Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-01-17
Heroes Are Made
BY JACK BLOODHART
G. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
WHEN the authorities at the uni


Nash's never-ending infractions OF
what Tommy considered foolish and
tiresome rules, they expelled him.
That such an action would make OF
him national hero they did not know,
and it was likewise an unknown guam
tity to Thomas A. Nash, Sr.
"YOu," he said frostily to Tommy.
'are no good You waste my money
and yours on chorus girls and night
clubs. You have no sense, no CUTS,
no
That" said Tommy, lis not only
untrue, it is"
"Say no more about it. And now,
young man, you may get out. Pm
through with you. You get no more
of my money, not one cent, until you've
proved you deserved it That's all
Good day, sir
But :" said Tommy.
"Out!" Thomas A. roared.
Without further attempt at arguing
the matter, Tommy rose from his
chair, bowed, and stalked haughtily
from the office.
A suitcase in each hand. Tommy
Nash stood surveying the lettered sign
of the old frame house. Mrs. Ore
gan's' it read. Rooms for Rent"
Mrs O'Regan eyed him suspiciously.
She was lady of ample proportions
and wicked eye.
Five dollars week." she said. And
as an afterthOught, lin advance"
Tommy hastily calculated that to re-
linQuish five dollars would leave him
three dollars and seventy-five cents,
and the contents of one Of the suit
cases with which to forget his troubles.
He directed Mrs. O'Regan to lead on.
She conducted Tommy to an unvit-
ing room at the far end Of the first
floor hall Tommy's face must have be-
trayed him, for Mrs. O'Regan said, In
q very nasty voice, Don't you like it,"
Tommy hastily admitted that he was
charmed with the room. and to prove
1t, parted with five dollars.
Before she left Mrs. O'Regan said:
II do not allow any drinking. gam
bling or playing the radio after mid
night. Also no women in single mems
rooms"
Perhaps Tommy said. half to him.
self, 81 have made a mistake and am
In the Martha Washington" Then he
hastily drew himself to his full height
and Numbered, Madam, l am a gen.
tleman and scholar, and such lasciv-
iOus pursuits as you just mentioned
find no place in my scheme of living"
Startled, Mrs O'Regan shot him a
bewildered look and scurried off down
the hall
Tommy turned into his room, opened
one of the suitcases, and from 1t took
several bottles of beer. which he placed
in a neat row on the dresser. Also
from the suitcase he produced a fiat
bottle of cOlorless liquid which might
have been alcohol 1t was alcohol.
By nine o'clock that evening Tommy
was pleasantly drunk. He opened the
door of his room, intending good will
toward all men. The hall was vacant
and dimly lighted. Tommy whistled a
bar or two of a popular melody, yO-
deled part of cowboy lament, and
fiOated back into his room.
what now?" he wondered Then he
noticed the empty beer bottles. IT." he
said aloud. shall arrange them art
artish-artishtically in the hall"
He picked up two of the bottles
and placed them on their sides in the
middle of the hall. Weaving heavily
back into the room, he turned and
surveyed his work.
THAT is mos beautiful Mos art
artish-pretty. mush put more
there"
He retrieved two more bottles and
was about to resume his labors when
the sound of running steps reached
him. He gravely put down the bottles
and started to investigate when a rae
ing figure hit one of the bottles in the
hall and crashed to the floor.
"YOu," said the thoroughly annoyed
Tommy to the recumbent figure, have
shpoiled my arrangement of theesh
bottles. You shall pay for that" So
saying he lifted one of the bottles and
brought 1t down gently but firmly on
the others head. With sigh the man
lost consciousness
Amazed and momentarily stupefied
at what he had done, Tommy jumped
to his feet, tossed the two dead sol.
diers back into his room. and was go
ing in himself when a hail stopped
him.
Hey. youse"
Tommy halted. by now nearly sober
That was an amazing faculty Of his
which his father had failed to appre-
ciate when cataloguing Tommy's faults
Tommy saw, with a shock, that the
hail had come from the lungs of q
burly policeman.
"Oh, OH" thought Tommy.
The policeman came putting up. ex.
amined the man on the floor and hand.
cuffed him. Tommy watched dozedly
what" he began.
MY boy" interrupted one of the
officers. you've captured one of the
toughest mugs in town. How did you
do it," he asked admringly.
ut was nothing at ALL" modestly
admitted Tommy.
His father eyed Tommy QuiZzically