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msgid "The Battle that Ended the Century"
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msgid "(MS. Found in a Time Machine)"
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msgid "By H. P. Lovecraft"
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"On the eve of the year 2001 a vast crowd of interested spectators were "
"present amidst the romantic ruins of Cohen’s Garage, on the former site of "
"New York, to witness a fistic encounter between two renowned champions of "
"the strange-story firmament—Two-Gun Bob, the Terror of the Plains, and "
"Knockout Bernie, the Wild Wolf of West Shokan."
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" The Wolf was fresh from his correspondence course in physical training, "
"sold to him by Mr."
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msgctxt "9d18b9d0544eb6010b55605bb59f7f8a"
msgid " Arthur Leeds."
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msgid ""
" Before the battle the auguries were determined by the venerated Thibetan "
"Lama Bill Lum Li, who evoked the primal serpent-god of Valusia and found "
"unmistakable signs of victory for both sides."
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msgid ""
" Cream-puffs were inattentively vended by Wladislaw Brenryk—the partakers "
"being treated by the official surgeons, Drs."
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msgctxt "1fd460c32ba8f43a7f32b49bb98a13b2"
msgid " D."
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msgctxt "d0b7781198c2e2aa6cdbe164d519a6a4"
msgid " H."
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msgctxt "c863ff90df2527c0f68361ee0bd1f5b0"
msgid " Killer and M."
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msgctxt "b318305453cc3258f326082cb05e3ee5"
msgid " Gin Brewery."
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msgid ""
"The gong was sounded at 39 o’clock, after which the air grew red with the "
"gore of battle, lavishly flung about by the mighty Texas slaughterer."
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" Very shortly the first actual damage occurred—the loosening of several "
"teeth in both participants."
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msgid ""
" One, bouncing out from the Wolf’s mouth after a casual tap from Two-Gun, "
"described a parabola toward Yucatan; being retrieved in a hasty expedition "
"by Messrs."
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msgctxt "b1f37c138478f2c13b23a5cf5dfc1d16"
msgid " A."
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msgctxt "657ae4b309ab050a2f043bcd36273215"
msgid " Hijacked Barrell and G."
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msgctxt "64306381c68b06eff0c6d5d679fbc9fe"
msgid " Scotland."
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msgid ""
" This incident was used by the eminent sociologist and ex-poet Frank "
"Chimesleep Short, Jr., as the basis of a ballad of proletarian propaganda "
"with three intentionally defective lines."
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msgid ""
" Meanwhile a potentate from a neighbouring kingdom, the Effjay of Akkamin "
"(also known to himself as an amateur critic), expressed his frenzied disgust "
"at the technique of the combatants, at the same time peddling photographs of "
"the fighters (with himself in the foreground) at five cents each."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"In round two the Shokan Soaker’s sturdy right crashed through the Texan’s "
"ribs and became entangled in sundry viscera; thereby enabling Two-Gun to get "
"in several telling blows on his opponent’s unprotected chin."
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msgid ""
" Bob was greatly annoyed by the effeminate squeamishness shewn by several "
"onlookers as muscles, glands, gore, and bits of flesh were spattered over "
"the ringside."
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msgid " During this round the eminent magazine-cover anatomist Mrs."
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msgctxt "328bba8d3a46d0ff5f1ad2c9d99400bf"
msgid " M."
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msgid ""
" Blunderage portrayed the battlers as a pair of spirited nudes behind a thin "
"veil of conveniently curling tobacco-smoke, while the late Mr."
msgstr ""

msgctxt "f42ca7af1d0b3641645f4cc788a3e3b1"
msgid " C."
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msgid ""
" Half-Cent provided a sketch of three Chinamen clad in silk hats and "
"galoshes—this being his own original conception of the affray."
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msgid " Among the amateur sketches made was one by Mr."
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msgctxt "104e591787885f05026b7c379e83fe6e"
msgid ""
" Goofy Hooey, which later gained fame in the annual Cubist exhibit as "
"“Abstraction of an Eradicated Pudding”."
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msgid ""
"In the third round the fight grew really rough; several ears and other "
"appurtenances being wholly or partially detached from the frontier battler "
"by the Shokan Shocker."
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msgid ""
" Somewhat irritated, Two-Gun countered with some exceptionally sharp blows; "
"severing many fragments from his aggressor, who continued to fight with all "
"his remaining members."
msgstr ""

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" At this stage the audience gave signs of much nervous excitement—instances "
"of trampling and goring being frequent."
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msgctxt "bb79241924cf2214c1fffe0cdcdc97bb"
msgid " The more enthusiastic members were placed in the custody of Mr."
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msgctxt "ea49aeb05ff0a413b13780f20198dc96"
msgid " Harry Brobst of the Butler Hospital for Mental Diseases."
msgstr ""

msgctxt "b987a9a67b321d8a2fb50c8c85950d65"
msgid "The entire affair was reported by Mr."
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msgctxt "32fdb8d6915ebc529fdd691f81559b52"
msgid " W."
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msgctxt "e354f1a93e248a5cc0590db54d57a792"
msgid " Lablache Talcum, his copy being revised by Horse Power Hateart."
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msgctxt "ce1ee737dc6edf8687b5d04093804801"
msgid " Throughout the event notes were taken by M."
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msgctxt "16b3cdf25aca77739bdbfb815add8492"
msgid ""
" le Comte d’Erlette for a 200-volume novel-cycle in the Proustian manner, to "
"be entitled Morning in September, with illustrations by Mrs."
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msgid " Blunderage."
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msgid " Mr."
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msgid " J."
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" Caesar Warts frequently interviewed both battlers and all the more "
"important spectators; obtaining as souvenirs (after a spirited struggle with "
"the Effjay) an autographed quarter-rib of Two-Gun’s, in an excellent state "
"of preservation, and three finger-nails from the Wild Wolf."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
" Lighting effects were supplied by the Electrical Testing Laboratories under "
"the supervision of H."
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msgctxt "1f6559981030311a35e7540fb11f2562"
msgid " Kanebrake."
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" The fourth round was prolonged eight hours at the request of the official "
"artist, Mr."
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msgctxt "e46641745c21f53ad6d77aef1bd4209b"
msgid ""
" Wanderer, who wished to put certain shadings of fantasy into his "
"representation of the Wolf’s depleted physiognomy, which included several "
"supernumerary details supplied by the imagination."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"The climax came in round five, when the Texas Tearer’s left passed entirely "
"through Battling Bernie’s face and brought both sluggers to the mat."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
" This was adjudged a finish by the referee—Robertieff Essovitch Karovsky, "
"the Muscovite Ambassador—who, in view of the Shokan Shocker’s gory state, "
"declared the latter to be essentially liquidated according to the Marxian "
"ideology."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
" The Wild Wolf entered an official protest, which was promptly overruled on "
"the ground that all the points necessary to technical death were "
"theoretically present."
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msgid ""
"The gonfalons sounded a fanfare of triumph for the victor, while the "
"technically vanquished was committed to the care of the official mortician, "
"Mr."
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msgctxt "5af2dc184eac804359090c078b6c6640"
msgid " Teaberry Quince."
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msgid ""
" During the ceremonies the theoretical corpse strolled away for a bite of "
"bologna, but a tasteful cenotaph was supplied to furnish a focus for the "
"rites."
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msgid ""
" The funeral procession was headed by a gaily bedecked hearse driven by "
"Malik Taus, the Peacock Sultan, who sat on the box in West Point uniform and "
"turban, and steered an expert course over several formidable hedges and "
"stone walls."
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" About half way to the cemetery the cortège was rejoined by the corpse, who "
"sat beside Sultan Malik on the box and finished his bologna sandwich—his "
"ample girth having made it impossible to enter the hastily selected cenotaph."
""
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" An appropriate dirge was rendered by Maestro Sing Lee Bawledout on the "
"piccolo; Messrs."
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msgid ""
" De Silva, Brown, and Henderson’s celebrated aria, “Never Swat a Fly”, from "
"the old cantata Just Imagine, being chosen for the occasion."
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" The only detail omitted from the funeral was the interment, which was "
"interrupted by the disconcerting news that the official gate-taker—the "
"celebrated financier and publisher Ivar K."
msgstr ""

msgctxt "9c14b2d7dacb27e662b98d3614355357"
msgid " Rodent, Esq.—had absconded with the entire proceeds."
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msgid " This omission was regretted chiefly by the Rev."
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msgid ""
" Vest Wind, who was thereby forced to leave unspoken a long and moving "
"sermon revised expressly for the celebration from a former discourse "
"delivered at the burial of a favourite horse."
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msgid "Mr."
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msgid ""
" Talcum’s report of the event, illustrated by the well-known artist Klarkash-"
"Ton (who esoterically depicted the fighters as boneless fungi), was printed "
"after repeated rejections by the discriminating editor of the Windy City "
"Grab-Bag—as a broadside by W."
msgstr ""

msgctxt "62477b254d47133e350517c2d0951cee"
msgid " Peter Chef, with typographical supervision by Vrest Orton.."
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msgid ""
" This, through the efforts of Otis Adelbert Kline, was finally placed on "
"sale in the bookshop of Smearum & Weep, three and a half copies finally "
"being disposed of through the alluring catalogue description supplied by "
"Samuelus Philanthropus, Esq."
msgstr ""

msgctxt "25dcab7a3966fc6223e8b5078f410349"
msgid "In response to this wide demand, the text was finally reprinted by Mr."
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msgctxt "69c54ec81723a18c610b1fbbb029aad3"
msgid ""
" De Merit in the polychromatic pages of Wurst’s Weakly Americana under the "
"title “Has Science Been Outmoded?"
msgstr ""

msgctxt "0ca57118ab6c0fe040241dc296dde27a"
msgid " or, The Millers in the Garage”."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
" No copies, however, remain in circulation; since all which were not snapped "
"up by fanatical bibliophiles were seized by the police in connexion with the "
"libel suit of the Wild Wolf, who was, after several appeals ending with the "
"World Court, adjudged not only officially alive but the clear winner of the "
"combat."
msgstr ""