Show 1 J T The 11 lie he L Locer's oser s 1 t M rJ 1 Stakes pe 3 t e. e Dy Ey AD U sC-U TER ti Jy too i Copyright A QUARREL separated them When A i II ho be felt that lie lee did d not care nn and was without ambition he hc lost his job After After- that lie lc wandered v over the country country coun coun- try working v in the thc fields In garages anywhere for eno enough gh to take him on Larry Wa Wade e said Eald ho hu would see the thc world and for forget et Naomi Lee an and then I Ione one day ay he discovered he had lied been wrong It was vas evening and he was nl nil all but dozing under a n tree sear near the fruit ranch where he was working as ns a n packer r. r when he lie saw for tor the first time Naomis Naomi's side to the thc old ment mente He He lie felt sud suddenly enly small and the pride which had kept him silent and and- made him wander seemed a monstrous thing Ill I'll find her said Larry Wade Ill Til find her if Its It's the last thing I Ido Ido do In the world I And so he bc set out Naomi he dis dis- discovered discovered covered in answer to his Ills letters had left the old town No one knew new where she hind had gone but it was thought she was somewhere on the tIle Pacific coast Larry J drew his pay and started West He folio cd tho the cr crops ps took one Job and mid another and Dept on the thc move TIle The months pis ps t x and he had Imd found no trace of the girl girt There came a n time tilDe when wIlen success and defeat pressed close for position Larry was out of work and amI without a n cent and he had heard that a girl named Naomi Lee had lived once in inthe inthe the thc very cry e y city In which he lIe found him him- self A waitress had told him of such n a girl who had worked in the rant But she had lied a notion notion of or getting a better belter job She studied and didn't say much Guess you ou better look In Inthe inthe inthe the offices or somewhere Suppose he found her Suppose site she had Imd moved on down own the coast How could h he follow tollow her How Dow could he present himself in his worn clothes and with empty pockets ets r Ill have hac to get money he lie told himself a n lot of money moner and in a short time It was n a n poster that decided decide him There were prize fights fights boxing boxing exhibitions they called them them them-In in this very ery city Ou On the tha road he lie had been called upon to defend himself more than on once c. c lie He was hard and active Larry presented himself to the matchmaker tr trying hard to act net the tile seasoned boxer nn and was given a n chance In the thc first exhibition against a araw araw araw raw lad Larry won and was given enough money to buy food and anti n a new t suit sult Better Belter yet et He lie was offered the lie I chance to box with n a tougher opponent nent end and for larger stal stakes SIll S. S Ill have hare to win he told himself as ns he ho t stripped ripped for action Ill J have ha a to whip t ts s I Kid ld Wallop Wallop for for Naomis Naomi's Bake C. He lie f folt a he was a gladiator entering entering en en- J the ring r 1 and a l It secre seemed d to hImiC him Jf if he could win this purse the money w hl finO l d Naomi 1 v ca cat t Ta 1 I mss sto ty He lie looked nt at Larry mry from 1 eyes cs set set loop ep beneath tA ir k brows bro and the looK 1001 was one of r CC Larry danced around the Kid 1 poking 1101 In blows and the other waited walte The he I Kid It was slow but alert klie t k lie He wasn't going boIng to waste his strength I J t 7 tHe t He It t up up said snit Larrys Larry's Larrys s second I rt fl d you seat ou may win on points Only look ook out for his right The he battle went on Larry knew the I Kid ld was looking for the chance that at any moment the sluggish opponent op Opt might night leap Into fiction action turning turn lug ing loose that right upon which he depended l 1 Im hitting him him 1 Larry ry said to himself but he doesn't mind In the seventh round the thc Kid Kiel began bean 1 to mind Repeated blows s on his face stung him to an anger CI which showed sho I Ionly only in In c eyes cs which gleamed with n more ominous intent This Is the last round It was the second again Keep Keen away from him hint f and ami the scraps scrap's yours The he Kid Is going to wade in lie Uc knows youve you've out pointed him and hell he'll try for a n knockout The Tice Kid came forward slightly crouched a It figure of ot purpose Intent mid anti deadly Ln Larry Lairy ry stepped side dodged an and ducked and the I Kid id came on l c got sot to to win Naomi 1 It will r find Naomi The hc Kids Kid's KI s 's arms were down own Here 4 w was s We chance Larry Larry sprang forward forward forward for for- ward swung swum from the tho shoulder and nil hut but fell ns as the tho blow missed For Forthe Forthe Forthe the first time thine tile the I Kid smiled It was just a Hash flash before he struck and that smile was the last thing Larry They told him Mien he hc got to his feet and stumbled Into a rain of or blows The Then h ho tie was beaten to the tile floor and took the count The hc I Kill lead had won When Larry opened his Ics e eyes cs he he lie was In iii bed hell Then he ho remembered This was a hospital and find he lie I hail had Hl lost the light Brol e again and without n a chance to find fint Naomi He Ile closed his c eyes es It was hopeless now If he ice could c won von that fight tight Some one was moving mo in to the tho room He lie would wouldn n not lt Iet let the nurse nurs see sec him weep but with wall a l rolen heart I art ant and swollen s face It If t aj 1 harl to grin The losers loser's n. The flit short end The Tho h Ilu st put HIt t II her T on his hits fore fire hrad aul he looked 1111 tip up Slip She ilC was tas smiling smIle smil I ing lg and 1111 leaning toward to vard him Girl Ive I've l beta been looking all nil allover over ocr foI foI fo- fo fo- fo I inglr boy I know You have vo told tolt us all it In your our delirIum Now go bO to sleep for vel thing is going go go- In ing to be nil all right s |