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Newspaper Page TextSERIAL STORY 'I AM A MURDERER' BY MORRIS MARKEY COPVRI8HT. l4. NEA SERVICE, INC CHAPTER XV KT was the way It went for the next two periods. Captain Pugh did his best He blew three fouls against Henry Prentiss, and the Whirlwinds made good their three free tries for goal. But that was virtually all their solace. For Henry Prentiss matched those three, and made three more for good measure. In the brief pause after the sec ond period which was given for the change of horses, he found Cynthia standing at the end of the Held frowning at him. - "Take It easy, Hank," she said. "Hello, Pretty." And, to the groom, "Give me Gaylark this time." "I aald take it easy, Hank. Somebody Is going to get hurt That's not our kind of game, you know." His grin was exasperating. O. K, Pretty." And he was In the saddle and off down the field, swinging his stick In wide circles and yelling, "Come on, guys. Let's play polo." At the end of the third period Which was, too, the beginning ol the 10-mir.ute rest period Henry Prentiss received a splendid ova tion from the stands, most par ticularly from those delighted spectators who had bet on the Clover side to win. He bounced out of the saddle, and threw his reins to the groom, and tumbled down to sit on tht grass, his legs outstretched, his arms making a rigid prop for his body behind him. Mike brought him Scotch and soda, and he finished it In a draught Captain ,Pugh moved toward him, frowning heavily, but he was not ahead of Cynthia. She looked down at him for long Instant, her hands on her hips and no mile upon her face. Then she aid, "Get up and come with me." He laughed at her. But he got up and walked with her toward the station wagon, and both of them got in the wagon. She looked sit him. ' . Tm absolutely ashamed. ' of you," she said, very quiet and cold. "And you can get that Idiot's grin oS of your face for good." "What's the matter, Prettyi." "You are supposed to be playing with decent people. X like most of them. X never did like cowboys pr showoSs. j Tm in there to win, if I can." "Even by deliberate fouls?" ; "Hold it," he said. "You know I haven't done that They got in (he way." : "Yes. They got in the way of Somebody that has given up caring a damn either for his ponies os. the men he is playing wiuV It Isn't like you, Henry Prentiss, when did you decide to quit being i decent sport?" "CO you want me to pull my ru punches. That it?" j "You know what I mean." "You want me to say, "Beg par don, Fred. I didn't mean to try that hard.' That it? , . "What's the matter with you?" "The matter is I'm on the top of my game and feel like playing, and don't believe in babying any body, even your little pals." "Oh, Hank." "If they don't feel able to pro tect themselves, then this just isn't their game." "All right I haven't got any thing more to say." She looked down at her hands, folded in her lap. Across the level green came the murmuring of the people in the stands, and, closer by, the grooms cried to each other land to the horses, and the horses fitamned thplr fepfc nnrt Tnarte thplr bits ring as they champed. Henry Prentiss' hand fell on her iarm and she looked up at him. The most bewildering change had come over his face. He seemed J at once asionisnea ana cnagrmea, and for the first time since she had known him, he was at a loss tor words. "I" he began. Then, "Say" And he got down out of the car, muttering, "I guess you're right Sure. You're right." Hardly looking back at her at all, he walked stiffly off to his string of ponies and took his part in the bustle as eight men got on horses, and eight grooms pulled up girths, checked stirrup leathers. Captain Pugh came toward him gain. "An a iwrmal fim tt tnjk he -began. But-Henry Prentiss waved him away. "Okay," he said. "Okay." He mounted and rode off. Thereafter, for all the remain ing three periods, those mortals in the stands who had so lately been loud in their approval of Henry Prentiss were silent Not altogether silent, of course. For after a time, in which the Whirl winds drew the score even and look all the pace away from a henry Prentiss suddenly grown listless, there was whispering. "What's the matter? Has the guy lost his guts?" And, "I never would have thought Hank Pren tiss had a yellow streak in him." He kept himself clear of the scrimmages, and, as if by deliber ate plan, always managed to be a length or two late reaching the pall, when he really seemed to rUtaHl' i i rpHUS It was that when the final whistle blew, Fred West and his Whirlwinds were the people who moved, weary but exultant, toward the small table in front of the stands where the gleaming trophies stood, and tried their best to look bored while the photogra phers went at their work. Cynthia Merri wether took Hen ry Prentiss home in her station wagon. It was not wholly a pleas ant journey. "I did all right, didnt I?" he asked. The old, careless grin was back again now, and he wanted her response to it "Yes. Thanks," she said. But not as she really" meant it "Not satisfied, Pretty?" "To tell the truth, you make me feel sort of foolish." "As how?" "I didn't mean for you to quit cold. Did you do that just for spite just to make me feel guilty? Were you calling me a coward?" "Last thing I ever would think of. You know that" "What happened, then?" "I lost interest." "I guess I should have stayed out of it" "I'm glad you didnt" "The people who lost money will be saying nasty things." "Not to my face." He laughed again, with genuine gaiety. And she could not resist it She slapped him on the knee. "You're about 13 years old," she said. "But strong and well-developed for my age." They drew up in front of his cottage. They laughed again, and he got out "Thank you, Miss Merri wether," he said. 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