The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
Jiinny's Strong
Right Arm
BY JOHN JOYCE

enough. | snew fellow Once-yol
stay mere while and as likely as moi
he'll be passing. lie always comes tt
our annual athletic exhibition. Well
Hs | was saying.
Jimmy Mott was his name. Moth
Ing much Of name. and there wasn't
much of d man behiI. 1t. Just a TWEEN
ty-fve dol'.r week clerk, with wife
who had been used to luxuries before
her father died Marion Mott was a
nne. strapping sort Of woman. and
how Jimmy got her was more than
anyone could imagine. unless she was
fascinated by the contrast. Anyway,
she hurried him and went to live In
their twenty-five dollar Harlem apart
u.ent.
SHE hadn't Imagined what that sort
OF life would be. Marion had always
bad beaux by the dozen, and she pined
for excitement. She wanted to go to
theaters. concerts. operas, horseraces
all of which is impossible on TWEEN
ty-tive dollar salary. 1t wasn't long
before she began to accept her friends
Invitations, and Jimmy. coming home
from work. would find Cousin Peter.
or Cousin Ralph. sitting by the radia-
tor slipping tea with his wife and she
telling him what fine time they'd
had and how they must go again soon.
"Ynu know what that sort of thing
leads to. Sir. tell you there isn't
once in million times but what worse
comes of 1t. Jimmy wasn't fool. He
used TO argue with his wife and cry.
and that made her despise him the
more. So Jimmy set his wits to work.
First he tried ordering Cousin
Ralph out Of the apartment. Cousin
Ralph stared at him.
"You want to break my friendship
with alarlon?" he exclaimed. "What.
order me not to see her again! Why.
YOU little runt. we played together be-
fore you were born"
(which was strictly true. Marion be-
Ing two years older than Jimmy. And
Cousin Ralph. who stood six feet two.
picked Jimmy up playfully and stuck
him on the radiator. while Marion
laughed until her sides ached.
AFTER Cousin Ralph was gone Ma
rion expect ell Jimmy to cry. He didn't
cry, though. He didn't say anything
about IL, and that feazed Marion bit.
She wasn't bad woman by any
means. only her values were twisted.
and she h9dn't quite grasped the idea
Of being married
"Next day Jimmy went to Professor
Coburn-that tall man over there with
the dumbells. He has a physical de-
velopment class.
"'Can you train me so that l can
knock down six-footerT asked |
Jimmy.
Professor Coburn looked at him. |
why, | AN train you to whip any |
thing In your own weight he an
swered. But weight counts for good |
deal. 1t isn't easy for a man five three
to knock out man six feet
"'He's six feet two said Jimmy.
Suppose a man six feet two were
struck By a battering ram. Would he
go downr
HE woull. said the professor.
." Then answered Jimmy, make my
right arm and shoulder into a batter
Ing ram. please Never mind the rest
of me; just put 1t all into that
"Well, sir, the way Professor Co
burn developed that little runt's right
arm and shoulder was surprising. For
about ten weeks Jimmy would slip n
at the noon hour and again for few
minutes on his way home, and work
he duinbell and punch at a bag. and
get his arm massaged. He learned to
haul himself up by 1t. and to climb
-opes by 1t, and so on. He didn't work
my other part Of his body-just that
irm and shoulder. All his strength !
vent into that. and he became quite
and crooked. but Ma
Ion was too taken up with her amuse-
nents TO notice 1t.
~ think you'll do now says Pro
essor Cobt m one day. There aren't
many men could stand up to a punch
rom that shoulder of yours. l guess
we've taken all the rest of your mus
les and put them into 1t. What is 1t
u girlT
My wife says Jimmy, looking as {
I he was going to cry again.
"'Whew / says the professor. Best
axe another week to make sure, my
ad. I'd like to see 1t when II comes
IT,
AT the end of another week jim
iy's arm WAS In tip-top shape and he
fnrted looking for trouble Cousin
alpl and Cousin Peter were still act {
IL us Mnrions escorts. and they had h
Ut so far they didn't take any notice L
+ Jimmy at all when they called. c
ach had forbidden him to come In f
hen rhey were there. So he thought II
all out. and. when he was ready. In
8 walked. G
"'Well. James. what do you wantT
sked Marion GROSSLY. b
WANT repeated Jimmy in sur a
vise why. don't want anything in
lrticular. This Is my apartment, W
MT IL? pl
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