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AIEPFOItD MAIL TrilBITCE, ilEDFOIlD, DKEGOX, THURSDAY, MABCn 17. 1932.
H&VY GRAZES
Li U GRACE PERKINS L .
'TAILSPIN TOMMY Too Potent for Skeeter!
SYtrOPMS! A auarrel. a tight
and a mad motor ride end in ths
elopement of Hopo ttoss and
Dickey Dal. Hops U seventeen
end Dickey it still in eolUgt, but
they have decided to settls down
seriously. The decision might not
have been to abrupt it Hope'
family had not disapproved of
Dickey's father, "Hlckey," a the'
atrical manager in Seio York, and
her mother had not lorhidden her
to have Dickey in the houss. Ths
Jtoss family, outstanding in West
Chester county society, considers
Dlrkey an outsider, Sou) the diffi
culty is to tell sir. and Mrs. Host
al'Out the marriage, tltckey has
welcomed the runaways, but states
that IHckey must not leave college
to work, as. hs vitshes. Us will
finance the couple while Dickey
studies. Uope and Dickey have
totted to "stick by, no matter
vhot." fltrkcy promised to tele
'hone Mr. Hose, and Hops is our
ously icalting to hear his report.
Cbapte.' 15
PANIC TRAILS HOPE
"I DO sea It," nodded Hope breath-
lessly over lior coffee. "I want
Dickey to finish college, too. I In
list upon It. And It'll be lots of fun
. to lire up In Harmouth."
This last Hlckey dismissed as
beyond hint.
"So much for my end," he ex
plained. "I'm very fond of Hope
and proud of her. I'll do anything
lo ,nake you two kids happy. As
long as you're square with each
other and with me.
"Now don't thank me. We hae
other matters to consider. Hope':
family. Thjy aro dreadfully upset.
It's only natural, Half the night
they'vo been searching for Hope.
Borne boy named Crandall came
back with the story of how you
were drunk, Dickey."
"I was not!" denied the bride-
. groom hotly. "I had a couple of
drinks because I was mad wltb
Hope, but I "
"Well, didn't think you were
drunk," J. Hickson Dale shook his
head and held up a restraining
band. "But the Crandall fellow arl
dently was In a fight with you. and
this morning Is suffering with a
' broken eardrum!"
"Oh. poor Rusty!" murmured
Rope, nearly upsetting her coffee.
"That's only a minor Issue.
you're to do the manly thing there,
Dickey, whatever It Is. I don't know
what your fight was about At any
. rate, we'll foot his doctor's bills,
. It It comes to that."
the Crandalla letting anyone foot
the doctor bills for Rusty! Imagine
the supreme disgust, the outraged
.Insult of listening to old Hlckey
offering to pay tor a broken ear
(rum Inflicted by his rowdy son.
"The really Important matter Is
til more serious," continued
Hlckey. "You two bare got to go
mil see Mr. hobs, ltignt now. Ho
it home, waiting for you."
"Will you come with us?" asked
dupe L I in miy.
"If you want me to. I think It
would be hotter If you stood on
around to fight your battles. Fie
Ides, my Irish Is not always cal
culable. I might break Into a rash
and commit melodrama. After what
I heard on the phone, I'm aure 1
would.
"You two had bettor go alone and
do the square thing. After that,
come back to me. Because I'm for
you. And I'll be right here to take
ear of everything. Try to make
peace. Don't lose your temper, son.
Remember, you had no right to do
what you did. No right in the
world. Bo It's up to you to make
amends, and take your medicine.
Take your medicine, and don't
flinch. Only remember one fhlnp
By God, you're no gutter pup. and
you can make as fine a husband tor
Hope as the next one! Come back
to me, and we'll show them. Eh.
Mope?"
Hlckey'a voice had risen to a
pitch of choler that showed how
truly his spirit had been shaken by
the treatment I'apa Ross had evi
dently seen fit to band him. '
Hope's heart sank. 8he undet
tood swiftly and clearly. She had
a swift vision of her father, with
a grim, anjry, unreasoning stnre.
. . Her fingertips grew cold. Even
as she gathered Sassy up at Dick
ey's command and prepared to
leave. Even as she flung her arras,
kitten and all, around Hlckey'a
neck and kissed him on the ruddy
old cheek, telling him she was proud
to he Mrs. Dale. , , ,
The ride hack to the suburbs wis
ticklish. Dickey's mind was not -n
his driving. Roth were chatting
valiantly. Uruently. Ag.wlng on
everything. They mustn't he too
quirk or Insolent with Pans toss,
because Hope understands Mm. and
Hope knew It was best to let him
steam It h'.i off first and then talk!
Agreed! Rut anyway they would
stlrk together. , , ,
!f they expected an armed array
lo meet them at the doorway of the
Ross estate, Hope and Dickey were
sadly disappointed. The huge colo
nial house was frotenly silent and
quiet Almost as It someone were
dead or seriously 111 within. A
breathless suspense seemed to hang
over the May gardens.
The roadster chugged np the
gravel-way, and stopped with a
hacking cough. Without a word
Hope and Dickey climbed out, and
mounted the steps hand In hand.
Rang the doorbell.
Hope ringing her own doorbell,
fear and tears In her throat
Standing, heart agog, before tbe
same door where but nineteen hours
ago she had hurried gaily by,
dressed for dinner at the Country
Club. . . .
Not a sound from within.
They rang again.
And almost simultaneously the
door opened!
John Howard Ross himself opened
the door. Tall, white, fiercely
silent Opened the door ao quickly
that both klda lost speech. Grasped
Hope's arm and fairly yanked her
Inside the old hallway.
Slamming the door in Dickey'i
face I
Stick together, will they? With
Dickey on one side of the huge
iron doorway, and Hope on the
other?
"Dad! Daddtel" cried Hope fran
tically, almost dropping ber kitten
In her panic "Let Dickey"
"Not a word out of you!" roared
her father. "Go upstairs to your
room!"
"I won't! I won't! Dad, you've
got to listen to me! Dickey "
"Go upstairs instantly!"
Hope caught her breath. She
felt herself go weak. There was
something close to Insanity In the
fury of her father's eyes! Where
was good old Papa Ross the big
bluff who could alwaya be kissed
Into reason? In bis place stood
some mighty stranger some grim.
towering creature who was the vice
president of two banks and who
was used to being obeyed!
Her eyes closed. To blot out the
vision of a father who looked as If
he might kill! She turned, fright
ened, and started up the stairs.
Made straight .'01 her room, gasp
ing with terror. Where was every
body? Where were Mama and
Goody? Why was the house so still
and deathlike?
In her room, she closed the door.
Maybe Papa Ross considered this
man-to-man stuff. Maybe after talk
ing to Dickey, he would speak to
her. Maybe he and Dickey would
fight. . . . Oh, dear heaven, don't
let them fight, because Dickey Is
much the stronger and wouldn't re
member his strength. . . . Wouldn't
It be awful It Dad had a broken
ear-drum too?
Voices Jerked her out of her
panic. Dropping Sassy to the floor,
she hurrlod over to the window.
Her room was at the back of the
house for Its eastern exposure. She
couldn't see then. Not a thing. But
she could hear. She could hear
men's voices. Voices of the two
men she loved.
I want my tols" she heard
Dickey's yowl of anger.
She tried to make out the answer.
Papa Ross's voice was too strained,
too harshly pitched to understand.
Again Dickey's voice getting
savage I
For some Inexplicable reason,
Hope found horself crying. Panting
with grent, choking sobs, as she tell
to her knees by ths window and
called out t Dickey stretching out
her arma to the hills of Westchester.
Where there was no Dickey to see
or hear; for Dickey was on the
front steps, doubling his fists and
bursting with the desire to awing
swift and unarguable uppercnt
Through her own aobs and calls
she heard heard a strange and
fearsome noise that made her heart
stand still. Struggling to her feet,
he flung open her door and stum
bled down the staircase, almost trip
ping at the landing so blind ah
was with tears.
And then In the hall she cams
tare to face with her father. Her
fnther. who was closing ths door
behind him with an enormous and
thudding slam!
Where . . . T" she stuttered.
and then suddenly went voiceless.
The chug of a car answered het
unfinished question.
For a moment, Hope stared
through her teara at the Immovable
fare of her father.
Her thoughts whirled around and
around cratlly. Where was Dlrke.v
going, and why had he left? Wn
he nftor the police? Was he hurt'
Why was I'apa Ross standing s
stiffly, his arm limp at his side ... I
Copyright. Grace Psrklnsl
Hope fines hnlf s pruenar to--u-row
and ehallanoes htr lathtr
.1 frantle neounur.
By OLtlN.N CHAt'FlN
and UAL t'OUHtSI
LIFE SENTENCE FOR OPEN
LOS ANOKL.EC3. NUrch 17. - (,Vi
With ii recommendation that th
tnt prlRDtt board fix the term
at "nothing lea than lift Imprison
nuM.t,'' Ralph Sheldon, former Chi
rapo ganpiter, Louis Frank And Jw
Ormttl, convict rd of kidnaping. wr
entenced to the penitentiary by Su
perior Judge C'harlea Burnell today.
Judge Bi.ri.ell. In pronouncing sen.
tencea of 10 year to life on each
prisoner for the abduction In Decem
ber. 1030. of B. I.. "2ke" Cartas.
Tlajuana'a betting rommlnMoner, and
hi wife, denied motions for a new
trial and denounced the rrtmr u
the moat viricua nod cowardly of all
criminal acta,
BIDS APRIL 1
ROSEBURG HOI
PORTLAND, Ore . March 17 (..pi
word has been received here from
the veternns' bureau In Washington,
O. C, that the opening of bids for
the construction of the National
Xoldlera' Home at Hoaebtirg has been
postponed from March 33 to April 1.
The bias will be opened In Wash
JACKSON. Mlsa. March 17. )
The MiMiuipin leitulamre ratified
the "lame dui-k" amendment to the
Unltrd tsatea roiutimtion today and
became fie third -.tale lo take such
action.
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