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Copyright 1971 by Lew's Ine.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR

Annoyed by the too aciƒ-an aured manner of Loo Sheridan, American athleto who has just arrived to continuo his stuudios at Oxford, a group of English undergraduates plan a bogus re- caption in his honor. Los ao capta the ovation as genuine until he discovers one of the studente disguised as the Dean, Pursuing the lattor, he runs up a street and leaps on a foure that turns out to do the roat Dean, who lets him off with a nevere reprimand,

Chaptor Four

don't waste any more of that ex-. cruciating British humor on ma. I'm running."

Molly'a

suddenly expression changed. "Yes, "running away, with your tall between your lega" sho

challanged.

"I'm walking away with my tail In the air!" erled Lee. "And in case I don't see you again which I hope .. here'a something to remombor me by!"

With that he quickly drow her lo him and kinned her full on the ps. Thon, without turning back to noe the look of consternation on Molly's face, he went directly to ward his rooms.

Ils study, an he entered, wan bleak and bare. But througif the windows were visible the towere and spiras of Oxford. The bolin wore chiming out their allver-toned harmonious dispon mesango af ment.

Loo looked about him for a mo into his bedroom. His miltene was standing in a corner. Angrily, be Eratbed it up. To his astonishment

As Les came down the stairmont, then went through a door from the Dean's office, Wavertree was waiting for him. The American boy glared at him.

what were you doing in there trying to take the rap for me?" ho demanded.

was empty. The lid dropped open and he stared blankly Innide, CroaR- Ing to the wardrobe, he discovered Wavortrea's voice held a touch of that his clothes had been hung up. contempt as he replied: "My mo-Theo, na he leaned over to open a tives word purely selfish, my dear drawer, he found it nlied with He anatched n Sheridan. For generations my smaller articles, cestors have been kicked out of handful of handkerchiefs and start- Oxford. Mine was a feeble attempted to re-pack, when there cama n to maintain the family tradition" knock at the door,

"Why don't you nock the Dean In the Jaw?" replied Lee, looking hin ainazoment. "That ought to fix

"Don't you think thing might be rathor too direct?" ... or Wavertree alghed. "Besides, I don't scom to have the Initiative to get into scrapes myself. So I try to tune the backwash of more spirited characters."

"Well, tag along with me and you'll get plenty of backwash," Leo promised,

"Buy, did you really know it whol

When it opened, there stood a little old man with side-whinkers and a gentle amilo. Ho atood bow- ing in the doorway.

firm Renttergood, your mr," he mid.

ReOut,

What to this?" Lee demanded wungleiously. "Another gng 7′′ Bentlargood looked puzzled. "What are you scouting for In dians?"

"No, sir," the liitin man rspiled, "At the moment there are no tlemen from India at Cardinal

"Skip" frowned Lee.

"What

BY

WEDNESDAY, JUNE

1938.

OXFORD

HALSEY

RAINES

Chapter Five

7.50 was not sure whether he regrotted his deefalon to remain at Oxford or not. Ho know that the undergraduates, atmost to a man, disliked him, bút bit by bit 6 was finding now and subtle attractions In the century-old inndmarks of the nchool, One inorning, orussing over from the ilbrary, he was accosted by Paul Beaumont.

"I seem to recall vaguely that you run a bit," Paul said coolly.

"Just name the time and the place," Lee replied with equal frig idity, and I'll provide the demon- stration."

faus pas. "I mean, my husband doasn't quito understand how sym- pathello I am. You see, I love to help the undergraduates... ON pecially the now ones."

"Probably the mother in you." Len sald with a straight face.

"Now I'm afraid you're pulling my leg." she said with a smile.

"I'm restraining myself as best as I can," Los murmured.

Bian amiled coyly. "You wicked boy! Where was 17"

You were still very young," "Oh, yes. But don't misunder stand. Claudius that'a my hus band is really a dear. And so clever! Why, sometimes he sita up and reads all night long."

"If you're making mo. I think the guy's "orazy”

filsa giggled as the mechanic re- turned from the back room,

"We can put your bicycle right, str" he said to .co.

"Good!

you?"

But hurry it up, will

"Oh, you, nie. We'll have it right as rain for you in a fortnight."

"A fortnight" Lee's face fall. "That'll make me just two weeks and ten minutes tale for the fresh- mon trials."

Elsa Interrupted. "Please, take my bicycle," she urged.

Thanks a lot, but Tt rent one here."

"Oh, I'd much rather you'd take mine," she insisted. Then you'd have to return it, you know."

"Bay, you've got something there," nald taking the bicycle.

"Eplendid! We're holding fresh- men track trials in half an hour Lee

at the University Ground. I'll putThanks a lot, and IR be re- you down for the four-ferty, If youing you." care to join us."

So good of you to ask me," Les Bald with heavy irony.

"The fold's about a mile from here. You'll nood your bike."

"Wrong again," Les replied. "It's the other fellows who'll need their bikes."

Wearing the customary towar clanaman gown, Les mounted his blcycle and slowly started down the

"Do you know anything about flat tires?*** she asked,

"Craddock's book-shop

in

the High," aho called out after him an ho podaled off. "Any of the stu- dents can direct you."

"Il bat, Lea muttered to him-

nolf.

When he arrived at University Field, a few minutes later, the quarter-mlio was just about to start. Leo, smoking a big cigar. dila

acar tho Committee. mounted

By Paul F

HOW IT BEGAN Berdanier

I'M SOMETHING OF A LIAR MYSELF THIS AMERICANISM GOES BACK TO AN EARLY YANKEE WHO, AFTER FINISHING AN EXAGGERATED TALE OF AD- VENTURE, TURNED TO A SCOTCH- MAN AND ASKED IF HE WERE NOT AMAZED, “NA, NA,” SAID THE SCOTCHMAN, “ÍM NA THAT. I'M SOMETHING OF A LEBAR MYSEL THE PHRASE 19 STILL USED HUMOROUSLY TO CHECK TELL-TALES

SHANSI

THIS CHINESE PROVINCE, A PRIZE FOR THE JAPANESE BECAUSE OF ITS RICH DEPOSITS OF COAL, IRON, COPPER AND TIN IS NAMED FROM THE RANGE OF LOFTY MOUNTAINS ON ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY -im-SHANS/ MEAN- ING MOUNTAINS OF THE WEST.”,

"F'd venture to say, sir, that you too will carry the sound of those belli wherever you go.”

the Dean?" Waverized asked, with a note of onvy.

"No, but I will next time," was the answer.

As he crossed the Quad, Lee hourd a feminino volco call his name. Turning, he saw Molly Beaumont approaching, Ha beattated, not knowing what attitude to adopt.

"Hello," who and smilingly, "I'm glad to see you nurvived the first encounter."

Leo mistook her words for Bar enami, "Does Oxford always wol- come strangers like this?" he asked Belligerently.

"Oh, no, aometimes we don't no tice them for days," Molly re- spondo lightly. You, at least, made yourself known as far south as Didcot."

"If you at me, I think that Did cat gag was a very fosbio jake."

Molly realized that Leo was not accopting the turn of affairs in a vory sportsmanlike manner.

"Oh, do you?" she said ironically. "I thought it was dollalous. It Amused un all the way to Oxford, What did the Dean do to you?"

"Nowe must travel fast in thin place," Lee anapped.

"Particularly a joke." "The

Dean apparently didn't think it was a jóko,"

"I know," Molly said drily. "He's notoriously lacking in humor. One kicks him in the pante with the best of Intoniluns, and he reseats it. It'a A wonder he didn't send you down."

"It wouldn't have made me este if he had"

"Thon lon't it too bad he didn't Just think what an international, all-time record that would be, Ar rived at Oxford at 3 P, M... Amused the college untli 3:00 Booted the Dean at 3:35. Bont . and off for down at 3:40

America Inaldo the hour."

can I do for you?'

"Oh, no, sir." Scaitorgood pro tested. "It's my job to do for you."

"I've boon done for, thanke," Leo remarked, viciously tossing some clothes into a pile. As he did, Scat- tergood moved over and began to remove them, folding them neatly.

"What are you doing, Mr. Beatler good?" Leo demanded.

"Just call me Scatter. I'm pack- ing for you, sir. How much will you be wanting to take with you?"

"Everything.'

As Scattern proceeded to pack, Les moved over to the window. Scattere looked at him out of the corner of his eye.

"Quite a bloak day, sir," he said, "Very unusual weather for Ox- ford, I suppose," was the sarcastic reply

ite this way more often than not" Scatters said, ignoring Leo's tune. "But ons gets used to it."

Benttera calmly went about him business of packing. "I don't sup- pose you've seen much of Oxford as yet, air?" he asked.

"I've seen everything I want to coe."

"Oh, that's not possible," said the other, gently laughing. "It takes years, really. And each time you sea it there's something new something you hadn't noticed be fora. It sort of grows on one."

"I have to grow mighty fant, as far as I'm concerned." Les sald coldly.,

"I'm afraid it doesn't happen that way, sir. Oxford's ton old to do any thing fast. Now, take the Cathedral, for example. Part of it has been

thousand standing for a

years. That's a long time, sir." he said with pride.

Loe alowed a little interent nn he pointed out the window. "Is thint it over there?"

"Oh, no, sir," said Beattern, look-

Len tools it all in. Then he sald:ing up. "That's Magdalen Tower...

"You've given me an Ideal"

"Of course!" Molly snerred. "Why don't you try It? You might still make it if you hurry."

and beautiful, too, isn't it, nir?"

y.

"Not bad." Loo agreed grudging-

Scatters' eyes twinkled. "I'd any was my favorite spot of all. Thor's hardly a night that I don't pass there and stop for a moment. It's almost like visiting an old friend."

"What are you trying to do: get rid of me?" came back Leo.

"On the contrary, it would be fun to have you around Ainging woo. I tried to explain the torm to my tutor, but she's locked

Loo's face softened; he was obvi- horsalf up in hor rooms with ously moved by the old man's loy- Chinese dictionary and won't sa- over the door."

"You're Just like the rest of them here," and Leo slowly, a touch of litterness in his voloo. "When I met you on the train, I thought you were awvall."

"I thought you were amusing. too," pho said, "and-you know-

alty

"You'll be finding friends the that, too, air, Beattors continued. Suddenly the bells began to lu cronse in volume. Lee's face it up as he looked out on the impressivo

scane.

"Bomo of my gentlemen who come

for a moment, I was going to hold back cinim they hear the sound of you by the coat-talls so that you the bells all through their lives," But Bcattors said softly. "I'd venture to couldn't get off at Didcot.

any, air, that you, too, will carry

you go."

Taul would have been furious"

"That would be just too bad, the sound of those bells wherever

wouldn't 117" Loo grated,

"Yes, it would," Molly said calm-

Leo hesitated for a moment. Then, little embarrassment, ho

ly. "You Rud, in our family I think with n

up all the jokes, and it's given Paul said, "Y... ah... you needn't

an inferiority complex. So when he other packing any more, Senitero. finally did thinlt up a good one, I I'm going to... I mean... couldn't apoll it." She glanced at

I quito understand sir." Seafiore

har watch. But I'm keeping you said with

happy little amilo.

If you really want to try for the "You're going to remain." record, you must run."

"Listen, '#west Uttle Buttorimat,}

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street, Kooping on the right aldo. In a moment he was going full atoam. Behind him he suddenly board a ury, Turning, he saw a con- stable waving for him to move over to the left. Finally understanding that trame here moved toward the loft, Leo started to move over.

Standing around wore Paul, Waver treo and Ramsey.

"Bo sorry to have kept you wait- ing." Leo remarked sarcastically an Paul called out for the contestants to get on their marka.

"If you want to run the four- forty. Sheridan, you'd bettor get ready."

"Ready?

The next instant, however, he had crashed into another bleycla and

Why, my dear Bonu was lying flat on his face, his wheel mant," Lee said, in mack bawilder- almost a total wreck. He rose plow-mont. "I'm always ready."

ly, while the second party involved Stil smoking the cigar, and wear- In the collleton looked at him la ing his, gown, Lee joined the other disgust, then pedalled away, Pick-runners at the starting line. They ing up his bicycle, Lee looked looked at him in cold withdrawal, around. His face lighted up as ho saw a bicyclo shop nearby and he went in.

A frail, emaciated Hitle man - the mechanic looked at the wheel and shook his head.

"Had a bit of an accideni, air?" he asked.

"A master of understatement," Loe responded dolefully. "How long will it take to fix this?"

"'ll ave to ask my mato, sir."

"You'll pardon us for not laugh- ing." one of them said. "Wo Brit- lah have a little sense of humor." "Don't apologize," Leo said with a grandiloquent gesture. "You do tho ruaning and I'll do the laugh- ing."

“Paul walked over to Lee,

"You can't run that way, Shor idan!" he exclaimed,

"Of course not. How stupid of me!" Leo said, moving away from

stunt my growth"

the mechanie replied, pushing the the line. He handed his elgar to wheet toward the roar of the shop. Ramsey. "Would you mind holding As the mechanio wont into the thin for mo?" he asked. "It might next room, a giri entored She was pretty and about twenty-five years old, with a wandering eye that im mediately took note of Las. Before her she was pushing a bicycle with a flat tire. She coughed to get Leo's attention, then smiled as he turned and looked at her.

"I beg your pardon," she sold sweetly. "You haven't taken over the shop, by any chanco?"

"I might," Leo replied, "If you're going to be a steady customar."

You make it sound very tempt ing." She pointed to her damaged bicycle. Do you know anything about fat urca?"

met

"I ought to Lee said with a tingo of bitterness. "TvB enough of them in the last few daya.

She laughed heartily. Lee stopped short in amazement.

"Well, I'll be darned!" he ex- claimed, "The woman understands English. "Bay, I'll, bet you know what 'Binging won" means,"

She smiled knowingly. "I think I do. You see, I love Arboricans."

"Well, then, on behalf of myself) and my fellow Americans-Jot's have a look at that tire."

Speaking for Great Britain," she returned, "I'd be most grateful."

He took a bicycle pump and atarted to fx the tire.

"I'm afraid I didn't catch your name." the girl naid.

"I'm afraid I didn't throw it. It's Leo Sheridan,"

"Mino's Elna Craddock Xtra. Craddock," she said, perching her- nelf on the edge of the counter and revealing a pair of perfectly formed Jegn.

"Holy smokes!" Lee rojulued in mock. terror. "Are you married?"

"You're surprised, aren't you?" laughed Elna. Most people are. Of course my husband's much older than I ...I moan, I'm much younger than ho la

Ramsey was too surprised to do Before he anything but tako it. could protest, Lee was back on the starting line.

why, the.. ‚!" Ramsey splut- tored.

"Pay no attention to him," Paul said to the others. "He knows ho can't run, no ho's trying to cover it up by clowning."

He raised his pistol. "On your marke... Got sot.

The runners crouched, grim and taut. All but Lee, who remained ercel, burlesquing the old-fashioned upright stance. Disregarding this, Paul fired the starting shot.

The runners atroaked away. Loo deliberately started off late, taking a clumsy leap forward out of his extraordinary stand. Every eye was on the oversens hoy na ha cantored along about ten or fifteen yards in back of the pack.

"You're right, Paul," Ramsey said. "He can't run a sutch."

"He's just making a rool of him- self," Preston angered.

Paul and nothing. watching cu- riously. As the runners renched the half-way mark Lee was still about ten yards behind. And then, of a sudden, something happened. The bo-gowned figure had quickoned bls stride. In a moment bo had pasand one runner, then another, and was still gaining rapidly.

* m'a a frook!" Ramsey graped,

"A Mercury in boots and baga!" Wavertree put in.

Tho others remained speechless as Les drow up lovel with the leader and then in a Bnal, glorious burst of speed, went into frat placo and snapped the tape across the brenst,

Wavertree began to laugh loudly. "lean my colential soul" ho burst out. "This in the first 1nce I've ever enjoyed!"

Leo trotied over to thom. Ho

r bat he doesn't understand stopped, and pretended to shiver a you" Lao sald mischievously.

| Bit,"

"Beth" he muttered. "This Eng- "Oh, I wouldn't say that Ho Just forgets, every so often, that I'm linh climate of yours sure gets me young and need excitoment," she down. Next time I'll run in my over- wald, looking at Loo meaningly. CORT,"

"You ought to try a run-in with He wandered over to his bicycle, the Dean some time."

and without further pauso started

"Why" Elan protested. "He's even off.

Sho alder on any unband." blushed alightly as she realized her.

(To bo Continued)

Twins, 80, Celebrate 80th birthday anniversarica

their

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James Robinson, celebrated

Liverpool, N.' Y. party at Mrs. Robinson's home here. Emmet Potterson, of Syracuse,, Three great-grandchildren were

his twin sister, Mra.iomong the guests.

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