| Show I MRS JORBSTTS JOY How the Wife of the Pnsllht Received theN the-N ws o the Mglifc t Special to THB HEBALD Examiner Dispatch UEW YORK Sept SAfter Mrs Cor bett visited the Examine office she became be-came the guest of the World She wote blue Clara gown charmingly ly made anda big hat with feathers in in With Mrs Corbett was Miss Blanche Howard with hair as black as nl ht and eyes which matched her hal She was dressed all in black Mrs Mandebaum in a soft light summer dross was with them Their interest I in-terest in the fight was seemingly as great as that of Mrs Corbet While ladies wero rccalving the bulletins there was a quivering quiv-ering and biting of lips a trembling of limbs a trembling of eyelids a contraction of the pupils and little nervous movements move-ments of the hands There was not a particle par-ticle of fear among them Underneath their nervousness was the belief that Jim would win l of them called him Jim They tapped their feet and trembled as the shouts from the crowds on tho street reached their ears The bulletins of preliminaries pre-liminaries simply whetted their anxiety It was worse than nothing at all I IT GAVE THEM THE FIDGETS but said Mrs Corbett ho cant lose No said the others ho cant lose pAt p-At the end of the first round there was joy in the faces of the trio Thats good sala Mrs Corbett with a professionally learned air He is going to make Suilivaus stomach feel uncomfortable uncomfort-able and then Sullivan wont be able to breathe easily and she looked wiso and happy Thats how ho will wear him out she added What she exclaimed out exc Sullivan pushed against the ropes Isnt it lovely Blanche Isnt it too lovely Thats our Jim replied Mss Howard sententiously and smiling sweetly He will make Sullivan uncomfortable When tho news of tho fifth cound came there were shrieks and screams Their eyes sparkled and their faces glowed Oh how Jim will eat Ice cream after this fight remarked Mrs Corbett Jim ia very fond of ice cream The bleeding of poor Sullivans nose made them disbelieve their eyes Oh ho will win hell win sure said Mrs Corbett and she looked at the others I and smiled nodding her head positively the while Along In this vein ran the bulletins bul-letins and tho armies were like ripples on I the water Thats our Jim our own boy exclaimed Miss Howard Then she had to get up and walk around because she was so glad she couldnt possibly keep still Of the three women tho one who felt the most interested II Inter-ested was the most quiet But she was so sure that her husband would win Jim has Ned in the ring with lmI know > announced Mrs Corbett c JNeds his Dig Scottish collie she explained He never goes into the ring withoutHed i When the news came that the mighty Sullivan was fighting something lik < his old self tho women settlea back They wero more quiet but they didntlose h art only they were not so demonstrative Onie or twice Miss Howard made little remarks but the wife shook her head Jim will never lose the fight she saiifji positively When the bulletins said that the eight eOhtb out had ended In Sullivans favor they all said e < Well said Mrs Corbett they cant say ho has been running away Ho l doing the fighting Sullivan cant hit Dim You see thats where Jims science and quickness comes in Confidence is an awful aw-ful good thing In fights Again came the news of Corbetts gain which made every one look happy Oh say isnt It good said Miss Howard How-ard Hes a native son of tho golden west Then she danced a little step and waved her bands The young women discussed dis-cussed the different points of the fighters with the wisdom of people who knew nothing at all about it They made wise remarks about Sullivans wind and uppercuts upper-cuts Once or twice they became a little anxious but they did not really worry Then catre tho last bulletins Mrs Cor bet seemed to know that it was the beginning be-ginning of the end and they began to hold on to chairs and look about and smile Thoy were afraid that their joy would break out too soon and with delicate feminine fem-inine magnanimity they began to feel sorry for Mr Sullivan and his bruised nose Its all over said a messenger who was bringing in the bulletins Hes won He looked at Mrs Corbott Is it truol exclaimed Miss Howard True of course It is replied Mrs Cor belt and then they shouted and clapped their hands and hugged each other Isnt it grand isnt it glorious Girls hug me tight Oh Jim Jim 1 I knew you wouid do it They all fell In each others arms and shed a tear or two for pure joy Then they cried out and shouted and insisted that they were the happiest people living I have always bated fighting before but now Im glad that Jim is a pugilist said I Mrs Corbett naively I |
