Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-25

" of Upperville, the boys of the
 village found no diversion so enticing
 as hockey. or, to give it it's more pop
 ular name, "shinny."
 Ice skating is an exhilarating sport; but when you combine it with the
 thrill, the excitement and the dangers
 of chasing a wooden block over the
 ice and trying to drive it through the
 opposition's goal-then indeed it be-
 comes sport that no boy with red
 blood in his veins can resist.
 What merry times they had! Inthe
 afternoon. school over with for the
 day. they'd hasten home for their
 skates and hockey sticks and then to
 the creek where "sides" were chosen
 and, presently, arms and legs were fly ing in the mad whirl over the ice
 after the elusive block.
 For ten days now, however. they had played no hockey. Partly be- cause a "thaw' had come and the ice on the creek was not entirely safe: but, if the truth be told. because a damper had been cast upon the play ing of this game by an unfortunate accident Not that the game had been entirely abandoned, for it had not. But. somehow. the "thaw seemed to be welcomed by the boys as legitimate excuse for playing 1t on land. on the broad level field by l the side of the creek.
 That way, it was not nearly so ex- citing but-well-there was poor Fhli Hoicomb lying !n his bed with a pro- ken leg as the result of a collision with Bud Allison during the last game | on the ice.
 The way Phil had collapsed like jack knife and gone down in heap. right when the play was the merriest was still fresh in the minds of the | fellows. And the look on his race 1 when they had tried to pick him up l and had discovered that his leg was | broken! Bud had tottered a moment l but recovered his balance. Indeed Phi would not have fallen so hard hao not Buds hockey stick caught the edge of one of his skates and literally pulled his feet out from under him. Instantly, of course, the game ceased, and they crowded around the prostrate. moaning Phil. Realizing that he could not walk, they had at- tempted to lift him and carry him
 home. But, alas, they knew not how to lift him without aggravating his injury. So Doctor Ward had been called and, under his direction. Phil was taken home.
 Then had followed anxious moments when the news of the accident spread through the village. And. that night, more than one boy had been forced to listen to a lengthy and emphatic discourse from his father to the ef- feet that hereafter he should not play hockey on ice skates.
 Many were the inquiries made by the boys as to PhiPs condition and,
 you may be sure, it was their chief topic of conversation. At first they
 hadn't noticed 1t, but presently 1t oc-
 cured to one, then another and still
 another of them that Bud was acting
 strangely. In fact, that from the very
 moment of the accident itself he had
 been different"
 First of all, the moment after Phil
 fell he had not bent over and attempt
 ed to lift him; but perhaps that was
 because he himself was somewhat
 stunned And yet, while the other
 boys were crowding around their
 fallen companion and making earnest
 inquiry. Bud had remained aloof, on
 the edge of the crowd. scowling, and
 aiAlessly swinging his stick. He
 seemed, to. be angry or, at least. surly.
 During the days following the acei-
 dsrt, too. he had not been to the door
 of Phips house to ask how the patient
 was progressing. The boys had at
 tempted to synpathize with him for
 his part i= the unfortunate occur
 Fs1A4, but Bud hAd xot seeHaed to yxsant 1t YnAAAd seyelal o& thAn yAv
 called now. he had neves said iu @