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Evening star., 1937-02-07
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this amazingly easy, pleasant, safe WEIGH
way to reduce.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
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single month. Consider that carefully.
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This sensational reducing method SIM
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Evening star., 1937-04-27
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BY BURTON HAWKINS

~ EVEN carloads of students
journeyed here from Char
lottesville yesterday to wit
ness Maynard Womer, for
mer Southern Conference cham
pion from Virginia, lose to Sam
Bracala at Turner'S Arena last
night Ivan Nedomatsky's first
professional fight probably will be
with Womer, the battle to be staged
at Charlottesville.
Nedomatsky's eyes bulged like 4
couple Of 100-watt bulbs when Pete
Reilly, his newly-acquired pilot,
nonchalantly peeled off a 500 bill
and gave it to Maryland's murder
Gus puncher That century note
grasses a few amateur bouts Ivan
had planned Reilly soon will
take Nedomatsky to New York,
where he will be X-rayed from head
to foot to detect any physical flaws.
Even if kick-back charges against
Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn were
proved, Promoter Joe Turner likes
him - much he says he still will
retain Goldie in his present capac-
ity That, however, would be
impossible, since. Ahearn's license
would be revoked Anyway,
they've made money together and
Joe's happy.
Lou Gevinson may not obtain
spot on the police card because he
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was no such thing. Secondly, his
ready-made ball club was q selfish,
headline-seeking jealous crew. Dis
sension broke out. Cliques formed.
Cronin got hurt. The Sox finished
well down in 1895.
Last year, after Yawkey bought a
few more stars, Boston was picked to
win by a majority Of critics. Instead
Of winning the Sox ran a poor sixth
The well-laid plans Of Yawkey and the
paternal hopes of Grif1 were astray.
Abuse was heaped on undeserved
Cronin.
That's why he looks different this
year. The critics have laid OF the
Red sox in their preseason polls
Boston is rated = second-division club
Weaknesses that weren't apparent At
first now are stressed. The tension has
been taken off Cronin.
Joe II back at short for the
Sox. He isn't dropping to one
knee when he fields ground balls
any more. He looks more like
the guy who was playing short
for the Mats in 1882 and 1888.
His confidence in himself is back, as
attested by his naming OF himself Is
the cleanup hitter. So far this sea-
son nobody has been able to get
him out consistently. The Red Sox
drawback Of 1885 and 1899 is the
Sparkplug Of 1887. His start this
year is reminiscent Of his big year
under Grif1. Everything he's done has
been right.
No, he won't pick the Sox to finish
first, second or third. But, then, he
never did such = thing. In his man
ner, though, is a change. Loose, cocky,
he looks forward to 1887. He definitely
reminds you Of the fellow of four
years ago.
Evening star., 1937-04-27

wants $1,000 and won't get = nickel
over half that much Nice = fel-
low as he is. Lou seems to have ac-
quired false sense OF values for a
guy who hasn't been out of amateur
ranks long The local feather
weight lost to the ringworn Johnny
Pena in his last start, you remem-
ber.
Certain out-of-town fight con-
nivers keep clear Of this sector
because they're not exactly jubilant
over the superintendent OF police
being at the helm of the District
Boxing Commission, whose ONCE at
police headquarters are so con-
venient 0oldie Ahearn may
meet the boat returning Max Baer
to these shores Pat O'Connor,
the timekeeper at fights here, has q
worthy collection OF decaying fight
pictures hanging in his oflce.
II there's any way of stopping
Charley Keller, former Maryland
outfielder. International League
pitchers havent's discovered it yet
:. Charley whacked two for three,
including double, yesterday as the
Newark Bears won their nth con-
secutive game Eden Auker
never had seen major league base
ball game prior to reporting to the
Detroit Tigers in 1898.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
$50 WOMEN PLAY
IN TROPHY EVENT
Keefer Competition, Two
Day Test, Opens Tomorrow
at Chevy Chase.
NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY

~ NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
4 feminine golfers viii start
play tomorrow over the Chevy
~ Chase course in quest Of the
Mrs. Frank r. Keefer Trophy, donated
by former president Of the District
Women's Golf Association. One round
At medal play handicap will be played
tomorrow, with the final round Thurs
day. Pairings for the tourney follow:
First Tee.
ssoRMEs Hsovsr x E a,ls; e. 5o.:,h e. Mr. :
seoIS' Mt;: u MAJ MAJ; {ccl?. MT; NE. 5
Mrs: A; D. McEntee (Kenwood); s:45. Mrs;
k.5 Lensausst M1. R:no s5 MIS- 3 s1e Hut Mun
Bishop Hi i' le MIS- Mrs JACK Scott 'yi !ksn. s.
Mrs. Oscar Oscar, Co9Iicsn (Ci c2i s;55; Mrs:
eft!y Msfstl & Fl.z "a ME- M.nSl %t'eF Stokes
Mrs M. ,s.,s Gene LaEkin tWoodnmont) Mrs Ber-
PuIos MS s. R Z ati a.l.ns cab 81: Mihs siS M1s s
e .ts afs Rhynf Mrs c0R NJ h1s Hmct cd de5t' MIS-
Merrill Lord 1colD. Mrs. b, R. Hutchin-
son lManorl: 9;2o Mrs. Ralph W, Payne
Frank Heisn tManor; S:a5, Mrs. j. +.
Powell (Manor. Mrs T. N. Beavers
M:nHF Ellen e Ps5s's ro4.nes ssa
=; ss5. MIS-. Frank @ Aoyer y "k.aaen keetsp e. e
Rose .Cons). Mrs. David Weir Gong,
Detx.i.rs a;aS; Ms L dd3x Patt &C. g. Miss Helen
MIS-, 1MdFs., v. r Woodward a. ~. Mrs. Char,
smens safis 5 Msnor sisTa "a Ms so ss5 NM MS M.n
,obo 1oVM1s W p.,a, H n, n Brundsss (Goll; MIS-:
Mrs; R E. zuber lB. b 1910. MRS. R., E,
5Ryas kMsps Mps M9ads No. bd@,s De la Mater
Meier tKent; 1o'ao' e MIS- e"2i Gilbert s' Hahn an
cnov {Ken ts 1Sgs M0sIr Mrs p Medley ass
MANI. Mrs. H. A. Men Manor.
y: +; Henderson (B, ~; s:a5; MS Bert
d.HDs s Mss Bise Mrs. Mrxh. Frank m So ssn9sr s9s
snIIivI, MTs L = :. HarTs II, wood @ MS. W. =:
$50, MIS-. H [. simcoe Man Mrs. rs j, c. c.
Roney wash, Mrs; G, Rhodes MAN.
Platt MAN Mrs G. E, Push (ManJ "
tcon1 q Mrs E0le .e0HS Wti. Me- 'co5x 55 Pspn
Howell Powell tConeJ Mrs. R, A. Weaver
NJ Mrs. George Rice "a. NJ. Mrs. J. Il.
Garter a ny: 9:l5. Mrs. a, B. jerks
"a. NJ. Mrs. J, 8. Lowe "a. NJ. Mrs L.
Worrell wash; $50. Mrs. j. F. Freer
wash Mrs r A, Lacey tcolD, Mrs.
sin wood Mrs. Milton Gladstein
Wood; }. Mrs. l. B. Sharp ken; 9:30,
Mrs. c. Wilkinson Cong Mrs c. E.
slawson Gong. Mrs. Dan Moorma n
,Cons :; 9:35 Mrs. c. H. Merrlot Wash: ).
Mrs. Parker West &C c.. Mrs. W F.
Draper lWashD: 9;40, Mrs. Jasper Dubose
&C. G.. Mrs; H Titmsn &c; c.; 9:45, Mrs.
c. MCGOWAN tB d.. Mrs. Frank
Kramer (B. d. Mrs Albert Haas CB D.:
80 MIS-; Doris Kerr oB. ;, Mrs. Charles
9;55. Mrs. Albin Pearson B. d.. Mrs D.
" Smith CB. d.. Mrs. George Luce
10-Mrs J. H. Bullock IL 81. Mrs.
Walter r Vogel 4: s MEs, r. n. Trezise
Mary M,nnix COLI: 1910 Mrs. w. z
Hall (Coll. Mrs. j. P. Harper tCol).
Evening star., 1937-04-27
COHEN AGAIN HEADS
COLUMBIAN LEAGUE
Reductions in Franchise Fees for
Peewee, Insect, Midget Mines
Are Made.

RY A unanimous vote, Joe Cohen,
youthful executive and sports
editor Of the Washington Jewish Re-
view, has been elected to his fifth
consecutive term as president Of the
Columbian Athletic Base Ball League.
Cohen's first act in his new term
was to receive adoption of his resolution
calling for drastic franchise reductions
for ali peewee, insect and midget clubs
Also. umpires this year will be paid
by the league, not by team managers.
If the associations treasury permits,
Cohen also proposes having the win
ming teams Of each class play exhibi-
ton games at Griffith Stadium and
Oriole Park in Baltimore. Additional
prizes this year will be awarded to
managers Of high-scoring teams and
to the individual champions In batting
flelding and pitching.
All games will be played on the
Monument Lots, the insects and pee
wees playing on Wednesdays and the
midgets on Sundays. Entries are
being taken at league headquarters,
6l0 Irving street northwest. apart
ment l..
Evening star., 1937-04-27

championship. Helen and the long
hitting Babe will be back In Wash
ington around May % and will be
joined here by Maureen Orcutt Crews,
runner up for the 1885 women's cham
pionship.
The Southern women's title tourney
may come almost to Washingtons
doorstep next year, for overtures are
being made to the Country Club Of
Virginia to stage the 1888 tourney
over the James River course. In 1881
the tournament was held at Princess
Anne, Virginia Beach, which to date
Is Its closest to the National Capital.
The DettweiIer girl does not
plan to play in the District and
Maryland championships this
year.
She has made plans to 90 West
in June to compete in two affairs
around Chicago and Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
NODAK STATE FILLS
COLONIAL GRID LIST
'Bama, Tulsa, Ole Miss, Arkansas
Among Nine Scheduled-Seven
tn Re PLAYED Here
to Be Pla,

A HOMECOMING game with North
= Dakota State at Grifith Stadium
on Saturday, November 13, completes
a schedule Of nine contests arranged
for the foot ball team of George
Washington University next Fall. The
tilt with the Bisons Is a last-minute
addition to slate that promises rich
gridiron entertainment for Washing
tons followers Of the great college
sport
Other big games scheduled are with
Alabama, Tulsa, Arkansas and Missis-
sippi OF these, the Tulsa and
Mississippi games will be played here
on Friday nights. Alabama will be
met in q week end afternoon tilt.
In all. the Colonials will have seven
games at home. their last two being
scheduled for foreign fields.
The schedule:
October l, wake Forest: 8, West
Virginia Wesleyan; IS, 'Quantico Ma
rines; %, Alabama; 20, Tulsa; No
vember 5. mississippi; IS, North Da-
kota State; 20, Arkansas, at Little
Rock, Ark; IS. West Virginia, at Nor
gantown, w. Va.
might.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
LEAGUE DELAYS START
Sports Center Government Loop
to Wait Until Tomorrow.

Due to puddles on the playing field,
the opening game Of the Sports Center
Government League, In which Federal
Alcohol will clash with Accounts and
Deposits, has been postponed until
tomorrow at o'clock on the East
Ellipse diamond
The same ceremonies will hold over,
with the st. Johns Band providing
music for the occasion and E. F. Bart
lett, commissioner OF accounts and
deposits, hoisting the penant won by
his representative club last year
Should rain interfere tomorrow, the
game will be played next week.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
Stars Yesterday
Dy the Associated Press,


Tony Cuccinello, Bees-F1it two
doubles and 4 single, drove In two
runs and scored twice Is Boston
tripped Dodgers, 8 to S.
John (Footsie) MArcum, Red
Sox-Gave Washington 10 hits, but
bore down In pinches to win, IL
to 5.
Johnny Broaca, Tony LAxseri,
Frank Crosetti, Lou Gehrig and
Red Rolfe, Yankees-Broaca held
AS to six hits as Yanks won,
I'll; Lazzeri and Gehrig led bat
ting attack with three hits each;
Lazzeri, Crosetti, Gehrig and Rolfe
executed seasons first triple play.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
Derby Candidates
On Turf Yesterday
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Old Nassau (Hal Price Headley)
Scored upset victory in mile and
one-sixteenth race at Keeneland,
beating three other eligibles.
Grey Gold Edward w. Duffy
Finished third behind old Mas
sau and Navarro, non-eligible, At
Keeneland.
Albubble CA. c. ErnsD and
Candlelight &C. L. CroAn)-Un-
placed and outrun in same race.
Clodion (Walter A. Carter)-
Third in 6-furlong Polydor Handi-
cap at Jamaica, won by veteran
Only One.
Maecloud Dewitt Pags)-Aso
ran in Polydor Handicap.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TO-DAY.
Base Ball.

DASS D3H-
Washington at Boston, e.
Georgetown VS.. Washington Col
lege, Hilltop, 8.
Central VS.. Eastern, Eastern
Stadium public high title series),
$50.
Westinghouse High VS. Mount
Rainier High, Mount Rainier, Md,
$50.
Tennis.
Randolph Macon VS.. American
University, Nebraska and Massa-
chusetts avenues, $50.
Georgetown Prep VS.. st. Albans.
st. Adams, 3.
TOMORROW.
Base Ball.
New York VS.. Washington, Grit
fifth Stadium, 315.
Maryland VS.. Navy. Annapolis,
Md.
Georgetown Frosh vs. Maryland
Frosh, College Park, 4.
Dewitt Prep vs.. Washingtol-Lee
High, Ballston, $3.50.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
SanicO Teams Shine.


THREE sanico League teams took
the first three places in class F
when Pggly Wiggly gained the lead
with ISIS and Airway Coffee and
Sanico Flour trailed with 1,456 and
1892, respectively
Bill Turner's 399 paved the way
FOR Bright Star Liquor rollers to take
third place in class B teams. Vet
Grams Administration is holding
fourth place in class C with 1899,
~ Buck Shares 371 proved the top
wallop
Purchase bowlers. perennial money
winners, totaled 1885 for third place
In Glass D teams. Sanico Cakes may
get in the Glass E pay-of1 with its
1856 total.
Tonight has been designated as
Northeast Temple Major and Minor
Leagues and Commercial League night,
and it's safe bet leader or two will
forge to the front from this array OF
strong aggregations.
The doubles team of Carl and
Daudt of Takoma. originally placed
In Class B were shifted to Glass C.
and their 724 score may get them
more dough in the lower class. AT
aeast they are in third place at present
. much higher spot than their count
was worth in Glass B.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
UbPR0S SPURN
TUSSLE IN SPRING
Will Be Busy at Posts at
.Time-Tourney Regarded
Too Close to Open.
BY w. r, McCALLIIM

D1 ". n. MCCALLUM.
~ Emmy SHUTE, the Profess
AonAl Golfers Association
champion, will keep his
- title only six months-the
shortest title tenure OF any P. @. A.
title holder-unless he wins again at
the Pittsburgh Field Club next month.
But where Denny, who won the crown
at Ptnehurst last November, may have
. legitimate kick In having only six
months to cash in on his Champion
ship instead Of II, a good many OF
the pros have decided not to play In
the tournament because OF the early
date.
Bobby Cruickshank, crack Rich
mond pro- Fred Mcleod, Ralph Beach
and probably Witty Cox are few of
the mentors in this area who will
pass up the P. G. A. this year, because
1t comes smack in the middle of the
busiest season and will cost them time
and money if they qualify and COM
pete.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
Much Good Rolling.

A 37S gave Charley Ward of the
Navy Yard loop fourth place in
Glass D singles, while Charley Roller,
winner Of the Bill Wood Sweepstakes,
shot 373 for fourth place in Glass c..
Larson Swain, another National Union
representative, took second place in
Glass E singles with 331 and then
climaxed the night paired with Earl
Dodge to take the Glass E doubles
leadership with 667.
The third new leader for the night
came in Glass c doubles when j. G.
Holman and J. Walton of the War
Department totaled 1888, with the for
mer shooting top set of 374 A Gar
diner and Wallace Donaldson Of the
Odd Fellows are holding seventh place
rs a result of their 500 count.
j. Donahue's $40 carried him and
his Terminal Y. partner to second
place in class E doubles with 699.
B. Turner and r. La Billie are fifth
with 685. Third place in class F.
doubles was gained by G. King and
B. Hendricks of the Sanico League
with 596.
Mel Tallant and Billy La Billie.
sanico top top-notchers. are fourth in
class B doubles with 7l9, with Ode
Brown and Charley Evans taking
NTH with 7l6.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
SWEENEY HURLs VICTORY.

With James Sweeney hurting cred
itably. the Holy Comforter A. c. de-
feated the White Sox A. c., 6-5, yes
terday in q sandlot base ball game.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
Won't Hurt Trouping Pros.

IT DOESN'T affect the trouping pros
who do not have club jobs, but
club members generally don't care
lot about their pro traipsing over the
land playing in extended golf Journeys
during the height of the Spring rush.
The Fall of the year is traditionally
the time for the P. G. A, and 1t has
been played when its imortance
wasn't dwarfed by the proximity Of
the national open, as it will be this
year, with the open to be staged only
two weeks after the close of the pro
match play affair
Sectional rounds for the P. q. A.
tourney will be played Thursday at
Indian Spring over the 36-hole route.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
Can't Afford to Quit Clubs.

LIKE the +. u. A. tournament.
says Cruickshank. TT is a good
test Of golf, with a combination Of
both match and medal play, and with
good dough for the winners, but it
comes just at my busiest time Of year.
don't how I could take eight or nine
days of in May to play in even such
big tournament as the P. G. A.
championship. Time means money in
the Spring Of the year to every pro.
and think you'll find a good many
of the boys who have club jobs Will
pass up the Pittsburgh tournament
this year"
Beach, one Of the topnotchers of
this area, feels the same way about
1t, and Cox, Kenwood iron master,
has about decided to pass up the
P. G. A. and concentrate on the ma
tional open, for which he will be
automatically eligible this year.
When you consider that any pro
who qualities both for the open and
the amateur must take at least two
weeks from business in the middle
OF his busiest teaching season 1t does
seem as If the P. G. A. pulled a boner
IN setting the P. G. A. dates for May.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
TINE flrst golf tourney Of the seA-
son for members Of the Chevy
ChASe Club will start "A aOon

TINE frst golf tourney Of the sea-
son for members Of the Chevy
Chase Club will start Is soon
Il Is Old Jupe Pluvius lets up
with his Spring program Of dousing
local golf courses. He's done such .
good Job OF 1t over the last few days
that the f1rst round in the French
High Commission Cup tourney may
not be played for day or two. But
whenever 1t starts that tourney will
be the opening event Of the year At
the big club near Chevy Chase Circle.
The club golfers have been quail
flying for the tourney for the past two
weeks and pairings have been made Is
follows: Dr.. w. B. Mason Q4D W.
T. T. Ansberry Q0); DR.. T. M. Foley
10 VS.. Col. E. A. Hickman; Page
Hufty CD drew a bye; o. B. Hardison
QO vs.. c. B. McVay N8); Franklin
L. Fisher (s) drew . bye; J. H. Htne-
mon Q3) drew bye; Reeve Lewis, jr.
s. vs.. Gen. c. G. Treat I3; J. K.
McCammon, Sd QD drew q bye.
Other byes were drawn by the follow
ing: c. A. Fuller 90. ]. P. Nolan Q0),
r. P. Dunn Q2), D. D. L. McGrew
Q6), F. w. Coleman US). P. 8. Rids-
dale Q0). r. D. Daniels lo). Dwight
F. Davis Q0).
Evening star., 1937-04-27
b|RM|NGHAM'S 416
GAME NETS LIZA
Latter Is AI|-Events Mark.
Busy Tournament Night
Sees Many Feats.

YHILE youngster, Alfred N.
M Birmingham, was being ex-
wv tolled today by his navy
yard fellow workers for his
record-smashing rolling in the Wash
ington City Duckpin Association
championships at Lucky Strike, tour
nament officials still were a bit groggy
from handling the biggest night of
bowling ever witnessed in a Spring
classic
After the last ball had whizzed down
the alley last night a check-up by
Secretary Arville Ebersole revealed
that 38 teams, so doubles and 81 sim
giles had shattered all tournament
marks.
Birmingham, a member of the Ap-
prentice team of the mammoth 40
club Columbia Lodge, No. 174, I. A. M.
League, blazed singles set of 4le and
An an-events count of l,l24.
Sets Fast Pace.
RUOYED by 375 set he had shot
with his team last Friday night,
the 1O4-average navy yard unknown
bewildered even himself last night as
he reeled off games of lit, l43 and
l56 for his exceptional singles set. A
new nine-game mark was his when he
totaled 333 in doubles
The old record of 800, hung up last
year at Arcadia by Dick Clouser, was
topped twice when Walter Robinson,
Peoples Drug Store roller of the Com
mercial League. moved the NAPLES for
1894, which ordinarily would have been
An unbeatable class D count. His
games were 1T, 1879 and 138
w. A. Dorsey of the National Union
League, rolling to sixth place in Glass
c singles, distinguished himself with
the highest game rolled in the tour
nament-l72, and but for one pin
failing to lose its equilibrium could
have been $50 richer today instead of
IS. With a triple-header chalked
up, Dorsey cut loose with 4 heave
that looked like perfect hit in his
next frame, but No. pin wobbled
and then decided to stand up He cut
1t down for a spare and then struck
on his next ball. The feat of five
strikes in a row has yet to be made in
tournament rolling. Four in a row is
. rarity.
Evening star., 1937-04-27

p AIN has not only washed out the
qualification round of the East
Potomac Park Spring tournament, but
also has inundated the golf courses in
that park and Anacostia Park. Just
when the Potomac Park tourney will
be played hasn't yet been settled, but
in addition rain also washed out the
second-team matches slated at Indian
Spring today.
And now the pros are hoping
they can play in the p. G. A.
sectional rounds in Indian
Spring Thursday, which Is
Evening star., 1937-04-27
Glass Pin Records Shattered p c. A. Cuts Entry List
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By Walter McC CoIIum

likely, since the oourse dries
fairly fast and . day Of sun
and wind will bring 1t back.
However, 1t will be plenty long at
the time the boys tee OF day after
tomorrow.
HELEN DETTWE1LER, Congress
sional girl golfer, was to leave
Warrington today for the South,
where she will visit relatives and join
Babe Didrikson, her companion on
previous golfng trips, in Texas to
play several rounds before the two
girls 60 to Atlanta, where Helen plans
to compete in the Southern women's
Evening star., 1937-04-27

w YHILE q youngster, Alfred N.
~ Birmingham, was being ex-
w tolled today by his navy
yard fellow workers for his
Evening star., 1937-04-27

All rtrsts. Two complete
floors Of the most DIVERSE
fied stocks ever assembled.
Evening star., 1937-02-05

ed blindly to the window. Her should
ers sagged.
Bonnie read the label on the bot
tie and when she looked up, the hard
ness was gone from her eyes, leaving
them soft and womanly. Potassium
cyanide isn't a very healthy drink,
Cissy." she said gently, smiling at her
roommate of year.
well, if not now, I'll kill myself
later" snapped Cecilia. turning furi-
ously. when you're not here"
Bonnie ignored her outburst. hold
ing UP the poison. Where did you
get this?" she asked.
Cecilia shrugged her slim shoulders.
"In a chemists shop" she replied,
"I told the clerk that wanted to put
o poor dog out of its misery. And
do"
"GIT down. Bonnie urged. Lets
talk this over" Cecilia did as
she was directed, because Bonnie S
hands compelled obedience. Nov"
she resumed, "why?"
Pent-up tears of despair and frus-
tration suddenly broke the damgates.
Bonnie waited patiently until Cecilia
was weeping quietly.
Why" she asked again.
Her question changed the quiet
weeping into gasping sobs. 81 see" ."
she said refectively. Johnny, back
home in Colorado. You think you're
Q failure now, and couldn't face him"
She lit cigarette. glancing at the
letters beside her.
I'm sorry now that brought you
k1 here, kid" she said quietly.
Cecilia jerked upright, hurt, and
bit her lip.
YES" Bonnie confirmed her state
ment. I'm sorry. All this Is my
fault. II I hadn't taken you in. you
wouldn't have seen so many ugly,
rotten things. You might have gone
home. But what could I do?" she
asked herself. rather than the girl.
Were from the same town; neigh
bors. You were out of a job; you
looked like lost kitten-"
People shoot horses to put them
out of their misery, don't they?"
Cecilia challenged.
Yes" Bonnie admitted, people
do shoot horses. But you're not a
horse. You're a pretty girl. and my
friend. Oh. Cissy." she exploded,
you're not gutter! None of your