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New-York tribune., 1922-12-01

There were any number Of hard
fought bouts and action was plentiful.
The surprise Of the evening was the
quick victory Of Gordon Munce, OF the
Pastime A. C.. former national aaa-
teur heavyweight tltleholder. over
Hugh Suitzer. Of Philadelphia. The
Quaker came heralded as q tough prop
osition, but Munee sent him out for
the long count after two minutes and
thirty-eight seconds Of fighting in the
first round
Up 20 this time. Suitzer was lead
ing on points. but a crashing right
hand smash spoiled his chance 10 gain
the decision over Munce. The end
came as the visitor vas stepping IN 20
follow up a light left jab.
The summaries:
PRELiMTSARfgs
sf9-pound ciaba-Sam DienfsiA New
YORK. defeated Andy T0m0sky. Pittsburgh
three rounds. Judges decision Jack sny-
der. Brooklyn. knocked out Spike C0fbeff.
Philadelphia. third round.
lzo-pound class kochansky. Jersey
city. defeated Chick WeAsey. Philadelphia.
three rounds Judges decision.
i2t-pound ciass--sam nelon. Phiafel-
phia, cefeated Ray Davis New York.
three rounds judges decision.
l1s-pound class lapeeisll-T. Yoccariiio.
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Joe Lynch Easily Saves
Championship From DAILY

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 3O.--Joe
Lynch. bantamweight champion. Of the
world. won handily from frankie DAILY
% New York, In a ten-round boxing
contest here this afternoon. Lynch
outboxed his opponent all the. way
having him groggy in the seventh and
tenth rounds. Daly's best round was
the fourth when he caught the cham
pion fush on the Jaw and shook MIN
up. Before the round ended, however
Lynch was back in the lead. Daiy
hest asset was his ability 20 absorb
punishment
Ross Murphy. Chicago lightweight,
knocked out Billy Hcnnessey OF Den
yer. In the FIRST round OF the semi
windup. Bobby Bridges. OF lndianap-
oils, a welterweight, knocked out Aug
ust Kelley. OF Mlgaukce, in the hfth
round Of their contest.
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Centre Team Smothers
South Carolina, ~ to .

DANvILLE, Ky, Nov. 80. - Centre
College smothsred University OF South
Carolina BY a score Of ~ to 0 in Ken
tueky's premier Thanksgiving football
game here to-day. Centre used the
aerial game mos. effectively, and COM
pleted fourteen forward passes for an
average gain OF seventeen yards.
Centres scoro represented six touch
downs, with goal kicked safely for each.
Lemon kicked four goals after touch
down and Captain Roberts accounted
Tor tha remaining two. Three speetae-
ular runs By Covington featured the
final period. the longest, for fOrty-hTe
yards.
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Mercersburg Harriers
Win SchOOlbOy Race

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 30.-Mcr-
eersburg Academy, Of Mercersburg,
Pa. to-day won the annual American
interscholastic eross-eountry run in
Fairmount Park. scoring Al points.
Hutchinson Central High. Of Buffalo,
n. Y. was second with points, and st.
Benediet's Prep, Of Newark, third. Curl
tis High, OF New York. was seventh.
william J. Cox, Mercersburg, was
the individual winner. Burnett Lewis,
Buffalo Tech, was second, and John
Shaw, Hutchinson High. third.
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Bucknell Triumphs Over
Dickinson Eleven, 1917

LEwIsBURG. Pa, Nov. 30.-Buek-
n.ll swept the Dickinson football eleven '''.
game. 10 20 7. Wilsbach was a tower
Of strength for Bueknell' scoring al
three of its touchdowns from runs
straight through the Dickinson line.
DiekInson's touchdown was made
from an intercepted forward pass.
Books. who made the catch on MS own
i0-yArd line. ran almost the full length
Of the field, afterward kicking the goal.
The lineup and summary:
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Cornell Eleven Soueated Defense and Quaker Team c
Willie Plant Sets NeU Course
Record for Walk to the Sea
Champion, Starting From Scratch, Hikes From
City Hall to Coney Island in :2o:Zo' but Fin
ishes Twenty.ninih Mack Weiss Is First Home
By lack Masters

Willie Plant national champion walker, made his annual plgsg
o the sea Yesterday starting scratch IN the City Hall 70 con
island handicap walk when the Monngde C. star finished
stroll IL was found clipped minute and 20 seconds
M record for the distance O5 miles Plant did
M a. forced 10 his utmost 70 finish twenty-nnh position for h
.royrod bapdicaps ranging upt 20 thirty minutes.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
Ithacans Clearly the Better
Team In Most Essentials
Hanson Lifts Placement Kick Goal From the
81 Yard Line in First Period and Cassidy
Makes Touchdown i'm the Last Quarter
BY W. B. Hanna

PHILADELPHIA soPenn football team in going into battle
against Cornell this afternoon the Of all the rest that have
.ked that formidable Comedians Of to o.
~ Penn did predecessors who Lave faced the Ihacans
could not do was small total nine points Beyond
the oaker spent large portion the afternoon buckng into Cor
rs npn0 game sometimes success sometimes but with
nop vgor 10 limit the yield Ithasns touchdown and
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01

"Ths aodr is over" men haze said,
Where Tine, on dizzy lcings, Is flying;
And, after all, the dead arc dead,
With lips Of dust now i7irepyn9;
With silent breasts irhere dreams once famed
Their sleep - endless in the clover;
But for tho tcopnded and the MANNED
What soul can say "The tcar Is ove1-P
There iCds day vheu, proud and young,
They heard a sudden bagie bloUing.
They came, before their songs tcere sung,
To follow where the fog ioas going.
The great croicds cheered the bands ,cere gov,
Where faith Cas still flaming ember.
They gare their golden youth GiCdV'-
What time haze nations 10 rentonlbey7
The iCar is oUcr-dont they knotc?
White peace has sent its final token;
Won't some one tell them, ron on rov,
The manned, the ,gounded and tho brokcn9
Ind iohile, Of course, ige're over5oyed
To slip them something some tomorrow,
We hardly care 20 BE- annoyed
BIZ iegless, 1rmle0s prGiths Of soTrow.
IT yc break faith With those icho die
But whGt Of these still loith tls, liUing,
Where race and clan have passed them by,
To take II out in paltrT giving;
To let them, ioaitin9, enyg those
Where some far, stdgnant stream Is foicirg,
Who from the sp7frgtt7le 10 tho srotes
Hare found rest beyond all k7rotcirg'
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
New York Boxers Clean Up in
Intercity Amateur Tourney

easily accounted for chief hnors in the nter
boxing staged Square Garden last night
auspices the Metropolitan Association Of the A. A. u Boys
contested and Jersey City
Newark for victory thus giving the met district
a sweep, against Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01

West Virginia nia.........t.-..o IL.
washington and Jencrs0n..0 o.
Touchdowna-Sardae simon Goals
from touc chdowns-E -Eckbrre. 2. Substitu-
tlcns-WcFt virginia, Davis for Howard,
Quinian FOR Davis. Hawkins for Graham,
Howard Tor Quinlan. Quarlea for Mahan, !,
Wash ngton and Jefferson. Reese for Bren-
kert. Prenk~rt FOR Reese. West for Erick-
son. Clements FOR Konvoiinka. Reese for
Brenkcrt. Spllicrs for Crook. Crook for
Berroshern Perkins fOr Haddon. Harmony
for Pasistn- Referee-Fred Murphy Of
Brown. Umpire H. Monatt. Of Prince.
ton. Field JudEe-Dave J.. Fultz. of
Brown. Linesman--Carl Williams. OF
P-nnsylvania. Time OF Quarters-i5 min
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01

noticed Armce Day that you mad some verses m
memory OF the American Haven't line or two to
write wounded America and those broken IN ha
from the war; only forgotten, but have received treat
me in many beyond belief? The dead are better on a'
ONE OF The "VoNpTp'
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Points after touchdowr-Wilsbaoh, Books.
Rsfsree-Godcharies, Lafayette Umpire
Vilier. Hav.rford- Linesman-haoy Get
tysburg. Tina OF periodic minutes
each
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
The Absentee

There is thing have missed this season. writes E. b. and
football writer enough openly two
that the better beaten Yet know has
happened than once"
has become standardized line But it isn't
the time All through the have
golfers golfers better baseball beaten by
rivals and better football beaten by opponents we'll below
their class
Luck is factor in spite copybook
would safer, simpler bomb the campfoowrs
Of winning team than TO offer such suggestion
Who Says They Don't?
ing literature.
Fortunately still here who don't take It
seriously Willie Hoppe Of these and Willie thereby contributes
his share uplifting psychology.
The Three-Year Rule
standard Of eligibility rules for football is It's where
shortly only those playing threeyar will be given any ranking
Pennsylvania University Pittsburgh and Penn State
only leading Pennsylvania that play
that bar four-year
Virginia Carnegie
Oneyea residence and that W. and will follow year
later.
and Princeton only would influence
Cornell Dartmouth and others helping Eastern Conference could
formed that would clear Of the ogs from the atmosphere
short order.
any championship purposes
stricter eligibility codes, is badly needed
"Gene Tunney training for Harry Gb" What Gene needs
thyeght parrng partners to swing him and the
moment he get accustomed the air full Of gloves he has the
harder punch that the occasion and regain lost
In the meanwhile enduring Miami
where hardhead physician has ordered him play eighteen holes Of
golf under Florida It said that Sarazen meeting this
tiOn like
Ranking Eastern eeyens difficult job" Why locate the rank
est and then quitl
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Stesti v neStesti.

Vcera hrala ma zkOuSku slec
ma Udinova Katusku We "Zkro
ceni zle zeny." Nevite, jak to
dopadlo, pane inzenyre? =
Propadla! Sceny, kde Sc hada
Petruchiem, byly bez oprav-
dovosti, bez temperamentu.
I boha slecna. - Proc uboha :?
Ma zaklade toho dostala nabid
XIV k snatku cd tri clenn sprav-
niho vyboru.
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srRANA II

ira. To je "a zverstva v Srb-
sku. Vrahu!
Letzingen 5 ,namahou mluvil
selhavajicim hlasem:
- Podla! Zavolam policii
- dam te zatknout. Otravila
isl me. Oh, ia bolest, ia bo-
lest -.
- Musis 81 pospisit, chces-li
me dat zatknout, poznamena-
la suse. Ia chvilku ii nohy
vypovi sluzbu, ztratis HAS. ).
- Bidnice. Ia bolest, Boze,
pail Lekare
= Zavolej 81 no.
- ProtUed!
Nesmysl.
- Lekare! Pomoc, umiram!
S nadlidskym usilim, vravora-
je, dosel Letzingen k telefonu.
- Pomoc, proboha pomoc.
Vrazda. Jsem otraven,-~ jsem
Otra
Nedorekl. Sc sluchatkem, v
ruce shroutil sc k zemi. AEona,
v poslednim okamziku dojata,
priskocila k nemu. Nadzved-
la mu hlavu. Ztrhane oci ma
plnily il hruzou. Polozila jej
JENNIE ma koberec pristoupila
ku stolu. Napila Sc vina, "a
palila cigaretu. A dlouze, =
dlouze divala Sc ma nehybne
Lezingenovo telo.
Neuplynulo ami deset minut.
Pred vilou zastavil policeini au
tomobil. Bee klepani vrazili
policiste dovnitr. Prisli do
salonu. Omluvnym tonem rekli
Lone.
= Slecna V telefonni centra-
lie, slysela hrozny vykrik. Pan
baron .?
- Baron je ml;tev, myslim,
rekla Iona ledable. - Zabila
jsem no. Suggesci jsem no "a
bila.
! Baron Letzingen byl pitvan.
V jeho tele nenalezeno stopy
po jedu. Lekari svorne prohla-
sill mozkovou mrtvici "a prici-
nu smrti.
Iona Ley, zatcena pro pode-
zreni z vrazdy, byla propu-
stena. Sensacechtive berlin
ske obecenstvo uvitalo il mad
senim. Iona je popularni. Je-
il tanecni koncerty jsou vesmes
vyprodany. Je kralovnou de-
minondek zije ztreStene.
Ale obcas dostavuji Sc u nj
sentimentalni chvile, kdy Sc
slzami v ocich vypravi svIj ira
gicky pripad. Vyprav! jej Sc
vsemi podorbnostmi. Nikdo il
nevefi.
-Nervosa, usuzuji. Trap
ny nasledek onoho strasneho
vecera, kdy baron Letzingen
ieii spolecnosti sc zpil a sesi-
lev nahle, zemrel.
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VRAzDA.
Erna Gilbertova.

Baron Elemer Letzingen roz
mrzely, unudeny, vysel z diva
dla Metropol jeSte pred kon-
Gem hry nedbaje drobneho,
studeneho deste, zacal brou-
zdat ulicemi.
Oh, jak mu bylo nudno. Ne
vsimal 81 osvetlenych, rvoucich
aut, svazejicich navstevniky
Palais de Danse Cassina, ne
zajimala jej noblesa Friedrich
strasse, a moderni hudba z ka-
warren restaurantG, um1rajici
ma ulici mdlym ohlasem, byla
mu svrchovane protivnou. By
10 mu protivno vSechno.
Berlin vubec sc mu hnusil,
&C kdysi, jeste We valce, snival
O elegantnich, ruSnych, zivo-
tenn kypicich tridach. O di-
vadlech, kabaretech. Pill ro-
ku volneho, nevazaneho zivo-
ia, stacilo k naprostemu zne-
chuceni. Letzingen I'll den ja-
ko den stejne. Pozde vstaval,
pozde obedval a vecer, nesel-li
nahodou do Mondainiho klubu
sedaval v tanecnim baru. Den
iako den, hone Sc "a sensace-
mi, poslouchal ozpivane chan
sony a nudil Sc.
Prselo stale husteji. Letzin-
gen vyhrnul limec raglanu a
bezdecne zrychlil krok. V ma
le chvili Sc octnul pred rekla-
mne osvetlenym barem. Vrat-
ny, dGvernou zdvorilosti, ja-
ka Sc prokazuje dennim no.
stum, otevrel mu dvere. Baron
vessel. T6zka vine vim, jidel,
kvetin, parfumG a koufe jej o.
vanula. Zbledl trochu a te-
mer nechuti sestupoval po
kobercem krytych schodech.
Ale rrijda mezi zname, vitan
usmevy, diskretni hudbou a
bouchanim zatek, mel DOZEN
obycejne spokojenosti.
Letzingenuv still, vzdy re-
servovany ozdobeny kytici,
stall na nejlepsim miste. Pri
programu sedaval baron sam.
Pc programu artisty, ktere
zval a kavalirsky hostil.
Toho vecera byla V baru no.
va sila. Tanecnice. Osmah-
Ia, svezi, graciesni, elegantni.
Tancila nejake narodni tancc,
pine vervy vasn6. Oci il bly,
skaly pod olivovymi vicky, per
let'ove zuby Sc leskly mezi ma
rudlymi rty. Elemer, sotva il
spatril, byl j nezvykle zaujat.
Dival sc jen jen ma nj, pohl-
coval il skoro. Tvare mu pla-
nuly. Uchvacovala jej, ami ne
tax jejl krasa, jako jakasi
vzpominka. Illuse davno ze-
tlelych dob. Zdalo Sc mu, re
dobre, podrobne zna toto pru.
zne, zadouci tilko. Tento obi
cejicek, plny posmivave py.
. chy.
- Ale odkud? Odkud? -
Mucil Sc premyslenim. Prvni.
: ho artisty, ;ktery Sc mihnul ko.
lem .jeho *stolu, Sc ptal.
= Kdo je, vase nova tanec.
: nice?
- Iona Ley, znela strucni
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odpoved'.
Elemer sc zamyslil.

EleIIlcT Sc ZdmySlll.
= Iona Ley. Tuctove jme-
no tanecnic, ktere mic nepovi-
da. Odkud il jen znam? A
znam il prece, rikal 81. Snad
pod jinym jmnem, ale znam il.
Dychtiv, sbiziti sc nj, postal
il kytici, kterou naspech kou-
pill a pozval il k veceri. Vzka-
zala, re pride po programu.
Mela tancit jeste jedno cislo,
Ike konci poradu. Letzingen
rbyl nedockavy. Konecne pri-
Sla ma Lonu rada.
Libezna melodie, sladka, po-
vedoma, zatrepetala Sc prosto-
rem. Iona, jako fantom pre-
letla sal a We vifivem, efekt-
MIN tanci uplatnovala svoje
puvaby svuj temperant. Let
zingen, divaje Sc ma nj, byl ja-
ko zacarovan. A divaje sc ma
nj, pochopil najednou, proc
mu pripada tax znama. Pri-
pominala mu Maricu, ci jak sc
ia mala Srbka, kterou zajali u
Sabce, jmenovala.
Iona tancila.
Elemer sc usmivaI, vZpomi-
naje, jak Maricu zajali. Do
padli il pobliz obsazene vesni-
ce a protoze il podezrivali z
vyzvedacstvi, wall sebou.
Byla hezoucka, ale po cer-
tech nevlidna. Marine il drzeli
V zajeti. Nerozumela pozor-
nostem dustojniku. Kousala a
rvala sc jako d'abel. Kdekoho
pobit chtela. Nikdo Sc k nj
nesmel priblizit.
A konec koncu?- JednOho
dne stala Sc docela dobrovol-
ne Elemerovou milenkou. A ja-
kou milenkou! Letzingen po-
vzdychl rozkosi. = PAX prchla
a nevratila Sc.
Iona dotancila. Elemer byl
bledy vzrusenim. Vzpominky
Ma Maricu Lonin tanec zpu-
sobily, re kazdy nerv chtel sc
" nem zadostivostl.
Iona prisla ke stolu mad
herne vecerni toalete a svoji
vaSnivou krasou vzbudila ne
maly rozruch. Letzingen "a
ril. Zahrnul Lonu galantnost.
mi a bonbony. Iona klidna
usmivajic Sc zvlastnim zpuso'
benz, rikala ironicke vtipy a
vecerela. Ma Letzingenova
vasniva slova odpovidala po.
krcenim ramen a frazemi. A
bavila sc zive Sc svymi kolegy
Barona ztravovala horecka
Konecne noe pokrocila a ba,
Sc vyprazdnil. Iona Ley st
zvedla k odchodu. Letzinger
il nasledoval jako stln. A pro
toze Iona neprotestovala, "a
volal auto, zabalil il do prikrJ
vek a odvazel 81 il domd.
Iona Sc ma mic neptala, NJ
nerikala. Tvauc Sc, jakoby
spala, schoulila Sc do koutku
Letzingen snazil Sc, ovladnout
Sc.
Dojeli X vile, kterou Letzin
gen obyval. Iona mlcky Wy
stoupila nechala sc vesti d'
qomu. =
Elemeruv byt byl elegantn
a prostorny. Iona hned n;
prahu odhodila plast' a zveda
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va, roztomila, prohledla 81 kde

va, roztomila, prohledla 81 kde
jaky kout. Posleze usedla v
salonku a l;stovala V pohoze-
mem albu. Elemer prostrel ma
malem stolku, prinesl vino, ci-
garety a likery a usedl vedle
Lony. Libal il ruce a mluvil
posetilosti. Iona Sc smala, ale
vyraz jeji oci stal Sc hluboky
a soustredeny. Vzpirajic sc
objeti, zeptala Sc nahle.
|. - Media sc YAM, barone, re
Sc odnekud zname? Elemer
prisvedcil a Siroce Sc rozpovi-
dal O dojmu, jakym Iona, jeji
tanec a vsechny podrobnosti We
cera ma nej pusobily. Persiflu-
jicim tonem vyzpovidal Sc z
romanku srbskeho tazeni.
Iona naslouchala pozorne S
privrenymi vicky a pobledlymi
rty. Kdyz baron domluvil, ze-
ptala Sc pridusene.
- Pripominala jsem vam te
dy Maricu, pravda?
- Ano, rekl S usmevem.
Priostrila hlas.
A nenapadlo tt ami ma vteri-
nu, re Marica mohu byt ia?
- Ne, ami ma vterinu. "a
small Sc. Jaka to mySlenka.
IVY a Marica. Tanecnice, da-
ma venkovske devce!
Iona Sc hadovite protahla.
Vzprlmila Sc. Rekla suse.
- Nu, vidis. A prece jsem
Marica. Zuby Sc il zaleskly
V zuem usmevu.
Elemeruv oblicej ztrnul We
smesne hloupem vyrazu. Ia
'chvel sc rozcilenim.
- jake, ty, ty re isl Mari
ca? Zajikl Sc, a pozorne 81 j
prohlizel. A poznavaje j, po-
kracoval zchladlym, hrubym
tonem.
= Az sem jsi to tedy dota-
hla. Vyborne! Co chces? Pc
nize?
Dala sc do smichu.
- Penize? Nam jich. re
nevim co mimi. Pro penize
jsem te nehledala, ale -.
Byl prekvapen.
- Hledala isl me?
Zfetelne sc posmivala.
- Muj boze, neni to pocho-
pitelno? Nemilovala jsem te
si!ene? Nerozesli jsme Sc bez
rozlouGeni?
= Prchla jsi, fekl nervosne
- Ano, prchla jsem, opako'
vala. A dodala temne. Ale
dnes Sc vraclm.
Trochu nejiste, trochu ii.
sklebkem Sc ptal.
= Z lasky?
Srazila no jedinym slovem.
= Hlupaku!
UraZil sc a zledovel.
- Co zde tedy vlastne po'
| hledavas?
- Pomstit Sc jdu, vybuchla
nenavistne.
| Zacal Sc smat.
- Nesmej Sc, okrikla no. =
+, Nepr;chazim mstit sebe.
Letzingen klidne 81 naleva
vino, a upijel likery.
= Nerozumim, pronesl ia
ko mimochodem.
Iona stiskla rty. Ia civil
ku. nalomenym hlasem zaca
la vypravet.
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StTfepinky

L
fonda muze witt tvou hol-
ku, -. ia proti tomu mic me-
mann = to, re jsi to ty"
Vlaciha mic.
"Kluk 81 me onehdy wal
stranou a povida: Tatinku, ia
cd Many Vlacihovic neustoup-
PIN, - jen ia Sc mi libi, a
kdyby prisla holka- s padesati
tisici, ia 81 vezmu jenom Ma
nu!" Dobraf Hned jsem klu-
kovi rekl: MAS rozum, ma
majetek nekoukej, tohle a to-
hle ii dam, mas zdrave ruce.
teda 81 vyber podle gusta!" ia
81 myslim, ke ty, Vlaciho, pro-
tt tomu nebudes, holka Sc u
mas bude miti jako ma pouti."
W asi desaty kamen roz-
praskl pod Vlacihovym kladi-
vem, ale odpoved' neprisla.
"A Wis, protoze isl to ty, =
no, ami bych ii mic nefikal, -
kdyby jsi Sc do naSf chalupy
pristehoval! Tluces Sc ma po-
druzi, ami 81 tn husu nemdze
tva stara chovat, kozu abys
mel v seknici, - u mas pro
vas oba stare bylo by dost mi
sta. Trochu dat kdlnicku do
poradku, zazdit vrata, prolo-
NIT okno, postavit kamna a
dat podlahu, Ia par jednuSek
Sc to poridi a mas kvartyr ma
dosmrti. A u svych!'
Vlaciha mic.
"a pripadne monl bys toho-
hle nouzovani u Sutru nechat
a sli bysme ma aleje do spolku.
Ty tamhle u dvora, ia Ease tu-
hle. Loni jsem tady trhl ma
jablonich dive stojky jeste
jsme najedli padavek, az bfi-
cho bolelo. Stara ma navarro
no povidel ma placky jeste ted
puI becky. TAX to je!"
Pliva umlkl, odpovedi vsak
Sc nedockal. Jen rany kladi-
va znely tvrde a nenavistne,
ale Vlacihova hlava Sc nezve-
dla, jazyk sc nehnul. "Jen rici
slovo a name to vyjednano
Pujdu domG a reknu Tondovi,
ably sci ma faru. Kluk ma To
beztoho ceka a ty donna holku
taky nepremuzes. A co tam,
to tam = snad uz bys to, pail
caku, nepustil z hlavy?"
Vlaciha mic.
"Tak ii to vysvetlim - te-
hdy to bylo takhle: Klanicky
Firbas povida: jestli pax vite
co noveho? Staremu BureSo-
vi Sc ztratil kanec; nez Sc Bu-
res vyspal, kanec fuc. A mn6
tax z legrace napadl sproch
, Tohle on asi Vlacih shanel o.
nehdy kozla ne a ne sehnat
sve koze milovnlka. Ze on s.
Ivypujcil kance! TAX to bylo'
;Takovy hospodsky sproch! A
ia tehdy vypil asi dvanact piv
A zacli ii rikat: Vlaciha ka.
nee, - cert vi, kdo to z no.
,,spody vynesl!"
Vlaciha polozil kladivo.
"a proto ty Sc ma me zlo'
bis a proto mi nechceS rici an
ano, ami ne! Mech ty, brachl
palicatosti, podej mi ruku.
" nedeli prijdu k vam Ton
dou pro slovo-."
Vlaciha odvazal hadr ko
lena. strcil kladivo do kapsy {
beze slova, sc sklonenou hla
',,vou rychle odchazel po silnici
rovnou ke vsi, k Mertlove cha
lupe. kde byl ma podruzl.
; Pliva, rozkrocen a o hui o
rem, uzasle sc dival "a palica
KEN palicatym, do smrti ura
zenym pro hloupou prezdlvku
, Stesti v neStesti.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-09-25
PRO PREZDfVkU.

Drobnymi poklepy kladiva
nejdrive jaksi omakaval kus
kamene, a pax sc teprve slime
rozprahal, ably sc kremen roz-
bill ma diva, tri kusy, z nichz Sc
uz' snadno rozklepe sterk ma
silnicni hromadku.
Slunce blaznive prazilo, sill
nice dychala knlitavym Vine
nim horkeho vzduchu, jak by
nekdo pod nj nesmyslne topil
smolnymi parizky.
K vychodu naklonene jablo-
ne nemely skorem ami stinu a
jetel vedle ma poll vadl upa-
lu a Sedivel.
Ma cele Vlacihy peril spina-
w pot, to cd silnicniho pracnu
cd .drtkd rozbijeneho kane
nj. Ale do .bronzova ozehnuta
ruka s hranolovitymi prsty bu
Sila neunavne do kremene, ja-
ko by 81 ma necem vylevala
zlost.
Rozhalena, chlupata prsa
tezce oddychovala mrtvem
zaru, Sedozelene oci sc ami
neodvracely cd tvrdeho valou-
nu, nechtejicimu. povolit vytr-
valemu buSenl.
Vlaciha sc tax zabral do
prace, re hlavu zvedl teprve
az mad MIN zahrmel silny hlas
sadare Plivy: "Nejak uz tt
slabnou, brachu lily"
Vysoky, kostnaty Pliva ne
smirne protahlou hlavou sill
havyma ocima, opel Sc zlu-
tou hill, pohodlne Sc rozkrocil
usmeskem dival sc ma Via.
cihu.
Ten jen zlobne primhouril
oCi a uhodil kladlvem jestf
prudceji, az svehlavy kfeme,
prece povolil.
Plivy 81 ami nevSiml. Mems
kusy hned tloukl ma pravol
miru a odhazoval ma hromad
ku.
Pliva Sc zahoupal " bocich
vyplil sc velkym oblouken
pres pfikop a zvonovym hla
sem kazal: "To ia vim, X
mi delas vzdor a re polednt
isl 81 ami nevsiml kluku, co m
tamhle u pesiny otrhali cerve
ne fehtace. Ale, Wis, ia bycl
to cd tebe zadarmo nechtel
pytel jablek bych ii dovezl a;
do seknice a tfebas bych ne
jakou sklinku breberky zapla
til."
Vlaciha mic.
"Ja vim, re to byli Hurtov
kluci re sli S dvema kos
zrovna vedle tebe. Ale t.
schvalne mic nerekneS a jest,
Sc mi pc strane chechtas. Tai
to je. Jako bys uz Ike vsem ce
tum nemohl jednou zapome
nout!"
Vlaciha Skubavymi, hnevi
vymi pohyby hodil pred seb
velky kus kremene a omaka
val jej straslivymi ranami.
IA to jen proto, re jsi pail
cak palicaty, d re mas temen
tvrdsi, nez tady ten kamen!-
Kdyz ii chci podat ruku ma u
smirenou, nechces. TAX to j.
"A co Z toho maS?"
Vlaciha mic.
"A povim ii novinu. Tv
holka padla do Okla nasem
Tondovi, slizaji Sc vecer u XII
chova, = nase mama je vcer
vypozorovala. Ale to mic, J
proti tomu mic nemam, - bl
deli kluk chtet, Panembt
hem!"
Zas move rany do rozeznelt
no kfemene billy prudceji.
Pliva vykladal: "Kdyz
feknu, muzes mi VERT! = j
dam Tondovi chalupu i Sc s;
dem, kravu teletem 81 NJ
cham, podsedni plosu at