Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1942 — Page 13

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Sporting Blood

By Harry Harrison Kroll

CHAPTER NINE AFTER Strickland Ballard had left, Hunter sat on his cot wanting somehow to laugh, much nearer a crying matter. Ballard had come with a vague hope of fastening Hunter. His real reason was to shield poor Juni Because Hunter's motive all had been pretty the same thing, it might seem as if they could get together. The trouble was that Hunter Dent was not quite prepared to carry a crime of which he was innocent to save another who seemed guilty. Whatever Ballard’s call, it took him hastily away. Anderson came for Hunter to talk over the telephone. “Hello,” Hunter said “This is Tracy Hannings I can't be with vou until 10 o'clock. Will} that be time enough?” Okay Wel make en yeh » Don't until I've with you.” Hunter returned to his cell. Anderson obligingly brought the mornThe most interesting | ¢ to Hunter was the dope on the local mystery. The girl, Sarah| Kiker, had been released. The po-| lice would be watching her every] moment to discover her escort the! nicht of the murder. The long-ex-pected break in the ordnance plant scandal came. The elder Ghibardo | had been arrested in the charge of} fraud in the contracts for building the great plant, and his case would | come up in federal court. The First| National, and other local financial] interests, were allegedly involved.| Other financial interests meant] Strickland Ballard, who had his inger in every pie that came along. Perhaps it was this involvement that had taken Ballard away so quickly. Tracy Hannings came at the appointed time. They went over the whole matter, detail by detail “Waive preliminary hearing.” Hannings advised. “T'll get your case before Judge Elkhart by tomorrow, and arrange to get you out on bond —got any friends?” The only person whose name) might be worth the ink it took to! write it is Strickland Ballard’s.” Hannings gave a short laugh swell. it won't hurt you to stay in jail a few weeks anyhow.”

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gingle window. Hunter got a pretty good night's sleep that night, and the next morning at 9 o'clock he faced Judge Fikhart and heard his bond fixed at $10,000. Hannings took Hunter back to jail. After breakfast the next morning Anderson came to his door. «yisitor.” the sheriff announced. He let Bella Ballard in. “Rattle the door when vou want to leave, Miss Ballard.” he said when he left. She was so pretty that it hurt Hunter. He tried to think of her acainst Tisdale's jealousy, against her father’s expressed fear that Hunter might get into the family. He wished he could feel as sanguine ghe sat on the other end of the cot “Thev think Junior has a chance] now. The doctors won't allow him to speak, to see any of us. But Dr. Ferguson thinks if no complications set in he will get well.” Hunter said warmly, “Well, I'm proud to hear that Red. I really

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fruits of such wickedness, and I'm Someone bet Junior he could not

fed up up on the flavor.” She said, with mock sadness, “You

intercept the messenger, stage a

don’t like the Ballard family trait '2Ke Stickup, and get away with it.

very much, do you, Hunter—I mean Now the messenger is dead, the|

the sporting instinct which is such mohey's gone, Junior's shot, I'm in

a marked characteristic of ours.” “No—-bluntly, I don’t care for it at all.”

jail, your daddy is about to have a nervous break-down, and—well,

She got up with a laugh, did a isn’t that enough? Wouldn't you be supple skip and swing, and stopped sold on the old-fashioned platitudes before the window. “Delicious View if they would have prevented this,

you have.” “Sez you,” Hunter grumbled, running his hands through his hair.

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SHE CAME and looked down at up at her lowering.

him, and tousled his hair, don't like us?” “I didn’t say that. I dont like this so-called sporting blood you all have. Granting that life is pretty much of a gamble, there are still enough good laws in the universe for anybody to live by.” “Come on,” she urged. “Its a good text and the sermon should be uplifting. Your idea is use your brains, work hard, be honest, early to béd and early to rise.” “You can't make me ashamed of

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we can be realistic.” “Please!” she “When folks go realistic they are usually disagreeable.”

| walls down to escape anything like] “Just the same, when Junior gets

that!” “Tove that would burst through jal walls and jump heavy bond awes me. If vou really would like to get out of there, at least tempo-

ratily, T bet it could be arranged.”

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out of the woods he is still likely to be in a jam I've been trying pretty hard to shield him. But I can't do it and get my neck in the noose. You and I know Junior's involved in this nasty business. My idea is that young Temple gave the Af tha money movement away. Sh EE

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“I'll lay you a wager, Hunter.” He said crossly, “Go play like youre a squirrel and run up and down a tree and park.”

“I'll wager you your freedom, terribly as you profess to hate us—" “I never said I hated you.” “_saturated as your evil heart is with a desire for revenge, that in no time at all you will be asking me to marry you, and what's more, I might say yes, and we'd be married!” “Red, will you please run atng? Will you? I'd hate to—" “It's on the barrelhead,” she laughed. She rattled the door for Anderson to let her out. An hour later Sheriff Anderson was back. “Get your knitting. They've got the hot-seat ready and are fixing to burn the seat of your pants out. Come along.” (Te Be Continued)

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