The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-31
By JACK LONDON
Copyright. 1918. by The Century Co.
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 But he seenseu Io have the way al- waxE CT doing the right thing where she was concerned. She sank flaD~ her chair, and he into another, first draw lng 1t around so as to face her across khe corner of the desk.
 q spent last night in a Turkish bath" he said 'sI sent for an old bro ken down bruiser He was a friend of my father in the old days. I knew there couldn't be thing about the ring he didn't know, and I made him talk
 .sThe funny thing was that 1t was all I could do to convince him that 1 didn't know the things asked him about. He called me the babe in the woods. guess he was right was raised in the woods, and woods is about all I know.
 well, I received an education from that old man last night The ring is rottener than you told me It seems everybody connected with it is crook ed. The very supervisors that grant the fight permits graft off of the pro moters, and the promoters. managers md fighters graft off of each other and DIT the public.
 s'Its down to a system in one way, and. on the other hand, they're always -.do you know what the double cross isa. She nodded. 'sWell, they don't seem to miss a chance to give each other the double cross
 ssThe stuff that old man told me took my breath away. And here I've been fn the thick of it for several years and knew nothing of it. was real babe in the woods. And yet can see how Five been fooled I was so made thai nobody could stop me. was bound to win, and, thanks to Stubener, every thing crooked was kept away from me.
 saThas nnornang cornered Spider walsh and made him talk. He was my first trainer, you know, and he followed Stubeners instructions- They kepf me inagneralncess Besides, didn'1 herd with the sporting crowd. spent my time hunting and fishing and mon keying with cameras and such things.
 HDo you know what Walsh and Btubener called me between them ne1ves7 The virgin only learned il fhis morning from walsh, and it was Ike pulling teeth. And they were right. I was a little innocent lamb.
 ssAnd Stubener was using me fol erookedness, too, only didn't know lt can look back now and see how it was worked But you see, wasn'- Interested enough in the game to b. suspicious.
 .1 was born with asgood body and 2 cool head was raised in the open and was taught by my father. whs knew more about fighting than any man, living or dead It was too easy The ring didn't absorb me- There was never any doubt of the outcome Bu I'm done with 1t now''
 She pointed to the headline announc Ing his match with Tom Cannam
 s-That5s stubenerss work" he ex plained- s'It was programmed months ago. But I don't care. I'm heading for the mountains I've quit"
 She glanced at the unfinished inter view on the desk and sighed
 How 1ordly men are,' she said Masters Of destiny They do as the1 pIeaser-
 From what I've heard" he inter rupted, you've done pretty much al you please. It's one of the things like abogt you- And what has strucl me hard from the first was the wa, you and understand each other"
 He broke or and looked at her witt burning eyes
 well the ring did one thing fo me,r he went on- sIt made me ac quainted with you. And when yo' fnd the one woman there's just on thing to do-take her in your tw hands and don't let go. Come on, le us start for the mountains"
 It had come with the suddenness o thunderclap, and yet she felt tha