Chapter I: Front Matter

TOO FAT TO FIGHT

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BOOKS BY

REX BEACH

THE WINDS OF CHANCE
LAUGHING BILL HYDE
RAINBOW’S END
THE CRIMSON GARDENIA AND OTHER
TALES OF ADVENTURE
HEART OF THE SUNSET
THE AUCTION BLOCK
THE IRON TRAIL
THE NET
THE NE’ER-DO-WELL
THE SPOILERS
THE BARRIER
THE SILVER HORDE
GOING SOME

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HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
[ESTABLISHED 1817]

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TOO FAT
TO FIGHT

_By_
REX BEACH

_Author of_
“THE WINDS OF CHANCE” ETC.

_with Illustrations by_
T. D. SKIDMORE

Harper & Brothers Publishers
New York and London

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TOO FAT TO FIGHT

Copyright, 1919, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published January, 1919

A-T

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CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. “PLATTSBURG. ONE WAY” 11

II. DIMPLES TRIES THE Y. M. C. A. 22

III. “ONE MAN TO EVERY TEN!” 39

IV. HILL TWO EIGHTY-FIVE 43

V. DIMPLES TAKES PART IN A CEREMONY 47

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ILLUSTRATIONS

“PLATTSBURG. ONE WAY” _Frontispiece_

OCCASIONALLY HE ORDERED HIS FAVORITE DISH,
CORN-STARCH PUDDING _Facing p._ 24

HE HAD GAINED A POUND! “ 28

A ROTUND, MIRTH-PROVOKING SPECTACLE IN HIS
BULGING UNIFORM, WITH HIS TINY OVERSEAS
CAP SET ABOVE HIS ROUND, RED FACE LIKE
THE CALYX OF A HUGE RIPE BERRY “ 42

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TOO FAT TO FIGHT

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TOO FAT TO FIGHT