Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-09
what 1rishman was there who couldn't

what Irishman was there who couldn'i
speak,"
He paused to laugh merrily.
"Stubener thinks I'm crazy. Says q
man can't train on matrimony. A lot
he knows about matrimony, or me, or
you. or anything except real estate
and fixed fights. But I'll show him
that night, and poor Tom too. really
feel sorry for Tom"
MY dear abysmal brute is going to
behave most abysmally and brutally, /
fear" she murmured-
He laughed.
I'm going to make a noble attempt
at it. Positively my last appearance.
you know And then it will be you,
YOU. But If you don't want that last
appearance say the word"
"Of course I want it, Big Man. 1
want my Big Man for himself, and to
be himself he must be himself. If you
want this 1 want it for you and for
myself too. Suppose 1 said 1 wanted
to go on the stage or to the south seas
or the north pole?"
He answered slowly. almost sol
EMMY:
Then I'd say go ahead. Because
you are you and must be yourself and
do whatever you want. I love you be-
cause you are you"
And we're both a silly pair Of low
ers." she said when his embrace had
relaxed.
isn't it greatw he cried.
He stood up, measured the sun with
his eye and extended his hand out
over the big woods that covered the
serried, purple ranges.
We've got to sleep out there some
where. It's thirty miles to the nearest
camp"
ever forget the memorable night at the
Golden Gate arena when young Glen
don put Tom Canaan to sleep and an
even greater one than Tom Canaan.
kept the great audience on the ragged
edge of riot for an hour, caused the
subsequent graft investigation of the
and the indictments Of the
contractors and the building commits
and pretty generally disrupted
the whole fight game?
1t was complete surprise. Not
even Stubener had the slightest ap
prehension of what was coming. 1t
was true that his man had sAan in
after the Nat Powers at
fair and had run Off and got married.
But all that was over.
Young Pat had done the expected
swallowed the inevitable crook edness
Of the ring and come back into it
again.
The Golden Gate arena was new. |
This was its first fight, and It was the |
biggest building of the kind San Fran |
,isco had ever erected 1t seated D. |
300, and every seat was occupied.
Sports had Travelled from all over the |
world to be present. and they had paid |
$50 for their ringside seats. The |
cheapest seat in the house had sold |
Tor SIS.
The old familiar roar OF applause
went up when Billy Morgan, the vet
cram announcer, climbed through the
ropes and barred his gray head.
AS he opened his mouth to speak. a
heavy crash came from a near section
where several tiers of low seats had
collapsed. The crowd broke Into loud
aughter and shouted ocular regrets
Ind advice to the victims, none Of
whom had been hurt.
The crash Of the seats and the hila- /
fous uproar caused the captain of po-
ice in charge TO look at one OF his
and lift his brows In token
hat they would have their hands full
md lively night.
One by one. welcomed by uproa rious
applause. seven doughty old ring he
'oes climbed through the ropes to be
They were all ex-heavy-
weight champions of the world
Billy Morgan accompanied each pres
'ntation to the audience with an APP
'ropriate phrase. One was hailed as
Honest John" and "Old Reliable:"
mother was "the squarest two listed
lighter the ring ever saw
And OF others: 'The hero OF a hun
lred battles and never threw one and
lever laid down." 1.-The gamest of the
I'D guard" the only one who ever
anne back" 1.-The greatest warrior of
hem ALL" and 'the hardest nut In the
ing to crack"
All this took time A speech was
insisted on from each of them, and
hey mumbled and muttered in reply
With proud bushes and awkward
The longest speech was from "Old
reliable" and lasted nearly n minute
hen they had to be photographed
he ring dlled up with celebrities with
hampton wrestiers. famous condition
rs and veteran timekeepers and ref
rees.