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Round Four
Two Stones With One Bird

Maybe you think a fellow which will go to work and pay twenty-five bucks for a box of writing paper for himself is cuckoo, and maybe he is. But, honest, I wish you could of curled a eye over this stationery. It was the eel's ankle, no fooling! Take this paper itself—lobster red—and across the top in purple letters which you could press down with your fingers it said this:

Six-Second Smith, nee Gale Galen
Leading Contender for World's Middleweight Title

The Idol of Promoters and Fight Fans

Why? A Few Victims
He's always in shape. Red Johns, K. O. 1 Rd.
He fights clean. Fred Nixon, K. O. 1 Rd.
He hits hard and often. Young Fisher, Won 3 Rds.
He's always trying. Kid George, K. O. 1 Rd.
He doesn't want all the money. Shifty McTague, Won 1 Rd.
He will box any boy at 158 lbs. Battling Lee, K. O. 8 Rds.

His Manager, Nate Shapiro.
His Motto: "Dieu et Mon Droit!"

Drew City, N. J., 19 .

Besides this, in the upper right-hand corner there was a picture of me in my evening clothes—ring togs