Battling Butler
1
"Alfred, your father
thinks a hunting and
fishing trip in the
mountains might do
you a lot of good."
2
"Yes - get a camping
outfit -- go out and
rough it. Maybe it will
make a man out of
you if you have to take
care of yourself for a
while."
3
"Arrange it."
4
And so Alfred went out
to rough it, leaving
the city behind - there
was no other place to
leave it.
5
"There doesn't seem
to be a thing here
to shoot."
6
"Isn't she pretty?"
7
"This is my papa
and brother."
8
"Have you any
more brothers
or fathers?"
9
"Some prize fighter has
taken your name, sir."
10
"Arrange to stop it."
11
"I'd like to marry that
pretty little mountain
girl."
12
"Shall I arrange it?"
13
"Mr. Butler would like
to marry you."
14
"That jellyfish couldn't
take care of himself
-- let alone a wife."
15
"We don't want any
weaklings in our
family."
16
"Weakling!
You don't know who he is."
17
"What's he doing here
- training?"
18
"Do you think you could
learn to love me?"
19
"I have."
20
"When are you going
to fight again?"
21
"When I'm drafted."
22
"I mean, who do you
fight next?"
23
"Yes."
24
"Sir, it's time to take
your liniment."
25
"These people will never
know the difference -
the champion will win
and no one will ever
hear of Battling Butler
again."
26
"If you're going to fight
tomorrow you'll have
to hurry to catch the
train."
27
"Arrange the train."
28
"In this corner we have
Battling Butler."
29
Butler's trainer and
manager.
30
"- the Lightweight
Champion."
31
"The Alabama Murderer
challenges the winner."
32
"I'm champion."
33
"That means you
cannot go back to
the mountains, sir."
34
"You're wrong, I'm going
back and tell her the
truth. I'd rather lose her
that way."
35
"That means you have
to leave right away."
36
"Arrange it."
37
"I'll hurry and pack
my things."
38
"I'm sorry, but you
can't go."
39
"I want you to know
me as I am -- not as
the brutal, blood-thirsty
beast that I am when
fighting."
40
"Promise me you will
never come near the
training camp or to
see me fight."
41
"Where do we go
from here?"
42
"We'd better go to
Butler's training camp,
sir, so that you can
answer her letters
from there."
43
"Drive carefully. These
country folks may not
be used to city speed."
44
"How's your heel?"
45
"He's all right."
46
"Let's go out for a
little road work."
47
Eight miles later.
48
"I'm glad you came to
see me -- now you
must go right back
home."
49
"I won't go home!
I'm going to stay
right here and help
you train."
50
"Compliments of
Mr. Butler."
51
"That woman says she's
married to you, too."
52
"-- so you see, sir, it
would wreck his home
if she knew the truth.
Won't you be a good
fellow and fix it for
him."
53
"My dear, we are not
the only Butlers here.
This is the Lightweight
Champion, Mr. Battling
Butler, and his wife."
54
"Don't forget your date
Thanksgiving."
55
"What date?"
56
"With the Alabama
Murderer."
57
"If he wants to be Battling
Butler let him fight the
Alabama Murderer, and
he'll never flirt with
anybody else's wife."
58
"I'm through - get him
in shape the best you
can."
59
"Don't you think it
advisable, sir, to give
this up?"
60
"No, Martin, I'd rather
be killed by the Alabama
Murderer than have her
know."
61
"Put up your hands."
62
By dinner time the only
thing Alfred had on his
mind was his stomach.
63
And so for three weeks
Alfred trained and starved
and suffered and ached and
bled and groaned and hoped
and prayed and - and then
came the storm.
64
"I persuaded her to
stay at the hotel -
so she won't see
you fight."
65
"I thought it best to
prepare for the worst,
sir."
66
"See that she gets
a good seat."
67
"I hope you win --
father and brother
wrote that they've
bet all their money
on you."
68
"Butler!"
69
"Butler!"
70
"That was Battling Butler
- he fought!"
71
"You didn't think
we'd throw away
a championship just
to get even with
you."
72
"Thanks - for saving
me."
73
"I've been saving you
for three weeks."
74
"That was Battling
Butler."
75
"I lied to you -- I'm
not even a fighter."
76
"I'm glad."
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