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MUTT AND JEFF

COACH, I'M REALLY SOME. GUY! PUT ME'IN THE GAME AND IF I DON'T MAKE AT LEAST ONS TOUCHDOWN

YOU CAN

· "THROŬ ME

OUT ON MY

EAR!

OK. I'LL TRY ANYTHING ONCE! —BUT REMEMBER, YOU GOTTA MAKE

A TOUCHDOWN!

HEREFT GOES!

HE'S

RUNNING THE WRONG WAY!!

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HEY, YOU BIG CHUMP!

YOU MADE A TOUCHDOWN

FOR THE OTHER SIDE!

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 30, 1988.

NEVERTHELESS,

COACH, I MADE

A TOUCHDOWN!

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Tortured By A Fad

THE thermometer outside the main but Noah didn't. He sat down so aud- living room of the lodge register- denly and so hard that he figured ho ed at 18 below zero, Noah shivered. must have fractured his spinal column No one saw him shiver. He took care.' Ten minutes later Noah crawled in- that they didn't. If any one of the to the shelter of a growth of ever- group of merry winter sportsters had greens. He was wet. He was miser- seen him shiver. they would have put able. He was mad. Without giving him down for a cream puff. Nothing a thought for the consequences, he'ga- could be worse. He would be ridiculed thered broken branches, built a fre all over the place.

and huddled over it. Slowly his Skiing was the thing to do, and you blood began to course through his had to pretend you loved it, even if veins again, and he could hear the you were particularly, sensitive to cold, tinkle of ice as the corpuscles melted. and hated the idea of getting snow Curse fads! he thought. Curse any- down your neck, and the small of damp one who lacked the courage to admit woollens drying before a fire repelled that this sort of thing was definitely you. You had to grin and bear it if lousy fun. Curse

you wanted to be in the swim, and "Oh!" said a timid voice: Noah most certainly wanted to be in Noah looked up. It was the girl in. the swim, even if the swim were no- navy. She was standing on the edge thing short of an ice bath.

of the little clearing where he had Noah-hadmever ceased to wonder at built his fire.

"I saw the smoke the insanity of winter sportsters. Here and

";

it was June, and they had climbed up "Trying to thaw the ice from my to Randall's ravine where the snow bindings," Noah said apologetically. It still lay. In the valley below the sun was a poor excuse at best. They look- was bright and warm. Some folks, he ed at each other. Noah glanced at his decided, were born nats

ski bindings. There wasn't a speck of

He looked around the lobby. It was ice on them. "Marvellous weather for jammed, and more people were arriv- skiing eh?" he grinned. ing every minute. There were more "Oh, wonderful!" She drew near colours in wearing apparel than he had the blaze Noah fumbled in his poc- ever dreamed were included in the ket. "Have a cigarette?”

spectrum. Every one was laughing "Thank you" She removed her mit- and shouting and having a fine time, ten and reached toward the pack, The He watched through the window as cigarette slipped from her fingers. group after group emerged into the Noah gasped. wintry blasts with no more concern "Say! Your finger's frozen!" than if it were the Fourth of July. He "Is it?" She stared at the finger

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shivered again, and moved toward the blankly. "Oh, well!" Her tone held huge fireplace. His eyes became fas- a resigned quality. tened on a girl. She was a slim thing, Noah picked up a handful of snow delicate, smart as all-get-out in a mo- and began chafing her fingers, the way dest costume of navy. She seemed to he had read boy scouts did. She win- be having a marvellous time. Noah ced, but did not cry out. Presently he had never seen anything more beauti- held the fingers near the fire. "Fee! ful than when she smiled. A feeling better?”

"Not at all. Er- -you must like to ski."

of guilt possessed him. "By golly," "Much. Thank you.” he thought, "if she can stand it, I ought to be able to.”

"Someone nudged his arm. It was "I hate it!" She clapped a hand Bert Grey. "Come out!" Bert.yelleda over her mouth. Her eyes were wide, "We're all going over to Birch Hill.” as though she'd given away a secret

Noah winced. He knew Birch Hill, she hadn't intended.

from experience. There wasn't a tree Noah's mouth fell open, then closed. on it. The wind swept across its "By Jove! I believe you do hate it. slopes in a continual gale. It was, he Say, that's wonderful! I hate it tool believed, the coldest spot in the world. It's the the damndest way of on-

He forced a grin. "Swell! Be right joying yourself I ever heard of!" with you, Bert! Boy, isn't this marvel- They looked at each other, and sud- loun weather!”

denly both began to laugh, Noah felt

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As he tagged the others outside he a warm glow pervading his system. glanced over his shoulder and glimpsed "This, he said, "is the grandest the girl in navy coming toward the thing that ever happened to me. How door with three others. If, he thought, would you like to go back and sit in she also went to Birch Hill it would front of the fire and--and get ac- make his suffering more bearable. quainted?"

Outside an Arctic gust nearly swept "I'd love to!" cried the girl. him off his feet. It forced his breath And they did, feeling braver than back through his teeth and chilled him they ever had when facing the wintry to the soles of his feet. He tried to blasts for the sake of doing the thing grin at Bert, and found that he couldn't that everyone else was, doing. stop grinning. His face was frozen (Copyright, 1938, by The Associated that way...

Newspapers.).

But the time Noah reached the sum mit of the hill the others had gone sweeping down the west slope, halloo, ing and laughing joyously. Noah fought to keep his balance. The wind. went through his whipcord ski trou Bors as though they were made of mos quito netting. He took a deep breath and pushed off, praying that he could remain upright, till he reached the bot- "borr

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Halfway down his runners strankan Icy stretch. skis gathered speed,

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