SERIAL STORY
FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!
BY BURTON BENJAMIN
"Tf?B iTOIlYl Ple Lalrt'B
, immtm wll a htm trnmmiitfl
mt BUt University fcav nbooC
1 wridr thu mtnr footbuUrr l'-ts
knifed R irrldlron arnfiHnn
' f thm sraanM, mnnm Holly
wood. Couch Dlntr lunn, onp
' ala Oor I.iidr one Vrtt'm
Wat trleiia mnA l4ea collar
SfftftkMt, Ann Humphrey".
con t1 need. It. him fc4 tnrnt
' ay thm compliment and ntlen-
of MM. star tttrphenl H(e
a. Mil rralla aae la oalnff
him for lila publicity Tain. Ha
taada p Anna twice to meet taa
' sctraaa. Rawapaper aiorlea link
' Hint with her, aad Prte eta
' okieT than vr. Meantlma
Ceoima eonfaea to Anna taa lora
, ha has kept secret for aeveral
' yearn. Ko longer popular with
: tha team. Teta la atlll ateliar foot-
hall material, M tha next big
fmmm provea.
:t FISTS START FLYING
V1" . . CHAPTER VIII
rTHAT took th
wind out of
A MApfhwMtmt. The team xoucht
hard, but the rapidity ot State's
attack had taken everyone by sur
prise. Before the half ended Pete
Laird faded and tossed a 30-yard
strike to Socko Wonsocki, who
caught the ball In the dear on the
10-yard line and loped over.
: Half time found Dinty Dugan
till undemonstrative. "Don't let
up," he cautioned. "Two touch
down! dont mean a thing against
this outfit"
State Iced the game in the third
period, and it was Laird who did
it With the ball at mid-field he
took it on a reverse, cut through
yawning gap at tackle and
moved into the open. Landers was
head, and the two co-operated
perfectly.
Dugan substituted freely in the
final quarter, and Northwestern
marched the length of the field for
touchdown. It was 21-6 at the
finish, and the crowd filed out
tinging rave notices. '
Tine going, men," congratu
lated Dugan in the locker room.
It was hot and sticky and he
was perspiring. "You looked like
a Teal team out there today."
-None of the ebullient enthusi
asm of the California game per
vaded the room. The men dressed
quietly and filed out Laird, a
towel wrapped around his middle,,
was surrounded by reporters.,
.Tlan to turn professional nezti
year. Laird?" usked Harry Grant,
New York syndicate writer.
, "Well , . ." Pete was about to:
reply in the negative. "Well, i:.
don't know. All depends on what
happens between now and gradu
ation and how much they offer."
- Pete caught Landers' sneer as
lie said it "They'll like that back
- home, Doc," it taunted.
. Pete ducked out ot a aide en
trance, evaded the crowd -and:
went back to the apartment Ai
rim lay on his desk. He opened
It and zead:
STILL SORRY YOU MISSED
PRACTICE? YOU WERE CO
LOSSAL. ALL LOVE.
. 7 STEPHANIE
ThaTs what I told those birds
in the huddle," be muttered to
himself. Practice what a joke!
He knew what to do. Why re-;
hearse?
- A note lay by the phone. "Mr.
Landers call Anne Humphreys at!
Delt house." -
"Maid must have made an er
ror," thought Laird. "Probably
wants me to call and wrote Lan
ders' name by mistake. What
Would Anne want with George,
anyhow?"
fIJUT were there lfs?
Of course
You. don't doubt girls
like Stephanie. You're sure
either way.
Pete slipped into the Delt house
unnoticed. Suddenly a red-hairedl
Delt freshman shrilled too loudly:
"Why, there's Pete Laird!"
Pete fingered his hat nervoufly
s the guests whispered and ges
ticulated. A freshly scrubbed little'
Ishaver, probably the brother of a
Delt, didn't help by pushing an
autograph book in his face, and a
Sat old alum insisted utxm cab.
bing about how old "82" worked
gainst : Illinois in 1910. Pete
eighed relief as Anne walked up,
"Can't' we get out of this?" he
pleaded.
. "I suppose so." She nodded
coldly and they escaped.
"Anne," he ventured as they
"walked slowly up the street, "I've
got a lot to say to you."
"Why bother?"
"That's funny, coming from'
you," he said with surprise. "You
ealledme today, didn't you?"
"Called you?" She laughed
harshly. "I most certainly did
not!"
"You didn't?? He was puzzled.
"Why, there was a note saying;
you had called and wanted Land
ers to phone. I knew that wasn't
tight. What would you want with
George, anyhow? I figured the
maid had made a mistake."
"You what?" She stopped and
put her hands on her hips. Her
face was crimson. "You thought!
there was a mistake? There was.
But the maid didn't make it I
(did! . ,
' "I made it three years ago," she
went on bitterly, "when I thought
there was something fine and real
about you. Fine and real that's
i' laugh! You're nothing but a'
cheap, Inflated football hero!1
You're not fit to clean George
Landers' boots!"
lANNE choked with sobs as she
f turned and walked back to
Hie house. Incredulously. Peto
Watched her disappear into the
bhadows. So that was it George
nd Anne together. No wonder
George avoided him. He felt a
slow rage mounting as he walked
swiftly back to the apartment
Landers was propped up in bed
reading a magazine when he en
tered. He looked up, saw Peta
standing there and resumed his
reading without a word. Pete
miked over to the bed, tore the
magazine out ot Landers' hand,
M.took fftjila eoat.
COPYRIGHT, 141,
NKA IRVICI, INC.
"Get out of that bed, chum," he
hissed. "You and I are going to
have a little talk."
"What's the matter, sonny?"
drawled landers,' sitting up and
stretching. "I didn't throw away
any of your clippings by mistake,
did I?"
"No," growled Pete, "but you
threw a pretty mean knife in my
back."
"I don't get it"
"I mean Anne," snapped Pete.
"You get that, don't you?"-'
"Are you serious?" asked Land
ers. He threw back his head and
roared.
Well, if tlus lsnt the cakel
What do you want, egg in your
beer?"
"Now wait a minute . . ." '
"No, you wait a minute." Land
ers wasn't laughing any more. Ha
was livid. "I'm going to give it to
you short and sweet. I've been in
love with Anne for three years.
But Pete Laird was in the driver's
seat, and I stood by. When Pete
Laird tosses away a girl like Anne'
for some Hollywood tramp . . ."
Pete cut Landers short with a
hard right aimed at his chin, and
the two flew at each other. Land
ers fought the same way he
played football. He was wide
open, his powerful, short arms
waiting for Laird to come to him.
I Pete slapped his left in George's
unguarded face once, twice, a
third time but Landers just
blinked and stood his ground.
Laird tried to get In close, and
Landers clouted him with a sting
ing right under the eye.
They slugged at close quarters.
Suddenly, Pete feinted and
brought up a right from the floor.
It caught Landers flush on the
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13 Syrian city.
14 Foot pound
(abbr.).
15 Note of scale.
16 Carte blanche
(abbr.).
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18 A dandy.
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Answer to Previous Ptinle
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measure.
21 Embrace.
22 Exist
23 Ireland
(abbr.).
24 Beverage.
25 Footprints,
29 Chronicles;
31 Tuesday
(abbr.). 32 He sailed out
in a
38 Troops.
39 Exclamation
of dismay.
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42 Irish breed of
catOe.
44 Chinese lodge.
46 Medical suffix.
48 Barrier.
49 Animal skin,
50 Far East
53 Death.
33 Feudal vassal. 55 Genus ot
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behind him and lay groaning.
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his face twisted with pain, "can't
move It Cracked against the
wall! Better call a doc."
(To Be Continued)
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10 Coming
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27 Church
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28 Swiftness,
29 Warning.
30 Sanctum.
31 Savage's drumi
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58 Over (poet.).
59 Affirmative
answer.
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