Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-03

part ~ IN" business OF the instructor
and, ! thought that an, thing the Olympic
Club did was all ugrt I'm was tlcklcl
to death about h. The night oi the box.
Ing ! stayed Jt home. and bus sisters
came aud stayed with me. We were all
very nervous. Jim came home when IL
was over. lie Rugged and kissed me
and was OBS happy as he was. lie
seemed To- think that u was the stepping.
stone.
after that he driitcd into prof ssionai
fighting 80 easily and naturally that
hardly knew Il. When the match va,
made with Choynski he was SO delight.
ed that knew IL had a strong hold on
linn wa. badly worked up that uight.
! stayed a. home, ~ always did, and
waited IN fear and trembling Tor the
news When lin came Ia / nearly
tainted. 1t seemed to me that he was
iu horrible condition. Onc side OF his
lace was all cut up. That was the only
time that he was punished At all.
He didn't stay at home long. The
gang Of fellows came around and carried
him away to celebrate the affair. That
was the beginning Of the attention which
Wa, shOwctcd upon him, aud which wa
enough 20 turn the head Of the oldest.
most calculating man that ever lived.
Sometimes alter a fight he would be
gone three o four days. have always
hated the fighting. would have been
glad had Jim never made name for
himself. Amer each Of the fights
begged of him to give them up. lie
half promised. I used 90 persuade my.
sell that each fight would be the last.
when the match with kilrain was
arranged he was crazy with delight lie
had long been anxious TO meet some OF
the big fellows. lie was very confident
he could win. Aud then knew that
his mind was set upon the fighting aud
that nothing would ever turn d. When
he LEFT his own town to fight ! lclt sure
that his future was settled, II never
occurred to mythll he could fail TO win.
lin would not take me TO New Orleans
with him when he went to fight kilfain
lie would never take me, lie always
said that ! would be in the way.
81 was at home waiting i0f the news
as usual. lie came back as happy as
school boy and there was big Cclcbra.
ton. lie came to iew York to box
McCailrcy and have a big time Then
he was taken III and went to Michigan.
lie sent Tor me TO come on and nurse
him. Then he came back to San Fran.
cisco TO act as instructor In the club
again. lie was paid sss5 q month, and
then ! was very happy But Jim had
made a name Tor himself and men aud
women were anxious to do him honor
Women have always been particular.
~ fascinated BY him, and tie manner IN
which they have pursued him is almost
beyond creiencc. This became cspec.
ially noticeable after his match with
Jackson. | felt dreadful over that
match. / did not like to have my fine,
big husband box with cOiorCd man,
aud feared, rs be- did, that he would
not be given fair play Il was alter this
contest that Jim Joined the Thatcher,
Primrose ana West Ministries, and from
that time we have been but little to.
geiher.
81 made up my mind that would no
longer stay out IA California alone, so !
came east as well. We had a quarrel,
but we speedily made II up. As inns
fame increased We were together less
and less. lie has never liked me TO
travel with him. lie has insisted upon
his freedom. And yet | know that he
was very fond OF me. lie never DO.
grudged me anything, / had all the
UlhUtN NhllNtAs TIC has always NttN
very generous. know how he was be-
selged with attentions OF women and
that he was too gallant to ny from them.
HE Is a curious mixture. lie has
more noble traits than most people inn
aginc. For the last tour years We have
not been together more than two or
three months ~ each year, eNCep, when
he was training Tor the Mitchell fight,
When he met Sullivan ! was In New
York. lie would not permit me TO 80
South"
II may be remarked that on the night
Of the CoTbett-sulliyan fight Mrs. Cor.
bctt received the news by bulletins.
When the fight began she was perfectly
calm, while those with her were very
nervous "Why should worry about
1t. she asked them with a smile. There
Is not tue slightcst possibility that lin
will lose, lie never loses But when
news OF the victory came she went into
transports aud cried J3ylully.
when Jim was training Tor the fight
with Mitchell ! was with him for six
months; he would not have any one else
around. After We went to Florida used
TO get up at O'Clock IN the morning to
20 to Jacksonville, two hours away TO
Wv AN' ANNAt hNhlNls hNIA ANNNN lNlIE
under lock and key, During the three
days before the fight prepared every
particle of food that Jim ate with my
own hands, and / watched over him
night and day. When the hsh, was
gong on was asleep, tired out
when jim went abroad last year /
wanted to go along, but he objected.
Twelve days after lie arrived there he
Cabled for me to come over, but we
were not much together. Before SAIL.
ed bought this home. lie never saw
It until after he returned, lie has lived
here only two months, ! have never
liked the boxing. had to live amid il.
Jim rarely talked about anything else.
except theatrlcals. We have met many
nice people. Many charming women
have entertained me because I was Inns
wife, but | have had to meet many
persons whom I did not like II is not
strange that 80 much adulition should
have turned inns head
mo one can have the slightest idea
OF the number Of women who run after
him But when he took up with the
woman who Is named as correspondent,
when he Haunted his relations with her
aud publicly passed her OF as his wife.
| could stand Il no longer. To have
such a creature as she be passed oil for
myself was outrageous. | icltno M wall
toward her lie Is strange mixture.
and few can understand him, hone
that he may be very happy with her, but
| fear for him, As for myself shall
live here putstly II fI.. .tt...z... J..