, A
SHORT
STORY
By
A1 Stien
Salisbury was bashful since he had
began his new career as a teacher at Cen
trlia Grammar School, he had fallen mad
jly and secretly in love with fair Mary
Allen, Mary taught 2nd grade at Centrlia
Grammar School,Salisbury taught the 3rd,
Unknown to Salisbury was the other
hidden fact that she had a problem iden
tical to his. She too, was secretly in
love; with him. It seems to me..like th
^is problem could have been solved easily
iJPhad there been someone around to play
cupid, but as I said both loves were a
secret,
Salisbury was rather good looking in
an IvyLeague manner (As I would descripe
him).and Mary was a pert and saucy young
lady. Several times he had worked up en
ough nerve to ask Mary to dinner,but
upon approaching her he would turn red
and end up saying Good Morning or some
other salutory greeting.
At various intervals when her thoughts
were about Salisbury, Hary had anticipa
ted to ask him to her apartment for din
ner. She always lost her nerve at the
last moment also,
i The principal of the school, Holly Ro
gers, wa.s a very skinny man. As you know
principals are usually fat and grauchy
but Holly was jolly, if you will excuse
the rotten rhyme of mine. Holly was get
ting along in years and had taken steps
to get himself married. The first step
was asking Kary out to dinner. But she
had refused him, politely she did, and
his heart was broken, (All stories I be
lieve should have one broken heart)•
One evening as school was getting out,
Salisbury was hurrying down the hallway.
As he rounded the corner he ran smack
dab into Mary. She dropped the large
fish bowl she was carrying and it lit
right at Salisbury’s feet.
As they stooped and picked up the par
ticles of broken glass,Salisbury sudden
ly spurted forth ’’Mary, er-dt-rMiss Allen
would you consider having dinner with me
tonight?”on)mt__ top of next col*)
Mary was caught up in sudden embarra- j
sment and femine modesty and she answer- j
ed without thinking first* "In sorry, •;
but I'll be busy tonight." Immediately j
after she spoke she wassorry she had re- ;
fused him. ;
Salisbury felt slightly relieved bee- j
ause he had finally gained nerve enough j
to "Break the Ice',' and he blushed a mel- j
low red-. What the heck he thought, may- j
be next time she’ll say "Yes".
Mary in a moment of panic, said soft- j
ly, "but you could come over later toni- j
ght - - - if you still want". Salisbury j
smiled, I'll see you tonight Miss All-er j
at- "Mary"»
Mary knew in several months sha was j
going to marry Salisbury. Salisbury sec- j
retley planned to make it a much shorter I
period before the marriage, In 2 weeks j
they were married and Holly Rogers suff- j
ered a heart attack. Later on, Holly j
married a woman more his own age.
THE * j
* END.. !
SPORTS
QUIZ
1. In baseball,when can a boserunner
advance, without tagging up,on a pitched
bail which has been fouled by the batter?
2. What baseball park stands on the
oldest site In the major leagues?
3. Who is the youngest major leag
uer on record?
4° Who is the only boxer to defeat
Sugar Ray Robinson in Chicago?
5. Who were the leading scorers in
the National Football League in 1957?
(Answores to Sports Quiz)
On Page 7
; With the approach of inter-plane-tary
travel, how will we explain to the man
from Mars that we admintain our economy
by digging gold out of the ground, smel
ting it into bars and then burying it in
the ground again at Ft. Knox???????