Evening star., 1924-11-23


matinee, and when Grace saw him
again at the close of the night show,
she came to the point at once.
What are you tryin' to pull OFF,"
she demanded
ITS mono of your business, is it?"
"You bet it's my business; mine
and Harris. You cut it short or you'll
find out"
Listen" said Midge. "Iave you
got a mortgage on me or somethin?
You talk like we was married.
Were goin' to be, too. And to-
morrow's as good time as any"
Just about" A1idge said. "You got
as much chanct o marryin' me to-
morrow as the next day or next year,
and that amt no chanel at all.
Well find out" said Grace.
You're the one that's got somethin'
| to find out"
What do you mean?"
IT mean I'm married already
you. Iie!"
You think so, do you? Well,
s'pose you go to this here address and
get acquainted with my missus."
Midge scrawled a number on
piece Of paper and handed 1t to her.
| She stared at it unseeingly.
We'll" said Midge, II amt ktddin'
you. You go there and ask for Mrs.
| Michael Kelly. and If you don't find
| her, I'll marry you tomorrow oe1ore
| breakfast"
Still Grace stared at the scrap of
paper. To Midge 1t seemed an age
| before she spoke again.
"You lied to me all this vile.
you never asst me was l married.
| What's more. what the hell difference
did it make to you? You got a split,
didn't you? Better'n fifty fifty"
He started away.
Where you goin'?'
I'm goin' to meet Harris and his
| wife"
I'm goin' with you. You're not
goin' to shake me now"
Yes, am, too," said Midge quietly.
when I leave town tomorrow night
you're going to stay here. And II L
see where you're goin' to make q
fuss, I'll put you in a hospital where
they'll keep you quiet. You can get
your stuff tomorrow mornin' and III
slip you q hundred bucks. And then
1 don't want to see no more O. you.
And don't try to tag along now or
| I'll have to add another K. o. to the
old record.
When Grace returned to the hotel
that night she discovered that Midge
and the Harrises had moved to an
other. And when Midge left town
the following night he was again
| without a manager, and Mr.. Harris
was without wife.
| X
THREE days prior 10 Midge Kelly's
L l0-round bout with Young Milton
in New York City, the sporting editor
| of The Bugle assigned Joe Morgan to
write two or three thousand words
about the champion to run with
| picture layout for Sunday
| Joe Morgan dropped in at Midge's
ai,,5r Mi hou W q
! Midge, he learned, was doing road
| work, but Midges manager, Wallie
| Adams, stood ready and willing 70
supply reams of dope about the great
est fighter of the age.
| Let's hear what you've got said
| Joe. 'and then I'll try to fix up some
thing"
| So Wallies stepped on the accelera-
| tor of his imi gination and shot away.
Just a kid; that's all he is; reg
| ular boy. Get what / mean? Don't
| know the meanin' o. bad habits Never
| tasted liquor in his life and would
probbly get sick If he smelled 1t.
| Clean livin' put him up where he's at.
| Get what I mean? And modest and
| assumin' as school girl He's SO
| quiet you wouldn't never know he
| was around. And he'd go to jail be-
fore he'd talk about himself
mo job at all to get him in shape,
| cause he's always that way. The only
| trouble we have with him is gettin'
| him to light into these poor buns
they match him up with. He's scared
| he'll hurt somebody. Get what L
mean? He's tickled to death over
this match with Milton, cause every
| body says that Milton can stand the
| gaff. Midgell may be able to cut
| loose a little this time. But the last
two bouts he had the guys had no
business in the ring with him, and he
| was holdin' back all the while for the
fear he'd kill somebody. Get what I
| mean"
rs he married." inquired Joe.
| Say, you'd think he was married
to hear him rave about them kiddies
he's got. His fam'ly's up in Canada
| to their Summer home and Midge is
wild to get up there with 'em. He
thinks more O. that wife and them
kiddieS than all the money in the
world. Get what I mean?"
How many children has he?"
Il don't know, four or five [
guess. All boys and every one of
'em a dead ringer for their dad
rs his father living?"
NO, the old man died when ne was
a kid. But he's got a grand old moth
er and a kid brother out in Chi.
They're the first ones he thinks about
after match, them and his wife and
kiddies. And he don't forget to send
the old woman a thousand bucks after
every bout. He's goin' to buy her a
new home as soon as they pay him
of for this match"
How about his brother? Is he go
ing to tackle the game?"
| Sure, and Midge says he'll be a
champion before he is 20 years old.
They're a f1ghtin' family and all of
'em honest and straight as a die. Get
what 1 mean? A fella that I can't tell
you his name come to Midge in Mil
| waukee onct and wanted him to
throw a fight and Midge give him
such trimmin' in the street that he
couldn't go on that night. That's the
kind he is. Get what 1 mean?"
:: X X
| TOE MORGAN hung around the camp
~ until Midge and trainers returned.
| "One O. the boys from the Bugle,''
said Wallie by way of introduction.
Il been givin' him your family
hist'ry."
Did he give you good dope?' he
inquired.
Hes some historian" said Joe.
| Don't call me no names" said
Wallie. smiling.
Call us up if they's anything more
you want. And keep your eyes on us
Monday night. Get what I mean?"
The story in Sundays Bugle was
read by thousands of lovers of the
manly art. 1t was we'll written and
full of human interest. It's slight in
accuracies went unchallenged, though
| three readers, besides Wallie Adams
| and Midge Kelly, saw and recognized
| them. The three were Grace, Tommy
Haley and Jerome Harris and the
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