“It may as well be now,” was the reply. “Are you ready, Surgoff?”
“Yes.”
He stripped off his outer garments and rolled up his sleeves. Jack did likewise. Frank stepped forward.
“If you please, sir?” he said. “I would like to run this thing. I know more of boxing than you, sir.”
The general nodded his permission.
“Proceed,” he said.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE FIGHT.
Frank stepped forward and called both combatants to him.
“The fight will start when I give the word,” he said. “There will be no rounds. You will keep fighting until one of you can fight no more. My job shall be to see that you, Surgoff, do not resort to unfair methods. I assure you that if you do, I shall tap you over the head with my revolver. Now you both understand, do you?”
Jack nodded.