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BY PAUL DAVID PRESTON
WPYHWHT, tMt.
tilA ERVICI. INC.
TIIB UTOBVl nirie Millar an
fnllnvrrd a atmnirrr 10 tae apart
- Birnf of Naapr Hal at Lincoln
Flata. A'anrr la a pretty jhrc
widow 01 a anivier. ana waa
rnuhf to taa field ana irlven a
aom and Job after ike aad aer
aniall ana were a art la aa aeel-
dent. lnaer falla In love with
Duana llnajan. endet pilot and a
' etnr of the football team eoarbed
nr Blrthe'a fnther. Birth la ale
In love Willi llnnae and Jealoaa.
But ber Jealonar tnrna to rare
when ahe OTerheara tbe atrana-er
Iter Kaney SldoO to aire Unnne
and aaollier plarer nleetilns pllla
to beep them oat of tbe eomlon;
bin- name and beara KmnT airree
to do 111 Blrthe decide to exnoae
lb nnarratefvl aTlrl
a a a . - .
POP WANTS A GUN .
CHAPTER XIV '
' 17IHST, the city police.
Go to the chief himself, ot
, at least the captain of detectives.
. Tell him what I saw and What 1
beard, every v d of U.
Then go to 12 Lincoln Field
.- authorities, because this being an
Array post, they should have the
information along with police.
And, too, this would bring double
prosecution or something down
on Nancy Hale's headl
Thus BIy reasoned out her
course of action, sitting up there
in the stadium . press box. She
' realized suddenly that her hair
must look terrible and that her
face would be streaked and red
from crying. '.:'
"But I dont care!" she whis
pered defiantly, to herself. "Some-
" body else's face is going to be
; redder than mine!"
She thrilled a little before some
more mental pictures. Nancy
Hale behind bars. Nancy Hale
standing on the inside of a prison
cell rattling the iron door, her
once pretty face hollow like an
old hag's and her hair matted and
stringing down to her hips. It
wasn't a nice picture and it wasn't
even accurate; Nancy's hair was
short and naturally curly, never
given to ugly strings! But BIy
wasn't concerned with either
nicety or accuracy in her imagin
ing; she was concerned with re
venge.' However, having hsd It thus
vicariously for a fleeting minute
or two, the revenge seemed to
our in her own mind. All at once
she felt badly again, and resumed
her sobbing there on the reporters'
long table.
. This will never do!" she
snapped at herself then, straight
ening up determinedly, "She has
it coming to her. Every bit of it!"
Only now did it occur to Blythe
to envision punishment for the
gamblers who " had approached
Nancy. But then the gamblers
hadn't fallen in love with Duane
Hogan! " Blythe's conscience gave
her a sly little- probing, to the
effect that she wasn't so concerned
with justice after all. Blythe
slapped the conscience back in its
place by thrusting her lip and
chin out poutily and getting up to
leave the stadium.. . . ......
. n a.
rpHE firm chin and pout were
still dominant, as she climbed
Idown the vast sea of empty seats.
She would just go over the band
stand, she decided, . and cut across
Khe lime-striped field itself a di-
jrect line to her bicycle. But when
she dropped from the cement rail'
one to the ground
"Bool . . .' "Yap-yap-yap-yap-
Wpe!" , .
' Scooter Hale and his shadow,
long-eared Link, suddenly tackled
her. They had been exploring
down there. . They ' dived for
Blythe's- ankles, hugging .her,
laughing, barking, confident of her
love. You couldn't do anything
with babies like this! 'Anyway
she had quite forgotten about
aittle Scooter. . -
In a moment she was hugging
(them, rather miserably; but loving
(hem none the less. She stared
off at the corner of Pop's office.
Link was licking her neck and
chin. Scooter was, making happy
noises.
. Blythe decided she' had better
go home and think or something
belore going direct to the police.
It was almost noon before BIy
let the bike kickstand on her
front porch. She had ridden miles,
aimlessly. . She went directly in
" to Pop's bedroom and found that
he had not much sign; of a cold
any more.
"Where Is your coat, sister?"' he
demanded.
BIy swallowed. She had forgot
ten it! Left it at his office. On
a wintry November day She had
not missed it
"I took it off," she said, in real
. rx misleading truth.
: "You opened the office?- Nancy
has things in hand now? ' " .
"I yes, Pop Sure!" '"
"I will go out this af.c-r-oon
myself." .
"No, nol YouTl do nothing of
the Rindl You promised!"
"Well tomorrow morning then.
t have a task."
"I know, but "
"You don't know-- everything,
BIy."
, "No."
"What?"
"I said-oh, Pop!" -.-
lite gazed at her Intently. He
must surely have seen the distress
in her face, and this frightened
her inside. She mustn't upset him!
Not with him already in bed, and
with the State game just three
days away. The cadets needed
him. Needed his masterly pres
ence and poise); his shrewd judg
ment on the field,
... a .
Opto forced ' herself to smile.
- Then promptly talked too fast,
revealing herself more . clearly
than ever. Pop waited.
When she sobered down again,
she asked, "Pop, has has anybody
been here?"
"Hmmm?"
"I say has anybody' been
well, has anybody been to see
8-ou? Or anything." She was
probing blindly.
"Hogan was by last evening.
. Coming again today, he said. Him
and Heavy Underwood. Two of i
my best. With Underwood play
ing center, Dana at quarterback
and Hogan at half, no other team
in the world can "
"I know. But I meant any
bodyl Any man, or anything."
, She wasn't good at it and die
gave it up, lest she have to tell
too much. Again she forced her
self to turn cheerful for his sake.
Her mind kept flying back to baby
Scooter and his remarkable charm.
Scooter Hale, son ot a man killed
at Pearl Harbor. Scooter and
Link. Scooter, who surely de
served a break in life, a chance
to grow up in kindness and
strength and wholesome environ
ment If his mother were to be
convicted and sent to
"Honey, have you some time to
help me again today?" Pop had
Interrupted her thoughts. '
"Of course, Pop! Night or day.
You know that"
"Mmm."
She waited. Oddly, he was star
ing off at nothing. The thing was
on his mind, too, she realized.
She looked closely at him. He
had no wheeze, no nasal conges
tion. She kept seeing that fat en
velope in his office desk. She
thought she knew the answer to
everything, but she wasn't sure
what to do. He had mentioned
wanting help. She decided just to
wait
The doorbell rang in another
part of the house, and in a mo
ment they heard Mother Miller
welcoming a caller.
"It's Duane!" Blythe s face
brightened. "It is, Pop!"
Yes! Uh, honey wait! S-h-h-h!
. . . Before be gets in here there
may be other of the lads coming
and you must do me a favor I
we wouldn't want to worry your
mother, would we?" . '
"Why no, Pop. Surely not!
"Then, BIy honey go over to
Cantain Foster. Quiet like, under
stand? Tell him i sent you. Tell
him tell him Coach Miller wants
to borrow a pistol. A loaded gun,"
(To Bo Continued)
HOLD EVERYTHING!
wiiriiiw.,tmmi.
"It's beautiful, Private Jones,
but is it camouflage or a slipcover?"
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
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V RUBBER TPE
HAS AN ANNUAL YIELD OF
ONLY ABOUT S?OC3.
BY CAREFUL DRIVING.,
YOU CAN MAKE UP FOR A
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RUBBER. TREES.
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IN THE BOTTOM OP TH
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THERE IS A AMUii
THAT IS
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MS. GRACE CLARK,
AnnM Idea about brains.
INVADED ISLAND
HORIZONTAL
1,4 Depicted
island. -10
Remained.
14 Wood sorrel.
15 Dormant .
16 Monster.
17 Conceal '
19 Flavor.
21 Proceed.: .
22 Settlement
24 Aerodrome
. tower,
26 Street (abbr.)
28 Half an em.
30 Card game. -
31 Toward.
32 Transgression.
84 Halt
36 The Japs have
a base at
on this island.
38 Quantity of
thread.
41Joke (slang).
43 Portico.
44 Senior (abbr.)
46 troops
- . invaded it
48 Make lace.
CO Decigram
. (abbr.).
51 Exclamation,
to Previous Puzzle
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55 Young girl
(Scot.).
58 Whether. .
60 Cotton fabric ;
(PL).
62 Hum, like an
arrow.
63 One.
65 Achieve.
VI Sheltered -$
side.
69 The Allies are
based at
Moresby.
70 Real estate.
71 Unusual.
VERTICAL
1 Negative.
2 Reverberate.
' 3 Lament
4 Valley.
5 Underwriting
account
(abbr.).
6 Belongs to It
7 Low tide.
8 Covet
9 Coral islands.
10 Behold!
11 Hen fruit
12 Frozen
moisture.
13 Symbol for
tellurium,
18 Perform.
20 Foundations.
23 Affirmative.
25 Corners.
27 Carrying
capacity of
a ship.
29 Nothing.
33 Scold.
35 Fondle.
37 Devour.
39 Treated with
iodine.
40 Seem,
42 Gallon (abbr.)
44 Therefore.
45 Nose (comb,
form).
46 Junior (abbr.)
47 Be sick.
49 Dusky.
53 Grafted (ber.).
54 Roster.
56 Shilling
(abbr.).
57 Fodder vat
59 Tree.
61 Salt
63 Upward.
64 Size of shot'
66 That one.
68 Editor (abbr.)
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