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Don't you believe In lover" Larry
asked with all the full seriousness Of
his abounding youth.
Yes"
Doesn't 1t make any difference II
Frances and I really love each other?"
"You are q ball player. You were
born for 1t and know base ball man
when see one"
You're the boss, but I can't see
why you feel this way about q ball
player. You're one yourself. They're
not bad fellows, You know that.
What's the matter with me? I come
from good family. I'm well edu-
Gated and while I don't want TO throw
bouquets at myself, I'm not 30 bad.
I'm young, healthy and have kept my
self clean and decent. What's the
matter with me7"
You're too young to understand.
You'll just have to think it's an old
mans nonsense and let it go at that"
But we love each other" Larry
protested, as If that would settle the
entire problem.
How do you know? Has Frances
told you she loves you?"
mo. But ! know. She ran down
today to speak to me, not because she
was sorry for me. It was because she
wanted me to know she cared"
You'll get over it, both Of you.
You're young"
Pop stood up. IT want you 10 give
me your word as q gentleman that
you viii stop your attentions to
Frances"
you have me at IN unfair advan-
tage. I'm just starting o career and
I can ruin my chances at the start II
you drop me. No one would know the
real reason. They would think 1t was
because was no good"
Those are my terms"
'Ill do this. I promise not to see
Frances as long as am on your team,
except with your permission" He
stood quietly for q moment. "Of
course, you don't mean that I can't
say hello to her II I meet her on the
street or In the club"
That's understood. I mean I
don't want you TO seek her out. I
don't want you to take her to the
theater and the movies, out to dinner
or for rides out in the country as you
have been doing for the past few
weeks"
$50 you knew all along?"
Pop nodded and went out.
A puzzled Larry took his shower,
and Pop went back to his ONCE think
ing about that day so many years ago
the day Frances was born. He
could hear his wife pleading with him
to stay with her. She was having
bad time and he knew it, but he
wouldn't listen. The team needed
him, its need had seemed more i'm
portant than hers and he had gone
to be with the team. The nurse told
him later that all through the terrible
agony his wife had called for him and
he wasn't there. He had been nursing
his first love, his team. He never
knew, could never know, but he had
felt that perhaps II he had been there
he might have given her the strength
and courage to go through with It and
live. he believed that all ball players
were like himself In placing the team
first and he didn't want Frances TO
be second in any mans life.
While Pop and Larry were ponder
ing their problems, Terry was hurry
ing downtown.
AL the papers had made the most
Of the news and when Terry left the
field he bought a copy Of the Star to
see what they had written. He hur-
ried back to the ONCE and wrote an
other story. It certainly had been
his lucky day. Two scoops In one
afternoon and this last item had Sob
STUFF appeal. He laid It on thick,
spread the love interest ell through,
and then wound up with Frances saw
ing the man she loved from arrest.
It was O good story and he made
Doyle q hero trying to shield the
woman he loved from publicity and
the wrath of her father. He felt
pretty satisfied with himself as he
turned II In and went out looking
for food.
(To be continued.)