Payne County News (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 48, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1940 Page: 3 of 6
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Vincent Richards
NYNUPSIS
THE BOSS TOLD US TOt across ine net, ns son niiiannb • k . A
P 11 Negress Attemp
■ STJr 2 X ™»! Um: To Free Husband
Negress Attempts
Another cramp wm over and the «hHe fuzzy ball. Lefevre dancing ruzora coxing, wno uses neat .
Vrpnrhm»ng Tmiline sliehtlv aS on lpBs ,ha> werp sPr>’ and tlre* PerkinS' "Emitted possession of a
ThJv eaTh dher ’led' four >ess; himself, long-limbed, cool, de-1 quantity of home brew and moon-
n nn^Xt LehT it 1 no moving back and forth, shine whisky, and tried to show
iXm mnoT arn it d?d not matte . up and down, arm making arcs Paul L Myrick. county judge, that
I much whether he won or not He and circles as the hall shot off his I she was operating this sideline.
returned the smile automatically, racquet. Perspiration was begin-1 Her husband. John Loving, denied
nine to come onlv now. and vaeue-'the charge, then was returned to ,
Her husband. John Loving, denied
AUCTION
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match was
in
out there
Red Star Flour
FREE DELIVERY
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ans "V J
COFFEE
PEPPERS, Mangoes BERMUDA ONIONS
or Hot . Ib. f 2 I White--------lb.
there had been a baby. Per- |
Pastel Brooms G 95®
been—the father. But it was
HERSHEYS cho^tsrp 10*
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Shredded Wheat A V
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VANILLA
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and went
all right,”
O-KAY WHOLE WHEAT FLAKES
FRENCHS BIRD SEED, 2 Boxes
He walked to the far end of the
court and as the ball came toward
MAXWELL
HOUSE
again now
was press-
had gainedPOOCHIE DOG CONDITIONER
CASTLETON TISSUE, 500 Pack
CAMAY SOAP, 3 bars
P & G SOAP, 5 bars
7VU
25<
19c
19c
ORANGE JUICE or
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE
32-oz. CLABBER GIRL BAKING POWDER
APRICOTS, Gallon
QUAKER VITA-VATED PUFFED WHEAT 10c
GRIFFINS ICE CREAM POWDER 5c
to-
he
25c
.J5C
25c
uie net wnnin uir uuuiiuai ica ui
the other white chalked area. How
long they warmed up he did not
know.
The referee's voice came ques-QUAIL GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, 3—No. 2 cans 25c
ICECREAM SALT, 10-lbs. 10c
24-lb.
Bag
for possession, even though his
wife already has been sentenced
to 30 days and fined $50 for the
offense.
Elzora Loving, who lives near
Zing—sing sine sound of per-
fectly timed racquet meeting a
HUNDERraw _
™E STAND S
8-oz.
bottles
GRAHAM
CRACKERS box
Apricots or Peaches No&j° 39®
A negro woman "took the rap
and
feet |
the force of the drive knocking the
French player off balance. His 1
next service was deadly with more
spin than any previous service in j
all his career. He crossed over to ;
the opposite side of the baseline,
poised and again served. Vainly
Lefevre strained to reach the ball
and failed. Two successive aces
"Monsier Rollins' game. Score in
games two-all in the third set.
Monsieur Lefevre leading in sets. ,
2-love,”
TO BE CONTINUED — ..
CAMPBELLS PORK and BEANS, 3 cans
SEEDLESS RAISINS, 2-lb.
EXTRA FANCY Long Thread Cocoanut, lb.
ning to come only now. and vague-Jibe charge, then was returned to ,
ly he wondered at it. His country's t jad for failure to make bond.
cause should stir him to greater I
efforts, but there were other
things other things which crowd-
ed all else out of his mind.
in his eyes. “Tough luck," Swan-
strom said truthfully, with kind-
ness. "The sort of match either
team might have won. They had
’the breaks.” Neither of the dou-
bles players spoke. The captain
slapped Wheatley on the back.
From further down the hall came
the cheerful, exultant voice of the
.victors. France now only needed
pnc more match to keep the Da-
vis cup from being taken across
the sea to America.
Len received two letters that
night. He opened the one from
Dan Worthington first. Enclosed
the door. "I'm
and went out.
another time he would have
conscious of the full weight
920 MAIN PHONE 1313
listless. Lefevre was constantly
pushing him to the basejine, bom-
barding him with scorching drives.
And the insufferable singsong
voice from above kept up its chant
in French: "Monsier Lefevre's
game. Monsieur Ix»fevre leads
love in the third set.”
The ball came toward him
he slashed it back at Lefevre's
JELLO GEorApUDD?NGSERT pkg. 5«
She was being married. And he
was here in Europe, playing ten-
nis. "Father has arranged for a
.jail tor ranure io maw nona.
Since the search warrant used
I by county officers in raiding the
I home was made out in the hus- '
I band's name, the charge also must I
He won the next two points. Le-: »>p brought against him. said Paul,
vre frowned. L. Myrick, county judge.
Davis Cup tram, in spite of Grace's
to leave him if he goes abroad.
CHAPTER IX
Len walked off the court
PROBAK or DI ARK IOc
GILLETTE RAZOR DL/^LyLO Pkgs-
GOSSETT FURNITURE
119 E. Ninth
SUNSHINE wheai.XWa,ers19®
with strength. He went to the net
with perspira-' and smashed slanting it off at a
' > angle. There was sudden
he | thunder from the stands and the
614 MAIN PHONE 745
2 Delivery Trucks—Free Delivery
Saturday,
Aug. 10,2 P. M
o as he swung. The ball hit the
within a plain sheet of paper was J ground on the
twisted sharply. Lefevre, off bal-
ance, knocked it outside. Len felt
suddenly elated and as quickly de-
pressed.
So she was being married today.
Today of all days. To Richard
Whyte. By the time he walked off
Len Rollin). tenni« ace. dreamed of be- . . .....
Ing on the Davis Cup team Then he tell him Stroked instinctively. He was
In love with Grace Worthington, but Grace responding without volition. But
wouldn't marry a man who regarded ten- raCqU(q (ftp ball squarely,
nla as his life s work. Len gave up his , 1 , . .. . . ’ ’
cherished ambitions—partly because of his evenly, and sent it spinning oxer
love for Grace, partly because of a bad the net within the boundaries of
Injury to his ankle—and they were mar-
ried. But when his recovery was complete
his old love proved too strong and he join-
(nJ I h<* P>>n Inum in units* nf fZruno’c
threat
Tomatoes— 5‘
Tenderleai Tea
VIENNA J 10c POTTED gd
SAUSAGE 4 cans AS MEAT AIT’cans X
2-lb.<Atf NAPKINS
X < Package of 80
I fevre frowned.
If he had gone out to Easthamp-
ton after her at once, they'd nev-
his vision, cut mere was no wino, i er have np for that rjdp jn
Grimly he gritted his teeth and Hugheg. ,.al, And if (ht,y hadn>t
but what use thinking of that
I now! It was too late. Tht sharp
intake of her breath, the shriek of
fright as the small car swerved,
were in his ears; the taste of
blood was salty on his lips. He
' laughed shortly; it was not blood
| on his lips, of course, but perspi-
rspl^"'I ration. And Lefevre was still danc-
inK on ,hp °ther side of the court
like a satyr grinning
Len could do nothing with the
ball. His racquet had gone dead
and heavy. He could not control
his motions. Legs and arms were ,
J shoulders. Lefevre at the net "kill-
ed" the sensational retuin. “Mon-
I sier Lefevre leads in the second
I set, two games to one."
Two games to one! That all the
margin of difference? Oh, yes. and
there was one set already to the
Frenchman’s credit. But what
'matter? Eventually he. Len Rol-
lins, would win or lose. He'd much
' rather win. of course, but if he
lost—
- Would Justin still give him that
was worth SoO.OOO dollars now, if morning Lpt>s spp (he
Wen he co^id do a lot with $50.- • ™tch h«d started at 2:30; It must
zvwa > i — bnnn on ninv I bo shortly after 3 now. Why, in
JJ” WmASuV™n‘St. “Ind no* mS .he did
she was marrying Richard Whyle Whyte. Of that he would be sure
..................-......... The tall sped ^T.*,e "Jl’^1 IP Why not'
tioning from above. Len did not aciosb the net, its soft ha ran ss t g«
move. Then suddenly Lefevre. ‘ "
like a bird in flight, was rising on
one toe and his racquet made an, ... , ....
in th.. air Tht. hail mi«swi tho stands which continued, short but -- -- . ■■
arc tn the air. The ball m'ssedJhe changed during the next change, jot down
service box. "Fault!" came from mspinng, as mey a g mpssages and have (he boy
I "I love you Len terribly" And send them. He might. But he j jn counly court Monday in an ef
Ana inougn me omers <uu not a*-I / i.h. wav she auivered when he knew he never w°uld. In motion fort to free her husband of a pos-
together understand, they laughed J ball came toward Len. This time . - ,, , . „ uou diffj. pictures perhaps things were done session case, but she was unsuc
.1.. nnnrl ktr rh„nldnrc ubd , n IH > 11 landed UlSldc the White IlHC and nilO HOT CIOS( IO OII11. MOW (11111 ______ ---, D--,
the future.' That “first "time' theyj Jifp different. Conventional,
viuiqlv mivu .1 ma viiv.ic - 1 had seen each other, did either be- inexorable, cruel.
i.! the switch which electrified him 1 l*eve then that their lives would
have turned out like this?
1 Another game was over and the-wh^ b«"- Lpfpvrp dancing
. . . lz>rro I h o f n .iro enrs- <nni lirn.
ask-
sec-' the court, in victory or defeat, she
and I would no longer belong to him. He
felt a soft, small hand trembling
the'on his arm as the paternal, kindly
a check for 50,000 dollars. Auto-
matically he put it in his wallet.
Then he slit the lavender envel-
ope, slowly opened the folded
sheets and read:
"Len: Father has arranged for
a speedy divorce. Richard has
•ed me to marry him on the
*ond of August, his birthday,
I see no reason . . .”
Slowly, tenderly he folded
letter and put it in his pocket.' minister read from his Bible; and
Tea- hot and stinging, shame- j outside it was raining. It was rain-
’ lessly burned his cheeks. He ing, drumming against the window
thought: "I must show them I’m'panes and the radio played on
a good sport, a good loser. I'll send opening in the far baseline cor-
some flowers. Yes. I must not for- ner! The racquet swept the ball
get that— to send Grace flowers, toward the spot; Lefevre reached
And also send back that check to-1 it hut could not return the ball
morrow.”
Clark, covered
. tion, eyes wild but happy, came | sharp
through the door. “Got him!”
said breathlessly and fell heavily boy was handing three balls to Le-
into the chair next to Len. j fevre. Were they even up in games
“That's fine." Len said without .then,
enthusiasm.
"Now,” said Clark, still hreath-
’ing hard, "if you can do what no
’ one expects you can possibly do—”
he paused abruptly.
"Didn’t you get any sleep last
night?" Swanstrom added. "You
look wrecked. I'm almost inclined
, to send Wheatley
your place*
Len smiled grimly
ward
said.
At
• been
of his responsibility. But on this
particular day. at this particular
time, he felt free from it all. He
Uas just going out to play a couple
of sets of tennis. He would do the
very best he could. There would,
he knew, be little dash or fire to
his performance; it would be the
cold, mechanical play of a man
who had been trained to be accu-;
t rate.
So
haps a boy. And he was-would
have
dead. Dead because
The sun was terribly hot and
there was little air. The stands re-
.mained strangely, ominously qui-
et. Soon he realized that Lefevre,
white teeth gleaming against dark
skin, was before him offering a
hand.
As
Swanstrom, Hughes, Clark and
Frank Wheatley came rapidly for-1
ward, faces beaming, congratula-l
lory. Through lips tightly set he
murmured: “That’s number one!” I above in French. Again Lefevre
And though the others did not al-1 was up on one toe and again the |
and slapped his shoulders and told it landed inside the white line and il n”'ftp” aiJ"to‘7Lr into ! that wa>< but not in real life. Real cessful. Her husband is being held
•him how splendidly he had played, mechanically he swung at it. The dn ' 1 of....... »i—i « - ------------- .u-----u u;_
, Next day he sat silently between gut meeting soft ball seemed to' "
Clark and Swanstrom and watch- vibrate through his entire body '
ed the French doubles team
quish Hughes and Wheatley in a
torrid five-set struggle.
In the clubhouse Hughes was j come to him from
slowly undressing; Wheatley seat- evening she had left home. To live* . -
ed on a bench looked up as they I on 20-odd dollars a week with to onp- 'somehow^ it did not
approached and there were tears i him. Incredible! Wasn't that brav- j
----- ,.m----u (.._(. ■■ o----- ery, W’hy, she was the most cou-1
rageous, the loveliest—he swung j
but the ball seemed suddenly hea-' And that laymc wee* they had
vy and landed in the net. “Mon- known together in Florida. Shoul-
sieur Lefevre leads,” came the ders touching as they sat on the
shrill French voice from above, i beach overlooking the blue-green
"one love; change, please." i water, trembling. He had loved
One love. One love. It reverbe- J her very much then—and always
rated through his brain. One love would. He did not know the ball:
was all he would ever know. | had passed him. It was the wind
Grace. Except, of course, this oth- in his eyes, of course, that blurred |
er and as she claimedi greater his vision. But there was no wind ■
love- Oh, yes, it was his service. I L .
He threw ihe hall above his head, stood waiting, hut something was >
I The racquet w as light in his hand wrong.
I ..u- ’rku. u.,11 ho (I,., A| jas( realized that Lefevre
other side and 1 must have won the first set and
that he was standing foolishly at
the baseline awaiting the serve.
He walked slowly to table and i
sucked a lemon; washed his face:
I with a towel though the perspira-'
tion. despite the heat, was i
I He had not yet cabled the flowers.,
Perhaps he should have done so J
before coming here to the Stade
He must remember to attend to;
it immediately the
over . . .
They were playing
and the French man
ing the advantage he
by winning the first set. His at-
tack was relentless, his recoveries
magnificent. Only Len's service
saved him from rapid annihilation.
That and his occasional net play.
But it was impossible for him to
concentrate long upon the little
white sphere Lefevre kept persist-
ently returning to him. Always a
picture of Grace’s face—smiling
| and radiant, or a bit frightened
I and tearful—intervened.
] He chased back, back, after a
long lob. hit it ff6m over his
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Len remembered how Grace had
the train the , Frenchman
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