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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

Interesting Town

NO, Gary Haycock was not crazy. over a vat of maple syrup in the pro- cess of being boiled, upsetting the con- tents. Two enraged syrupers bellowed at him and were close on his heels when the town constable and his vo- lunteer posse burst into the clearing.

He was merely-shall we say nuts! He had queer ideas about doing things to amuse himself. For exam ple, one day this summer he was stop ping at an inn in a very small town in New England for no better reason than that he liked inns. in small towns. Usually, if you were curious enough and bold enough you could find inter- esting things.

..

Gary found one in an old book. The book was a history of the small town, and on page 12 he found where, back in the late 70's, a law has been incor- porated into the town code whereby it was unlawful to kiss your wife or any other woman on Sunday. Gary was a bug on these archaic laws. He decid- ed to put this one to the test. He knew just the girl he would kiss. She was a red-head with blue eyes and a lovely mouth: She apparently, was also stay- ing at the inn, but she must have come there for the quiet atmosphere, for all Gary's attempts to strike up an ac- quaintance hadn't been successful.

\Gary found the redhead-on the wide,

Gary puffed up a hill, nearly exhaust- ed, and sat down to rest. For the time being he seemed to have thrown off the bloodhounds. Then he heard them again, heard a shrill voice shout lusti ly that the quarry had been sighted. A pebble from a slingshot zinged by his head. Gary got up and ran.

Descending the hill he found a log- ging road winding along its base.. He turned right and moved at a dog trot. He hoped the pursuers would turn left. Things were getting a little too hot. He grinned to himself. You sure found interesting things in small New England towns if you were curious enough.

Far, far behind he heard the shouts of the posse. He increased his pace. Presently the logging road gave way to a graveled country lane. He turned right again, slowing to a walk. Sounds of an automobile came from up ahead

By Karl Grayson

tree-shaded veranda reading a book. Gary stepped off the road and conceal- Without preamble be approached and ed himself behind some brush. said, "Miss Bowland, I am going to ask your help in a very serious matter. Perhaps you don't know it, but I am a nut on archaic laws."--

"I didn't know you confined it to ar- chait laws," said Miss Bowland.

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The automobile approached slowly. It was a roadster with a single occu- pant. The occupant was a girl. Misa Bowland. She kept looking from right- to left. When she came abreast of where Gary was hiding she stopped the roadster.

them," said Gary, "You have a law in this town ~prohabiting men from "Come out of there," she said. "Your kiesing women on Sunday. Now I am tracks are plain as day in the mud going to kiss you and then I am going caused by last night's rain." to hunt up the town constable, and Gary emerged, looking sheepish, but demand: to be arrested. Naturally grinning cheerfully. "Hello," he said. he'll want to know the charges, and I "You get the reward. I'm tired of run- can imagine his expression when I ning. Rush me to the lockup so there. tell him.

won't be a lynching.”

And forthwith Gary kissed Miss

: Bowland smack on the mouth, and liked it. Miss Bowland obviously did not. She rose from her chair and smacked Gary in return, also on the mouth, but with her open hand.

"You will not have to hunt up the

"Get in-hore." Gary got in. Miss Bowland was very serious. Instead of turning around, she continued along the gravel road. After a mile they came to a concrete highway. She turn- ed left: and headed away from town. Presently they came to a railroad

7 town constable," she said. "Here he junction. "Get out," Miss Bowland comes. now.. He is my father. Father," said. "There's a train in half an hour. she called, "help! ! "

I'll ship your luggage." This was a turn that Gary did not "But look here," Gary expostulated.

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s expect. He took one glance at the "I mean, can't we talk this over?" He er approaching constable and decided that was eager.

ye arm of ye law might consider the No, said the girl, "we can't. I'm charges were adequate, and actually clamp on the bracelets.

letting you go because we've enough nuts back in town. Another in the jug would give the place a bad name. Be- sides,' she added, and for the first time, she smiled, to-day is Saturday, not Sunday."

Newspapers.)

Forthwith Gary cast one grieved look at Miss Bowland vaulted the wide, tree-shaded veranda railing, and sprint ed for a nearby patch of woods Be- hind him the town constable yelled, (Copyright, 1988, by The Associated "Stop that man! Stop him, I say!”

Two golfers looked up from their game, saw a running man and a pur suing officer and decided it was their duty to join the chase.

4) Catching his second wind, Gary: put on speed across the field, and disco- vered he was: treading on some young strawberry plants. Almost at once he heard thosenraged “shout of a farmer, and realised/thats one more had been added to theilist, of«pursuers.

AUSTRALIA CONTENT

London, To-day.

In news agency indganges from Canberra, the Commonwealth Pre- mier, Mr. Joseph Lyons, is reported * as declaring in a statement to the Bome, boys, playing baseball in Australian press that Australia nearby" pasture Heard the shouting and "decided "here" was sport far more ex had complete confidence in the |viting=than: the national pastime, Besteps and methods employed by (sides, they were all equipped with the British Government to secure a alingahot

Gary plunged into some woods, burst peaceful settlement of the Czech

clump of evergreens and fell crisis.-British Wireless.

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