...concentration. Lacey’s father was a salesman whose territory took him away from home most days of the week. On weekends he went shopping for food and ... ...ornful name-calling. She rejoiced every June when summer offered a respite from the bullying. Lacey spent entire days sprawled on her bed engrossed in... ...Hardy. And whenever she could, she went to the park when Roger was playing baseball, or the arena where he played volleyball. After he got a summer jo... ...driveway cement. She cried out, tears springing to her eyes, blood pouring from her skinned arm. Roger bent down to help but she shook him off. “I’m a... ...ats. They sat in the car and watched kids climbing on the monkey bars, and people lined up to buy ice cream. “Hey,” Lacey said. “I just thought of som... ...oo. I was scared of advertising it for sale because I did not want strange people coming to the house. Now I will not have to worry. Will you take me ... ...gentaler’s abortion clinic; maybe I could go there. But it’s not legal and people are getting threatened. Anyway, do I want to kill it? …Yes I do, if ... ...for neighbors. Julian slammed in and out on his way to or from swimming or baseball. And Roger, as usual, was gone. What does he see in life out in th... ...iscussed boat trips for their future, even talked about going through Lake Ontario and down the Erie Canal and the Intracoastal Waterway to Florida. L...

...thers. This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people and horses, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names,... ...ted the track, hated to race. The phone in Kurt’s pocket vibrated. He pivoted from the rail, giving the two ladies a polite nod as he passed. Ignori... ...on.” Concern roughened his words as he climbed the grandstand steps. Not many people had his private number, and his racing assistant was extremely c... ...’s mouth tightened as the horses approached the starting gate and Lazer shied from a swooping bird, almost dumping his jockey. The colt wheeled and ... ...s undercover job, the lies, the deception, he’d handed Archer his resignation from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Archer had convinced Kurt to ac... ... vantage point, it was clear his horse was a stallion. Sandra had always said people shouldn’t walk horses close to the gap, especially unruly ones.... ...k with my stuff!” Otto pulled the shovel over his shoulder, holding it like a baseball bat. His face contorted, and he swung again. Christ! Kurt ... ...been doing. He’s had enough chances.” “But you didn’t drive all the way from Ontario to run last. And Lazer is fast. He just doesn’t try.” She shoo...

...aching comedy of expectant youth. It is Carol Milford, fleeing for an hour from Blodgett College. The days of pioneering, of lassies in sunbonnets, an... ...onsin, the Dakotas send their children thither, and Blodgett protects them from the wickedness of the universities. But it secretes friendly girls, yo... ...- ness of her body when they saw her in sheer negligee, or darting out wet from a shower-bath. She seemed then but half as large as they had supposed;... ...them by clenching his hands behind him, and he stammered: “I know. You get people. Most of these darn co-eds— Say, Carol, you could do a lot for peopl... ...dmit I fall down in sympathy sometimes. I get so dog-gone impa- tient with people that can’t stand the gaff. You’d be good for a fellow that was too s... ... retained a willingness to be different from brisk efficient book-ignoring people; an instinct to observe and wonder at their bustle even when she was... ... Tales? Corking yarn! Gosh, the fel- low that wrote it certainly can sling baseball slang!” The others tried to look literary. Harry Haydock offered, ... ...l Club with uni- 427 Sinclair Lewis forms of purple and gold. The amateur baseball-team hired a semi-professional pitcher from Des Moines, and made a... ... to make folks observe the Sabbath and arrest these law-breakers that play baseball and go to the movies and all on the Lord’s Day.” Only one thing br...