Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-01

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OF the ring. was suddenly over
whelmed by his admirers, who burst
through the ropes and crowded round
him. Good boy, Jake, bully for you,"
they shouted. you got him good.
Three cheers for Jaky MCGEE"
| Jocelyn forced his way through to
the dressing room, sponged himself
and began to put on his clothes. His
second seemed to have deserted him.
But, as he was completing his toilet,
the manager came up, looking black
as thunder, and flung purse into
Lord Jocelyn's lap. Here's your
money = he growled. If you got what
was coming to you"
Lord Jocelyn looked at him inouir-
ingly. Anything wrong?" he asked.
Anything wrong?" the manager
echoed. 20, no. I'm only ruined,
that's all, and serves me right. Ask
Barney here
Barney. white as sheet, came up
to him and shook his fist in his face.
You damned cur" he howled almost
weeping with rage. "To sell us all out
like that! To sell us out-and ALI
unframed, and as true man as ever
breathed. You got to face Mrs. Orme
before you quit, you loafer. If you're
ready you can git, and let me tell you
your lighting days are over"
Joeelyn, too astounded by this IT,
rade to answer, stepped through the
door-into the arms of Mrs. Orme.
SO this is how you keep your word
to your friends, is it?" she sneered.
Cheap way to make little bit more,
isn't it? And ALI and me with the
rent to pay and every coin gone
through trusting you"
Madam" said Jocelyn, ct am who'll
ly at loss to understand you. Do
you supposeSthat came here to fight
for the pleasure Of it, or to oblige
your"
"You robert" she Kissed. Didn't
you know you were fixed to lose?
Didn't hear ALT tell you himself and
you say you'd play fair? And that
was to have meant two thousand to
us, and ALI not to trouble to train;
and you've bin and trained and hogged
the whole kitty"
| Then for the first time Jocelyn <un-
derstood the meaning of Barney's in
situations about the third round. He
drew the purse from his pocket. In
side he found eight bills of the value
of five hundred dollars apiece
MADAM" he said, 'let me assure
you that the whole thing was mis-
understanding" He counted out four
bills. Here is your SHARE" he said,
and thrust them into her hand. Then,
while she stood stared open-mouthed
at him and at the bills alternately, he
made his way into the street, eluding
the mob that sought to follow him,
and made his way home.
"That'll keep me going for few
days. he said, putting the remainder
of his winnings away. "And now for
a game of solitaire before / go to
bed"
| Jocelyn was SO stiff the next day
! that he kept to his bed. On the sec
| ond he was lmping around his room.
The unwonted exercise of the muscles,
| disused for several years, had pain
fully affected him, and he was grateful
enough to be able to prop himself up
| in his chair and play solitaire. By
| the third evening, however, he was
sufficiently recovered to think of TAX
ing a stroll, and he had just found his
| cane and hat when there came ring
at his bell.
There's man wants to see you,
sir" said Talbot, entering. Looks
like tramp. Shall say you're not
at home, sir?'
| "Why, I love tramps," answered
Lord Jocelyn. ASK him in by all
means" And presently there entered,
dirty, unshaven, scowling, the man
whom he had knocked down and aft
| terward seen sentenced to the work
| house.
"Sit down, sir" Jocelyn said, hand
! ing him chair. ITO what am | in
debted for the honor of this visit?"
CAV, don't hand me none of that"
| his visitor growled. ''You put the
| job through on me and amt got no
more to say about it. What want is
| Lizzie Orme's address"
eff you mean the lady whom you
SO RrOSSly 1uSulISu TIC OlACA wv
ming said Lord Jocelyn, II certainly
shall not give it to you unless you can
show just cause"
! "Just cause?' shouted his visitor in
dignantly. What? Me just in from
| Chicago. and not knowing where to
find no one, and sighting Liz in the
street-and then to get knocked down
in the gutter by guy as | could settle
/ with one hand behind me back? Amt
/ that Just cause? If hadn't have seen
her and recognized her from her
photograph, I'd trod the streets till
Doomsday and never known where the
fight was to be pulNd of.
"Your name?" gasped Jocelyn.
as Jake MCGEE, if it's any salts
faction to you," answered the man.
Jocelyn arose and went to his desk.
/ Unlocking drawer he pulled out four
bills of the value of five hundred dol
lars apiece and thrust them into his
visitors hand.