Smile, confound you, smile." The boy passed his gloved hand over his face, looked for a moment into Mack's eyes, and the old smile came back to his lips.
"Now you're all right," cried Mack in triumph.

"Remember your father's rule, 'Keep your head with your heels.'" And Larry did remember! For on the call of "Time" he slipped from Ben's knees and began to circle lightly about Mop, smiling upon him and waiting his chance.

His chance soon came, for Mop, thinking that his enemy had had about enough and was ready to quit, adopted aggressive tactics, and, feinting with his right, swung heavily with his left at the smiling face.

But the face proved elusive, and upon Mop's undefended head a series of blows dealt with savage fury took all the heart out of him.

So he cried to the referee as he ducked into his corner: "He's fightin'.