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,dy's hair added a third feature to the
rogm�a hair dresser. The new teacher
d� and eat none. She fought With boys would blond when she got
no L osr o f her battles. Her hair w•asd Sandy s hair
TIO'1� OF SANDY and on ml: and dean clothes were rare. natural color. It was. but two
THE R ED EdM11 P eldotn �rom dower to its the ewe.� predicted,
:he N% tnendly as a shepherd shades lighter
BY naren s'don arose she was a cross
The preacher met Sandi, at a Lull game, but when OFP°
attracted because of her frre and loud use ofbervee a cockle burr and a Bengal tiger.
profanity?. A boy on the sandlot attempted Her reacher said Sandi did well in school
to more up his batting turn b�- raking the turn and e3-pm ed hope for the girl if she would Of to Sandi.. He was new in the com- fi hnng, gear dean clothes, and comb On commencement day Sande and two other
munity,, for no local boy would have dared do the
sCOF ` The reacher said Sandy spoke perfect � � to show the `esujts of nt
her hair• p° � ?.r were selected
such a thing. Sandy simply picked up a bat, _3?9 �.orl� when Sanav appea=-ed in a dainty
Fnklis!�: the reacher did not attend the sandlot t - ��` a becoming hat, a lxau-
Walked up to the intruder, and emphatically �h+aae or Ns-e�--
ball games.
promised to knock his brains out. - Mona curl han` over her shoulder, e
�_� she rook "' __tea
The boy evidently belieF- • __ r ,or �;- '�' u and
her turn and knocked a l� -:.: �_:� bi, sliding _-;•:d was breathless- She �� F
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for the home base. _ the stage in rashicn-qtN manner an
_ The preache_ -� interest Sandy in ~ --:es i as ,r trained in an Engt carding
As she brushed off rf'. ` -* (which would not o in a l 1
made little difference r ;_'`yes) and Sunday �1O°' g ;�L Sal;=v was a �dv.
walked over to the l�r, er con- girls class. She me it she could be in The church women returned to their wealthy
gratulated her. the boys class. _ze had licked all the :,n rejoicing- as if one singer had repented,
"That u don't ,_ ' hbor- boys in it but -- -A not duck down an
hood," said Sandv, 3 alley it-hen she coming. That %%-as the college girls gent back to the campus
"Oh yes, he due:, r', t z_zzcher Sande at t<+ehe. is happy as if they had found a new soro6kzy
over at the church." j When she %vas .n. the preacher noticed �<<�er, but Sande- still lived in the each end
"Well put a lily ir. .: ' i1::11k of a that she had att.:- to comb her hair. She �,= town with the record of her past.
preacher shaking han:i, I had had also tied a c:L16on around her head.
She met the stares of the neighborhood or
better start going to church.' She joined a and millinery class heard the shouts of the street
in the church. 7 ` people about the church is a lady-'. Sandy is a lady!" She could repon
'f' + + were poor. Since c othes hay a an in$uenee on to no one the Dopes that had come Ym het
character it %vas the church's business to work heart,
Sandy was a type that oniy the tough end out a plan to het them. In the past she had c. ttB' " tS et
of town can produce. She lived in a saloon Business men donated material. women diet' were all in the Held tit �l
section, where there was plenty of fighting. Business
the other churches and the college girls Now there was a new battle to - - a
She played in the alleys and streets. She asked furnished instruction. strange and untried w•,�rlj, f' chest,-h wa