Evening star., 1936-08-30
Sports Department
Continued from poss thirteen

again, trembling and wild-eyed, but
heedful of the lovely big hand on the
sensitive part Of his neck, and of the
golden if somewhat breathless voice
in his ear.
"You wall-eyed son of a NANCY
mustang!' cooed Arizona in dulcet,
soothing tones, "You no good. muscle
bound. soft-hooved. Indian-herd, cat
meat! Steady now or Ill larrup you
goodr'
what was that you were saying,
Miss?" asked the first of the crowd
of reporters to reach her. Arizona
waved them aside while she turned
the horse over to the groom from the
Academy who finally appeared on the
scene. and saw that the Van Staar girl
was unhurt. Then again the press
surged upon her. but Arizona stalked
off without speaking.
Two days later, after several con-
ferences with his chief, MIR. Rumple-
meyer found himself faced with the
prospect of having to fire Arizona as
soon as she came to work. The thought
of her departure had interfered seri-
ously with Mr.. Rumplemeyer's sleep;
he had eaten little breakfast, and even
left the newspapers unfolded by his
plate. And when Arizona answered
the summons to his Office, she was un-
usually quiet. and her enormous eyes
were lack-luster.
well, Bill" she said Immediately,
Il know ! broke the word gave you
and l guess I'm due to ride on to a
new outfit"
MIR. Rumplemeyer was about to
make some sort of reply, when his
Secretary laid sheaf of newspaper
clippings and a report card in front
of him. and silently withdrew. Mr..
Rumplemeyer picked them up auto
matically. stared, gagged. and wiped
his face with large handkerchief.
For the press clippings made Ar.
zona heroine of no mean calibre, and
under the heading of Inter office Com
munication, was stated the fact that
the Sports Goods Department was
jammed with people brought in by
the inadvertent publicity; that there
had been a noticeable run on riding
habits. A very large order for camp
ing goods had been placed by an
executive of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. who had come in accompanied by
group of youngsters desirous of
showing him 1.-THE flapjack lady"
Hum said Mr.. Rumplemeyer
somewhat dazedly. Hum! Well, Ari-
zona. in spite of the fact that you -
ah - broke your - ah - promise,
the circumstances were so unusual
that we may overlook the fault. How
ever. from now on -"
Il get it," she said. This is the
third and last warning. Next time I'm
fired. Well, you needn't worry. don't
care if l never see the Sports Goods
Department or anyone in it again.
With which she rose abruptly, her
head held high, her eyelids trembling
with the effort to restrain the tears
which lay so close behind them.
This time there was no danger of
Arizona's leaving the Kotton Dress
Department. On all four sides great
racks Of fowered prints formed color
full hedges behind which she found
grateful shelter for her wounded feel
ings The super-smart Miss Van Staar
was hardly likely to intrude into the
realm of house dresses, and as for
Tony.
"The rattlerr' she muttered, max
ing a savage attack on the Misses
sizes. THE scorpion! The big, two
legged Tarantula! Trying to gentle
me with sugar and soft words while
all the time the papers were right
about him and that female tender
footT She paused with swift look
towards the tall windows. beyond