowd. A woman called Mr. Walmsley a dirty name. A man clouted him in the stomach. He hit back. A free-for-all fight started. One councilman was knocked almost unconscious by a blow on the neck. The crowd became a mob. Into the affray waded Police Captain Henry Melson, unpopular with the strikers for his "rough stuff." Up went the cry: "Get Melson!'' He was "gotten"- crushed to the floor, kicked, cuffed, pounded, pummeled. He drew his gun, fired shots along the floor, hit two legs...
...collar. At last Jencic awakes. He grabs Louie by the throat, smashes his face. Down goes Louie, then up with a knife. Mighty Jencic just advances slowly, arms out seeking to crush, face murderous. Louie retreats. Baker Krusack commends Jencic: "You've been a worm, but now you've turned over, and you'll stay turned over. . . . Well, there must be rewards for all good work. . . . I will show you another part of the trade, so you will learn it all the faster...
...Rockefeller's usual remark about writings like this book, is: "If I step on that worm I will call attention to it. If I ignore it, it will disappear...