Canvas Coffin

The fighter had a dream. . . .

Some men were sewing a body into canvas. It was on the deck of a ship. There was a big seam up the middle of the canvas, and now only the face was still uncovered . . .

''You want to take a last look, champ?'' one of the men asked. ''We're about ready to dump him.''

The fighter bent to see in the moonlight. The face in the canvas was his own . . .

The fighter was Luke Pilgrim, middleweight champion of the world. Luke could handle any man in the ring. He also could...