PACE 20
CHAPTER
Vert lea Davis moved uneasily
The sense of discomfort which had
troubled her sleep waa becoming
acute enough to awaken her -
The bed was hard and she was
cold Something seemed to have
happened to her covers They felt
rough and cumbersome at her chin
but from her knees down she was
chilled If it weren't for her shoes
—and that was a funny thing too
to be wearing her shoes and stock-
ings In bed
Veri lea opened her eyes and sat
up with a Jerk staring about her
In panic Everything was strange—
the tiny coffin-like room with its
ceiling just above her head the
strange shapes crowding close about
her in the dim light Beside her
narrow couch was a window and
the peered anxiously through the
' glass But outside in place of a
landscape was a vast shadowy cav-
ern Then Verna laughed and yawn-
ing drew her feet up under her
and huddled into as compact a ball
as she could She was in the bus
of course Those crouching sin-
ister forms hemming her in were
the seats the ghostly limitless cav-
ern of her first startled awakening
as the building into which they
had driven the night before when
the motor was failing Now it had
the familiar grubby outlines of a
small town garage Through two
dirty windows a faint gray light was
coming morning at last
Mates Coat
She 'buried her chin in the wrap
that was over her and feeling its
rough rasp looked at it A man's
coat had been placed over her own
The bus driver must have done it
while she slept and how cold he
must have been through the night!
Why it was a really chivalrous
action! Veri lea a warm feeling of
gratitude flooding over her looked
about for her benefactor
He wasn't in the bus Veri lea lo-
cated him at last in as distant cor-
ner as the room afforded bending
over a wash basin It was time to
get up then since her companion in
the night's adventure was making
his morning toilet
Moving her stiff limbs gingerly
Verilea stood up and found her bag
removing from it her small dressing
case so that she would be ready to
make her own toilet as soon as he
had finished Then she curled up
on the seat again under the coat to
shut out the pervading winter chill
of the place and watched him idly
while the light grew stronger
The tall young man was lathering
his face rinsing it off by dashing
water over it with his hands lath-
ering It again This he did a num-
ber of times and then soaped his
bands again and again rubbing
them together vigorously He washed
his hair and carefully combed it
Prom his pocket he drew a nail file
and went to work on his finger nails
Be had been dirty enough the night
before Veil lea remembered with
amysement No wonder it was tatt-
ing him a while to clean up this
morning
Transformation
To see better he moved over
Under one of the windows and Veri-
lea gasped at the transformation in
his appearange He was clean cut
now and prepossessing Verilea
thought how he had looked the
night before If he had been like
this then she would have entered
upon her queer experience less fear
But Mrs Trevor didn't ask about
Mr Trevor as Miss Foster expected
At 3:30 she hadn't even mentioned
his name She didn't sem to want
to talk at all She Just kept staring
at the cradle and from the cradle
out the window And it wasn't that
Mrs Trevor was feverish or that
her heart was peculiar or that her
pulse was up Mrs Trevor had no
fever her heart was normal her
pulse was under the circumstances
excellent
At 4 o'clock the nurse left the
room for advice which she thought
as necessary The man with the
red hair was still standing across the
corridor his hat in his hand
"I've told you that Mrs Trevor
can see no one" She had a dim
recollection that he had told her his
name when she had come on duty
that morning but she didn't remem-
ber it "Dr Hinman has given or-
ders that Mrs Trevor can't see any-
body—not even her mother" In-
deed Dr Hinman has given those
orders Mrs Trevor was to see no
one until news about her husband
had been broken to her
Kurt Disobeys
The man nodded and watched
Miss Foster's starched skirts sail
down the hall then he crossed the
corridor and opening the door of
Paula's room let himself in quick-
ly When Miss Poster came back
three minutes later no words had
yet been spoken in the sick room
but the man with the red hair was
kneeling by the bed and there were
tears in his eyes and tears in her
patient's
"Will you go please?" her patient
said
"Dr Hinman said you were to have
no visitors!"
"Will you go please—"
Something in Mrs Trevor's voice
sent Miss Poster out as quickly as
she had come in Something kept
her out for a long time guarding
the door standing like a sentinel
by it
"They told you about Jerry?" Kurt
asked as he tenderly stroked Paula's
hair back from her forehead
She shook her head
"He's dead darling Both he and
Nesbit Their drawing room was en-
tirely crushed I'm sorry to be the
one who had to tell you"
Paula didn't say anything for
some time but her right hand
pressed Kurt's left hand very hard
"I'm glad you were the one to tell
MI was on the train with you but
try ear wasn't damaged lye been
waiting all day to Fee you I had
to see you even if it was only for
a moment Paula is the pain ter-
rible? Give me some of it so I can
share It with you!" Be reached
acmes the bed and touched the
cradle
"It's not bad not bad at all It
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fully She decided she would tell
him so Be was really too nice to be
scaring girl passengers half out ol
their wits
The driver finished with his nails
and dropped the file back into his
pocket Returning to the wash basin
he seemed to make a final inspec-
tion of himself in the mirror which
hung above it He turned and yen-
lea thought he was coming to the
bus She gathered up the coat
ready to present it to him with the
nicest speech at her command After
that she would compliment him up-
on the improvement hi his appear-
ance The second speech was never
made The driver went over to a
big can of grease and glanced in Iler
direction Evidently he did not tee
her for he reached his hand down
scooped out some of the black ooze
and proceeded to lay it in streaks
over his clean features He went
back to the mirror anct stood there
for a while applying it carefully as
an actor puts on paint pausing now
and then to consider the effect
Presently he pulled his cap far
down over his eyes examined him-
self again and appeared satisfied
He was once more the disreputable
person of the night before
Whistling he started toward the
bus this time with unmistakable
purpose Teri lea hastily ducked
down on the seat again pulled the
coat over her shoulders and pre-
tended to be asleep Obviously he
hadn't intended that she should ye
this strange performance Besides
she didn't want to face him until she
had to Once more she was doubt-
ful of him
When he came to the window by
which she was lying and rapped
upon it she made a convincing pre-
tense of waking up But while she
yawned and stretched her mind was
busy with the scene she had just
witnessed Should she demand an
explanation? She decided it would
be best to say nothing so making
her way out of the bus every muscle
other body protesting at movement
she only handed him his coat and
thanked him for its use
Wondering
All the time while Verilea was
making her own toilet as well as she
could over a grimy basin and in cold
water she was wondering what Miss
Farlow would say if she could see her
star pupil now! Washing her hands
with mechanic's soap after having
spent the night in a bus in a garage
quite unchaperoned with a young
man who prepared himself for the
day by anointing himself with en-
gine grease!
And yet as Verilea reviewed the
events of the past night she did
not see how she could have done
otherwise
The journey which had developed
with so many mishaps had started
only the day iefore Verilea was on
her way back to Miss Farlow's Se-
lect College for Young Ladies at
Merrivale Ky after her spring va-
cation This was the last trip she
would make on the bus which ran
between Stubbsville and Merrivale
for in June she would be graduated
The busses on this line were no
majestic cross country giants but
small uncomfortable vehicles with a
well-earned reputation for break-
downs The fare however was low
and to Verilea that was an import-
ant consideration
Besides the driver and passenger
were well aware of the chances they
took and together were inclined to
Just lying here that is so terrible
but it won't be terrible now I'll
be thinking of you every minute
Kurt night and day Kurt will you
have me now after everything that's
happened? Jerry never—he was
never my husband
"Will you take me again? Will
you forgive me?"
Re didn't answer but he kissed her
lips then her eyes then her temples
and her lips again "Soft lips darl-
ing My lips—"
"And I don't think you should
come again or that I should see you
until I get out of the hospital I
can't explain why but I think it's
better that way There are other
things can't explain to you either
Kurt—that I can't explain ever and
that I don't want you to ask me
about that I'm going to try and for-
get You don't mind?"
"I don't mind anything and 1
don't care about anything 'except
that we're going to be together for-
ever and forever If you tell me not
to come here any more I won't
come I promise you that but I'm
not promising that I'm not going to
write because I'm going to write
reams every day and every day and
you're going to read the reams—
aren't you?"
"And I'm going to read the reams
Kurt I love you so! Do you suppose
you love me even a tenth as much
as I love you?"
"A million times as much darling
I've always loved you more than
you've loved me and I always will
"Now you must go I want you
to stay but you can't"
Zurt got up reluctantly kissed her
again and slowly went out the door
Miss Foster popped in immediately
"The doctor Mrs Trevors—"
"Mr Graham isn't coming again
—here"
Miss Foster thought she under-
stood She knew she understood
There was color in Mrs Trevor's
face a brightness in her eyes that
hadn't been in them when she left
A lilt in her voice and a shining
eagerness about the room too
"Did Mr Graham—is that his
name?—tell you—"
Rest
"Mr Graham told me about—Mr
Trevor" And as she said the wordy
Paula thought that there were only
two persons now who knew Jerry's
secret Owen and herself Nesbit
who knew it was gone gone with
Jerry Kurt would never know She
would never tell him she had made
that quite clear and he had under-
stood Jerry could rest in respect in
the mausoleum his father was bound
to build for him And Dixie could
rest too in the grave the Trevor had bought for her In Forest Lava
Cemetery
"I was to tell you as soon as you
knew about your husband that Miss
Owen Trevor is sorry but she's so
make sport of the calamities that
were sure to befall
This time however Veri lea had
fotmd a new driver when she got on
the bus a repulsive fellow with a
grimy face and greasy clothing cap
pulled far down over his eyes He
reached out a grease blackened hand
for tickets looked at no one Verb
lea glanced at him shuddered and
found a seat as far away as possible
The only people she knew got off
at stations near Stubbsville and
Vernet! entertained herself by guess-
ing about the others
There was a middleaged gentle-
man well dressed who carried a
brief case and worked at some
papers Whenever they stopped be
removed his nose glasses looked
sharply at those who got on or who
stood outside then buried himself
in histpapers again '
He might be a preacher Verilea
thought by his soft white hands
and his absorption in his papers
but there was no air of benevolence
about him At any rate he was no
ordinary traveler on the little bus
line and Verne decided after she
had watched him for a while that
he was a northerner '
Will Frakes got on Verilea did
not know him but knew about him
He lived at Turnerville and was sup-
posed to be henpecked The girl felt
sorry for him his face looked so
wistful he started so when anyone
spoke to him
A tired looking girl with the
three small children got off and a
sharp nosed vinegary woman got
on The new passenger settled' her-
self with abrupt movements and
paid no attention to the other pas-
sengers occasionally giving a snort
and a start and mumbling to her-
self Verilea watched her with a fasci-
nation Even her clothing was
sharp and hard and repelling Her
hat bore a bristling quill her coat
was ornamented with points that
stood out like daggers A spinster
by every sign Verilea concluded
Poor thing she had set herself about
with thorns and her tragedy was
that no one had ever been interested
enough to brave them
At Garnavillo a man In a bright
blue suit under a collegiate top coat
and with a fawn colored bat set far
back on his head swung two big
suitcases on board and after sur-
veying the nearly empty bus seated
himself beside Verilea
The girl moved as far away from!
him as she could and looked
straight ahead her jaw set firmly
under its deceptive white roundness
Just let him try to start a conver-
sation! Pretty Verilea had dealtb
with males of his type before
Prom that time on the journey
was a nightmare True to the ifs
ditions of the line the motor was
functioning badly creeping up the
hills sputtering and complaining
At every stop now the driver got
out and tinkered with it his head
thrust down into its hood
Unfriendly
When be returned to his seat be
slid into it without a glance toward
the passengers his cap down over
his eyes his chin buried in the collar
of his coat speaking only in answer
to a direct question and then in a
husky growl a marked contract to
the usual friendliness of the drivers
on the little line
Vernet! decided there was some-
thing furtive and hangdog about
him She began to hope very hard
that at least some of the other pas-
BREAD ANI?RpETTER GIRL I
broken up that she can't come here
Also that Mr and Mrs Trevor cans
come Mrs Trevor's secretary hat
phoned every hour today for news
And your mother is here She's been
waiting since noon to see you but
Dr Hinman thought it was better
that you knew about Mr Trevor
first before you saw anybody It
was very considerate of Mr Gra-
ham to tell you" She looked at
her patient sharply "Mrs Trevor
I have to make a list of all visitors
who come in Hospital rules I just
won't put down a thing about Ms
Graham coming in"
"Thank you—"
"And here's a ring that we had
to file off your finger in the op-
erating room" Miss Poster went to
the dresser and took out Paula's
square cut diamond "Your hand
was badly swollen and it was the
only way we could get it off"
Paula made no effort to take it so
Miss Poster put it down on the small
table beside the bed
Mrs Weston was surprised when
the girl gave it to her when she
came into the room later Indeed
it was the first of the great sur-
prises of her life The second great
surprise was when Paula donated
three-quarters of the fortune Jerry
had had and which she inherited as
his window to building a new chil-
dren's hospital
Mrs Weston went to bed at that
surprise and only rose when she
found out she was to get the income
from the fourth quarter as long as
she lived
There was no surprise at all When
Paula married Kurt seven months
after Jerry's death
THE END
BUILDING AND LOAN
DELEGATION LEAVES
Eight City Men Will Attend Meeting
In New York
Eight city building and loan
league officials will attend the an-
nual convention of the league in
New York City beginning Wednes-
day it was reported here Saturday
Those en route include W R Mc-
Williams John P Mahr Tom
Crooks H L Quiett J E Barry C
J Turpin L C Pollock and W P
Mc Manua
DR MILES WARNS
CITY DF SMALLPDX
Disease Prevalent In Nation Official
Says Urges Vaccinations
A great prevalence of smallpox
nationally may find Oklahoma City
exposed to outbreak of the disease
Dr Walter H Miles city health di-
rector reported Saturday Dr Miles
advised smallpox vaccinations
'TE OKLAHOMA NEWS
It seemed to Verilea a remarkably fine thing that the bus driver
was waiting for her "No room" she told him trying not to sound
as unhappy as she felt "Don't you reckon there's some place in
town where I could stay?"
sengers would remain in the ius
until they reached Meeriveile her
destination
Her seat mate kept her eonekbntly
uncomforiable He twisted and
turned cleared his throat leaned
over her to look out of the window
gazed long and intently at her pro-
file By every trick of the practiced
masher he tried to make her ac-
knowledge his presence and thus
give him an opening -
And all the time the bus was fall-
ing farther and farther behind
schedule: When they stopped for
supper at a roadside inn the driver
did not come inside at all but
worked the whole time on the me
tor They started on without his
having had a bite to pit as far as
Verilea knew -
But at least at the Inn she bad
scored a point over the man in the
blue suit When they got back in
the bus Verilea sat down beside the
queer woman The frustarted mash-
er seated himself directly behind the
girl and she could feel his gaze cen-
tered upon the back of her head
but she need no longer lit so stiff
and straight
Interminable Journey
The interminable journey went
on the engine jerking and sputter-
ing Outside in the dark a winter
rain began to splash against the
windows
The queer woman muttered and
snorted to herself The man behind
Venues seemed to spend all his time
stretching palling his knees hard
into Verilea's back Little Will
Fmkes stared steadily into the
black window beside him as though
to deny to himself that across the
aisle a young girl was being an-
noyed—a pretty girl in a saucy red
tam-o'-shanter with tight little
ringlets curling up around her tam
The man with the brief case
dozed Evidently pretty girls with
RED CROSS MEETING
SPEAKERS SELECTED
Roll Call Will Be Planned
-
Here Wednesday
Speakers for the Red Cross meet-
ing Wednesday at the Skirvin Hotel
were announced Saturday by R J
Hensel Oklahoma County chairman
They include F A Winfrey of St
Louis assistant manager of the
American Red Cross mid-western
area and these county Red Cross
chairmen:
M D Harbough Ottawa: Les-
ter E Mast Garfield Miss Lula M
Severs Oklahoma L J Gauss Til-
man Clarence Paden Woodward
Miss Emma A Chandler Paine
Others on the program include
Paige Belcher of Garfield County
George A Bullock executive sec-
retary of the Y M C A at A &
M College Stillwater and R O
Von Thurm of St Louis
Plans for the annual roll call
campaign in Oklahoma will be
made at the meeting
RESERVE OFFICERS
GO TO SCHOOL HERE
Troop Schools For 1000 State Mem-
bers Start Here Monday
- -
Plans were completed Saturday
for conducting troop schools
throughout the state for the 1000 re-
serve officers in Oklahoma hispee-
tion will be given by officers of the
regular Army
Classes in Oklahoma City will be
held beginning Monday at 7:30 p
m in the 95th Division headquarters
at the Federal Building Other
classes will be conducted Wednes-
day Thursday and Friday nights
Each reserve officer is required to
sped at least 25 hours a year at
troop classes -
CRASH VICTIM IN
COMA FOUR DAYS
Condition of Miss Hayes in City
Hospital Still Critical
Miss Emma Hayes 70 still was
unconscious at Wesley Hospital Sat-
urday night more than four days
after she was struck by an auto at
NW Ninth-st and Walker-av At-
tendants said she had rallied slightly
but that her condition remained
critical
PARENT-TEACHERS TO MEET
The Culbertson School Parent
Teachers ABSOCIRtiOn will meet in
the school auditorium Friday et
2:30 p in Mrs Lee Reynolds is
president of the group
Bob grinned slowly "Yee it's
good to get the feel of a ball again
once in a while" Then worried
lines formed about his eyes as he
stared once more at the pile of bills
He was still thinking about them
the next evening when a young man
stopped him attar work outside the
Simpsbn company building
"You Bob Johnson?" he asked
"Yes"
"Want to make five hundred
bucks?"
Bob frowned 'Sow?"
"It's worth that much to a cer
tam party if Simpson loses the game
with Hallberg tomorrow A matter
of betting You're the one big Simp-
son star and---"
Bob shoved out his chin "You
mean you want me to throw ths
game?"
"Don't get excited No one would
ever know" '
"I'm not interested"
"Okay Of course you've got a
swell sob probably making all you
can spend-di
Bob's face flushed said I
wasn't interested"
"Look" The man took from his
wallet a cashier's check made out
to Robert Johnson for five hundred
dollars It was dated two days later
Bob blinked
"There it is Its okay if the
Pallberg team wins ' tomorrow
Otherwise payment is stopped
think it over" The man slipped the
check into Bob' e coat pocket
Bob hesitated "No" be said But
he walked away with the check still
in his pocket
He said nothing about it tAli bet
but it was still there when he
changed into football togs the next
afternoon -
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ringlets annoyed or otherwise bed
no place in his scheme of things
The driver nursed the failing en-
gine peering Into rain that was fall-
ing harder
At a wayside station the queer
woman got out With a ainking
heart Wiles watched her strike
out apparently oblivious of rain and
darkness She was an odd creature
but of Veil lea's own ass
Now the girl was left alone with
the strangely assorted men It was
silly she kept telling herself to be
afraid Nothing would happen
nothing could happen
Frightened
Yet as it grew later as the rain
fell harder seeming to shut her in
inexorably with the leering masher
the indifferent northerner the tim-
id Will Flukes and the surly sdriver
she looked desperately for a cham-
pion A young champion naturally and
handsome who would appear out of
the rain take In Vert lea's unpleas-
ant situation at a glance seize the
masher by the collar of his blue
coat march him out of the bus and
after a pithy lecture about bother-
ing young women deposit him and
his suitcases by the roadside
The last thing she thought of was
that the champion would appear in
the form of the disreputable looking
driver He had given no sign that
he knew she was on the bus yet he
became her rescuer
At Turnerville into which they
struggled at midnight the engine oi
the bus gave a final gasp stopped
in front of the Tunterville garage
and refused to start again The ga-
rage owner was summoned from his
house nearby and after a consulta-
tion the driver muttered that the
passengers would have to spend the
night at the hotel as a new timer
chain would have to be brought from
the nearest division point
By WILFRED BROWN
Bob Johnson sat with his huge
shoulders hunched over the writing
dask frowning at a stack of envel-
opes "Darn it honey" he said to his
wife "I'm afraid you didn't make a
very good It when you picked me"
Dot smiled "I guess I knew what
I was doing and I haven't been sorry
yet We'll get along"
Bob wrinkled his forehead as he
figured on the back of an envelope
"Guess we can let the dentist go
until next month But the gas and
the light and the rent—"
He leaned wearily back in his
chair "If I'd only taken that professional-
football offer when I had
the reputation we might—"
"But you didn't want to spend
your life playing football did you?"
"No" Bob pulled Dot into his
lap "No I really didn't But darn
It why can't Simpson give me a bet-
ter job?" "He will I know it"
"He's pretty slow I'm putting in
plenty of overtime and spending
about half my spare time playing on
his company football team" '
"But you like it?"
will P'rakes had already deserted
the bus - The man with the briel
case gave an exclamation of dis-
taste and hurried toward the light
which proclaimed the town's one
hostelry As Verilea descended from
the bus she saw that her tormentor
was waiting for her but he WU
suddenly shouldered aside
The bus driver had stepped in
front of him
"I'll look after the young lady" the
driver said curtly
1 A Companion
Before Verne& had a chance to say
anything her elbow was taken in a
firm grasp and she found herself
propelled through the rain to the
hotel There mishap awaited her
once more The man with the brief
case had taken the last room and
Verne& would have to sit up all night
in the dingy lobby
She looked about her in dismay
at the fat night clerk at the poker
group which eyed her with interest
from a come at the man in the
blue suit Who was hovering expect-
antly Anything Verilea decided
would be better than this
She went out into the rain again
I small disconsolate figure with
curls drawing up tighter than ever
in the dampness It suddenly seemed
a remarkably fine thing that the
bus driver was still there sheltered
under a little roof
No room" she told him trying
not to sound as unhappy as she felt
"Don:t you reckon there's some
place in 'town where I could 'stay?"
Both looked up and down the wet
street There was no light any-
where except at the garage where
the bus was standing
"None that I know of I don't
think you'd fancy the garage owner's
family—I stopped in there once
Look here I have to stay with the
bus If you care to you might
stretch out on the long back seat
I'll see that no one molests you"
Verilea could think Of nothing else
to do She went back with him
and after the bus driver and ga-
rageman had pushed the big ve-
hicle into the building she made
herself as comfortable as she could
while the bus driver still worked on
the engine That she imagined was
tact There was surely nothing he
could do for it now
Tired and miserable as she was
she found herself thinking a great
deal about him When he had been
alone with her his manner had
changed from the gruffiness he had
heretofore exhibited He had been
courteous but with a matter of fact-
ness that was the highest chivalry
under the circumstances His speech
had been refined too It was as
though he had stepped out of a part
he had been playing and for a short
time had allowed his real person-
ality to show itself a nice person-
Also be was a Yankee In speak-
ing to the other passengers he had
affected a grotesque southern
drawl In speaking to her his words
had been crisp -
It was all a puzzle and Verne&
loved puzzles Especially puzzles
about people They wouldn't let her
rest until she had solved them Be-
fore they reached Merrivale she
would have the answer to this one
or else--
The next thing she knew it was
morning and the coat of the man of
mystery was spread over her She
had just been enjoying a new high
Today's Short Short Story - - - Loyalty
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Then out on the field with his 10
teammates he knew he could not do
It He forgot all but the battle as
the Simpson team fought its way
down the field yard by yard to the
20-yard line
The signals called for a pass from
the quarterback to Bob He rushed
forward as the bell was snapped
Liresmen cleared the way and he
was in the open Wilson the quar-
ter ran backwards then heaved the
balk like a bullet Bob leaped high
In the air He grasped it in his
fingers
Then suddenly as his feet hit the
ground his ankle turned He stum-
bled The ball flew from his hands
Bob scrambled to his feet to see
the rest of the Simpson players rac-
ing toward the other goal in vain
Pursuit of a Hallberg balk who had
scooped the baU out of the air as
Bob fell
The back crossed the line un-
touched but another player
missed kicking the extra point
Bob's ankle was painful but was
not seriously injured He resumed
play with it taped
Then he remembered the check
With each twitch from his ankle he
wondered just why he was out there
He gritted his teeth and thought of
his job and the minute size of his
Pay check each week- Five hundred
dollars would cover all the debts
with some left over Dot Poor kid
could have a new winter coat
Bob crashed the line automatically
for a small gain He would have
to make a good showing—give the
impression that he was really trying
The Simpson team had the ball
most Of the time near the center of
the field 'Me Hallberg players
were fighting grimly to hold their
advantage Bob shook his head and
gritted his teeth angrily as the pain
In his ankle 'Increased
Then midway in the last quar-
ter he stared across the fieki into
the half-empty bleachers and saw
Dot her last winter's coat and a
cheap Indian blanket drawn close
about her She smiled and waved
Bob felt a tight hard lump in his
throat Dot had faith in him and
thought he was all right lie swal-
lowed He'd have to play square
with her
The quarterback called the signal
Someone tossed the ball and Bob
caught it He was thinking only of
Dot Re forgot the pain In hie
ankle
Swinging his mighty body In a sort
of unconscious rhythm he raced
around the end in the manner that
had won him the ' name "Flying
Swede" five years before in college
He gained 12 yards before three
tacklers brought him down On the
next play he found a hole between
guard and tackle' for eight yards
The ether Simpson men caught the
spirit In six Plays Bob carried the
ME
opinion of him when he had smeared
his face with making him-
self into a uffian again This
amazing action had certainly not
helped toward clearing up the puz-
zle Exciting
While she Was combing her hair
the needed part arrived the garage
owner came and the men busied
themselves on the engine Verilea
decided shit would get some break-
fast ' - r
run over to the hotel" she
said to the driver He straighten-
ed wiped his hands on a piece of
waste
"II1 walk along with you it you
don't mind and tell the other pas-
sengers that we'll be leaving soon"
"You'll get some breakfast won't
your! Verilea asked "You didn't
have any supper last night"
He gave her a queer look "Later
maybe Just now I have to round
up the passengers and get the bus
rolling"
That might have been the end
of the incident and Verilea might
have missed the most exciting ex-
perience of her life if fate in the
person of the - man in the blue suit
had not intervened once more in the
affairs of the southern girl and the
bus driver For just as the lattet
was taking leave of her outside the
little coffee shop of the hotel both
saw the man in the blue suit leer-
ing at them from inside- -
His inference was unmistakable
and it made the blood flood Vert-
lea's face the tips of her fingers
tingle in her toes She saw- her
companion's Jaw set his face flush
with anger He threw the door open
and strode to the table where the
fellow sat halted and glared down
"I Just wanted to tell you—" he
said menacingly The man in the
blue suit shrank into himself
"I just wanted to tell you that
the bus will be ready in half an
hour"
With a last stern glance at his
victim he beckoned to Vertlea te
come in '
"I'll see that you get to eat in
peace" he said in a voice audible te
the other man -
He had not asked permisisort to
eat breakfast with her' but once
more Verilea was aware of a warm
glow of gratitude She took the
chair which he held for her as
though he were accustomed to hold
ing chairs for ladies -
She smiled at him 'I don't know
how to thank you" ' -
Looking across the table at him
she saw how fair and clean his skin
was where it was not disguised by
grease or stubble His eyes were
blue and traightforward His smile
showed white well cared for teeth
His brown hair so recently washed
and sleeked down was beginning
to wave A few minutes with warm
ater soap and a razor ought to
make him attractive - t
I'm amyl" 'rhe young man
was staring ruefully at the black
mess on his hands "When I started
out I didn't intend—but perhaps
you understand that engines are
dirty" '
"I've always understood that
grease was dirty i too" Verilea re-
plied demurely- "But I think you
applied it very artistically" I
He reddened "I thought you were
asleep!" - - -
"I thought I'd better let on like
It after I saw that performance"
"Oh Please let me explain that
I—" " - 4
ball across the Una then kicked the
extra point The game ended 7
En route home on the street car
Bob took the check from his pocket
tore it into tiny pieces and dropped
them under the seat "What was that?" Dot asked
Bob pressed her arm "Just a strap
of paper"
The next morning the office boy
stopped at Bob's desk "Mr Simp-
son wants to see you" he said
"Sit down Johnson" Simpson
said as Bob limped into his large
office "A great game yesteraay"
"Yes sir"
"I've been watching you Johnson"
Simpson continued staring out of
the window 'wondering if you had
the stuff I think you hate There's
a good opening coming up at our
Portland branch and I think you'll
fill it very well"
"Gosh--I mean thanks Mr Simp-
son" eyes tm particularly impressed
by your loyalty You had five hun-
dred dollars offered to you to lose
the game yestercbay and wouldn't
take it"
Bob's face blanched "How—how
did you know?" he stammered
Simpson laughed "It was my
money" he said
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(The characters in this story are
fictitious) '
CITY SENDS GROUP
TO' COLLEGE FETE
Chamber Will send Delegates to
Northwestern Oct 23
The Chamber of Commerce Will
send delegates to Enid Oct 23 for
the dedication program at North-
western State Teachers College of
the 2500000 group of new buildings
W 1P Raven inter-city committee
chairman said Saturday The dele-
gateg to attend the college home-
coming and dedication mill be se-
lected during the week Mr Haven
WHOLESALE PARLEY
SET FOR THURSDAY
-
St Louis Speaker Will Discuss Se
ciol Security Act
-
The Oklahoma Wholesale Grocers'
Association will hold its annual con
vention Thursday at the Skirvin Ho
tel T B Ross secretary said Sat
urday
Principal speakers will include
George B Logan of St Louis MO-
who will discuss the federal social
security act Re is also scheduled to
'Peak at the Tulsa Chamber of
Commerce P'riday noon
SUNDAY OCTOBER 11 9:6' '
Figuratively speakIng Verile& !
picked up her ears The puzzle was
about to be solved
4 Not Solved ‘
It waa not to be solved thenhowl
ever nor for a long time thereafter
not until mild had happened to
Verilea The eyes of her companion
had gone casually to the door which
led to the lobby She saw them open
wide in dismay or fright
She saw him stiffen and catch his
breath His manner however re-
°mined light and courteous aa he
said to Verilea "I'm so sorry Afraid
I cant stay after all I forgot some-
thing" Rising he bowed to her then
started swiftly for the outside door -
Verilea turning about in her chair
aaw that the man with the brief
case had entered from the lobby
He was looking at the headlines of
a newspaper and bearing straight
at the younger man without seeing -
him while the latter was trying to
avoid him They collided The
man with the brief ease took off his -
glasses and stared at the cause of
the mishap Irerilea saw his ex-
pression chance to aatonishment
then grow stern
"Well!" Bald the man with the
brief case -
"Yes sir" replied the bus' driver
His face was flushed but he wee
holding himself straight
"I certainly did not expect—" said
the man with the brief case "And 2
wider such circumstances—"
He lowered his voice then and -
reviles heard no more but appar-
ently the older man was talking
severely to the younger whose face
was white now and obstinate
For I moment only Verilea's eyes
rested on them then she turned'
away Her code did not permit her
to carry her puzzle solving enthusi-
asm into the private lives of her
friends and when the bus driver had
championed her be had become her
friend And so although a atucll
of the two faces might have re-
vealed something to as keen an ob-
server as Willett she closed her care
turned her back and fixed her eyes
on a sign on the opposite wall which
urged patrons to- look after their
own overcoats and umbrellas as the
management would not be respon-
sible She did not turn her head evert-
when she heard the outer -door
slam and the man with the brief r
case arty in an agitated voice "No
no I don't want to sit down
don't want to be served r want'
to send a telegram Where can I
send a telegram?" '
So it was the man with the
brief case whom the bus driver'
had been avoiding! It was for him
that fantastic southern dialect had
been assumed for his benefit the
grease disguise this morning!
Irerilea was sure it must be so
He had not minded being seen by
herself Or the man in the blue suit
but all the previous afternoon and'
evening he had contrived not to be
recognized by the man with the
brief case This morning no doubt
he had intended to send word
through the hotel clerk -
Then the sight of the insulting
look on the face of the man in the
blue suit bad made him forget In
championing Verliea he had incur
red the very thing he bad tried so
had to avoid What thing? Was
he afraid of the man with the brief
case? What was it all about?
t —
(To He Continued)
PIECEMEAL TRAFFIC
LESSONS PLANNED
Students to Get Instructions
In School Studies "
Traffic safety instructions will be
fed to pupils in the public schools
piecemeal along with other studies
a committee headed by J Andrea
Holley director of instruction of
the state Department of Education
decided Saturday
The committee shelved plans for
a class in safety to be included in
the school curriculum Instead les-
sons in safety will be inserted into
reading arithmetic history CI ViCs
and other courses
The committee is to work out les
sons to be presented
The system Is to be tested first
in Oklahoma City Junior high
schools the Tulsa senior high
schools and the Bartlesville lower
grades -
The committee in addition to Dr
Holley includes Miss Floretta
Neese curriculum director of Okla
home City schools Dr F A Ba lyeat
Oklahoma University W E Hager
high school principal at Tulsa and
Floyd Coates Newkirk school su-
perintendent of Kay County
STATE CREDIT MEN
TO HEAR LEADER
Badness Invited to MeetingSched
uled Here Oct II
A group of non-affiliated business
men will be Invited by the Oklahoma
Credit Men's Amociation to hear
Henry Heimann executive manager
of the national association speak at
a special meeting here Oct 31 Em-
mett Barbee local manager said
Saturday Mr Heimann was former
president of the association and was
active in the formation of the Na-
tional Recover7 Act Mr Barbee
said
CLEVELAND PENSION
DIRECTOR APPOINTED
Mrs Laura Shutt Named Craig
County Post Unfilled
MrLr Sbutte veteran so
Mal service worker of Norman IAN
urday Was a ppo1nte4 diredtor of
the Cleveland County old age pen
4011 Organization Director Verve
Melton announced
Mrs Shutte was engaged in social
service work in Erie Pa for10
years before going to Norman a
year ago as a member of the 1VP
staff Only the appointment of a
Craig County director remains to
complete the state organization Mr
Melton said
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