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PLAY BY PLAY
BY PAUL DAVID PRESTON
COPYRIGHT. IB4Z.
MEA SERVICE. INC.
TH15 KTOllYl Birth Miller la
In lorn trtth Dnaae Hag-an, fflrl-:-'
fthr tar oC the Lincoln Field radet
' pilot football team irhtrh her dad
' coachea. But Duane dorftn't knoir
: If. JVanr.r, a aoldlrB yonnjr
wlanrr, haa hern arlven work and
a place to live at the Held after
: Dtiane reaeuea her and her amall
' aon from an auto wreck. The
Utrataful IVnney falla In lore -rrth
him aaka Illrthe to help her Yrtn.
hla atleellon. Illrthe aaya noth
ing hat dreldee to irlre IVanrr
a real flnht lor Dnane. Nnjiry
- aeeuta to bo dolna- nil riant, bctt
"' erer, TrMiont lllythe'a help. And
lllrthe la etnrk with Norman
Xana nandaome, conceHtd, and
tnalateatlr devoted.
VTRAXGK VISITOR
CHAPTER VII
A ITER that U. S. O. danc for
"the cadets at Lincoln, "every
body" seemed to know that Duane
Hogan was rushing pretty Nancy
Hale. The newspaper columnists
abetted the people in spreading
the talk. And it made doubly good
news because big Duane from A.
and M. College was notoriously
girl-shy. Only Duane himself
seemed not to hear the news.
Happiest of all was Nancy Hale.
The young widow who had known
so little of gaiety and good times
now seemed to find them served
to her with figurative whipped
cream. The cadet flyers were all
boys just out of college. To be
among them, to live in a "loft"
apartment over their gymnasium,
to work as secretary for their
coach this was little short of per
fect Her baby son Scooter had
gifts and attentions showered on
him. He had not one but two,
complete if diminutive, Lincoln
football uniforms, and it was
known that both he and his
mother would be on the Lincoln
bench at every game. It was "un
derstood," too, that they would sit
by Duane, during such moments
as he wasn't in action.
After Thursday's dance, Nancy
end Blythe Miller- had become
rather intimate again. It . made
Blythe uncomfortable, bift it
couldn't be helped. Blythe was
Upstairs with Nancy for lunch on
Friday noon.
"Darling," Nancy spoke Impul
sively once, from deep in her
heart, "I have to thank you again
! or helping me. I don't know what
ell you said to him, or what you
;.' did. But I'm making progress!"
She winked, knowingly, in inti
: mate girl-to-girl style.
It made Blythe want to cry out
In anger, or in frustration and
tears, having thus to hear mis
taken thanks. She hadn't spoken
to Duane! She hadn't done any
thing to "help" Nancy Hale win
him! Indeed, she had pledged
. herself bitterly to go out and
compete with Nancy at every turn.
And yet-rshe hadn't been able to.
V Something inside her had kept
her tied. And now that Nancy
was unwittingly torturing her
with this appreciation I ,
TT was during this same noon
hour when Nancy's bell rang,
and she called down for Duane
to come on up and visit
Blythe felt a moment of panic.
"But that's silly!" she forced her
self to think. "After all, I have
known Duane for two years. I
I had him for a friend before she
-did. Maybe" this was wishful
thinking even though she wouldn't
admit it "maybe, he regards her
v as just a friend, too. Even If ha
did send her orchids."
." Duane was coming through the
door. He was grinning like a
little boy. Baby Scooter, who had
"been exploring under the bed,
Sheard him and came whooping
Sand shrieking in glee.
"Hi, feller!" Duane boomed out.
l"Hello, Bly! Hello! . . , Look here,
iScooter, old man!" . .
i Scooter old man paused in as
jtonishment , ... - .
I Duane was squatting on one
jheel, cowboy fashion. The two
jgirls looked on entranced. Wrig
igling, licking, panting, snuggling
'in big Duane's arms were two
. Ihuge fuzzy ears, behind which
Iwas an unmistakable puppy.
! "OO-O-oooooo!"
j Scooter breathed it involuntar
ily. It was as if he had burst in
'unexpectedly upon Santa Claus.
: That was the kind ' o thing
which endeared Duane Hogan to
everybody, Blythe knew. He never
talked much; indeed, he was some
thing of a mystic, as young men
go. But a girl could sit happily
,with him for hours if need be;
jjust sit. Blythe herself had done
nt In his car, or her own,' back
when cars were common. In the
(library. In the theater. Any
jwhere. "Strong, silent westerner,"
;they kidded him about it, -and he
'would only show his slow, self
iconscious grin..
I'T'HE newsmen who came out for
: that Friday practice before the
Aggie game took pictures of
;Scooter in uniform holding big
eared "Link." That name was
short for Lincoln, and good enough
for a Cocker pup who stumbled
:all over himself.. He wasn'.t any
bigger than the old football that
Coach Pop Miller gave him and
Scooter to ploy with, and he was
about the same color as the ball.
He had a leash made from shoe
strings which .he chewed inter
mittently. Between times, he
chewed Scooter; or strained with
sundry yappings to follow big
Duane Hogan around the field.
Duane holding Scooter on a
shoulder, with Link on top ot
Scooter in turn, Anally "made the
photograph that the newspapers
used. They put it on the front
page, too. Everybody everywhere
was learning about the pretty Hale
widow, the baby Hale son, and
now the dog three mascots of tha
Lmcoln Field team. But nobody,
except Blythe herself, seemed to
understand how thoroughly and
painfully those three had replaced
violeUeyed Blythe Miller, tha
eoech'ji- daughter. - as--unofflclaJ
mascot and heart-Interest of the
team.
All of this was excellent if un
intentional build-up for tomor
row's game with the Aggies one
of the two main events ot the
season for the Lincoln team. Ten
days after the Aggie battle, they'd
have to tackle State U. Because
of Pop Miller's prestige, the Lin
colns had collected the most cadet
players, eager young men "raring
to fly and raring to play football"
as Duane Hogan put it
They'd have to play In the big
municipal stadium in order to
handle the crowds, but that was
all right What wasn't all right
was the undertone of gambling.
Up and down the "uglier" streets
of the city, bookies and crooks in
general were taking advantage of
the Lincoln team's publicity, too.
It hurt Pop Miller, who couldn't
do anything about it
. On this Friday afternoon, Nancy
was downtown doing an errand
for Pop, her employer, when Pop's
office door opened an inch or two.
Pop looked up. A man with a
derby and two visible gold teeth
came in. He wore an overcoat
with turned-up collar. He was
quick-eyed. He looked every
where, fast, then closed the door
behind him.
"You all alone, eh?" he asked
Pop, low tone.
"Why, uh yes. But" Pop
was somehow suspicious.
"Okay, Pop, listen." The title
didn't sound respectful, coming
from this man. He spoke raspily,
not in the hearty happy-go-lucky
manner usually heard here in the
gym.
"Dont believe I remember your
name, sir," Pop said. "Take a
chair there and "
"Ne mind that. Least talk the
better. Right down to facts, sea.
Business. . . . Nobody listening.
Nobody seen me come in here, see.
But here's an em-elope with flva
grand in it."
"Five five gr "
"Yehl You git it! Five fousand
dollars, Popl You're smart AU
you gotta do see to it the Lincoln
team don't win!"
(To Bfl Continued)
BURGLARY A LA CARTE
MITCHELL, Ind W It was
just a hungry burglar that en
tered Mrs. Wayne Chastiiin's
home.
She reported to police the
'man bound her to a chHlr, gag
ged her securely and then helped
himself tb'a meal from the fam
ily refrigerator.
Mrs. Chnstnin, freed by neigh
bors after the gourmet fled,
said she was "too terrified" to
obtain an accurate description of
the man.
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