Louis Cyr Page #3

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or he'd need a huge cash advance.

I understand.

But filling the Mechanics' Hall

is not the same as filling a barn.

I'm aware of that, thank you.

Are you in or not? That's

what i want to know.

Horace was impressed by what he saw...

but we're going to need more numbers.

I put the program

together, do the staging

and take care of

publicity. And i take 60%.

Fifty-fifty.

After my expenses.

Deal.

And i want to put out a challenge

to anyone who wants to take me on.

Fine. $200 out of my pocket

to the man who beats Louis Cyr.

You could make it $2,000.

There's not much of a risk.

Here.

I don't handle the

paperwork, my partner does.

By the way, I'll need a cash advance.

I was had once. That's enough.

Thanks.

Where is that from?

It's from Bryce.

From his family, actually.

He died last summer.

Well...

i have also brought

you something to read.

Fifty-fifty.

It could be worth $250 a show.

That's a year's work in Lowell.

I'm proud of you.

No, read it and sign it.

I'd like you to manage

my business. Our business.

All right.

This is to hold us until the first show.

Send half to my father.

You and Johnston...

nothing ever happened?

Bryce showed me that words

and poetry can lift our spirit.

That's all there was between

us. It wasn't nothing, mind you.

Come here, you big bear. I'll

show you who my husband is!

That's good, that's good.

That's good. It looks too easy.

It's not heavy. It's 200 pounds.

It doesn't look like you're trying.

People will think it's not a big deal.

Rule number one, put on a good show.

Rule number one, put on a real show.

It's entertainment, Louis. It

needs some spice, some drama.

You have to surprise

people, amaze the audience.

Something they've never

seen. That's what we need?

That's right.

Can i borrow that for a minute?

168 pounds!

186 pounds!

2,265 pounds!

Go ahead. You too.

One more!

290 pounds!

2,555 pounds!

An unprecedented feat of strength!

If anyone thinks they are able

to move this platform weighing

over a ton, step forward!

$200 could be yours!

$200 to the man who beats

Louis Cyr at this challenge!

You? You? You?

You have nothing to lose!

Aside from your pride, perhaps.

Nobody?

Ladies and gentlemen, Louis Cyr!

We said around 2,000 pounds.

Ladies and gentlemen, 2,555

pounds on the shoulders of one man,

Louis Cyr!

200 pounds? With one arm?

All right!

I think we get it!

I don't know...

He's right.

What do you want out of life, Barr?

Well, i want...

i want to be like you.

That's too bad. I want to be

the strongest man in the world.

There can only be one.

And i don't want to give

that position up to you.

How do you do it?

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