The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16
Q SERIAL STORY
AN EYE FOR A GAL
BY HARRY HARRISON KROLL sxs See1ns1F sHs11E ,ssS x
CAST OF CHARACTERS

CAST OF CHARACTERS
ROSSY McAFEE-went to col
ege to play baseball, get an edu-
cation, and settle a feud.
JUDY TOLLIVAR-daughter OF
Lincoln Colleges president.
HANNAH SHRIDER - hillbilly
girl who followed Rosy to college.
YESTERDAY: Rosy signs his
contract, is sure of future as
pitcher. When Judy tells him that
DIR. Tollivar is responsible for
bringing the scout to Lincoln, even
for bringing Rosy to school, he
kisses her, then rushes away. The
next day, Rossy and DR.. Tolllvar
drive to the hills, stop at the ball
diamond. DR.. Tollivar tells Rossy
that he was picked to kill Jay
that he threw the ball
that knocked Jay unconscious.
''But 1 did not kill him. He was
killed by a blow by member OF
your own family"
CHAPTER XII
Rosy McAfee just a t there
gasping and gulping and staring at
DR.. Tollivar. Tollivar looked at him
now, met Rossy's eyes.
81 said that it was not the bean
ball I threw that killed your ia
hter, although it knocked him un-
conscious. 1t was blow on his
head with a bar of iron, just back
of this grandstand, that cracked
his skull and was the actual cause
of death. That was what I said. -
IT heerd ye," Rosy said, hoarse-
ly. But how you know that when
you hulled out? Didn't you turn
tail and run after you seen what
you had done?
DR.. Tollivar opened and shut his
hands. His face was tight with re-
membered shame.
Eyes, I did. To my everlasting
grief ran. plead in defense the
fact that it was all I knew to do
my branch of the Tollivers
were towards, I suppose-in 6
physical sense. We were never
fighters, had no idea ever of being
killers. My father left the noun
tains because of that. He loved
peace, and for myself, I was {
scholar. So my legs moved with 6
fear I couldn't control, and there
would have been no point in my
staying and getting killed, as
surely would have followed if
had not escaped.
$50 left the mountains forever
I went to school, to college.
made name for myself. Always
I had in the back of my head {
hunger to come back and do some
thing big for my people. Educate
them, lift them out of the ruck O.
feuding.
Il knew that soon or late
Lincoln College would need new
president. I fitted myself for tn.
place, and when the opening came
I returned, went to work, ant
poured all my soul into maxim!
that big school. I have laboret
in the north to get funds for schol
arships. Every time a feud bo,
wanted to come to college he al
ways got in.
II never admitted I was Tol
liver. What would have been th'
value of that? 1 kept my moutl
shut, and labored to make avail
able education for worthwhile
people like you - like Hannal
Shrider-or thousand others
That was the way I saved m.
soul after killing your father.
"But Rosy, I did not bean
your father on purpose. 1t was jus
another of those times where on,
does a thing because he is so terri
bly, afraid he willard he thel
can't help it. You were close to i
yesterday when we played South
ern."
'T know"
''Now we have couple O
things to attend to, and afterwar.
I hope we'll have a big squar
dance. I haven't enjoyed a b i
dance for years and years. Let
90 back down to beverages.
*x*
They were back at Judge jesse
in 80 minutes. The room had beel
cleared and chairs placed. 1t wa
not long before men, Tollivers ant
McAfees, were gathering. To Ros
sy's amaZement Hannah Shride
appeared, accompanying Judy Tol
livar. Rossy's mother came OF
horseback.
Steve Hogg came with hi
mother. Constable Sneed brough
them. There was no appearance O
handouts, or the heavy hand o
the law.
Soon the small room was packet
and Judge Jesse was clearing hi
throat getting ready for one OF hi
typical courts that were not offic1
ally courts, but mountain justice
The last to appear was Scout 1k'
Hill, with Coach Hurd. Leverage
pounded the table for order II
court, and said:
'Folks, we are gathered togethe,
to settle something what's bee7
hanging fire for nigh a generation
namely, to-wit, who killed Ross.
McAfee's paw, and h w come
Now, I allus have said to let sleep
ing dogs lie. But this pup want
wakening. DR.. Tollivar, will yo
stand.''
"Yes, sir, Judge" DR.. Tolliva
enid and pot I'm