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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
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THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND coming young atter is like and muttered: "Steve Morgan "I never havo, Willie. If this
THE LADY.
By FRANCES MARION
CHAPTER III
From Ring to Cabaret
cards, Morgan."
The girl flicked a drop of sweat from Stave's nose with a little handkerchief. "You go along and taken your shower, Morgan. I'll look for you in the papers."
Stove took the handkerchief and grinned: "You're not going to get away from me like this!"
First, a woman around an a up-and- maggot in a beautiful rod apple. At his words the Adopted" Son had ever happened to me before, And second, she belongs to the arose and looked at Willie as you know you'd have known about toughest character in this town though awaiting orders. Wille | it."Ame Willie Ryan."
shook his head slightly and said: "What's gotten. Into you all of a You mean Ryan, the trigger "Don't be silly," as a boy entered suddon??? fella?" He chuckled at the Pro-to announce:
"Willo, Don't you ever look fessor'a nod. "No kiddin'?"
Miss Ferber's here, sir. She's at a girl... and after she's gone, apportion you your women when
"I'm not inhuman, Stephen, I'll goha to her dressing room." the time comes, just as I'm going to tell you what you're going to cat and what you're going to drink and how much you're going to aloop, and how and when you're going to train. That's all in my hands. And this girl is the first case. Is sho out or isn't she?"
After moment's thought, Willie arose and left his office, the Adopted Son following him, Ife knocked on the door of a particular dressing room,
"Come in, Willie," a volco called. When ho had closed the door softly, she turned to him from her dress ing tablo. "Hello, Mister. Did you think I had fallen down a
drain 7"
"Did you?" he asked, simply. staring straight into her eyes.
don't you think of her, just A little?
"Not since you've given me the chance to think about you."
"I'm sorry.". This is getting a little nutty. How about taking your girl friend home to-night and continuing the discussion there?"
"All right." She patted his shoulder affectionately as he left to enter the cabaret. They made their way to a table where the
Adopted. Son ant with two middle
The Professor, his eyes shining, got up suddenly amid the crowd's acclaim for the unknown fighter, "Young Gaffney broke through his tombstone to-night! My Boy's come back to mel Ho struggled through the mass of excited and
"I've gotten away from lots of still yelling humanity, after Stove things, Morgan. Good-bye." She who had stopped in the aisle to hurried down the corridor with a The boy he had sent to get the speak to a girl in evening wrap. aeniblance of flight in her galt. A girl's address hung about the dress- The promotor tagged after him say fifteen-year-old boy stopped to looking room door. Steve, smelling the ing: "Now wait a minute, Profes-admiringly at Steve in passing. spent in the handkerchief in his aor."
"Funny Just before I left to aged, sharp-looking men. The men "Hey, want to earn a dollar?" closed fist; put a finger to his lipa "Como on," Steve was saying to At the boy's eager ned, Stove said and nodded to the boy to wait out come over here a girl I know in stood up and Willie Introduce them Clove." She broke off and turned-Sid Munsey from Chicago and the girl who was smiling up at him, quickly; "Go find out what address side. Thoy fought their way down the that lady gives her taxi!".
"Okay, Professor, she's out." quickly to him again, laughing. Georgie Lyons from Philadelphia. alale. Steve took her into a little
"You-betcha!" sald the boy, and Steve amiled to himself. But say,We both know that's a lot of Belle throw a kind word to their
hooey, don't wo?".
towns, nodded at the Adopted Son. areaway in the tunnel to the dress-wan off.
if you're going to apportion my life The Professor awaited him in like that, how about apportioning it a good fight, Bello?"
Willle nodded and smiled, "Was" | and sat down.. ing rooms and there turned to con- front hor. She held out her hand. the dressing room. He got up
mo that sixty bucks?" "You're pretty good, Morgan. eagerly. "Stephen, my boy, I've "Good-bye."
gone back thirty years!" He ignored the outstretched "Sure you haven't gone back hand. I'll be dressed in three min-thirty drinks?" laughed Stove, utes. You wait and figure out what we'll do after."
Her hand was still extended. "There isn't going to be any after, Morgan. I've a taxi waiting."
He took her hand. "Good. I have en't ridden in a taxi in a long while."
She laughed, somewhat sadly, in spite of herself. “No, Morgan ..
"You'ro sure?" "I'm positive. It isn't in the
"I'm forgetting all that, boy, just as you must forget everything now that interferes with your career."
"You know," said Willlo, "ainco "Pretty short," said Bollo Ferber, I sold out my pleco in the champ "It's here, Stephen. You'll have and turned again quicidy, "Look I've been looking for a new heavy- it when you're dressed. And re-here, fister, you havent boon hav- weight to back. Belle's just been member-save your money, Later ing any of your bird dogs follow doing a little scouting for me. She on I'll advise you about investme, have you?"
sees a prospect and then loses in- "You know better than that.terest in him while I---" Just a couple of nosey boys who were there, and thought they'd get In strong if they told." He came passion for palookaa?" close to her. "Since when this
ments"
"Okay, Professor. Hurry it up, "So, I've got a career, have 17" you boys, I'm tired and want to get
out of here." You're a champion. You and I
Willie Ryan, a are going a long, brilliant path.young man neatly dressed in dinner comparatively But there's one thing we've got to
cont, sat at the desk in his office at "Since I drove into the ditch at Bottle right now-that female." the cabaret of which he was the dawn Let's forget it, Willie, "Yeah," grunted Steve under the proprietor, a telephone receiver at He did me a favour and in return pressure of his handlers. "What his car. Opposite him sat a wes- I went up to see him fight. And if Willle Ryan."
zoned, gray-haired, Jockey-type there ever was a balloon-headed, little man known as the Adopted fresh-lipped, puff-chested specimen. Son, whose slate-blue eyes glittered | ho's it." as ho listened.
"In other words he's kind of "Yes, yes, I know she was there, in your hair?" Willie was saying, “But what was Ummmhmm-but I'm taking a the fighter's name? Morgan, shampon when I get home to-night." Eh? Never heard. of him
Ryan took her arms and turned her That's all."
about to face him. "I can't really
"She's not for you two reasons.
"
He broke off at the sound of an argument a short distance away. The headwaiter was barring the progress of a well-set up young man in a sack sult. "I'm sorry. It's a strict rule. You must be in a dinner coat."
"What for?" anid the volco of Steve Morgan. "I don't want any dinner. Just a couple of drinks." He caught sight of Miss Ferber, sa luted her with an easy smile. "Just put me in a corner any- where."
Belle's eyes met those of Willia Ryan a little falteringly. "Why that's our old friend, Steve Morgan, (Continued on Page 11,)
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