The times-news., 1938-12-16
= SERIAL STORY
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BY ADELAIDE HUMPHREYS

she wanted to hear his name. She
wanted to hear someone say it.
Young Reynolds" the nurse
said. You know the ski cham
pion. 1t seems he was right be-
hind you. He managed, by some
spectacular, leap or turn,t9to save
YOU from being whirled into 4
fence. And them though he was
badly hurt himself :" q.
Dan hurt" Sally tried to SIT
up, her eyes wide open now. Inc
nurses strong hands gently held
her back.
Not too badly" she reassured
her. "One leg banged up q
bit :"
How bad? You must tell me,
please" Dan hurt, Dan who hao
hoped to make the Olympics, VINO
was such beautiful, swift thing
on his smooth long skis. Hurt be-
cause of her foolishness, her head
strong vanity.
at looks like it may be a frac-
ture," the nurse admitted. She
did not divulge information about
natients as a rule. But the fever
ish intensity Of the girls bright
ewes, the agonized pleading IN
them proved the exception. I'm
afraid he wont walk-or skin
some time. But the miracle Is
how-with that leg-he managed
to half carry, half drag you on
down the mountain, get you on
the rescue toboggan, and bring
YOU here. That young man should
haze a medal for bravery
And Sally had called him
coward! She had told him he was
afraid of the real things OF llte'
that, he would run away at the
foot of the mountain.
She buried her head in the pii-
low. She could not bear to fcae
what she had done. 1t would be
a long time, the nurse said, be-
fore Dan could ski. Maybe ne
never could ski again. Maybe she
who loved him with all
her heart, with every painful
breath-had done this to him.
Her father got there late that
afternoon. His relief when he
found his beloved daughter, whom
he managed to spoil as outrage
ously as everyone else, was not
seriously hurt was almost beyond
bounds. >.
"Well, wellp he said in his big
booming voice that matched the
rest of him, for Sam Blair was a
big man in more ways than one
"you. came off lucky as usuat,
honey. Just few scratches, Ell!
Pretty badly shaken up You
must stay quiet q few days
though, the doctor says. Then III
bundle you off home - and no
more of this soaring YOUR old
Dad halt out of his, senses" e.
Daddy, there's something
you'll have to do for me-, Sally
said. She reached out for his
hand, wanting to hold it. She
must make him see this as she
did. e.,
II expect you have only to;
name it." Her father smiled on
her fondly.
Sally. was not sure whether
what she wanted was in his power
or not. For Sally was learning
the bitter lesson that. there are
some things that, even love cannot
meet. ,..It's about Dan Reynolts,"
she explained. "The boy who
brought me here" She repeated
what the nurse. had told her: We
must do something for him,
Daddy" -. ,.,..-.-.... -
"of course we'll do something
for lad like that" her father
said. "We'u see to his doctor
bills, all his expenses. He must
have the best of everything"
Nothing was too good for a young
man who had done what this lad
had done for his girl. -.
al don't mean just that" Sally
said. 1t was difficult to- explain,
She did not know what they could
do for Dan, she who had taken
away the one thing he loved, her
father from his deep debt OF
gratitude. "We must find some