10 Short Novels Magazine — page 39: what you’re looking at

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“Call the Linton hat factory—you can get him in the office. He’s general mana- ger since Tommy—” “Sure,” Dib cut in, “I'll call him.” The news spread like a brush fire. Dib Trueman back in town—to play for the Mystics. Trueman of the Cleveland club. An old feud renewed. Trueman and Var- ney. Sue Linton heard the news in a drug- store and her heart skipped a beat. She swung down from the stool at the foun- tain and hurried to a telephone booth. But Dib was neither at the hotel nor with his aunt. Sue left the store without pay- ing for her drink and climbed into her roadster. She rode all over town until she espied a familiar figure swinging out of the gate CoOnniclooolkKs (C@