Scotty ran in and leaped for the battlers.
"The Electronic Mind Reader"
John Blaine
It was in some ways an ideal retreat for a tete-a-tete, for the bellowed orders, the rattle of crockery, the voice of the hungry food battlers, and the clash of their steel made intimate conversation easy.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach
Suddenly, just as Circuit had struggled to his feet, out from among the wrecked wagons sprang a dainty figure in tulle and tights, masses of hair red as the blood of the battlers streaming in waves behind her, and fired at the nearest of the common enemy, which happened to be poor Circuit.
"The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier"
Edgar Beecher Bronson