Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
CHAPTER XIx-continued.


aor class of contest which frequent
takes place here. Two boxers place
ssnsaIyes uureservedly in my hands.
mo details Of the match are arranged
rtbout their knowledge. They come
.o the ring without knowing whom
aer are going to fight, Sometimes
ter never know, for my men wear
masks. Then we have private matches
there is one tonight. Lord Meadow
sn and / have wager of a thousand
rnaas He has brought tonight from
ME East end a boxer who, according
10 the terms of our bet, has never be-
fore engaged in a professional contest.
! have brought an amateur under the
came conditSns. The weight is with
in few pounds the same, neither has
ever seen the other, only in this case
fta fight is with regulation gloves and
under Queensberry rules"
'T5o is your amateur, Sir limo
hy% Wilmore asked harshly.
Your brother, Mr. Wilmore," was
lie prompt reply. You shall see the
f.ht if l have your promise not to at
tempt in any way to interfere"
WiLmore rose to his feet
EDO you mean to tell me-" he de
Ha1det, that my brother has been
ieooyed here, kept here against his
WILL to provide amusement for your
mess?"
Mr.. Wilmore, / beS that you will
be reasonable" Sir Timothy expos
Hlated. 81 saw your brother box at
bis gymnasium in Holborn Ny agent
made him the offer of this fight. One
Of ing conditions had to be that he
came here to train and that whilst he
was here he held TO communication
whatever with the outside world. My
trainer has ideas Of his own and this
he insists upon. Your brother in the
end acquiesced. He was at first diff
cult to deal with as regards this con-
ditiOn, and he did, in fact, / believe,
"a Mr. Ledsam, pay visit to your office,
with the object of asking you to be-
come an intermediary between him
"A and his relatives"
He began a letter to me-" Francis
\ interpOsed, land Their mysteriously
4 disappeared"
The mystery is easily explained"
Sir Timothy continued. my trainer,
Roger Hagen, a Varsity tlue, and the
best heavyweight of his year, occupies
the chambers above yours. He saw
from the window the arrival of
Reginald Wilmore-which was accord
ing to Instructions, as they were to
come down to Hatch End together
vent down the stairs to meet him,
and, to cut long story short, fetched
him out of your office, Ledsam, with
cut allowing him to finish his letter
This absolute isolation seems a curl
Gus condition, perhaps but Hagen in
Ssts upon it, and l can assure you
that he knows his business. The mys-
Gerry, as you have termed it, of his
disappearance that morning, IS that
he went upstairs with Hagen for sew
cral hours to undergo a medical ex-
animation, instead of leaving the build
ing forthwith"
Queer thing I never thought of
Aagon," Francis remarked. "As a
matter Of fact, l never see him in the
Temple, ard l thought that he had
left."
May I ask" Wilmore interviewed,
when my brother will be free to re-
$Urn to HIS homer"
Tonight, directly the fight is over"
Sir Timothy replied. Should he be
successful, he will take with him
sum of money sufficient to start him in
any business he chooses to enter"
Wilmore frOwned slightly.
But surely" he protested, that
would make him a professional pugil-
3st?"
Not at ALL" Sir Timothy replied.
"FOr one thing, the match is a pri-
Tate one in a private house, and for
another the money is a gift. There
Is no purse. If your brother loses, he
gets nothing. VIII you see the fight,
Air Wilmorer"
Yes, I will see It," was the some
what reluctant assent.
B You will give me your word not to
interfere in any way?"
Il shall not interfere" Wilmore
promised. IF they are wearing regu-
lation gloves, and the weights are
shout equal, and the conditions are
what you say, it is the last thing l
should wish to do"
"Capital!" Sir Timothy exclaimed.
NOW to pass on. there is one other
feature of my entertainments con-
corning which l have something to say
"a series of performances which
taxes place on my launch at odd times.
There is one fixed for tonight l can
say little about it except that it is
unusual l am going to ask you. Lady
Nynthia, and you. Ledsam, to witness
Il. When you have see- that, you know
everything. Then you and l, Ledsam,
can call one another's hands. shall
nave something else to say to you. but
tAat Is outside the doingS here"
Are we to see the fight in the gym