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CHAPTER XII - UP OR DOWN?
After Jimmy had received his check and was about to leave, a couple of men
approached him.
"
We seen that little mix-up in there," said one of them. "You handle your mitts
like you been there before."
"Yes," said Jimmy, smiling, "I've had a little experience in the manly art of self-
defense."
The two men were sizing him up.
"Feinheimer can you?" asked one of them. Jimmy nodded affirmatively. "Got
anything else in view?"
"
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No," said Jimmy.
How'd you like a job as one of Brophy's sparring partners?"
I wouldn't mind," said Jimmy. "What is there in it?"
They named a figure that was entirely satisfactory to Jimmy.
"Come over the day after Christmas," he was told, "and we'll give you a trial."
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