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THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND

THE LADY

By FRANCES MARION CHAPTER II

EX-BOUNCER, AND THE LADY

Stave carried the young woman up the bank and laid her down on the grass. On his knees beside her, he saw her eye lids Gutter.

"Keep your head, sister, Can

you talk

"Mother sald

'there'd be daya. like this," muttered the girl, as though half delirious. She was Boaked and muddy from having Innded in to ditch, and her teeth began to chatter.

near petrified for a' minute."

"Sometimes A fracture, you know," sald Steve, going on with his examination.” Or

a joint bruise...

The girl, watched his banda a moment as they examined hor thigh and looked up at him warn- ingly.

"Don't you think you'd bettter take my word for it?" his examination. "You're

Grinning, Steve withdrew from always like to discover things for myself, though."

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1934.

Who's you?”

a

"Steve Morgan, I'll leave ringuido tiekot. Will you, coma?!!

Well... maybe.. "Good, he nodded. I'll sou you Friday and went out.

hands in response to a great choer that went up

ENORMOUS LOSS."

· “Ladies and gentlemen!” shouted the announcer."""The special bout

FRENCH LUXURY: SHIP. of the evening Ten rounds! Re

CANNOT BE REPAIRED tween the well-known, slashing heavyweight, Hammer Jackson

Paris, Jan. 221. two hundred and four--and Stave The Saine Commercial Court to- Morgan, one hundred and ninety-day decided that the liner Atlan- three flat!"

tique, which mysteriously took fro The crowd yelled: "Where'd he in the Engllah hunnel og Janu come from? Don't let him kissary 4, 1933, la irreparable, and you, Hammert Oh, Mr. Morgan, ordered the insurers to pay 170,- yoohoo!".

000,000 francs, and costs to the "Listen, felin," said the reforce, Messagories Maritime, the opera- "we got to put on a good show. tora. Lloyds 'are thohenvlest When you go down I'll give you the losers.Router. slow count-get me?"....

""Bwell-grent," said Steve, wave admit Iing him awayek

ISTAMBUL TREMBLES AT THREAT OF DANGER

Stavo was in the dressing room of the Athletic Club, ready to go on for his fight. The promotor camo up to bim

"It's all understood now. You stay in there for. three rounds or wait for any you don't got no dough." He didn't reply, and Staya turned on the Professor.

So there is a catch to it! The price of whiskey's pretty tough theso days, eh, and you'll take a

okay.meant to explain.,

chance on anything."' "Stephen, I will

The bell rang and Hammer Jack-EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. "So you were going to feed mason rushed from his corner and to the grizzly bears for a case of connected with a couple of smashes boozo! If it wasn't I could make to the hand and ribs of Stove who use of my sixty bucks, I'd let you had been looking down at the girl down with a splash!"..! in the... gorgeous evening wrap. "You've got to stay three rounds, Steve took another blow to the chin, She regarded him severely a mo- Stephen. This fa no water-front another to the body, but he only. ment, "Did you peek through key brawl. It's in a ring with Marquis grinned enigmatically. His right Your oppon-arm was cocked but ho did not of Queensbury rules. loles when you were a little boy?" right in.

"Nope, I opened doors and went

ent is experienced, tricky——” even make a pass. Two more ter

"If the Maharajah of Brooklyn rific smashes failed to rock him You'd better put on your sweat-made the rules, I'll follow 'em! and he advanced slowly towards his or. It's cold outside.''

Come on!"

Hammer opponent,

connected He stood up and took his sweater

As Stove walked down the aisle again-two times, three times. and called to the Professor who wan

Steve laughed at her gameness, from a chair and flung it carelessly to the ring, he saw the girl of the Stove shook his head, grinning and the world!" said the Professor in helping the dazed chauffeur to his over his arm. "Don't worry about phaeton car, in a gorgeous evening advancing, but a glint had come foot: "How is ho? On his feet me. I've got plenty or insulation."

The girl looked over the swelling p, in the end seat of the first into his eyes. After several more to stay?"

row. He stopped and grasped the blows on the chin, the fighters muscles of his torso appraisingly, and of the man sitting just beyond went into a clinch. "I guess you do need all that mus cle at that, to carry around that head of yours!"

e-c-cold," she

"Where do you hurt?" asked Stavo, solicitously..

**1'm w-w-wot, chattered, opening her eyes.

Stove pulled off his sweater, re- vealing his muscular torso, and wrapped it around her shoulders. "It's kind of sweaty," he apolo- gized.

"Oh-kay. I'm t-typo."

the

athletic

"Got back here in your corner, son," said the Professor, leading the chauffeur to 'n tree.

"Stay with him," said Steve and started towards n farmer who came: running up from a field.

"Well. I don't like that kind of exploring!"

"Why? Is the territory all aur veyed? Claims staked out?"

"That's a pretty good brick to throw-when gal's flat on her. back."

"That's when a gal's got to have some good ones handy."

her.

"Well, well! How are you? The only worry I had was that you wouldn't come! You're more on couraging than a shot in the arm? Do you know that?"

"Why, uh .." said the man, aur prised out of his wits, while the young woman. knowing that the words were meant for her, smiled

"Go call a doctor!" he shouted to the man, who at once turned and made for a houss à quarter of a

Steve hitched up his trousers mile back on the road..

Stevo returned

"Well, any time you want to be the girl. hauled out of another ditch, let me down into her lap. to There's a farm house back here

"I'll make this sa short as I La piece, sister. Let's make for it know," and he turned to lenye.

Tho girl called Impulsively; can," continued Steve, as the Pro- Ho picked her up-in his arms and wait a minute! Aside from all fessor urged him to hurry, then started down the road.

the wisecracks. I really owe you we'll have a long, quiet talle" He Where can I get hold of you?" something. What do you do? left the man staring at him in "You'd like to do something for zement, the girl smiling in quiet understanding, and climbed me?" He returned to her.

into the ring. His, opponent, a big man wearing a black bathrobe was already in his corner, raising his

He opened the door of the house and carried the girl into the parlour where he heard the farmor saying i into the telephone: "I don't know how badly they are hurt, but hurry, will you, Doc?"

Stevo laid the girl on a horsehair bola no the former hung up the re- ceiver. "Got any whiskey? Hot water anything?"

While the farmer dashed into the kitchen, Steve removed the siventer and her evening wrap from the girl's shoulders, He eyed her

gown.

"Hore, let's peel this," and he lowered the shoulder straps.

“B-b-but.......” she started to prò--

Lest, her tenth chattering.

"Don't mind about me. raised with seven sisters. here, doesn't 117

I was Unhooks

"Th-thinks. Glad you dropped

by."

"Your chauffeur almost dropped. me first," replied Steve, tucking the quilt more closely about her.

"Ho'd been up all night. Went to sleep I guess. Is he all right?" "Yep." He sat down on the edge of the couch and ran a hand over her legs under the quilt. "How about you? Any bones broken?"

"Oh, I'm still solid. I was darn

sho said, cautiously.

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"Something...

"Ever see a prizo fight?” "Not many good onea," "Well, come up to the Harlem Heights Athletic Club this Friday night. I don't know how good it'll be, but it'll be short, because some poor, unsuspecting guy is going in against me."

"That's right-wo'll just const along for a while," Stove winked at Hammer, who glared at him and wrestled himself, out of the clinch.

Hammer struck again, landing a left and a right and the crowd yelled for the kill, howling with derision and delight.

Hammer swung again, but Stove ducked, weaved and uncorked a sledge hammer_right to his oppo- ment's chin. Hammer fell swiftly and stiffly over backward. The crowd's yelling died out. The ref crea began to count slowly, puzzled. Afton "Ten" he walked over to Steve and held up Steve's hand.

"Professor, I think we've got something there," said the pro- motor..

"There is the next champion of

Istambul, Jan. 24. Severo earthquako shocks were folt hero and in the capital yes- terday. There was no damage done. but the populace is trost nervous and apprehensive.--Router.

In quiet, dazed voico..

(To be Continued).

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