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The warning warmng shouts from fromabove fromabove fromabove above came all t Uo to JO late A Just ? ust ot of otwInd ofwind ofwind wInd caught the tbe balloon the ropE ropelifted ropelifted > lifted tlie the farmer off the ground , spun spunblm spunhim spunhim blm him like hhe a top and dropped him on onwhat onwhat onwhat what fortunately was soft ground groundThe groundThe groundThe The army men hastily unshlpped unshipped somp some sompballast someballast sompballast ballast and went awiy away a " 1y ' from tbere there tbereThey thereThey thereThey They l knew new the tbe man would think thev they thevhad theyhad thevhad had pliyed phyed played a trick trlch on him blm . * . . Oswald Nelson I known nown as ' ' Ozzlc Ozzie Ozzle"was Ozzlewas , , , " was born in 10 New York and educatedat edutatedat edutated educated at Rutgers There he was quarter quarterback quarterback quarterback back on the foothill footb'111 footb111 football ' team welter welter- welterweight welterweight - . weight boxing champion , and a crac.k crack crac.kslmmer crackslimmer crackswimmer . s\\lmmer s lmmer slimmer \ He tie alsoHIS also \ was \HIS HIS art editor of ofthe ofthe ofthe the college colleg paper and actually actuallv sold soldsome soldsome soldsome some cartoons to outside m"gazmes mgazmes m"gazmesLater m m"gazinesLater mgazinesLater " gazlnes gazlnesLater Later , he graduated gradu'1ted gradu1ted ' from the tine New NewJersey NewJersey NewJersey Jersey Law school sc.hool . Uaving HavIng thus pre prepared prepared prepared pared himself for a circer C'1reer C1reer career ' he Is now nowtwenty nowtwenty nowtwenty twenty seven years , } vears ears old and an or orchestra orchestra orchestra chestra leader In a New York hotel . . * . Joseph Josepb T HIggins . , former assembly assemblyman assemblyman assemblyman man and now the thirty eight year old oldsheriff oldsheriff .herlJ herlJ sheriff . ! of New York county , , doesn't doesnt doesn'tlook doesn'tlook doesn'tlook doesntlook ' look his bls a&e ae tlfe age & , He Be lie still stili Is as slender slenderand slenderand slenderand and boyish looking as when . , shortly shortlyafter shortlyafter shortlyafter after he attended attenled ) Holy Cross and andwhile andwhile andwhile while studying ' liw I'1w I1w law at Fordham rordham Fordliam be he bewas hewas hewas was one of the best het hest . , middle dlst'lnce dlstlnce distance dlst'lncerunners distancerunners distancerunners ' runners , ) jf f the tbe New York Yorb . Athletic Atl1letlc club clubTwice clubTwice clubTwice Twice Indoors hi hl ht heat beat TedIeredith Ted 'Iererhth Iererhth \Ieredith Ieredith 'Iererhthand ' \ Meredithand Ieredithand and once outdoors ouldoors , he be defeated Tole Idle Tolenay IdleRay ToleRay nay Ray . , No wonder that when he ran for forofuce foroffice forofhce ofuce office he finished flnlshed ahead . . . It has probably prob'1blv prob1blv ' been heen printed but I 1 IlIle 1like 1like lIle like { the story of the generous he herted hearted heartedNew heartedNew \rted rted < \ rtedNew New Yorker Yorher who met the hungry man manInstead maninstead manInstead Instead of offering olTerlng him alms alias he be toolt took toolthim tookhim tookhim him Into a restaurant and nnd ordered orderedfood orderedfood orderedfood food . . . To make malte his guest less self - - - - - conscious , , he even ordered a cup of ofcoffee ofcoffee ofcoffee coffee for himself blmself , , although altbougb he had bud re recently recently recently cently risen from the breakfast breahhst table table.All tableAll . . All went "ent ent tent " " well "ell ell hell until until . , to his horror and anddlsm'1Y anddismay anddismiy dlsm'1Y dlsm1Y dismay ' . , he discovered dlsco\"erecJ dlsco "erecJ erecJ \ " that In chan chang changlag changIng Ing lag his suit that thnt morning he had left leftnil leftall leftall nil all his money at home He Be lie started startedto to explain to tlie the waiter walter , , but the hun bun hungry bungry hungry gry man m\n m n ' \ Interrupted . . . " 'Tint Tint 'Th'lt Thlt "That That ' ' ' s c ; all nil right . , ' n ne tie { ' sild s'1ld s1ld said ' ' 111 I 11 II pa pay paythe paythe , " the check chech " And producing prodllclD ; n a dollar dollarfrom dollarfrom dollarfrom from his worn habiliments habllunents he did so soOne soOne soOne One can CLm now get a lot of food In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York for a 8 dollar When they got gotoutside gotoutside gotoutside outside , the would be benefactor stam stain stammered stainmered stammered mered : "Sly Sly "My My " Iy dear fellow that tbat wis W'1S W1S was ' most em embarrac.slng embarrassing cmbarrassing barrac.slng barracslng barrassing : . , , but we'll well wo'll woll ' get a taxicab taxicabdrIve taxicabdrive taxicabdrive drIve to my offlce office and 111 I11 get some somecash somecash somecash cash and " square "quare quare myself my"elf myelf " with youII you II " II"No "No No " " replied the former hungrv hungry hungrvman hungryman hungryman man 'It's Its ' It's Its ' all nil right about the break breakfast breakfast breakfast fast . , but I [ in m doggoned If I m going to tobe tobe tobe be stuck stucl for the taxi " tnsi tnxi " . . * . Some of the bestew best New \ew ew Aew ! \ York Yorh storleq stories storleqcpnter storiescenter storiescenter cpnter center around Oliver Herford Uerford Ilerford There ThereIs ThereIs ThereIs Is one that has been connected with withmany withmany withmany many persons , but It renllv rC'1l1v rC1l1v really ' belongs to tothe tothe tothe the slender , , gray grav soft spoken Slohen ) wit of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Plivers PI'1Vers PI1Vers Placers ' . . . The clubs champion borE borerushed borprushed ' rushed up to Mr . , Herford Herfnrd In great greataglt'1t1on greatagitation greatagitation greatagitation"I aglt'1t1on aglt1t1on agitation ' aglt'1t1on"I "I I " 1 have h'lve hlve ' been heen grossly Insulted " he hecomplained hecomplained hecomplained complained That 'Th\t 'Th Th t ' ' ' \ fellow over o\"er o "er er \ " there theresaid theresaid theresaid said he d give me $100 100 SIOU S10ti $ If I 1 resign " "Don't Dont " ' ' you do It mv my dear de'lr delr ' chap chapsaid chapsaid chapsaid said Mr Herford Ilerford earnestlyuI earnestly "I I uI " am amsure amsure amsure sure you will get many better offers olTers ' Q @ . . 1933 Bell Belt Syndicate Syndlclltl SyndlclltlWNU SyndicateWNU ! -WNU WNU - VVNU Serrlco Service Servlca . . |