Page "Far and Away" Paragraph 5

Temporarily, Joseph seems to forget his goals of obtaining land and spends his money on suits and hats, in a thinly veiled attempt to impress Shannon.

Shannon however, continues her work at the plant and mocks Joseph's prized hats.

At one point, the pair have a spat and it becomes obvious that Joseph is upset that he's not managed to gain Shannon's approval or admiration.

Shannon begins to question Joseph about his plans to acquire land and his lack of money the night before the largest fight of his career.

He replies angrily that he easily earns money and will continue to do so.

He spitefully tells her that he earns more money than she could ever dream to.

She retorts she could earn just as much and disappears into their room.

Later, right before the big fight, Joseph searches for Shannon, but is unable to find her.

He's directed to his fight, told by others that she is there.

Rushing to the site, he discovers she has become a burlesque dancer at the social club to earn more money.

He attempts to ignore the men pushing him towards the ring and covers Shannon with his jacket, demanding that she stop dancing.

Before he can finish with her, the men around plead with him to fight.

The Irish men backing Joseph offer him a small fortune ($ 200 ) for this one last, great fight.

Shannon, who previously scorned boxing, urges him to do it, since it would be enough money for them to leave and fulfill their wish of traveling to get land.

Joseph agrees and begins to fight a large Italian fighter.

All goes well until Joseph witnesses one of his backers ( a member of the city council ) forcing Shannon into his lap and groping her.

Completely forgetting the fight, Joseph pushes his way through the crowd to free her.

As he is pushed back into the ring his foot crosses the line, signaling he is ready to begin fighting, the Italian then beats Joseph.

Because Joseph lost the fight he is then thrown out of the club.

Joseph wakes up in an alley and sees Stephen Chase asking drunkards if they've seen Shannon.

Joseph runs to his room to find the backers searching the room for any money he and Shannon had saved.

They take the money and throw Joseph and Shannon out into the snow covered street, then tell the owner of the " whorehouse " that if she let them stay even one night, it will be shut down.