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Show DAFFY ENOUGH ; CORNER By Richard H Wilkinson ! i j ONE DAY last spring a transcontinental transconti-nental air liner got off its beam over the Rocky mountains and smashed up against a rocky peak. It was a few hours before the disaster dis-aster was suspected, and then the airports could only guess at the location lo-cation of the wreckage. Glen Owens, sitting alone in his cabin on the slopes of White Crest , , valley, heard the 3 M announcement ov-- ov-- Minute er his dry ceU set Fiction Young Glen's cab-I cab-I I in was located on the course of the liner's flight, and earlier in the evening he had heard sounds that now he remembered as being rather queer. Glen strapped on his skis, loaded a pack with provisions and supplies and set off up the valley. Three hours later he saw a light and came to the wreckage. Two people were dead, and another was so badly injured in-jured that unless he had medical attention pretty quick he too would die. On an Improvised sled, Glen pulled the injured man to the nearest near-est town and doctor. Glen Owens not only received a reward, but he became, overnight, a figure of national reputation. Three days after this a man from Hollywood, Calif., arrived in Crest, looked up Glen and offered to pay him $500 a week to make a moving picture. Glen smiled and shook bis head. "Nope," he drawled, "I always wanted to be a legerde-mainist, legerde-mainist, and now with this reward re-ward money I reckon I got my chance." "Good gosh, man, it will take 20 weeks to make this picture. That's $10,000. Do you realize that!" "It's a lot of money," Glen agreed, Then he fashioned i t using his skis as runners, tr ed some saplings Into tbei of saowshoes and wove t-with t-with twigs. "but suppose folks liked re:' I'd have to stay out there a: making pictures." "You'll be a dumbbell!."- ' grab this chance." "Maybe," said Glen goc- ly, "I'm dumbbell ate? "Glen! What is the msw' j summer you wanted to star; i ranch down in Arizona, f- didn't have any money. So F cided to go trapping for so you could save enough -: buy a half-interest in a rtt- m we could get married fci you're offered $10,000 amU'1- bi ble something about bem! ' o -leger-whatever'itis. r- "Legerdemaimst, Qj patiently. C( ALL of which made s3; N per copy- The report ' K. .j., If Glen M- ... UP. SO U1U Kt M famous before, be was rr famous now. . . ci The next week thre- tfc ducers arrived on J , , , of them offered a MV 000 for a single picture- . Leah Conroy was aun, "Glen, for goodness J your chance, uo j tapper all your hie? On si" ' IS Glen heaved ; 'pc u K. If that's the wtfJ Leah!" So Glen Owens went tt - and made, ' Glen returned to Crest , $30,000. and the Leah journeyed ,;: t Within a week the? a ranch. ,ried in patio. and lc" i honeymoon to , Leah asked the ., :. , -Well, honey;" !,err.'; Glen replied.;!:' ; was good, but , buy a ranch oi :. ureUIhe ; ; F ; folk! would tb i money. Wh" ,2 1 figured nobodJ , All I know"1 jS . Mi sure to get tl -I wanted to use |