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THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND

THE LADY..

By FRANCE S MARION

CHAPTER I

THE PROFESSOR AND THE

BOUNCER

A seedy looking gentleman of the old school sppioner.ed the arce linen counter in the speakeasy bar and syad the cheese, crackers, salami anu liverwurst with a professional air. Ho hooked is cans over the counter, laid down a pair of shabby gloves and made nímson & Banuvien of liverwurst and crackers. Jie at it hungrily and was putting out his band for more crackers-won the bar-tendera warung voice arrested him.

"Hi there, Professor," There was no welcome in the glance that met the Professor's evas and the gentioman of the old schan! picked up his gloves and cane and walked slowly back of the men lined up at the bar, examining faces keenly, looking for one friendly enough to stand him a drink. He etopped back of a slightly intoxicat- ed man who was saying to his com- panion:

"They get some pretty good henv les coming along. I was over at other night and the Garden the there was a fella in the semi-wind- up"

The Professor pushed his way in between the two convivial men.

"Ah, gentlemen, we meet again!" He gave an order to the barkeep without a glance at him: "Scotchi and a very litte soda, please," and continued to the men upon whom he had fastened himself: "I heard you speaking of heavyweighta, gentle men. I tell you this whole genera tion of prizefighters is an army of adagio danceral Where are the Sullivans, the Fitzsimmonses, the Terry McGoverns, the Young Gaff- Hays? Writing in their graves, Hammering their gentlemen! glorious Gista on their tombstones! Aching to get out and show then club-coted while-bruins what rea fighters are!"

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with

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1934.

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INDIAN QUAKE

VICEROY'S APPEAL FOR FUNDS

London, Jun. 20. The Viceroy of India has open- can penal for "unds to relieva

quale.

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The Professor took ano hand was 194 pounds of Man, and

In pretasy proprietor bestted, from the Waste Oi tas 2010, dr.wa the speed of a Futurity filly!"

The argument of the two pickup buy i tou you to emuty botte from his pocket and raised | the sufferers In. last week's earth-

voit to his 13 as the four di pockets was becoming heated and those spatoona mong the bari annoying. A barkeep tapped on and do it now." The bouncer stood prouching instor started them.. "Did you hear what I said?" the ginas la was polishing. At ils Bing at him.

The boner reuened for his hat tinkle a young man passing bor. koga down a collar, holding a keg in and out. "You empty. ein, Tony. midair, glanced at the barkeep, fol-

Ha follow- owed his nod in the direction of And rub it in your pealp. Maybe the pick-pockets. He put down the ed the, Proiector out of the bar.

"So I get sixty bucka. Thera's keg, advanced to the quarrollers and said quietly:

"Hey, boys, this isn't a broad-o catch in this, is taore, Ungle?" "Why of course not! All you casting station. Turn off the loud have to do is...By the way...Ali, speakers."

now is your wind?" "Gawan! Seram!" said one of

the other fellow faster than a walk for months.” the men, while

"We...nh, perhaps we'd better started. towards the bouncer.

"Who asked you to put your big do a little roadword. frying pan into-"

The bouncer's fist landed on the jaw of the first "monkey," flooring him. He came back with an upper. cut which laid the second quarreller out cold. He picked up one of the men by the shirt front, the other by the cont collar and dragged them off into the lobby.

"Here, Jor, throw 'em the rest of the way. Wait a second!"

it'll grow mushrooms.“

A personal message tho iky, Kio.ceaor, 100% out!"

..orious Steve jumped upon the running Viceroy Buvo 1 bordd and the Prosessor pulled talamity has recantly overtaken a A largs go mmber 1, 002. Comanegman, une side of the road.

ity 3 un hour. It barely While no accurate details are you sports phacton zoom:dast tuposiaily in Blair Bad Uran missed them, and in trying to gat Loringom.ng it is no exaggerat.on o say that there aus been an ap- Bid on the road and over-

palung loss of lie, taat count- turned in the ditch.

somes have been destroyed,

Stove ran to the ear and saw uniformed chauffeur, who had been thrown efcat, getting up slowly,

And it # wide area' uns, beon

nihute..

"At such a time I'Ïcel confident

"Search mo. I haven't moved holding his head. Half up, ho hat the sympaty of all classes

Iny bark upon the ground.

Projecting from the side of the goon, out with those who are in- en a pair of beautiful, silk-volved in this great disaster and "What's your name, Uncle?" clad legs. Taking hold of the legs, that efforts to alleviate the.r auf- "Bonnett. Edwin J. Bennett. Steve disentangled them from, tur.ngs with meat with a ready re- canons and drew from the over- ponse, there1010 decided to set My intimates call me Professor,"

"Okay, Professor. I'm Morgan-turned car a startling.y braut d pafund which will be known young woman in evening dress and as The Viceroy's Earthquako Steve Morgan."

"Morgan-good ring, name, white evening wrap. Sho was [ Fund." Subscript.on are to be

moaning lightly.

that."

So Steve Morgan left off spank- asy houncing to become a prize- ighter..

It was crack of dawn. Along a "There's a prospect, Professor," Long Island country road a Ford said one of his listeners, but the car was ambling; at its side trotted anonger abruptly left the table Steve Morgan, dressed in old dun- without reply. He took up a posi-gareza and a sweater. tion near the bouncer who had re- sumed tossing kegs into the cellar, and watched the ease with which he handled them.

"What's the matter, Uncle?" grinned the bouncer.

"You're new here, aren't you? How long have you been in New York?"

"About three weeks."

"Where were you before that?" "Australia-then Singapore." "Oh, a sailor, ch? What did you do in Singapore 7"

"Sal in the parlour of a joint Threw out the drunks and kept dames from knifing each other."

"Be in lots of brawls; streel fights." mused the Professor, "and "Come on, Professor," interrup-not marked up. Do you like to ted the barkeup. "Four bits. Day fight.?"

up."

"Sure," grinned the bounces "Don't Interrupt me, youne "That's why I'm here-not that man". The Professor sipped his it gets me any place."

drink. That moon-faced pimple That's for me to judge. Como couldn't have contaminated the with m2.

Hoffman House bar. for five The Professor went to an alcove minutes!

Shall we sit down. 'hwhere there was a pay-telephone booth. With an amused, question.

gentlem

'I could fatten mine out a ing glauce, the bouncer followed while," said one of the

Andy Boy, you stick with me and I'l

He fum- found a table near where two pick- make you your fortuna." pockets WOTO arguing

abled in his pocket, "Hmmm...Have "moll."

you got a nickel?"

over

Terrible how the riff-raff creeps! into thero places," sighed the Pro fessor. "The days of old, sitting quietly 'over a bottle"

"You managed Young Gaffney in

With a grin the young man pulled a nickel from his pocket and handed it over. When he got his party on the wire, the Professor said:

"I understand Maloney's boy got

the old days, didn't you?" inter-a necklace of boils and dropped out rupted one of his annexed hosts.

for Friday night...Yes... Well. "Did I manage Young Gaffney?" I've got the boy to take his place... The Professor's face lighted up. Now listen. Jake, this is the old- "He was my Boy! His knees never time Professor talking. I haven't touched canvas A left like a had a drop for a month and I've had snako's tong-A-right-like-a-bov under warps all the time.. falling safe A heart like Gibral-, He's like Delaney, only better... tar-and game as a pit bull!” Oh, sure, i understand that...Oh.

"Big guy, wasn't he?"

all right, Jake, if you can't make it "A week before the Great Proms. I two hundred we'll take one hundred R deal, ter told him to Iny aside is g's for the first fight. It's -May 27, 1906 and I've been Jube." drunk ever since, gentlemen-s

He hung up the receiver. "There

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"Did that...young Gaffney... puffed Steve, "have to do... this marathon stuff 7**

"Ah, my boy, Gaffney, trained magnificently. He's run ten miles

(To be Continued.)-

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Latest press reports from Cal- cutta say that messages reaching" GERMAN PRESIDENT.there from the Province of Bihar

HINDENBURGH CONTRACTS . FEVERISH COLD

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Other unoffelal estimates pat the death roll in the whole Pro-

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