1934-01-26 — Page 3

THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND

THE LADY

By FRANCES MARION CHAPTER V

Son and the two huskies went out. Willle pared back and forth in front, of Belle, seated on top of his deek.

"Is it that hard to begin, Willie? Want me to?"

He stopped pacing, "What hap pened to your head? Were you drunk? Are you on the junk? What happened to you?"

"Something very beautiful... Something swell--"

CÚPID'S KNOCKOUT Bello Forber did not show up at the Cabaret El Ryanno the next day and Wille Ryan kept the tole phone hot trying to get trace of her. Belle's maid could tell him little: the dress she had worn the night before was on the floor, her travelling dress, gone; two bottles of beer had been opened but left untasted. Wille. ordered hislike that!" henchmen to bring lu the Profes- sor, to tour the Boston Post Road, search all the lodges and Inns watch the railroad stations. He slammed down the phone as two, huskies pushed the Professor into

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his office.

"Where's the fighter of yours?" ho snapped, pouncing on the Pro- fessor.

"You know as well as I do! I haven't seen him since the night ho fought. Every time you get an up- and-coming boy some female starts turning him into putty before you

con~~"

"He'll turn into hamburger if I get hold of him!"

How

"You can't blame my boy! about your side of the caso?"

"I'll attend to that, too, when she gets here!"

"She's here, Willie," said Belle's voice, and Ryan whirled upon her as sho walked into the group. "Maybe you'd like to tend to it alone?"

"Where's my boy?" demanded the excited Professor. "Look here, girl"

"Better than he ever was. He's over in your office, waiting for you."

"You call it that-with a guy

"I know you wouldn't under- stand, Willie. That's the only thing that hurts."

"Understand? How do you think I'd feel? My girl stealing away from me-running off like a Hester street tramp with a-"

"Don't

Take

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1934.

drink,

thing, Willie, And the key He poured himself, a "You can keep them,"

"No, starting from scratch. Clothes would come in handy though."..

"Okay."

She wont to him, tears in her eyes. "Good-bye, Willie Ityan. I'm always going to think swell things about you. Will you think 'em about mo?"At his slow nod, she kissed his cheek and run out of the room.

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left of that sixty."

I know what I've got, my girl afglitor And when a man's got a fighter, promotors coma around to see himl

"Then as long as you're here why can't you and I be a little more civil to each other? Really, Pro-

essor, what have I done to

Will

And because the whole town want to see him, he's a bargain a a thousand.”

"I guess you're still the same ólt Professor" laughed Black. "Okay, A thousand top. Five hun dred for him...and five hundred for Mrs. Morgan to sit ringside. Drop in to-morrow and we'll sign the deal."

"Okay," agreed Black. "This is a new angle in the fight game."

When the Professor re-entered the room, Steve was saying cocklly: "What round do you want me to knook him out in, honey?"

A ring at the door bell inter-

"And a couple of hundred in ad- uptod. "Belle went to the door.

shrewed, sporting type of man vance," sold the Professor, accom stood there. The Professor, in apanying him to, the door. anllway door, recognized him as a Ir. Black, representing Mr. Carey Madison Square Garden, and ame quickly forward.

"Well, Black, glad you dropped round, I'll get the boy.".

The Professor returned with tove and when they had been in roduced Stove asked, genially; "Hi, what's the idea? Thinking of putting on a real fight at the Gardon?"

He stared after her, even after the Adopted Son and the two nuskf les returned. "She married him, he uttered half to himself. At him words tho Adopted Son's hand went to his pocket, he nodded to the two men and they started quietly out.

"Foy! called Willie. "I'm not mad and you can't get mad until I do. But if he over gives her an unhappy moment you can spili his guts over any alley you pick out!"

For several weeks, the Professor Belle got off the table.

had trouble to keep Steve from breaking off in the middle of train talk that way, Willo!"

"What am I going to do?

ing to make love to his wife. They you back?"

had taken a ground flat in Flatbush and the Professor insisted upon "No, Willie." "Do you know what I feel like dally training to get into shape for doing?" Willie was actually trom-another fight. He regarded Belle bling. She nodded that she under- with hostility and she was ready stood. He continued: "You're to meet him more than half way made me the biggest laugh of the One day while Steve had been pun- yent"

ching the bag with his right arm "Is that all

you are thinking bound to his side in order to de- about?"

velop his left, he saw Belle hanging out some clothes and called a halt to go in and get a drink. He didn't return and the Professor followed.

"No, I'm thinking about you." His voico went higher. "Of you and-him. Where you've been... what you've done." He grabbed her by the throat. "I'll have you both dropped out of sight! I'll give him a kerosene bath!"

"No you won't Willie."

"What's going to stop me?"! She spoke calmly and simply "I married him this morning."

Willie's face grew, purple. He took his hand from her throat and The Professor started to protest, backed away and stared at her. but at Willie's savage: "Get out ""Why?" ho demanded at length. he gulped and darted out of the of- Ace. At Willie's nod, the Adopted

"I love him-want him. She turned out the contents of her bag upon the table. "There's every

"Now that you've had the glass of water you can go back to work."

Steve hugged Belle, "I've got about ten more minutes, honey. A reformed drunk always loses his eense of humour ("

"Please remember that a fighter has office hours," said the Profes- sor. "He's a business man."

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Belle resented his tone.

thought you were supposed to be the business man. Why aren't you. nut seeing about another match instead of sitting around here? There's just a dollar and ten conta

"It's the beginning Steven," said the Professor. "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 Stove's cocki-tage," said Belle. "A honeymoon sess. "How'd you like to pick up in the Mountains." avo hundred bucks three weeks rom to-morrow night? Six rounds prelim with Ray Harrigan?"

fight?"

"Tako your shower, Stephen.. Your wife and I've got plans to mnko."

Stove kissed Belle and loft. "It's about time you and me had a talk,” said the Professor,

"You think I hit the back of my

Stevo poked the Professor in the ribs. There; did young Gaffney et five hundred bucks for his first

"A year or two from now they'll head on the floor just because a lot be offering you many times five of muscle and big cheat told me hundred dollars for a fight. Butto" said Bello. "And you think as now they don't care if you can't soon as I'm bored. I'll go back to fight your way out of a paper bag. Willie Ryan and the jewellery, I They're only out to buy you as a fell for a pair of eyes--and a little front-page box office draw. The boy in back of them. That's why customers 'ill come to see the man I married Steve." who married Willie Ryan's girl, that's all." Ho turned to Black.

"You win the first round, my

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