Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-06

OOn encountered MS pthtuibV" una"
ager.
What did you fire me out forT
| Stubener demanded. Were finished
A OF mess you've made. You've
never stood for meeting reporter
alone before, and now you'll see wher
that interview comes OUT
Glendon, who had been regarding
him with cool Amusement. made as ii
to turn and pass on and then changed
his mind.
1T won't come out" he said
Stubener looked up sharply.
81 asked her not to-" Glendon ex.
planned.
Then Stubener exploded
las II she'd kill a juicy thing like
that
Glendon became very cold. and his
voice was harsh and grating
1T won't be published. She told me
so. And to doubt 1T is to call her a
liar
The Irish fame was in his eyes. and
by that and by the unconscious clinch-
ing of his passion wrought hands
Stubener. who knew the strength OF
them and of the man he faced. no
longer dared 10 0OuDC
1t did not take Stubener long to find
out that Glendon intended extending
the distance of the fight, though try
as he would he could get no hint of
the number of the round.
He wasted no time. however. and
privily clinched certain engagements
with Nat Powers and Nat Powers
manager. Powers had a faithful fol-
lowing Of bettors. and the betting syn
dictate was not to be denied its har-
vest
On the night Of the fight, Maud
Sangster was guilty of a more daring
unconventionality than any she had
yet committed, though no whisper of
it leaked out to shock society.
Under the protection Of the editor
hair and most of her face were hidden
under a SLOUGH hat, while she wore a
mans long overcoat that fell to her
heels.
Entering in the thick of the crowd
she was not noticed. nor did the news
paper men in the press seats against
the ring directly in front of her recog-
nize her.
AS was the growing custom, there
were no preliminary bouts. and she
had barely gained her seat when roars
of applause announced the arrival OF
Nat Powers.
He came down the aisle in the midst
of his seconds. and she was almost
frightened by the formidable bulk OF
him. Yet he leaped the ropes as light
Iy as man half his weight and grin
ned Acknowledgement to the tumult-
uous greeting that arose from all the
house.
He was not pretty. Two caulifower
ears attested his profession and its
brutality. while his broken
nose had been so often spread over
his face as to defy the surgeons art
to reconstruct it
Another uproar heralded the arriva:
Of Glendon. and she watched him ca
gerly as he went through the ropes
to his corner.
But ii was not until the tedious time
Of announcements. introductions and
was over that the two men
threw or their wraps and faced each |
other in ring costume.
Concentrated upon them from over |
bead was the white glare of many |
electric lights-this for the benefit OF |
he moving picture cameras-and she |
FELT, as she looked at the two sharply |
,Ontrasted men. that 1t was in Glen
Ion that she saw the thoroughbred |
md in Powers the abysmal brute.
Both looked their parts-Glendon
lean cut in face and form. softly and
rnlr mi oIr /
rugged and heavily
matted with hair.
AS they made their preliminary pose
or the cameras. confronting each 9th
# in fighting attitudes. it CHANGED that
ilendon's gaze dropped down through
he ropes and rested on her face.
Though he gave no sign. she knew.
With n swift leap of the heart. that he
lad recognized her.
The next moment the gong sounded.
he announcer cried Let her co." and
he battle was on.
1t was n good fight There WAS no
flood. no marrinE. and both were
lever. half of the first round was
pent in feeling each other out. but
lnud Sangster found the play and
eint and tap of the gloves sufficiently
Sciting.
During some OF the fercer rallies In
ter stages OF the fight the editor was
TO touch her arm to remind
pr who she was and where she was
Powers fought easily and clearly. as
acame the hero OF half n hundred ring
ittles. and an admiring ciaque ap-
auded his every cIeverness. ,
Yet he did not unduly exert himself
we in occasional strenuous rallies r
at brought the audience yelling to ,
: feet I'm the mistaken notion that he 4
MS getting his man.
II was at such moment, when her r
lpracticed eye could not inform nc. Il
at Glendon was escaping serious n
mage. that the editor leaned to her h
d said:
Young Pat will win all right He's e
,omer. and they can't stop him. But a
II win in the sixteenth and not be
'e"