Show m U Continued Fr d-Fr n From t fast st w Week ek- ek I You Tou clumsy clum y fool Give me that run I I Then some om one brushed her shoulder der spinning her hel half around It was Mary Ann darting past her running to where Dan lay Nancy was still atm too dazed fully to understand This was one of those occurrences which the mind cannot quickly grasp cra p Now Nancy felt at first neither grief nor fear tear She knew that Dan tiny yonder on the court but her only emotional reaction to the th fact was annoyance She went toward him saying aloud Dan dont don't pretend I Youre You're scar scarling scaring I ling ing mel met I Mary Ann already by his hi side aide kneeling there looked up quickly t f over lover her shoulder at the tho girl sirl she che said gently Hes shot hot Nancy t I Doctor and J Jerrel camE toward them and Jerrell I a a I 1 d hoarsely I The gun tun insisted on pointing at him I couldn't drag it away It away away- away Hl Ills JUs tone were hollow and fla flat t It was as though some one had hold of it be he insisted in a stubborn dazed bewilderment Doctor said caid Icily It was pure clumsiness Ira i I I But Dut Mary Ann s p o 0 keto k e to him hum Doctor she called She was crisply insistent Never mind blaming any a anyone n y o 0 n e no now Here Hert- quickly I Nanc Nancy moved aside to let kt her father come at Dan lie He H knelt there but he shook his head lies lie's dead he said Mary Ann said sharply lies nes ne's not either Seel See I I Not dead Doctor ex exi exClaimed claimed there was in his tone incredulous surprIse like dismay tonel lie He stared at Mary Ann He must bel be he muttered and his eyes ere acre ero wide Ide glassy staring Mary Ann shook his arm Nol No Nol s the matter with you Doc Doe Doctor tor l lie He lies s still alive I But I tell tel you you- you Doctor Greed Greed- ing insisted she exclaimed Look at him himl Then en more sharply Loo Look Lock at him Dont Don't stare at me mel And after a moment he did turn his eyes from her to the man here hereon hereon on the ground Then Nancy saw Dan lookIng up upa upa upal a her Us ifs lids half halt closed He All AU he grinned right Nancy whispered red Her IIer he h heart e art a r t leaped She cried Father bes be's all right See Seel Doctor fought back to self acl control he began a swift WItt witt ex- ex examination examination ex examination Nancy s 8 eyes blurred with tears but she the heard buttons yIeld and the mo movement ement of gar gar- garments garments car ments ments and saw bans Dans ans an's white flesh I wound ane anc saw through misty eyes the Does It hurt darling she sh pleaded Does Does it sheI I Dan shook his head his bis white lips grinned Not a bit he said weak y Tell Ten Mr lt Jerrell-it Jerrell it s all aU weak weak-j rIght Accident Jerrell somewhere above them I standing over them cried Dan I 1 swear I tried not to Something Something- I Mary Ann flashed one glance to- to toI toward toward to toward I ward him reassuring comforting II Then she watched Doctor Greed lag ing He lIe met her eyes c e es and shook hIs head in negation I Her checks cheeks flamed She cried You can help him You can 01 op op crate erate 1 The do doctor tor protested Hopeless I II Ive I've nothing here to work ork with ith J I I Mary Ann stood up We 11 ll man man-I man man- manage man ate age she insisted You ve ye got fiot to i Quickly We cant can't Just give lust give up He faced her bel Mary Ann he said cId gravely It torr w we could act ad In- In instantly in instantly there might be e a slim chance but cs u it to s-to Is to get t t him to the Jt fo to the t W ital to hf 4 1 j |