Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-04-22

."Ti1 nave st oock, p)oaoos- Mr.. 3I0noons"
%+ -. che said.
said. II never interviewed apugilist
before, so il don't go about it ex-
pertly you'll forgive me, am sure"
maybe you'd better start in by
seeing him in action" was the man.
ayers suggestion. while he's getting
into his fighting toys I can tell you
a lot about him-fresh stuff too. Wen
call in Walsh. Pat, and 60 a couple Of
rounds."
well do nothing Of the Sort" Glen
don growled roughly, in just the way
an abysmal brute should. "Co ahead
with the interview"
The business went ahead unsatis-
factorily. stubener did most Of the
talking and suggesting, which was
sufficient to 1rritate Maud Sangster.
while Pat volunteered nothing:
She studied his fine countenance, the
eyes clear blue and wide apart, the
well modelled, almost aquiline, nose,
the firm, chaste lips that were sweet
in masculine way in their curl at
the corners and that gave no hint Of
any sullenness. -.
1t was battling personality, she con-
cluded, If what the papers said Of him
was SO. In vain she sought for ear
marks Of the brute. And in vain she
attempted to establish contacts.
F. Eor d6eIthing,: she knew too little
about pftzefighters and the ring, and
whenever she opened up a lead it was
promptly snatched away by the infor-
nation oozing Stubener.
1T must be most interesting, this
life Of pugilist," she said once, add
ing with a sigh: II wish I knew more
about 1t. Tell me, why do you fight?
Oh, aside from money reasons" This
latter to forestall Stubener.) do you
enjoy fighting? Are you stirred by it,
by pittihg yourself against other men?
hardly know how to express what l
mean, 80 you must be patient with
me-"
Pat and Stubener began speaking to-
gether, but for once Pat bore his man.
ager down.
II didn't care for it at first
you see, 1t was too dead easy for
him." Stubener interrupted.
But later" Pat went on, when l
encountered the better fighters, the
real big, clever ones, where l was
more
ION your mettle," she suggested.
Eyes, that's 1t; more on my mettle.
found did care for *it-a great deal,
In fact But still It's not so absorbing
to me as 1t might be. You see. while
each battle is a sort of problem which
+ must work out with my wits and
muscle, yet to me the issue is never In
Doubt
"He's never had fight 60 to de-
cision," Stubener proclaimed. Hes
won every battle by the knockout
route" .
''And it's this certainty of the out
come that robs it of what imagine
must be its finest thrills" Pat con-
cluded. .7E:- e
Maybe you'll get some Of them
thrills when you go up against Jim
Hanford," said the manager. -
Pat smiled, but did not speak. =,
'".TeH me some more," she urged
more about the way you feel when
| you are fightng." 49, >*7--...:<r-
: And then Pat amazed his manager,
! Miss Sangster and himself by hurting
! out: H.. -
1T seems to me don't want to tall
/ with you on such things. It's as Il
there are things more important fos
! you and me to talk about. r. S.
He stopped abruptly, aware OF what
:. he was saying, but unaware Of why
he was saying It. ~: s. .s.:s,= j. s.:
Eyes," she cried eagerly. tThat's-i
That Is what makes a good interview
the real personality you know" s.. :.
But Pat remained tongue tied, and
stubener wandered away: on q stats
teal comparison of his champion,
weights, measurements and expan
sions with those Of Sandow, the Ter
rible Turk. Jeffries and the other mod
ern strong men. This was Of little In
terest to Maud Sangster, and she
showed that she was bored Her eye!
CHANGED to rest on the sonnets. She
! picked the book up and glanced In
quiringly at Stubener: 49,. .>..@
That's Pats" he said. He goes in
for that kind Of. stun and color photog.
raphy and art exhibits and such
things. But for heavens sake don't
publish ANYTHING about 1T, II would
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