The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-07
MRS. F1TzsIuM0Ss's JIEUs.
She aud tire Baby start for Nc,ndn-she n
Happy nnd Expects bob To WIN.

The room was full Of the litter OF packing.
Trunks and bags stood open. One blonde-haired
young woman was folding up a full-slecvod
wrapper. and another was trying to get n Dig
hat with tall feathers into the particular cavity
prepared for 1t. On the bed were sundry APP
pointments OF n baby's outfit, along with boas
and muffs and umbrellas. Somebody, evidently
more than one somebody, was going away.
You'll excuse the confusion, won't you T. said
Mrs. Fitzsimmons, coming forward to greet her
visitor. al got "a telegram from Bob just two
hours ago, and I'm of for Nevada. I've been illi
Yes, but l can't bear not to go when he sends for
me-. These folks are helping me pack, and III
take a nurse girl along to help with the baby.
"Will I go TO see the fight 7 Oh, yes. 1t viii
come of just a week after ! get there. 1t doesn't
make me nervous TO see it. because I'm always
snsi snss about SSH > tssS@tt" L w Would %ia make Eep . dirorenSe;
but, with al! the Lights he's b,en IN, lac hasn't
'"Do / think his opponents wives could say az
muchf l guess not. i expect he's done some or
them up pretty bad. I've looked on az three
men In generally this time, and | think they
ought. | think women could LOOK al much worse
his strength against another. ! always 30 with
my husband wherever. he l;ocS. u WIS only
mothers Illness that kept inr here this time
three weeks since ! saw him. W. were married
three years ago in Newark.
bandi think he makes a much hotter husband
than a parson oftentimes. III mems in training
Being tempepate and soGar. iiiSp Keeps good
company. He never Is out much NJ nights, and
he's just wrapped up In me und iAc baby. Hes
an awful gooa:tempcred man. / never saw him
put Out H., s,nS Ssh ! M was MARIE marie 10 9u h!9 ibS eSS wps
enough 20 make an angel cross. Even then
Bob's friends took IL harie: tiam he did.
rabaSs WI him q of Ff i6e mo SSS'P as though fI iicy lE@nsdi
stolen u out OF his pockets, He had Sharkcy
knocked out, you know; He knocked MIN out
sible, and then they said 1t was on a fouland gave
the fight 10 sharkey, anyhow. think II wasa
muss comes because Bob's a Cornwall man and
no; an American. But, ,accordins TO my knowl.
this time just as easy. He's built for il.
There's lots OF science in fighting now, You
ffR ho rine a nGlT ii ike Il t used 1 to be. PcoSS EsS used eiT to
call all pugilists brutal and beastly, and thought
they were rough, mean fellows. But Bob's not
bone in him. All my folks ike him splendid,
and he's Just as tender with that baby! He
What Is tho baby's namof Boo, See. thes.
lie was measured for them. A gentleman in
San Francisco gave them TO him. Hes too Nttlo
yet to know how to put them on, but he likes
know a great many ,pnsilisti =" added Mrs:
with their wives, and are good family men.
There isn't u kinder father IN New York than
Mr.. Mike Donovan. He has a big family, tfteen
children, and they are, every one, devoted
to him; just hang round him when he's
home. Corbett had trouble with his wife. He
got a divorce. or she got IA divorce, | don't know
which. Now he's married again. In every
profession there are some men hard TO get
along with, but. now that l come TO think of 1t,
| believe, that hghting men make good hus.
bands, taking II all around; Bob would have
made n, good husband. though, no matter what
his trade was. He's that kind. i used to be on
the stage, you know. ] did a sketch team with
my brother In Bob's show; that was where he
,Nat Eaa 1Enl tho rntNny AHlrL UNA A
pretty good hand AT II, and / liked travelling
through the country. But l think u woman 10
happier married"
Mrs. Ftzsimmons's appear. nCo confirms her
words, surely no wife could look more con-
tented and comfortable than she does. She is q
well-formed, Wholesome looking woman, with
pretty features and n frank, pleasing expression.