SERIAL STORY
PLAY BY PLAY
BY PAUL DAVID PRESTON
COPYHtOHT, 1(41.
NKA SEtlVICI, INC,
CIIAPTKK XXVll
piIE mow of U1I5 November nft
1 ernoon wan aplced with bit
of Blent, much fin 11 lind bean Hint
night weeks ago when Nicy
Halo's enr cranhed Into (ho Lincoln
football team. Nnncy win think
ing of thnt when iho run out of
Pop's offlco thin Wednesday at 4.
Rim wished sho could atay and
help Pop, but Illy was hero, nnd
Nancy herself hod nn extremely
anient pteco of business planned.
"Bcoolor'a out at your homo
with your Mom," sho told Uly
hurriedly. "But I wnnt him for
dinner when Dutmo nnd Norman
ro there."
Nancy hndn't gon directly out
to tho Millers . after Scooter,
though, Sho had nnother Appoint
ment, prearranged. She filled Hint
appointment. It took hardly
quarter hour.
When (he did set to the Miller
residence, Mom wns knitting
ficooter a new cup, Alio, ho hnd
Wnked him a whole doien glngor
brend men, One leg was stuck
(ruesomely Into his mouth now,
nd the mnn's torso hnd been
nnenred all over his hnnds end
fare, nut Scooter wns having
himself it tlmot
"This Is Oie nicest bnby, Nnncy,"
Mrs. Miller said, "t declare, you
ought to be very proud of lilml"
"I am. But, Mm. Miller will
you excuse us If we rush now?
I I've got nn awfully Important
something to do this evening. I
guess I I wnnt to leave Scooter
In Top's office a llttlo while, then
maybe I can "
"Of course, dear. I haven't for
got that you Invited the boys to
dinner, you knowl Do you want
to borrow my linen set?"
"Oh . . . no, Mrs. Miller. No,
thanks. I don't need It, and any
way I can never repay you for
what you and Bly and Pop have
done for me already. Never!"
She said It so emphatically thnt
Mrs. Miller looked surprised.
"Donl feel It that way, Nancy
dear. We lovo to help our friends.'
Are you you aren't distressed
about anything, are you?" ;
"No. I'm Just In a kind of hurry,
I guess. Come on. Scoots."
CHE knew her nervousness must
be starting to show now, and
he almost wished she hnd left
Scooter there for the evening. Hut
then
"I want him close to met In
case anything hnppcnsl"
She could leave him In Pop's
office, sho knew. The men would
be' delighted to have him there,
and anyway It wouldn't bo more
than an hour, Sho was llttlo
frantlo when tho trolley seemed
to crawl. Tho time was getting
en toward 81 And thnt wns a
crucial hour.
Pop's office, however, delayed
her again.
f, "Tber-r-r-ro sho 1st"
' Nona other than Abo Ixromann
himself snw Nnncy and recognized
tier tho moment she eamo In. Ho
boomed out, loud. "T. J., grab her
quick! That's Nnncy Hnlo and her
bnby! Get thnt contract out nnd
sill It In right now! Miss Ilnlo,
you're working for World Fen
Itures. I'm buying you from
Conch Miller. You nnd your son.
(You're America's new Sweothenrt
lof the Air. Tho Cndot's Dream
Tho Spirit of. Aviation. The "
; "What In tho world do you
snenn!" Nnnry's pretty forohend
wns puckered In astonishment.
"I'm mnklng It SI200 a week to
wtart, we wnntn get some atmos
phere shots tomorrow morning
irlght hero at Lincoln Field, nnd
Isomo nt tho gnmo In tho afternoon.
Mako It combined nvlntlon nnd
ifootbnll. Thnt's It, T. J.I Surel
iA girl fulls In lovo with a flying
cadet, seo. IIo's a mnn from Eng-
Unnd over hero working with tho
Ynnks. She's n typical American
.girl. Ho lenrns to piny football
end she "
Tlcnsel" Nancy domnnded,
looking around nt all tho men.
Elmor Summers of tho Journnl
took Scooter from her nrms. "It's
n hnrmless sort of spasm, Miss
Halo," he snld gently. "But It's
rent enough. All you do Is say
yes. And suy It In a hurry, whllo
we all enn bo witnesses. You'ro
n movie stnr. Get It?"
"I don't know whnt you'ro talk
ing nboutl" sho told them. "And
I enn't tnlk now nnywny. Pop,
Dlcnso keep Scooter n llttlo while,
Or Mr. Summers, you help him!
I I'm In a tcrrlblo hurry. I really
ml"
She wns Bone, lust like thntl
Loumann wns ranting nt his
assoclnto, T. J. Nntwlck, to get tho
contract forms nil filled In nnd
irendv lor RtunalurcR. And nverv
ibody around them seemed ngnln
no be talking nt tho snmo time.
flVTANCY literally rnn to her
r1 atnlrwny, Tho clonk Jn Pop's
loiuce Unci snld 14 to B. She tripped
liipHtnlrs and hnlfway up heard
Ivolcesl
"Oh . . . Oh!" She paused there
!ln alarm. "It must hnvo happened
already. And I wasn't there! Tha
Uicy snld I'd hnvo to to glvo
them tho evidence tlioy necdedl"
Her heart wns thumping furi
ously ns she climbed slowly on,
.Then In fresh astonishment sho
recognized tho voices na Blytho
miners ana uuano's. Quickly sho
wont in.
L "Nnncy!" Blytho gosned out.
t ..Mrs. Halo, for heaven's snko
tell your mil" what's going onl"
Tho mnn cm lied rA pleaded Hint,
grinning and nursing a bruiscu
chin.
After five minutes of bilking It
null WJinn't clear.
Kvcryono hero, ns In Pop's ofllco,
seemed to be talking at once. Tho
two detectives. Hlytho. Nnncy.
Even big Dunne, who grow moro
nnd mnt'o Indignant as ho begun
to understand things,
Wo were Jiinl trying lo got tho
alralglil of It, Nnncy," lllyllio snld,
rather desperately. "Wo hnd such
flghtl lis a wonder somebody
wasn't "
"Sho thought wo wns the gnm-
blersl"
"No, no not" Nnncy took over
firmly now. "You nuint listen to
mo. I oh, I nopo uiuro in aim
time. If we"
Dunne spoke loudly. "Whnt IS
tho genre here? What nbout tho
gambler deal?"
"I.ook, son," a delectlvo put In.
"Mrs. Ilnlo wns propositioned by
tho crooks. Tnoy offered nor
thousand dollars If sho'd drug you
nnd your pnl Dnna, so you
couldn't play tomorrow, see. They
was to hlclu up hero ind wnlcli
nor cirug you at dinner ionium.
Only sho Just played 'em nlong
nnd set n tnip, That's where we
como In. But where this other
scrnppy llttlo dnmo comes In, wo
ain't qulle "
"I overheard Nnncy make tho
doul with the gamblers!" Blytho
erlcd out. "I thouitht sho mennt
III I've been nearly crazy. 1
oh-h-h-hl"
"Good Jumping grief!" mur
mured Dunne llogtin.
Nnnry had looked out a window
toward the street.
"Hush, everybody!" she com
manded, tense. "Wo can finish
explaining Inter. They're coming,
thiiso giimblersl They're hero
nowl Wu'vo got to go on ns wo
planned!"
(To lie Continued)
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a famous U. S.
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14 Artificial
language.
IB Counterparts.
1 8 Onward. ,
17 Decay.
10 Small child.
20 Ballad.
21 Stationary
(abbr.).
22 Central
American tree. 30 Downy.
24 Nominated, 40 Nuisance.
20 Melt.
27 CoaRillatcs,
28 NeRatlvo
prefix.
20 Putrefies.
30 Rushed.
33 Thin.
35 Pertaining to
nodes. .
30 Annlyzo a
sentence.
37 Air raid alarm
device.
41 Child's Rome.
43 Social Insects.
44 Slopes, as of
hills.
40 Fairy fort
(Irish nntiq.).
47 Insect egg.
4B Born.
ha Cloth measure. 8 Girl's name.
51 Form of lltur- 0 Peruse.
gical prayer 10 Foxy.
(pi.). II High school
63 Lustrous. (abbr.).
VERTICAL
1 Liberates.
2 Brigand.
3 Notary nubile 41 Tha sun
(abbr.). personified.
4 House pet. 42 A jinn.
5 Metal. 44 Spot
6 Archfiend. 45 Observed.
7 Placo (abbr.). 47 Nothing.
40 East (Fr..
61 Long primer
(abbr.).
62 North Dakota
(abbr.).
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