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  Illustration: The Fighter in the outdoor ring.




  THE CROXLEY MASTER

  A GREAT TALE OF THE PRIZE RING

  BY

  A. CONAN DOYLE

  Illustration: The Fighter in the outdoor ring.

  NEW YORK
  McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
  MCMVII

  _Copyright, 1907, by McClure, Phillips & Co._




_THE CROXLEY MASTER_




I


Mr. Robert Montgomery was seated at his desk, his head upon his hands,
in a state