A ROMANTIC STORY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 September 1939, Page 10

A ROMANTIC STORY

“WELCOME THE TRAVELLER”

Young Robert Berry, although he had often beaten the holder of the British Amateur Boxing Championship in a friendly contest; refused to enter for the championship himself. And when his friend, Shelton,, turned professional and began to earn more than a pittance, Bob elected to stay and fight a losing battle against nature on his father's farm.

The life of a professional boxer was repugnant to Bob Berry. Daniel Shelton, father of the champion, who had taught them both to use their fists in their youth, chided him for such a decision—he hated to see such promising material going to waste. Bob left boxing alone —until a chance discovery concerning an ancestor made him change his mind.

This discovery ¥ and the effect it had on the lives and fortunes of the Berry family, is the theme of Arthur Hardy’s latest story, “Welcome The Traveller.” “The Wairarapa Times-Age” has secured the serial rights of the story, the first instalment of which will appear tomorrow.

Mr Hardy, who is the author of many successful stories, including “Love Song,” “The Swordmaster,” “Captain Moonlight,” etc., has in “Welcome The Traveller” succeeded in weaving, most skilfully, the tale of a modern boxing career and the romantic story of an old-world hostelry.With an expert’s knowledge of ring craft, Mr Handy has evolved the history of a boxer’s rise to fame. But he has softened such hard facts with a romantic undertone of love and tradition.