Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-11

IN the minor IedS ueS IpI llAS0h
years. he had become Injured to
verbal abuse.
Fury possessed Bill jerks at
the sight of Kanaly strolling lei
surely from him. In his right hand
he still elutehed the ball that Fer
ris had thrown. Above the tu-
mutt his voice could be heard:
What d'ya call this one!" His
right arm, a long, powerfully
muscled arm, drew back and the
ball shot straight at Kanaly. The
umpire. with an agility surpris-
ing in one of rather ponderous
frame. stepped aside most oppor-
tunely.
Kanaly, now aroused, started
for jerks. jerks started for Ka-
naly. Players leaped forward.
Four members of the Rockton
police force appeared. Ten min
utes afterward Kanaly once more
called play BALI but Ferris
was not on the mound nor was
jerks behind the plate.
A shower bath helped to lower
the blood pressure of jerks. He
really shouldn't have thrown the
ball. He wondered what his PEN
atty would be. A fine, anyway,
and possibly, very possibly, sus-
pension. He wouldn't mind for
himself, but there was Rosie.
Rosie had been Mrs. jerks for
two months only.
Near the end of the game,
which was ending disastrously for
Rockton. Bill peered in the. direc-
ton of the box directly behind
home plate. 1t was box occu-
pied regularly by Al Costello's
wife and Rosie. Rosie wasn't
there. In vain he looked for the
saucy red hat that he himself
had selected.
"A /HEN he approached his
wv room at the hotel an hour
later it was with a jovial banter
ing air.
Where's my Rosie O'Grady?"
he sang fulsomely as he opened
the door.
There was no reply as to the
whereabouts of Rosie O'Grady,
but Rosie jerks, seated in chair
by the window, glanced coldly at
her husband before preferring the
view outdoors again. She could,
with all propriety, be called Little
Mrs. jerks, for she was short and
slight, with a small oval face,
curly brown bobbed hair and
large brown eyes. She had been
crying and her lips were firmly
pulled together. Two small hands
tugged at a handkerchief.
In one hand Bill held the re-
suits of a visit to the florist.
These he lightly tossed to Rosie
with a gay, Fresh from the gar
dem"
I'm not the kind you can say
it with flowers to" said Rosie.
returning the relay. They landed
on the bed and Bill let them stay
there.
What d'ya mean" he de-
manded.
You know very well what |
meanw Rosies voice vibrated
with wrath. II never was SO
ashamed in my life, sitting right
out in plain sight with Mrs. Cos
tello and having you act up like
a wild man, swearing something
terrible and throwing the ball
right at poor Mr.. Kanaly."
Poor Mr.. Kanalyip Bills hair,
which mad been arranged IN a
neat, orderly fashion by water
and brushes. reared and raised
its individual spears. That cross
eyed :. -
"At least he behaved like a
gentleman" retorted Rosie
haughtily, "and that's something
you can't do. Mrs. Costello was
shocked as she could be. and all
the people hooted and booed. l
never was so ashamed in all my
ifem A catch, suspiciously like a
sob. came in her voice.
"A lot I care what that frau
Of Costello's thinks, and not such
whale of a lot do | care what
those crazy fans think, either"
That's just it. You don't care,"
Amt I the highest paid
atcher in the Mid-Eastern ?"
Not with all your fines taken
out" returned Rosie tersely.
Three you've had already and
It's only May and this one, I'm
telling you, is going to be more
than a fine, too" The brown
bobbed head nodded vigorously.
yeah. You're telling me" Bill
laughed unpleasantly, and strobe
to the opposite window.
And I'm telling you something
else, William jerks. I'm never
going to see you play again! Even
if you don't swear at anybody,
you're jumping and shouting
around all the time. I'm tired of
it. I'm never going to see you
play again.
Best news I've heard since
suspenders came back" Bill COM
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