THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND
THE LADY
By FRANCES MARION CHAPTER V
CUPID'S KNOCKOUT Belle Ferber did not show up at the Cabarot El Ryanno the next day and Willie Ryan kept the tele phono hot trying to get trace of ber. Bello's maid could toll him little: the dress she had worn the night before was on the floor, her travelling dress, gone; two bottles of bear had been opened bat loft untasted.
désk.
Want me to?"
"Is it that hard to begin, Willie?
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thing Willle. And the key
Hapoured himself a drink "You can keep them."
"No, starting from scratch Clothes would come in handy though."
Okay."
Son and the two huskies went out. She went to him, tears in her Willle-paced back and forth in eyes. "Good-bye, Willie Ryan. I'm front of Bolle, seated on top of his jalways going to think swell things about you. Will you think 'em about me?" At his slow nod, she kissed his check and run out of the poned to your head? Wore the Adopted Son and the two hunk-
„He stopped pacing. '"What hap-room.
He stared after her, even after drunk? Are you on the junk? What happened to you?"
les returned. "Sho married him," he muttered half to himself. At him words the Adopted Son's hand went to his pocket, he nodded to the two men and they started
"Something very beautiful....... Something swell-
"You call it that with a guy
Willie ordered his like that!" henchmen to bring. In the Profes- sor, to tour the Boston Post Road, stand, Willie. That's the only
"I know you wouldn't under-quietly out. search all the lodges and Inns,thing that hurts." watch the railroad stations. Ho slammed down the 'phone as two I'd feel? My girl stealing away "Understand? How do you think huskies pushed the Professor into from mo-running off like a Hester
ldatroot tramp with a
his office.
"Where's the fighter of yours?" he snapped, pounding on the Pro- fessor,
"You know as well as I do! I haven't seen him since the night he fought. Every time you get an up- and-coming boy some female starts turning him into putty before you
спо
"He'll turn into hamburger if I
get hold of him!"
How
"You can't blame my boy! about your side of the case?"
"I'll attend to that, too, when she gets here!"
"She's here, Willie," said Bello's voles, and Ryan whirled upon her As she walked into the "Maybe you'd like to 'tond to it group alono?"
"Where's my boy?" demanded the excited Professor. "Look here, girl"
"Better than ho over was. Ho's over in your office, waiting for You,"
The Professor started to protest, but at Willie's aavage: "Get out!" he gulped and darted out of the of- fice. At Willle's mod, the Adopted
Belle got off the table. "Don't talk that way, Willlo!"
"What am I going to do? Take you back?"
"No, Willie."
year"
"Do you know what I feel like doing?" Willie was actually trem bling. She nodded that sho under- stood. He continued: "You'r made me the biggest laugh of the
about?"
"Is that all you are thinking
His voice went higher. "Of you "No, I'm thinking about you."
and-him. Where what you've done." He grabbed you've been... her by the throat. I'll have you give him a kerosene bath!" both dropped out of sight! I'll
"No you won't Willle.”*** "What's going to stop me?" She spoke calmly and simply "I married him this morning."
took his hand from her throat and Willie's face grew purple. Ho
"Why?" he demanded at length. backed away and stared at her.
loft of that sixty."
JANUARY
1934-
"And because the whole town will want to see him, he's a bargain at a thousand."
"I know what I've got, my girl fighter. And when 6 man's got a fighter, promoters come "I guess you're still the same around to see himl
old Professor!! laughed Black "Then as long as you're here why: "Okay, A thousand top. “Five hun“ can't you and I be a little more dred for him.......and five hundred sivil to each other? Really, Pro-for Mrs. Morgan to sit ringside essor, what have I done to...” Drop in to-morrow and we'll sign
A ring at the door bell, inter the deal.” rupted, Bolle wont to the door.
shrewed, sporting type of man vanco," said the Professor, accom "And a couple of hundred In ad tood there. The Professor, In apanying him to the door, allway door, recognized him as 'n "Okny," agreed Black. "This is fr. Black, representing Mr. Careya now angle in the fight game." f Madison Square Garden, and ame quickly forward.
When the Professor re-entered "Well, Black, glad you dropped"What round do you want me to the room, Steve was saying cocklly; round, I'll get the boy."
Įknock him out In, honey 1"
the Professor.
"It's the beginning Steven," said "We'll have to find training quarters. Gus Martin ought to let me come up to his place in the Catskills reasonably." "And we can take a little cot- Black laughed at Steve's cockl-tage," said Belle. "A honeymoon ACAB. "How'd you like to pick up in the Mountains."
ve hundred bucks three weeks. from to-morrow night? Six rounds prelim with Ray Harrigan?"
Store poked the Professor in the ribs. "There, did young Gaffney zet five hundred bucks for his first night 7"
The Professor returned with teve and when they had been in roduced Steve asked, genially: "Hey! called Willie. "I'm not 'III, what's the iden? Thinking of mad and you can't get mad until 1utting on a real fight at the unhappy moment you can spill his do. But if he ever gives her an Gardon?" guta over any alley you pick out!"
For several weeks the Professor had trouble to keep Stove from breaking off in the middle of train- ing to make love to his wife. They had taken a ground flat in Flatbush and the Professor insisted upon daily training to get into shape for another fight. He regarded Belle with hostility and she was ready be offering you many times five "A year or two from now they'll to meet him more than half way hundred dollars for a fight. But One day while Steve had been pun-now they don't care if you can't ching the bag with his right arm bound to his side in order to de- velop his left, he saw Belle hanging to go in and get a drink. He didn't out some clothes and called a halt return and the Professor followed.
of water you can go back to work.
"Now that you've had the glass
Steve hugged Bello, "I've got about ten more minutes, honoy. A reformed drunk always loses his sense of humour!"
"Please remember that a fighter bas office hours," said the Profes- sor. "He's a business man."
"I
Bolle resented his tone. thought you were supposed to be the business man. Why aren't you turned out the contents of her bag instead of sitting around here? "I love him-want him:" Shaout seeing about another match upon the table. "There's every There's just a dollar and ten cents
nght your way out of a paper bag. They're only out to buy you as a front-page box office draw. The who married Willle Ryan's girl, customers 'ill come to see the man
that's all." He turned to Black.
Your wife and I've got plans to "Take your shower, Stephen.
make."
about time you and me had a talk," Steve klased Hello and left. “It'a
said the Professor.
"You think I hit the back of my of muscle and big chest told me head on the floor just because a lot to" aald Beile. "And you think as soon as I'm bored I'll go back to Willie Ryan and the jewellery. I fell for a pair of eyes and a little boy in back of them. That's why I married.Stove."
"You win the first round, my
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