Louis Cyr Page #4

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All that keeps me from being

a nobody is that dumbbell.

If i can't lift it, I'm nothing.

Forget about being like me.

Aim higher!

Come on you sissy, lift this.

Come on.

On the shoulder!

Good! You're halfway there.

Come on! Push it up!

It won't lift!

Think about a girl who caught your eye!

You want to impress her!

- I can't!

Then think of your mother,

you heartless brute!

Push! Push!

Think of someone you

hate! Think of Doc Sargent!

He just said you were

nothing! Are you nothing?

Push! Push!

That's it!

There you go. That's fine.

You're stronger than

you think big fella!

What is this?

- Two years of marriage, my love.

You're sorry. You

forgot. Like last year.

I'll make it up to you, i promise.

She's kicking.

She?

You're way too pretty to make boys.

Charmer...

Open it.

That's the Merrimack Bridge?

Turn it over.

Read it, it took me days to write!

You read it.

- No, it's too embarrassing!

So?

I don't know what to say.

Thank you.

You all right?

Yes. My damn ulcer

has woken up for good.

Do you have what i asked for?

- Yes.

When you combine a B... Yes,

that's it... with an A...

that makes "ba".

So if you add i-R after "ba",

that makes "bair", like a grizzly.

Well, no. The "air" in

"bear" is spelled E-A-R.

E-A-R?

- Yeah.

What's the deal?

I don't know. That's how it is.

But the air that we breathe,

that's spelled A-I-R.

So a hare - the

animal - is H-A-I-R.

No, a hare

is H-A-R-E.

But hair, like on our

bodies, is H-A-I-R.

Are you messing with me?

- Not at all...

OK. Let's continue.

He didn't catch on very

quickly, unlike you.

Does the name David

"Baby" Michaud ring a bell?

A soldier from Quebec City.

The first to challenge your father.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

He said Louis wasn't a strong

man, he was just an entertainer.

His promoter put up $500.

He had a belt made.

The belt for the

strongest man in Canada.

Next week? Forget about it!

I'll crush him with one finger.

- Normally, maybe.

But in your condition?

My God, we just cancelled

three weeks of shows!

How can we say I'm the

world's strongest man

if he has the belt?

They made up that belt!

- I don't care! I want it!

Why do you think he wants

to challenge you so quickly?

His promoter came to the gym

and saw that you were sick.

No! In a month, if you're better.

Mlina is due in a month.

I said i'd be there.

If you lose, it'll be a long time

before Michaud accepts a rematch.

Your career could really suffer.

Do yourself a favour, take

a few days to think about it.

Please.

Ready for your lesson?

Yes.

This came in yesterday.

It's from my father.

It's a telegram.

That i knew. Thanks, Horace.

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