The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-10-22
Rules Were
Made Only
TO Be Broken.
Thought 10,
Until She
Found Her Own
lie art Cracked

1LEN was grooming Palomino, taking
~ keen delight in the sickness Of the
buff body and the long, taffy-colored
name lie paused to run his fingers
through the name and tweak the mares
ear playfully
Don't let any one hob your hair, Pal"
he said softly Never. never. never
Il won't. replied voice.
He looked into pair of laughing blue
eyes under black derby hat She came
into view to stroke Pals muzzle. and
Glen appraised ael swiftly as q thor
oughbred She was slender and straight
III her perfectly tailored riding habit, her
features small but definitely patrician
Her dark hair was brushed back softly
over pink tipped ears, a braid coiled into
smooth knot on the back OF her head
Are you Nh Stewart. the club man
agef2 she inquired
AT your service Glen answered gal
lantly
I'd ike to rent Il horse This ones
nice. she ADDED
We're not riding Pal yet. She has
new eolt But can TX you up He
glanced at her shiny boots Have you
had instruction? p
Certainly She swirled her crop
in1pndently I'VE worn out three pairs
of boots
Go on ne laughed You're not that
old Hey, Jake he called to the stable
man saddle SundoWn for He
paused
Your nane2e he asked
30 Travis
4 STRANGE expression flashed over
81 Glen's face. and he turned bis atten-
ton back to Palomine
II see you've heard Of me" she said
with little toss Of her head The
wicked other woman IN the Lewis case
Bob Lewis was a friend Of mine, Glen
said coolly
Was
Nv s. And Vera stiIl Is
she got her divorce on Incompatible
ity, ~ reminded him
That was nice Of her 8
Think what you want, she said lcily
My friends know that Bob Lewis made
u tool Of himself "
Glen gave her a feeting glance. then
;ontnu | to brush Pal. i agree" ne
replied
she walked away. her slender body
straighter than ever. and moment later
when Sundown was saddled. she spurned
the mounting block swung quickly into
the saddle and using her spur. left the
stable at a canter.
Hey yelled Glen,
But if she heard, she did not turn IN
the saddle
some people get my goat" Glen told
Pal Some people don't know what
rules are for
Although he should have gone up To
the clubhouse to make arrangements for
the Sunday morning breakfast. he waited
for 10 to return. relishing the idea of
telling her thing or two. She was back
IN an hour looking prettier than ever,
her face flushed her eyes shining. her
hair looSened by the wind,
Before she dismounted. he said coldly.
When you leave the stables. always
walk your horse /"
Check she replied in an equally
frosty voice.
He thought that she would never come
back, in fact, he told himself he sincerely
hoped he would never see her again But
his wishes were wasted She came down
for canter every morning and had
lunch at the clubhouse every noon. And
III the afternoon she was usually to be
found IN the clubrooms surrounded by
an ever increasing crowd OF girls and
men
And, ii gossip had it right, at least
two of the men were in love with her:
Phil, tall and thin, Chuck. short and
stocky The thing that made Glen mad
dest was that they were letting 1t spoil
their polo game Glen was trying hard
to build up a good team. and had done
rether well until his two best players got
to quarreling In practice games. when
they we're on opposite sides, they rode
for blood and every few minutes had to
have fouls called on them.
Chuck actually seemed bent on un-
horsing Phil; and Phil. Glen noticed
was pretty free about swinging his mallet
where 1t might hit Chucks mount.
@Hey. you guysl" yelled Glen one day
this is polo game. not wrestling
match"
After that he was careful to see thai
the rivals always played on the same
side But they did not make very gooe
teammates often trying to steal each
others shots
Glen carefully avoided running ints